Rocket from the Tombs set to sell soul at Southgate House By Gary Spencer David Thomas answers questions. “I don’t volunteer information,” said Thomas, vocalist and saxophone player for Rocket from the Tombs. I’ve interviewed some tough customers in my time, but Rocket from the Tombs (RFTT) vocalist David Thomas has now been inducted into [...]
Bonneville celebrate the release of Amy’s House at Canal Street Tavern By Nick Schwab “Always different, always the same.” This is a famous contradiction by radio personality John Peel when describing the conflicting style of British post-punks, the Fall. Its heart beats on in Bonneville: a Dayton breed indie-rock four piece (now residing in Columbus) [...]
Columbus new-wavers Phantods visit Blind Bob’s By Tim Anderl In 2009, a female-fronted, new-wave quintet comprised of local music veterans emerged in Columbus and their kooky and campy self-titled debut was released to rave reviews in the blogosphere and national indie music press. Almost immediately the band found themselves on the College Music Journal Top [...]
Part IV: Oscillating circuits By Kyle Melton [Editor’s Note: “Shocker in Gloomtown: Part III” is the third installment in a five-part series by the DCP looking at the past, present and future of the Dayton music scene. This series was originally run in the DCP in 2008.] By 2003, the local music scene emerged from [...]
Los Angeles rockers peel in to the Attic Club in Kettering With tours supporting everyone from the Used to Alkaline Trio and HIM in their rearview mirror, radical Los Angeles punk quartet Drive A are revving up their engines for a headlining run they’re calling the “Let’s Get Wrecked” tour that brings them to the [...]
Local experimental label Orange Milk Records hits your computer screen with a baseball bat By W.C. Ruffnel The experimental nature of music is often largely misunderstood – most people assume something labeled as such is extreme or unlistenable. When one might take into consideration the fact that the psychedelic era of the Beatles was at [...]
Clint Lowery and Sevendust, rock out at McGuffy’s By Alan Sculley Clint Lowery was no stranger to carrying a big part of the songwriting load in Sevendust. When he was in the band for its first four albums, he was the main songwriter (with guitarist John Connolly and drummer Morgan Rose, also significant contributors). But [...]
Mosquito Hawk Exquisite issues vintage psych-rock from Gem City By Kyle Melton Although best known for his work with the horror-punk outfit the Jackalopes, Chad Wells recently revived an old endeavor, Mosquito Hawk Exquisite, to issue his newest musical endeavor, Cricketbows. With a decidedly left turn into vintage-tinged psychedelia, the band’s latest album Mycosmic Transmission [...]
Part III: This flag signals goodbye By Kyle Melton [Editor’s Note: “Shocker in Gloomtown: Part III” is the third installment in a five-part series by the DCP looking at the past, present and future of the Dayton music scene. This series was originally run in the DCP in 2008.] As the Dayton music scene reeled [...]
Frontier Folk Nebraska celebrate release of eponymous second album By Kyle Melton By its nature, rock ‘n’ roll always blurs the lines between musical styles. While its roots can easily be traced back into blues, country, folk and jazz traditions, the modern era rock ‘n’ roll continues to evolve into a seemingly endless stream of [...]
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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