First Acts Announced for 2013’s MidPoint Music Festival
Plus news on Electric Citizen, Kenny Peck & the Smoky Jack Band, The Lockland Brakes and School of Rock Mason
The Long, Complex Ride to Superfood Stardom
MidPoint Indie Summer Concerts Announced
Plus, Tracy Walker releases decade-in-the-making new LP and the latest on MidPoint Music Festival 2013
Know Your 'Heights'
Eclectic local event The Heights Music Festival presents only one fest this year and it's this weekend
Droning Your Sorrows
Drones to deliver beer at music fest, Jay-Z gets a presidential diss and Ghost B.C. release cheeky box-set
Music: Cincy Psych Fest Freak-Out Series with Goat and Holy Wave
Elvis Impersonators Gone Bad?
Plus, new 'Twitter #music' app is unveiled after celebrities get first dibs
Music: Martin Bisi
Monthly Hip Hop Night Comes to The Comet
Plus, The Tempers and Shiny and the Spoon celebrate new releases, Northside Music Fest returns and Kelly Thomas takes on classic with Switchblade Syndicate
Music: The Shins with Ra Ra Riot
The Killers Booked at Casino's "The Shoe"
Vegas chart-busters to play Horseshoe Casino's new outdoor pavilion in May
{CommentsCant} · Monday, March 11, 2013
While the new Horseshoe Casino had a couple of concerts booked for its indoor "Pavilion" by the time the new "adult playground" opened last week (opera boyband Il Divo and comedian Joel McHale), today the casino announced its biggest music event yet. On May 16, chart-topping band The Killers will perform at the venue's "The Sh...
Music: Southgate House Revival Irish Folk Hootenanny
0 Comments · Monday, March 11, 2013
St. Patrick’s Day falls on a Sunday this year, so early revelers are going to somehow have to work their church day around their drinking. After church, a nice, somewhat more rowdy alternative to th
The Guitars Put It To Tape
Local rockers celebrate new Burger Records cassette release in Northside
{CommentsCant} · Friday, March 8, 2013
Local Rock/Soul/Pop crew The Guitars celebrates its newish release, Higher Action, tonight at Northside’s Mayday with special guests Animal Circles. <...
Monthly Salsa Night Starts Tonight
After recently completing 14-year weekly residency at The Mad Frog, Tropicoso goes monthly
{CommentsCant} · Friday, March 8, 2013
Latin/Salsa supergroup Tropicoso ended its 14-year-plus, every-Monday-night residency at Corryville club The Mad Frog back in January. But fear not Latin music and Salsa dancing lovers. Tonight you can catch the band’s first date of a new residency at the club. (
A Chippy Election Cycle
0 Comments · Wednesday, March 6, 2013
According to an AP report, for the first
time in Lay’s history, the corporation is allowing “fans” the
opportunity to choose its next chip flavor.
SXSW-Bound: Cincy Bands Headin' South
0 Comments · Wednesday, March 6, 2013
Hard to believe, but the annual South By
Southwest music showcase/festival/conference in Austin, Texas, kicks off
on March 12.
Stone Temple Fired and Snarky Mass. Holes
1 Comments · Wednesday, March 6, 2013
As we were teetering off the fiscal cliff last week, an inexplicably large amount of people were concerned about just one American who lost his job: Scott Weiland of
Stone Temple Pilots.
Stone Temple Pilots.
Music: Dan Deacon with Animal Collective
0 Comments · Wednesday, March 6, 2013
Lots of musicians talk a good game about having the audience “be a part of the show,” but few if any bring the crowd into the concert experience like Electronic/Orchestral Pop mad scientist Dan De
The Funniest Video You'll See Today
An inside look into The Postal Service's early auditions, courtesy of Funny or Die
{CommentsCant} · Tuesday, March 5, 2013
Though so far the closest it'll get to Cincinnati is Columbus, Ohio's LC Pavilion (June 8), the reunion tour for Platinum-selling Electronic Pop duo The Postal Service continues to add dates. While you anxiously await news of any shows closer to your hometown, you can sneak a pe...
SXSW Aid: Cincy Bands Headin' South
The Harlequins and The Seedy Seeds prep for send-off events prior to South By Southwest
{CommentsCant} · Friday, March 1, 2013
Hard to believe, but the annual South By Southwest music showcase/festival/conference in Austin, Tex., kicks off in only 11 days. As always, the huge event is featuring some artists from the Greater Cincinnati area. Two SXSW-bound local acts are playing kick-off shows soon to help raise some funds for the trip (the price of gas today makes travel...
