A musician's definition of success must differ from the rest of the world's inhabitants. One might define success as the ability to achieve supreme greatness for an evanescent moment, like Icaru  

This year's Coachella Festival in Indio, Calif., was probably fucking fantastic. There were approximately 34 bands I wanted to see on the lineup, including Portishead, the darkly melodic and sal  

The face of success can take on many forms, including the likeness of Pearl Jam's Eddie Vedder. Once upon a time in an ostensible Rock wonderland, Vedder, The Pretenders' Chrissie Hynde and Cana  

Jonathan Rhys Meyers is a beautiful man whose career is largely ignored. This is due in part to the fact that he performs admirably in movies that are often less than admirable and often difficul  

One noticeable fact about the Cincinnati-based PiKE is that they have an uncanny sonic similarity to the Pixies, insofar as female vocalist Kelly Jarvis really sounds like Kim Deal. Typically anyt  

When I was 12, my brother informed me that the mark of a really great musician was whether or not he or she could fly. He wasn't kidding. This revelation came in 1994 after Nine Inch Nails' "Cl  

In the Rock band hierarchy, frontmen often become surrogate patriarchs of supremely dysfunctional families. The pressure upon them is twofold: They usually are responsible for writing and singing s  

Cincinnati's "green" movement is about to grow more verdant with the University of Cincinnati participating. UC recently celebrated the signing of the American College and University Presidents Cli  

Wyoming is poising itself to become one of Greater Cincinnati's "greenest" areas. In August the city adopted its 2007 Master Plan, a document that is recreated every 10 years. This year it includes  

Techno's home is not Cincinnati. But Cincinnati has come a long way. When one thinks of ambient, stripped-down, bass-heavy Dance music scenes, his or her eyes might rove to Eastern Europe or Sou