The Crazy Joe Show at Canal Street Tavern . . . . . . . . . . . . . By Kyle Melton For the past two decades, “Crazy” Joe Tritschler quietly earned a reputation as a top-notch engineer, producer and guitarist. With Emmy awards for his record production and several tours with twang [...]
The Method . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . By Kyle Melton During the early 90s, the Method stood as one of the premier acts in the Dayton underground, winning Canal Street Tavern’s Dayton Band Play-Offs in 1991. Led [...]
Griffin House . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . By Christopher Schutte Springfield native Griffin House will be playing the Basement in Columbus on Saturday, April 2. Unlike his recent local appearances with a crack band in tow, House is in [...]
The Graveblankets . . . . . . . . . . . . . . By Kyle Melton Led by songwriter Chris Arduser [the Bears, the Psychodots], Cincinnati’s the Graveblankets have channeled Midwestern pop/folk/country/alt into a twangy soul stew over the past two decades. On their most recent effort, Error Avenue, the group showcases [...]
Getting poetic . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . By Nicole Wroten This year, “The Signature: A Poetic Medley Show” will appear in a new venue. The Loft Theatre building, at 126 N. Main St., is set to accommodate their sell-out crowds. Tony Award-winner [...]
Like a cop car . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . By Nicole Wroten You can put that “Free Weezy” shirt away because Lil Wayne is out of jail and back on his “I’m Still Music” 2011 tour with a stop this [...]
Guided By Voices . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . By Kyle Melton When word came down last summer that the “Classic Lineup” of Dayton icons Guided By Voices would be reuniting for an extended U.S. tour, tickets sold out at exceptional clip from coast [...]
Found Footage Festival . . . . . . . . By Jason Webber Vinyl may have made an unexpected but welcome resurgence but it remains doubtful that VHS will one day enjoy a similar reappraisal. Walk into any Salvation Army or Goodwill and you see lonely, forlorn, ignored VHS tapes, all probably destined for [...]
Rise Up and Dance! . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Coming to the end of the 10-week long Intensive Culture Residency (ICR) project by Cityfolk is “Rise Up and Dance!” a final show choreographed by Rodney Veal that will showcase the participants’ personal stories and community [...]
By Kyle Melton Nashville quartet the Avery Set digs deep into the fertile soil of their homebase of Nashville with their latest album, “Returning to Steam,” presenting an engaging blend of vintage twang fused with modern indie sensibilities. Led by Michigan natives and high school friends guitarist/vocalist Chris Zehnder and drummer Jake Bartlett, the band [...]
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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