A look at Dirty Socialites’ latest LP By Gary Spencer Before even dropping the needle on this record, Dayton’s Dirty Socialites are already winning points with me. First, they have a cool name (don’t ever underestimate the power of having a good band name). And second, the fact that a non-national (yet) local group has [...]
Blood Ceremony Living with the Ancients (Rise Above/Metal Blade) Toronto-based quartet Blood Ceremony’s second album, Living with the Ancients, is chock full of bluesy, heavy, distorted 1960s-styled stoner rock featuring the reverb-heavy vocals of witchy chanteuse Alia O’Brien. When the frontwoman isn’t singing, she’s either grinding the keys of a Hammond organ or playing the [...]
Joey Belladonna at McGuffy’s House of Rock For those of you who may not recognize the name, Joey Belladonna is the lead singer of legendary Grammy-nominated thrash metal group Anthrax, who has been enjoying a recent wave of relevancy due to the overwhelming success of “The Big Four” concerts that Anthrax has been sharing the [...]
Wednesday 4/20 Omega Music The Terrifying Experience is the brainchild of Guided by Voices guitarist Mitch Mitchell, following the breakup of the “classic” GBV lineup in the mid-1990s. The band’s status as an ongoing musical entity has changed almost as many times as the band members have since their first appearance on record in 1996. [...]
Omega Music, 4/16/2011 By Gary Spencer The first-ever national Record Store Day celebration at the new Omega Music location in the Oregon District proved to be a huge event for participating bands, customers and the store itself. People from as far away as North Carolina populated the day’s festivities, most of whom left the store [...]
Newfound Road brings high-energy live show to Dayton By Gary Spencer There are probably many readers and music listeners who are unaware of the ongoing (and surging) popularity of bluegrass and acoustic/roots music in the U.S. One such band that is thriving below the radar of mainstream music is NewFound Road, a Franklin, Ohio-based group [...]
4/1/2011 Canal Street Tavern By Gary Spencer Another Friday night, another rock show at the long-time Dayton performance staple, Canal Street Tavern. Kicking off the night’s festivities was C. Wright’s Parlour Tricks, a Dayton band that plays fast-paced, instrumental rock ‘n’ roll with a boogie-woogie swing. And what makes this band swing is the tight-as-Botoxed-skin [...]
The Dayton Circus Creative Collective will be holding a benefit event for the sixth edition of the annual Dayton Circus Sideshow. Sideshow 6 is a two-day multimedia event that will coincide with Dayton’s Urban Nights on May 13, a citywide celebration of local visual art and music. This Friday’s soiree is a teaser of sorts [...]
High Fructose Corn Syrup By Megan Garrison The FDA recently rejected a bid to officially change the name of high [...]
Walker was Victorious in Wisconsin Because His Reforms Worked By David H. Landon The folks at MSNBC had a bad [...]
It Takes More than a Tweet By Rana Odeh The victory of Republican Governor Scott Walker over Milwaukee Democrat Mayor [...]
What are the Consequences of Recall Election in Wisconsin? Last Tuesday, Wisconsin Gov. Scott Walker (R) prevailed in an unusual [...]
Obama’s Support of Same Sex Marriage Will Cost Him Swing States By David H. Landon By Election Day, the President’s [...]
President Obama Announces Support of Same-Sex Marriage Most pundits believe that this Presidential election will be decided on the issue [...]
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