Calling Cale Parks busy is like calling an ant hill busy. The concept is abstract until you actually sit down and start counting. And like those tireless little critters, Parks knows no rest, owin  

What do MOTH and Foxy Shazam! have in common aside from exclamatory band names, busy tour schedules, impressive recordings, CEA wins and generally being two of the most talented and successful Cin  

Everybody knows at least one shitty dude. That guy with the startling disregard for his own safety, well-being and reputation who always gets invited to the party even though he is guaranteed to o  

"I'm just glad that you didn't ask us to describe our sound," says Gabe Molnar, guitarist and vocalist for 1000 Arms. His reluctance to hang a label on their music is understandable, since it   

Appearances can be a good indicator of what a band is going to sound like -- for example, Bluegrass bands with a full stack of amps are as rare as Metal bands with banjos. Following this logic, an  

Heavy Metal has seen glory and disgrace in its 40-odd years of existence. Despite being read last rites a few times in recent history, artists with the right mix of tradition and innovation have k  

"I don't want to entertain people while they drink, I want them to come see us play," says Lost Hands Found Fingers bassist Danny Graham. It's one on a long list of reasons LHFF has for prefer  

Acclaim for Peter Adams' debut disc, The Spiral Eyes, has been snowballing since last year, making him a prime candidate to be the "next big thing" to emerge from the Cincinnati music scene. Th  

Not many bands can say that their debut gig was the Midpoint Music Festival. For Marking Twain, a stacked résumé probably helped. The band contains former members of local teenage Pop Ro  

To make an indelible mark on music, a band needs two elements: They must be both catchy and quirky. This is a pretty broad generality, but when you hear that flamboyant mix of familiar and origin