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Strong Ending to 2009 for Cincinnati and Music
December 3rd, 2009
Posted in Concerts
I’ve been looking over the event calenders for the month of December for many of the local music venues in town, and all I can say is that I hope we don’t have a bad winter, meaning ”no slick icy roads.” There’s actually too much going on at places like the Southgate House, Northside Tavern, Mad Hatter and Madison Theater, and if it were possible, I’d be out there every night…that is if I had the time and money. But if you love checking out concerts in the Cincy area, you should be all over town this month.
31 Shows to See This Month
Bogart’s
1. Matisyahu
Southgate House
2. The Greencards with Channing & Quinn
3. Ekoostik Hookah with Jon Justice
4. Heroes & Madmen CD Release Party with Ampline, Rosemary Device, The Garrison, Caterpillar Tracks, Fists of Love, State Song, Red Meets Green and Max Fender of Stick Figure Drawings
5. Flobots with Kinetix and Small Time Crooks
6. Works Progress Administration featuring Glen Phillips (of Toad the Wet Sprocket), Sean Watkins (of Nickel Creek/Fiction Family), Luke Bulla and Sebastian Steinberg
7. Rosi Golan with Peter Bradley Adams, Luke Brindley and Daniel Martin Moore
8. Chris Scruggs with the Kentucky Struts
9. The Elms with The Harlequins
10. Greasemas V with Rumble Club, Whiskey Daredevils, Skinny Jim & the Number 9 Blacktops
11. Hang Your Stocking, Start the Rocking II featuring Kevin and the Octaves, Pluto Revolts, We Became the Sun and Watch What You Say
12. Hawthorne Heights with Just Surrender, Monty Are I, The Story Changes and Nightbeast
13. Heartless Bastards
14. New Year’s Eve Show with Dandelion Death, Banderas and Mad Anthony
Northside Tavern
15. King Khan & BBQ Show with Those Darlins and Wonky Tonk
16. Baoku & the Image Afrobeat Band
17. Lovely Crash CD Release with Goose
18. You, You’re Awesome with Tanya Morgan and Ben Davis of Bad Veins
19. The Hiders Northside Holiday Exchange Show
20. The Spurzz CD Release Party
21. The Sundresses, Wussy and Oldboy
22. New Year’s Eve with Bad Veins, Lightning Love and DANCE_MF
Mad Hatter
23. Thursday with Dillinger Escape Plan, Fake Problems and Endless Hallway
24. A Very Loud Christmas Show with Loudmouth, Pilot Around the Stars, Kevin and the Octaves and Situation Red
Taft Theatre
25. Over the Rhine Homecoming Holiday Show
Madison Theater
26. 94.1’s Thank God Its Not Christmas Music Party featuring Gym Class Heroes, Small Time Crooks, Famous Mr. Nobodies and Pilot Around the Stars
27. Robin Lacy and DeZydeco and Ricky Nye Inc. present A New Orleans Christmas
20th Century Theatre
28. Un-Silent Night, An Evening of Music and Art to Benefit the Madisonville Education and Assistance Center featuring White Orchid Trio, Wild Carrot and the Roots Band and the Jumpin’ Jive Show Band
29. Grooveshire with the Kris Lager Band
30. The Modulators
31. All the Day Holiday with Pomegranates, the Lee Roessler Band and the Never Setting Suns
CEA Performers Announced
November 17th, 2009
Posted in Best of 2009, Concerts, Local Music
The 13th Annual Cincinnati Entertainment Awards takes place this Sunday, November 22, at the Madison Theater in Covington, Kentucky. The winners will be announced in nineteen categories for awards in the year’s best in local music. Over eighty bands have been nominated for awards. Performing at the show will be Brian Olive, The Lions Rampant, Mark Utley & Magnolia Mountain, You, You’re Awesome, II Juicy and Small Time Crooks. Tickets are $15 in advance and $18 at the door, and will get you into the afterparty at the Mad Hatter.
Weekly Concert Calender
November 16th, 2009
Posted in Weekly Concert Calender
I’m taking on a new job opportunity, so I’ll have to wait until the weekend until I can get to a show, which is none other than the return of Phish and a two-night stand at US Bank Arena. But there’s plenty of other great music events happening all week long, from The Sundresses at the Tavern, to Bishop Allen and The Academy Is… at the Southgate House, to Megadeth and Machinehead at the Madison Theater, to a benefit for WAIF 88.3 fm at Mayday hosted by Cincypunk.org, and even a reunion show from Bosley at Play by Play Cafe in Kenwood, there’s surely something for every type of music fan.
Monday
Northside Tavern
Back Room: Heavy Trash, The Sundresses
Front Room: Northside Jazz Ensemble
Mad Hatter
Big D and the Kids Table, Ill Scarlet, Atomic Potato, Jack! Bandit, Apathetic Epidemic
Southgate House
Lounge: Open Mic hosted by Mike Kuntz
Mad Frog
Tropicoso
Stanley’s Pub
Jazz Night hosted by Wade Baker
Tuesday
Southgate House
Ballroom: Bishop Allen, Darwin Deez, You, You’re Awesome
Parlour: Passafire, Super-Massive, The Pinstripes
Stanley’s Pub
Rumpke Mountain Boys
Wednesday
Northside Tavern
Back Room: Digital Leather, Foster Grants
Southgate House
Ballroom: Nekromantix, Rumble Club, De Los Muertos
Parlour: Dex Romweber Duo, J. Dorsey
Lounge: Michael & Travis from Frontier Folk Nebraska
Mad Hatter
The Flight Station, Copperview, Our Rising, Mr. Twelve Feet
Stanley’s Pub
Super-Massive
Thursday
Mad Hatter
Loco Bros Party
Mad Frog
Super-Massive
Southgate House
Lounge: The Fox Hunt
Stanley’s Pub
Bubble Life, The Skeetones
Friday
US Bank Arena
Phish
Madison Theater
Megadeth, Machinehead, Suicide Silence, Arcanium
Southgate House
Ballroom: The Academy Is…, Hot Chelle Rae, Watson Park
Parlour: AbsolutePunk.net Tour with Mercy Mercedes, The Dangerous Summer, Between the Trees, Single File
Mad Hatter
Scallywagon, Grandview, Kerberos, Eat the Rich, Hydroshock, Situation Red
Northside Tavern
Back Room: Ellison, Wake the Bear
Mad Frog
Ninefold, Raccoon City, Hollis Brown, In Space
Stanley’s Pub
Phish After Party with SOUSE
The Comet
Wist, Iolite
Baba Budan’s
Where They Landed, Moneytrees River
Saturday
US Bank Arena
Phish
Southgate House
Ballroom: Jucifer, Beneath Oblivion
Parlour: Mimicking Birds, Matthew Shelton, JD Carlson (of Moneytrees River)
Lounge: Scotty Karate
Mad Hatter
Pilot Around the Stars, All Out Best, Bazookas Go Bang, The Paramedic, Watch What You Say, Let It Happen, Life After Lift Off
Mayday
88.3 WAIF Benefit hosted by CincyPunk featuring Billy Wallace and the Virginia Blues, The Weakness and Loudmouth
Northside Tavern
Back Room: Pilgrim
Stanley’s Pub
Phish After Party with Grooveshire, Northbound Motion
Play by Play Cafe
Bosley Reunion, Lemon G
The Comet
Free Sophia
Baba Budan’s
Eclipse, Cincy Brass
Shows This Week: Over 100 Bands in 13 Venues
November 8th, 2009
Posted in Concerts, Weekly Concert Calender
Wow, are there some great shows this week! It’s not just a full weekend. There is something for every type of music fan every single night of the week. This is the week when cloning comes in handy.
Sunday, Nov. 8
Southgate House
Ballroom: OK Go, Princeton (8:30 pm, $13)
Lounge: Jonah Smith (9 pm, Free)
Mad Hatter
Bayside, All the Day Holiday, Pilot Around the Stars, Bazookas Go Bang (7 pm, $15)
Northside Tavern
Rattlesnakin Daddies (10 pm, Free)
Bogart’s
Hatebreed (6:30 pm)
The Comet
Comet Bluegrass Allstars (7:30 pm, Free)
The Blue Wisp
SOUSE (9 pm), Roni Ben Hur (6:30 pm)
Monday, Nov. 9
Southgate House
Parlour: Hoots & Hellmouth, William Elliott Whitmore, Wake the Bear (8:30 pm, $10) CANCELED
Lounge: Open Mic hosted by Ryan Malott of 500 Miles to Memphis (9 pm, Free)
Mad Hatter
Ska is Dead IV: The Toasters, Voodoo Glow Skulls, Deals Gone Bad, The Pinstripes, Loudmouth (7:30 pm, $15)
Northside Tavern
The Quartet (10 pm, Free)
The Mad Frog
Tropicoso
Stanley’s Pub
Jazz Night hosted by Wade Baker (9 pm)
The Blue Wisp
Jazz Jam hosted by Sandy Suskind (8:30 pm)
Tuesday, Nov. 10
Southgate House
Parlour: Self Evident, Ampline, Zebulon Pike, 1,000 Arms (9:30 pm, $5/$8)
Mad Hatter
We Came as Romans, Broadway, This Romantic Tragedy (8 pm, $5)
Madison Theater
Old Crow Medicine Show (8 pm, $23)
Bogart’s
Saving Abel (8 pm)
The Mad Frog
Open Mic hosted by Skandel
Stanley’s Pub
Rumpke Mountain Boys (10 pm)
The Blue Wisp
Jack Finucane Quartet (8 pm, $5)
Wednesday, Nov. 11
Southgate House
Lounge: Michael and Travis of Frontier Folk Nebraska (9 pm, Free)
Northside Tavern
Maurice Mattei, Cletus Romp (10 pm, Free)
Baba Budans
DJ Stump (9 pm)
The Mad Frog
Veterans, Patric Stoutenborough
Stanley’s Pub
Super-Massive (10:30 pm)
The Blue Wisp
Blue Wisp Big Band (8:30 pm, $10)
Thursday, Nov. 12
Southgate House
Lounge: Mt. Pleasant String Band (9 pm, Free)
Northside Tavern
Gregory Morris Group (10 pm, Free)
The Mad Frog
Super-Massive
Stanley’s Pub
Mike Connelly, Kyle Smith, The Weekenders (10 pm)
Baba Budans
Open Mic hosted by Rome and Skandel (9 pm)
Rohs Street Cafe
The Karl Kerfoot Experience (8 pm, Free)
Friday, Nov. 13
Southgate House
Ballroom: Robbie Fulks, Nathan Holscher & the Ohio 5 (8:30 pm, $15)
Parlour: 500 Miles to Memphis, Shotgun Lover (10 pm, $5/$8)
Lounge: Ricky Nye Inc. featuring Crazy Joe Tritschler (9 pm, Free)
Mad Hatter
Solid Six CD Release Show, Last Dayz, Session 9, 8Kount, Another Tragedy (8 pm, $5)
Madison Theater
The Movement, Super-Massive, Buckra (7:30 pm, $10)
Northside Tavern
You, You’re Awesome, The Bloodsugars (10 pm, Free)
The Mad Frog
Brooks Bauer, Incline District
The Blue Wisp
Delbert Williams (12 am, $5), Nancy James Trio (8:30 pm, $10), Blue Wisp High School Allstars (4:30 pm, Free)
Stanley’s Pub
Headband, Crazy Legs (10 pm)
Baba Budans
Chick Pimp, Coke Dealer at a Bar, Kumasi MC, Wonky Tonk (9 pm)
Rohs Street Cafe
Kyle Rictor and Brooke Annibale (9 pm, Free)
Play By Play Cafe
Toys for Tots Drive: Chakras, Rosemary Device, Blacklight Barbarian, Mission Hill Band
Saturday, Nov. 14
Southgate House
Ballroom: Why?, The Moore Brothers, Jason Snell of Chocolate Horse (9 pm, $13)
Parlour: Giant Wow, Goose, Bootleg Rider (10 pm, $5/$8)
Mad Hatter
The Creation Museum, The Strongest Proof, The Brothers & Sisters (8 pm, $5)
Madison Theater
Luke Bryan, Fast Ryde (8 pm, $15)
Northside Tavern
Lions Rampant, Tight Phantomz (10 pm, Free)
The Comet
The Prohibitionists, Walking Ghost (10 pm, Free)
Mayday
The Minor Leagues CD Release Party, Slant, Koala Fires, Cougar Ace (8 pm)
The Mad Frog
Jerod Meyers (live recording), Grooveshire, Zachary Burns Band
The Blue Wisp
Steve Barrone (12 am), Rusty Burge/Phil Degreg Quartet (8:30 pm)
Stanley’s Pub
Rocky Cash, Pharaoh Loosey (10 pm)
Baba Budans
DJ Ska Boss (9 pm)
Rohs Street Cafe
Katie Harelson, Kyle English, Rebecca Williams and Eric Falstrom (9 pm)
Five Shows of Note This Week
November 2nd, 2009
Posted in Weekly Concert Calender
Monday
The Mad Hatter
The Whigs, The Features, The Dead Trees
7:30 pm
$10 adv/$12 dos
Ages 18+
Wednesday
Southgate House (Ballroom)
Vic Chesnutt Band (featuring members of Fugazi, Thee Mt. Zion, Godspeed You! Black Emperor, Witchies and Claire and the Reasons)
9:30 pm
$12 adv/$15 dos
All Ages
The Madison Theater
Guster
8 pm
$22
All Ages
Thursday
Southgate House (Ballroom)
Freedy Johnston, Billy Alletzhauser of The Hiders
8 pm
$12 adv/$15 dos
Ages 18+
Friday
Southgate House (Ballroom)
Buffalo Killers, Backyard Tire Fire, J. Dorsey Blues Revival
9 pm
$8 adv/$10 dos
Ages 18+
Weekly Concert Calender
October 19th, 2009
Posted in Concerts, Local Music, Weekly Concert Calender
Southgate House (Newport, KY)
24 E 3rd St
(859)431-2201
Monday, October 19
Parlour: Generationals (Indie Pop), Elsinore (Alt Rock), Cash Flagg (Indie). 9:30 pm. $8. Ages 18+
Lounge: Open Mic hosted by 500 Miles to Memphis’s Ryan Malott (Acoustic/Country/Punk). 9 pm. Free. Ages 21+
Tuesday, October 20
Parlour: United Sons of Toil (Indie/Post Punk), 1,000 Arms (Post Punk/Prog), TheIsMySuitcase (Quirky Pop), Swear Jar (Hardcore). 9:30 pm. $5 for 21+/$8 for 18-20.
Lounge: Karaoke with DJ Swirl. 9 pm. Free. Ages 21+
Wednesday, October 21
Ballroom: An Evening with Fran Healy and Andy Dunlop of Travis (Scottish Alt Pop/Rock). 9 pm. $18. All Ages
Parlour: Hallelujah the Hills (Indie Rock), Wonky Tonk (Bluegrass/Indie Folk). 9:30 pm. Free. Ages 18+
Lounge: Chick Pimp, Coke Dealer at a Bar (Electro/Jazz/Psychedelic). 9 pm. Free. Ages 18+
Thursday, October 22
Ballroom: Mindy Smith (AltCountry/Folk) presented by WNKU. 8 pm. $18. Ages 18+
Parlour: Waxeater (Post Punk), Lifelike (Indie Rock), Black Signal (Experimental/Prog). 9:30 pm. Free. Ages 18+
Lounge: Jennie & the Sure Shots (Americana/Folk). 9 pm. Free. Ages 21+
Friday, October 23
Ballroom/Parlour: Mallory CD Release (Alt/Experimental/Indie), State Song (Post Punk), The Sundresses (Blues/Indie), The Sleeping Sea (Experimental), E.P. Hall (Gothic Folk), Animal Circles (Pop), Lifelike (Indie Rock). 9:30 pm. $7 for 21+/$10 for 18-20.
Lounge: Stillhouse Hollow (Acoustic/Roots). 9 pm. Free. Ages 21+
Saturday, October 24
Ballroom: The Raveonettes (Indie Rock), The Black Angels (Psychedelic Indie Rock), Violent Soho (Garage/Indie). 9:30 pm. $18. All Ages
Parlour: Old Canes (Americana/Indie Folk). 9:30 pm. Free. Ages 18+
The Mad Hatter (Covington, KY)
620 Scott St
(859)291-2233
Wednesday, October 21
Lights (Indie Pop), Stars of Track and Field (Electro/Indie Pop), The Lee Roessler Band (Christian Rock). 7 pm. $12. All Ages
Friday, October 23
Oh My God (Indie Rock), The Mighty (Indie Rock), The Koala Fires (Indie Pop Rock), Lovely Crash (Pop Punk), Charlie Hustle (Indie Rock). 8 pm. $8. All Ages
Saturday, October 24
Hazle Weatherfield (Indie Folk Rock), Famous Mr. Nobodies (Hip Hop), Raging Hormones, Lunchbox (Blues/Funk). 8 pm. $5. All Ages
The Madison Theater (Covington, KY)
728 Madison Avenue
(859)491-2444
Saturday, October 24
Eric Church (Country Rock), Christian Kane (Americana/Southern Rock). 8 pm. $20. All Ages
Northside Tavern (Northside)
4163 Hamilton Avenue
(513)542-3603
Monday, October 19
Northside Jazz Ensemble. 10 pm. Free. Ages 21+
Tuesday, October 20
The Cousin Kissers (Americana/Country). 10 pm. Free. Ages 21+
Friday, October 23
Los Honchos (R&B/Rock/Soul). 10 pm. Free. Ages 21+
Saturday, October 24
Fairview Rocks: Culture Queer (Electro/Experimental), Fists of Love (Psychedelic Rock), Darlene, Honneycombs (AltCountry/Folk), Messerly & Ewing (Americana/Roots Rock). 8 pm. Free (donations accepted). Ages 21+
The Comet (Northside)
4579 Hamilton Avenue
(513)541-8900
Friday, October 23
Knife the Symphony (Indie Rock), Get Laid (Punk Rock). 10 pm. Free. Ages 21+
Saturday, October 24
Lost Hands Found Fingers (Metal/Punk), The Sweep (Indie Rock). 10 pm. Free. Ages 21+
Harvey’s on 8th (Price Hill)
4520 W 8th St
Wednesday, October 21
The Mudpies (Blues/Rock). 9 pm. Free. Ages 21+
Saturday, October 24
Grooveshire (Blues/Rock), Headband (Metal/Psychedelic). 9 pm. Free. Ages 21+
The Mad Frog (Clifton)
1 E McMillan St
(513)784-9119
Monday, October 19
Tropicoso (Latin/Salsa). 9 pm. Free. Ages 21+
Tuesday, October 20
Open Mic hosted by Skandel. 9 pm. Free. Ages 21+
Wednesday, October 21
Sean Hendley, Freeform Connection. 9 pm. Free. Ages 21+
Thursday, October 22
Super-Massive (Jamband/Reggae). 10 pm. Free. Ages 21+
Friday, October 23
Jam Wave (Acoustic/Reggae Rock), Jon Day, Losanti (Funk/Reggae). 9 pm. Free. Ages 21+
Saturday, October 24
Moneytrees River (Afrobeat/Soul), A Day Late (Indie Pop), Ellison. 9 pm. Free. Ages 21+
Arnold’s Bar and Grill (Downtown)
210 E 8th St
(513)421-6234
Thursday, October 22
Dottie Warner, Wayne and Roy. 8 pm. Free. Ages 21+
Friday, October 23
Catfish Evans Trio (6 pm), Ohio Valley Rounders (9 pm). Free. Ages 21+
Saturday, October 24
Jake Speed and the Freddies (Americana/Bluegrass/Ragtime). 9 pm. Free. Ages 21+
The Blue Wisp Jazz Club (Downtown)
318 E 8th St
(513)241-9477
Wednesday, October 21
Blue Wisp Big Band. 8:30 pm. $10. Ages 21+
Thursday, October 22
Martin Diller Quartet. 8 pm. $5. Ages 21+
Friday, October 23
Blue Wisp All-Star Young Lion Jazz Band. 4:30 pm. Free.
Jim Snidero Quartet. 8:30 pm. $10. Ages 21+
Delbert Williams. Midnight. $5 suggested donation. Ages 21+
Saturday, October 24
Jim Snidero Quartet. 8:30 pm. $10. Ages 21+
Steve Barrone. Midnight. Free. Ages 21+
Stanley’s Pub (Columbia Tusculum)
323 Stanley Avenue
(513)871-6249
Monday, October 19
Jazz Night hosted by Wade Baker. 9 pm. Free. Ages 21+
Tuesday, October 20
Rumpke Mountain Boys (Bluegrass/Jamband/Psychedelic). 10 pm. Free. Ages 21+
Wednesday, October 21
Reggae Night with Super-Massive (Jamband/Reggae). 10:30 pm. Free. Ages 21+
Thursday, October 22
Oakhurst (Bluegrass/Rock), Bubble Life (Funk/Jazz). 9:30 pm. Free. Ages 21+
Friday, October 23
Perfect Norm (Funk/Jamband), Romeo Champagne (Funk/Jamband/Jazz). 10 pm. Free. Ages 21+
Play by Play Cafe (Kenwood)
6923 Plainfield Rd
(513)793-3360
Thursday, October 22
Crazy Legs (Jamband/Prog), Perfect Norm (Funk/Jamband). 10 pm. Free. Ages 21+
Saturday, October 24
Vaughn & CO’s CD Release Party, Rusty Van Band (Jamband/Reggae). 10 pm. Free. Ages 21+
Blues, Bluegrass and the World Music Festival
October 18th, 2009
Posted in Uncategorized
It’s all about the blues tonight at the Southgate House. Josh Dorsey (of CEA nominees the J. Dorsey Blues Revival) is playing acoustic in the lounge at 9 pm (it’s free!), while Indigenous and another CEA nominee, the Jon Justice Band (pictured above), are playing downstairs in the ballroom at 8:30 pm. Tickets for that show are $15 at the door. So if that heartbreaking Bengals loss has got you feeling down, these three bands have got the cure for you.
It’s the final day of Covington’s World Music Fest. Tonight at the Madison Theater, you’ll get sets from Spanish, acoustic singer/songwriter, Javier Mendoza (pictured above), Roger Drawdy & the Firestarters (Celtic Folk), Acarya (Acoustic hard rock with world beat influences), Super-Massive (Reggae Jamband) and Nick Tuttle (studio owner/guitar and looping master). It starts early (5 pm) and tickets are only $12.
Across the river at Northside’s The Comet, The Comet Bluegrass Allstars (pictured above) return for their weekly residency at the venue in which they got their name. That’s a free show at 7:30 pm.
Halloween Treats: Concerts on Halloween Weekend
October 13th, 2009
Posted in Concerts
Let’s face it…Halloween’s a holiday for the kids, but that doesn’t mean it’s not fun to dress up, hit the bars and check out a concert. Holiday’s like Halloween and New Year’s Eve are some of my favorite times to hit up a concert, and here’s what’s happening in the area on this Halloween weekend.
Friday, October 30
Southgate House
Ballroom: New Found Glory, Title Fight, Fallen from the Sky
Parlour: Gringo Star, The Harlequins, The Shy Spots
The Mad Hatter
Gold Shoes CD Release/Halloween Party
Small Time Crooks, Bazookas Go Bang, Very White Girls, Anastello
Northside Tavern
The Seedy Seeds, Wussy
Arnold’s Bar and Grill
46 Long, The Comforts
The Blue Wisp
Delbert Williams, John Fedchock Quartet
The Madison Theater
96.5 Halloween Party
Pilot Around the Stars, Our Rising, Faceblind, Horseshoes and Handgrenades, In Rage, Illshot, Life After Liftoff, 8Kount
Play by Play Cafe
DJ Logic, May Stylez, Magic Jackson
Saturday, October 31
Southgate House
Whole House: BRINK New Music Showcase
Artist Lineup TBA
The Mad Hatter
Angels of Meth, Banderas, Mala In Se, De Los Muertos, Black Signal, Lovely Crash, RX-2, The Humans Museum
Northside Tavern
Media Bridges Benefit
Caterpillar Tracks (feat. John Curley) covering The Who, Scott Wood covering The Ramones, Jason Knar covering Devo
Harvey’s on 8th
De Los Muertos, Animal Circles, others TBA
The Blue Wisp
Steve Barrone, John Fedchock Quartet
The Madison Theater
Halloween Party
The Chili Dogs, Sidewinder, Crosstown Traffic, 16 South
The Mad Frog
Halloween Party
Bubble Life, Chick Pimp, Coke Dealer at a Bar, The Skeetones
Play by Play Cafe
Noctaluca, Livid, The Host
What’s Going On This Weekend
October 8th, 2009
Posted in Concerts, Local Music
Friday
I often say things like “re-live the past” or “take a step back into time” when referring to bands that are reuniting and such, so let me just say that this will be that type of night in the Southgate House ballroom. Local garage/punk rock heroes, The Customs (or Kustoms) are celebrating a re-release of Long Gone. Also on the bill are Pittsburgh’s The Cynics and locals The Long Gones, who got their name from the same record. Playing in the lounge is Los Honchos. For show times, directions and ticket info visit the Southgate House website.
The Mad Hatter has long been one of the better venues in town to check out harder and heavier music. Tonight features just that kind of lineup, with Slick Idiot, Pluto Revolts, Chakras, Another Tragedy, Blood Werks, Riot Head and Common Man Down. For show time, directions and ticket info visit the Mad Hatter website.
Northside Tavern is one of the better venues on the Ohio side of the river to catch original music. The outside patio’s always nice when the weather’s good, but tonight everyone should be crammed into the newer back room for Culture Queer, The Kiss Me Everlasting and Human Reunion. Shows generally start at 10 pm and are always free, but visit the Northside Tavern website anyways.
There’s always a lot going on during the weekend that is enjoyable at no cost. Some of those venues include The Comet, who’ve got Cletus Romp tonight, Arnold’s, who has the Catfish Evans Trio and Lagnaippe playing, Rohs Street Cafe, who has Kevin Huber, The Seasons and Justin Skaggs playing, and Stanley’s Pub, who has the Suburbanites and Frankly Speaking playing. You can usually find a ton of places around town that offer concerts at a very small cost. Places like the Mad Frog, who have Red Wanting Blue and Eric Matthew Tepe playing, The Redmoor, who has Smooth Jazz Night with Marvin Curry and DJ Perry Simmons, and the Blue Wisp Jazz Club, who has the Rusty Burge Quartet and Delbert Williams playing.
Back over in Kentucky, the classy Madison Theater has a big lineup. On the bill are The Western, Calloused, Last Days, Ghostbear, Anastello, Super Tuesday, Walk the Moon and Back to the Sky. For show time, directions, parking and ticket info visit the Madison Theater website.
Saturday
I’ll go ahead and mention this, although I’m not a fan. The biggest concert of the weekend belongs to Jay-Z and an entourage featuring N.E.R.D., Wale and J. Cole. They’re playing the new Bank of Kentucky Center on the campus of Northern Kentucky University.
My favorite show of the night takes place at my least favorite music venue in town, Bogart’s. Keller Williams, a 39-year old Deadhead/wannabe hippie brings of bunch of guitars, drum machines and live looping equipment to prove he’s the greatest musician who works alone.
It’ll be another packed weekend at the Southgate House. Andrew McMahon of Jack’s Mannequin is playing a sold-out show in the ballroom, while Jessica Lea Mayfield and the Old Ceremony play upstairs in the parlour. For show times, directions, parking and ticket info visit the Southgate House website.
A Decade to Die For are releasing their long-awaited full-length, debut album, with a release show at the Mad Hatter. Also on the bill are Counterfeit Money Machine, The Paramedic and Zebras in Public. For show time, directions and ticket info visit the Mad Hatter website.
It’s looking like a nice October afternoon (no rain, highs about 60 degrees), which should be nice for the Sayler Park Harvest Festival. There’s art (which you can either buy or create), there’s music, food, games and a whole lot more. Ryan Adcock/Craig Dockery’s new band, Flaregun, takes the stage at 1 pm. For more info on this festival, visit their Facebook page here.
As for all that other cheaper and free stuff, the Northside Tavern’s got Bootleg Rider, Animal Circles and Cash Flagg, The Comet’s got Sleepy Bird, the Mad Frog has Brooks Bauer and Incline District, Harvey’s (the old Blue Note) has Mad Anthony and California Wives, Arnold’s has Hobo Shamen, Rohs Street Cafe has Mayan Ruins and Faebotica, Stanley’s Pub has Noah Wotherspoon and Jessi Bair, the Blue Wisp has Brasilia and Steve Barone.
Sunday
Sunday’s always a low key day, but there’s still some great stuff going on. Sara Watkins of Nickel Creek returns to the Southgate House for the second time in five months, the Rattlesnakin’ Daddies are at Northside Tavern, the Comet Bluegrass Allstars are playing where else but The Comet and SOUSE are at the Blue Wisp.
October in Covington: Shows to Know at the Mad Hatter and Madison Theater
October 3rd, 2009
Posted in CD Releases, Concerts
Local indie, pop-punk band and CEA nominees of the past, A Decade to Die For, is set to release their full-length debut album, Best Laid Plans, this weekend. They’ve been working hard on this long-awaited album for well over a year now, so come out and show your support; it’s only a $5 show! Also on the bill are Louisville’s Sugar Spell It Out, Dayton’s The Paramedic and locals Counterfeit Money Machine. Doors at 8 pm.
The hottest thing to come out of Philadelphia since the cheese steak is the psychedelic, indie-rock band, Dr. Dog. The band has consisted of some twenty or so members in its ten-year career, who blend together elements of folk, blues, soul and bluegrass. They also put heavy emphasis on vocal harmonies, taking influence from The Beach Boys, The Beatles, Neil Young and Tom Waits, as well as Pavement, The Palace Brothers and Roy Wood. Opening the show is New York singer/songwriter and comic book artist, Jeffrey Lewis. He has worked with artists like Kimya Dawson and The Bloodsugars (who recently played MidPoint). His lyrics are very complex and depressing-yet-hopeful. Thursday, October 15. Doors at 8 pm. Tickets are $15.
One of the hottest sets at MidPoint 2008 was from Chicago indie-rock band, Oh My God. They’ve performing for nearly ten years and have released six full-length albums and an EP. They’re out on tour in support of their most recent release, The Night Undoes the Work of the Day. They’ve asked local electronica duo, You, You’re Awesome, to open the show. They’ll be fresh off of their first appearance at CMJ in New York, which happens the night before this show. This show at the Mad Hatter is on Friday, October 23. Doors at 8 pm. $8.
Chicago instrumental trio, Russian Circles, come to town on Wednesday, October 28. Call ‘em post-metal, post-rock, experimental or even math rock, but what these three guys do is create epic, atmospheric soundscapes going from heavy metal to soft and delicate much like you find in bands like Pelican and Minus the Bear. Opening the show are two bands from Louisville: Coliseum (Hardcore/Punk) and Young Widows (Noise Rock/Post-hardcore/Experimental). Doors at 7 pm. $12.
Mat Kearney, a former youth pastor turned singer/songwriter combines pop, melody, guitar and piano with rap rhymes which often ends up sounding like mellow Brit pop or even early Beck or Everlast (minus the scratchy vocals). His breakthrough came in 2006, when he toured with John Mayer. Opening the show is Diane Birch, who also comes from a religious background. She spent much of her childhood living in South Africa and Australia, before her parents decided to settle in Portland, Oregon. She was classically trained on the piano, learning just from ear at a very early age. She has attracted the attention of some Hollywood’s famous, and has jammed with Prince and his band at his house. The show’s this Wednesday, October 7 at 8 pm. $20.
Shooter Jennings is the son of one of country music’s greatest outlaws, Waylon Jennings. The first few years of his life were spent living on his parents tour bus, and by age five he was playing drums. He also took piano lessons and started playing guitar at age fourteen, where he sometimes played in his father’s band. He left Nashville for L.A. and assembled a band called Stargunn, who he described as “Lynyrd Skynyrd mutating into Guns ‘n Roses.” And did you know that he played his father in Walk the Line? Opening the show is JJ Grey & Mofro (Southern Rock/Blues/Funk) and Earl Greyhound (Indie Rock/Hard Rock/Garage Rock). Thursday, October 8. 8 pm. $17.
It seems pretty weird to think that moe. has been playing for nearly twenty years. They’re one of the more successful touring jambands, alongside the kings (Grateful Dead) and the more recent ones (Phish, Widespread Panic, String Cheese Incident). It often seems like the jamband scene is slowly dying off, but moe. is certainly in contention to carry the torch for the jamband leaders of tomorrow. And it’s pretty cool that guitarist Chuck Garvey calls Cincinnati home. Come on out on Saturday, October 17 and show them that you feel the jamband scene and community is just as strong as ever. 8 pm. $22.50.
