Run and organized by the folks at local Powerhouse
Factories graphic design studio, MPMF’s Poster Expo 2012 was a necessary outlet for all of the rock poster
artists involved in the music festival’s promotion machine.
Sound and Vision
Powerhouse Poster Arcade offers concert ephemera while Midway 4EG Stage presents second-play performances
0 Comments · Wednesday, September 12, 2012
Welcome to the Film Belt!
MidPoint Film Festival presents local and international indie filmmaking talent
0 Comments · Wednesday, September 12, 2012
For the first time ever, in the historic Over-the-Rhine
district, Indie rockers and indie filmmakers are coming together for one
festival. The School for Creative and Performing Arts (108 W. Central
Parkway) will be the home of the MidPoint Film Festival (MPFF), which is
the official film component of the MidPoint Music Festival (MPMF).
GWAR
Sept. 13 • Bogart's
0 Comments · Monday, September 10, 2012
One of Rock & Roll’s prime directives is
to raise the shock tolerance of the general population. Remember Elvis
Presley’s hip ban on The Ed Sullivan Show? Jim Morrison showing the Lizard Prince to a Miami audience? GWAR makes all of them combined seem like a kindergarten macaroni art project.
The Casualties
Sept. 13 • Bogart's
0 Comments · Monday, September 10, 2012
If we were to define Punk Rock acts in terms of food, Bad
Religion would be a complex salad, Black Flag a slab of lean steak,
Ramones a rich all-toppings-in sundae and The
Casualties a box of Twinkies with a side of barbecue-flavored Ruffles
chips.
Antibalas with The Pinstripes
Sept. 15 • Ballroom at the Taft Theatre
0 Comments · Monday, September 10, 2012
In 1998, Brooklynite Martin Perna assembled a group of
musicians to play at a Harlem poetry gathering, christening the band
Antibalas, the Spanish word for bulletproof.
Two Gallants with Papa
Sept. 17 • MOTR Pub
0 Comments · Monday, September 10, 2012
When Adam Stephens and Tyson Vogel began playing San
Francisco street corners and house parties a decade ago under the banner
of Two Gallants they were just 21 years old, but by then,
the Folk rockers were childhood friends that had already been playing
together for nearly 10 years.
Pastime Paradise
Producer Akhe Abdullah’s album shows maturation and pays homage to his roots
0 Comments · Wednesday, September 5, 2012
Columbus,
Ohio, native and Elementz Hip Hop Youth Arts Center's Creative Artistic
Director Akhe Abdullah’s talks about his album of Hip Hop instrumentals, Journey: The Sound of Life.
J-Skillz Heads Up Triple Hip Hop Release Party
J-Skillz, Da 3rd Element, Junya Be and The Happy Maladies celebrate new releases
0 Comments · Wednesday, September 5, 2012
Cincy Hip Hop invades Corryville as J-Skillz, Da 3rd Element and Junya Be celebrate new releases at The Mad Frog Saturday, while Indie Chamber Folk quartet The Happy Maladies drop new EP, New Again, with a release show at Rohs Street Cafe.
Freddie Birdcury, Oscars Fix and Lovin' AC/DC Too Much
0 Comments · Wednesday, September 5, 2012
Freddie Mercury of Queen is "honored" with creation of Freddie Mercury Angry Bird character (for a great cause, at least), the Oscars make sure there won't only be two "Best Song" nominees anymore and a New Hampshire woman's love for "Highway to Hell" gets her arrested three times in just over 24 hours.
Eilen Jewell
Sept. 6 • The Redmoor
0 Comments · Tuesday, September 4, 2012
To her infinite credit, Eilen Jewell has never been
tempted to churn out a sanitized and commercially viable version of
Country with a view toward success and fame.
Halestorm
Sept. 7 • Bogart's
0 Comments · Tuesday, September 4, 2012
This year has already been a huge one for Halestorm. In
February, the song “Here’s to Us” was performed on Glee and the band’s
sophomore album, The Strange Case of... was released in April, hitting Billboard’s Top 20 in its first week.
Metric
Sept. 9 • Madison Theater
0 Comments · Tuesday, September 4, 2012
Once upon a time in a loft in Williamsburg, Brooklyn,
Emily Haines and James Shaw made New Wave music together. They performed
around New York City calling themselves Metric and trying to scrape up
enough money to pay rent and buy food.
Blowfly
Sept. 12 • York Street Cafe
2 Comments · Tuesday, September 4, 2012
Blowfly hatched from Soul songwriter/producer Clarence
Reid’s depraved imagination as his alter ego who loves to make parodies
about, well, getting off.
Whatever Will Be, Will Be
Kelley Deal and Mike Montgomery try not to make too many plans for R. Ring
0 Comments · Wednesday, August 29, 2012
In musical parlance, "organic"
describes a process free from self-conscious overthinking and
blueprinted deliberation, resulting in a pure, unplanned outcome. That is exactly how Ampline/thistle
guitarist Mike Montgomery and Breeders
guitarist/vocalist Kelley Deal formed their powerful
acoustic-based duo R. Ring.
Herzog Happenings and Wussy Steps It Up
0 Comments · Wednesday, August 29, 2012
There has been more activity downtown at
the former home of the historic Herzog recording studios than there has
been since the studio’s heyday in the ’40s.
