Colorado’s Sound Rabbit visits Peach’s Grill By Kate E Lore Photo: Colorado quartet Sound Rabbit bring their eclectic rock sounds to Peach’s Grill April 13 In a world of music that seems to fit everything into cookie-cutter genres, Sound Rabbit isn’t afraid to think outside the box. Not only do they step outside that rock box, [...]
I Died Trying and Close the Hatch split record release at McGuffy’s By Gary Spencer Photo: I Died Trying [above] and Close the Hatch celebrate their split release at McGuffy’s on April 6 Being a local, independent, grassroots underground musical act can be a pricy endeavor. While most homegrown artists clawing their way to national recognition [...]
Détective checks in at South Park Tavern By Zach Rogers Photo: L.A. trio Détective [l to r] Chris Dunn, James Greer and Guylaine Vivarat; photo credit: Mike Postalakis The first song on However Strange, the debut album from the Los Angeles-based group Détective, has singer/bassist Guylaine Vivarat humming gently into the mic, putting the listener’s ears [...]
Kristen Ford brings hyper, genre-hopping act to Dayton By Tim Anderl Photo: Kristen Ford [right] will visit Dublin Pub on Friday, March 22; photo credit: Alison Swiatocha Kristen Ford, a singer-songwriter from Boston, Mass. with a high energy live show, blends rock, reggae, indie and folk for her spontaneous, soulful songs. Although Ford’s style has been [...]
Dolfish visits South Park Tavern By Leo DeLuca Photo: Dolfish [aka Max Sollisch] will perform at South Park Tavern on Friday, March 15 Dolfish, the indie folk-rock venture of Cleveland-based songwriter Max Sollisch, is no stranger to brevity. In his short time on the scene, Paste, American Songwriter, Daytrotter and more have all hailed Sollisch. In [...]
The Regrettes join Columbus soul movement By Tim Anderl Photo: Columbus neo-soul outfit The Regrettes visit Peach’s on March 9; photo credit: Kelsey McLellan Crafted with an emphasis on pop appeal and passionate call-and-response vocals born from gospel music, Motown once captured the attention of the world and birthed the northern soul movement. The pop music [...]
Minus The Bear delivers gnarliest moments on Infinity Overhead By Tim Anderl Photo: Minus the Bear visit Columbus Wednesday, March 6; photo credit: Angel Ceballos Over the last decade, veteran Seattle quintet Minus The Bear avoided the pitfalls that would remove a lesser band from the game before their time, continuing to recreate and reinvent themselves [...]
Sick/Sea just can’t wait to get on the road again By Tim Anderl Photo: [l to r]: Miguel Morales, Audrey and Cameron Scott; photo credit: Christie Bentley Photography McAllen, Texas’ Sick/Sea last visited Dayton in September 2012, just prior to the October release of Moral Compass, their first effort for Autumn + Colour Records. Dedicating themselves [...]
Chance meeting leads to fruitful collaboration for R. Ring By Tim Anderl photo: [l to r] Kelley Deal and Mike Montgomery of R. Ring; photo credit: Chris Glass If it hadn’t been for an altogether different opportunity for musical collaboration, the world may have never known the sonic pleasures of unorthodox rock duo R. Ring. Introduced [...]
Toledo’s Silent Lions visit Blind Bob’s By Zach Rogers photo credit:Sara Daneils; Toledo’s Silent Lions: [l to r] Dean Tartaglia and Matt Klein Toledo is a city that, for whatever reason, doesn’t appear on a lot of people’s musical radars. Silent Lions, who are proudly from the aforementioned city, are out to change that and [...]
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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