Nov
21
2011
Late November in Cincinnati can mean only one thing for the local music community – the annual Cincinnati Entertainment Awards ceremony honoring the best of the best as decided by fans and critics alike. Now in its fifteenth year, the red carpet was once again rolled out in front of Covington’s Madison Theater on …
Mar
10
2011
Cincinnati bluesy, garage rockers The Dukes released their debut full-length earlier this week, and they’re celebrating that release with a free show tomorrow night at Northside Tavern. The Shot Heard ‘Round the World is almost what you’d come to expect of this particular style of music; dark and gritty songs, full of fuzzy guitars, thumping bass and …
Feb
04
2011
(photo taken Janaury 2010) If you’ve been around the Cincinnati music scene long enough, you’ve probably heard of a man named Cam Cochran. Maybe you’ve heard his music or seen him at shows, maybe he’s a friend or maybe you’re just finding out about him now. Looking back over the past decade, you could say he …
Jan
01
2011
Happy New Year followers of BrokenMic.com! Hard to believe 2010 is now behind us, it was such an incredible year to say the least - from the near 250 different bands I took in this year and numerous festivals like Bonnaroo, Forecastle, MidPoint and CincyPunk. Now that 2011 is here we’re hoping for a bigger and …
Jul
07
2010
Against Me! The Florida folk-punk band released their fifth studio album (White Crosses) last month and are playing Sunday on the East Stage from 10:30-11:50 Bassnectar The heavy tempo, electronica project of Lorin Ashton is playing Saturday on the West Stage from 9:00-10:15 CAKE The California alt rock band who was an integral part of …
Feb
28
2010
For the second night in a row, a local music release show at the Southgate House brought in a sold out crowd, again turning away fans at the door. Friday night, 500 Miles to Memphis drew nearly a thousand people to the whole house show, which featured over ten bands on all three of its stages. Last night, …
Feb
25
2010
Rarely is there a time when a handful of some of Cincinnati’s finest musician’s are hosting releases parties all on the same weekend. First, there’s 500 Miles to Memphis. Led by a Cash/Ramone-like Ryan Malott, the country-punk outfit recently released the highly-anticipated/long-awaited We’ve Built Up to NOTHING, which sees the addition of a backing orchestra …
Feb
16
2010
Ben Sollee and Daniel Martin Moore Dear Companion Cold Spring’s very own Daniel Martin Moore has teamed up with renouned cellist Ben Sollee (of Abigail Washburn’s Sparrow Quartet), for a collaboration seemingly sent from the heavens above. Recorded close to home, the two focus on “the problem of mountaintop removal coal mining and its impact on the people and …