CityBeat - Spill It http://www.citybeat.com/cincinnati/articles.sec-86-1-spill_it.html <![CDATA[Singles Going Steady - The Cliftones and The Socials ready new tunes for release and tasty sounds return to Taste of Cincinnati]]>

 Cincy Punk greats The Socials set to return with new 7-inch vinyl release, while Reggae faves The Cliftones prepare new digital single release. Also, the full lineup of music for Memorial Day weekend's Taste of Cincinnati food fiesta.

]]> <![CDATA[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]]> A new monthly, themed and curated Hip Hop night at Northside's The Comet, presented by local artist Abiyah, kicks off this week. Plus, The Tempers and Shiny and the Spoon celebrate new releases, the free Northside Music Fest returns this weekend and Kelly Thomas takes on an Everly Brothers classic with Switchblade Syndicate.
]]> <![CDATA[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 first of around 150 acts has been announced for this year's MidPoint Music Festival and MPMF.13 tickets go on sale.
]]> <![CDATA[MidPoint Indie Summer Concerts Announced - Plus, Tracy Walker releases decade-in-the-making new LP and the latest on MidPoint Music Festival 2013]]> This year's MidPoint Indie Summer concert series — free, every Friday on Fountain Square — puts focus on great local acts and a few notable touring act, singer/songwriter Tracy Walker returns this week with her first recording in 10 years, the album Coetaneous Vibrations, and get the latest on this fall's MidPoint Music Festival, including news of an initial lineup announcement later this wee.
]]> <![CDATA[Know Your 'Heights' - Eclectic local event The Heights Music Festival presents only one fest this year and it's this weekend]]> The biannual Heights Music Festival slims down slightly for its 2013 spring event, with no fall event planned this year so organizers can work on making the fest even bigger in better in 2014. The Heights Music Festival — perhaps the best fest in the area for checking out a wide variety of new Greater Cincinnati musical acts — goes down this Friday and Saturday in Clifton Heights.
]]> <![CDATA[Divine Fists - Fists of Love releases debut full-length and Cincinnati gets in on the Record Store Day action]]> Psychedelic Indie rockers Fists of Love prep their debut album, I Sang My Heart Out to a Snake Once, for digital and vinyl release. Plus, Cincinnati area record stores get ready for this Saturday's huge international Record Store Day.
]]> <![CDATA[500 Miles to Memphis Turns 10 - Plus, benefit concerts, tunes (and blooms) at the Zoo and more]]> Local rockers 500 Miles to Memphis celebrate their 10th birthday with a blow-out concert in Newport. Plus, area Folk/Americana artists unite to help Covington venue stay afloat, Rosie Carson, The Graveblankets and others perform for Cancer Family Care of Cincinnati at Molly Malone's in Covington and the Cincinnati Zoo's "Tunes & Blooms" concert series finally gets some spring-like weather.
]]> <![CDATA[Young Heirlooms Birth Debut Full-Length - Plus, BoyMeetsWorld and Radio Rescue host dual release party and Mainstay Rock Bar turns 4]]> Cincinnati Folk duo Young Heirlooms celebrate their 9-months-in-the-making debut album, while Pop Rock bands BoyMeetsWorld and Radio Rescue present a dual release party at Madison Theater and Mainstay Rock Bar celebrates its fourth anniversary with a series of free local music shows.
]]> <![CDATA[The Cliftones Celebrate New Single Release - Plus, The National, Grey Host and Gabriel's Hounds prep new releases]]> Reggae crew The Cliftones release new single, "Hold Steady," while Indie Rock stars The National announce new LP details and Grey Host and Gabriel's Hounds show the many faces of Cincy Metal on new releases.
]]> <![CDATA[Vaughn and Co. 'Play It Again' on New LP - Plus, The Afghan Whigs jam with Usher, Elementz celebrates eight years and Madison Theater's Band Challenge reaches the finals]]> Eclectic Cincinnati rockers Vaughn and Company return with their fourth album, Play It Again, The Afghan Whigs cause a stir at SXSW with show joined by Usher, Elementz plans eighth anniversary party and the Madison Theater Band Challenge enters its final round.
]]> <![CDATA[‘Cheek’ Out Strangetunge - Plus, Cari Clara returns to Cincinnati's club scene to promote latest album]]> Cincinnati rockers Strangetunge celebrate their latest recording, Tunge in Cheek, in Newport, while Cari Clara returns to Northside to promote the new Deep Elm release, Midnight March.
]]> <![CDATA[SXSW-Bound: Cincy Bands Headin' South - ]]>

Hard to believe, but the annual South By Southwest music showcase/festival/conference in Austin, Texas, kicks off on March 12.

]]> <![CDATA[Greater Cincy-Spawned Releases Celebrated - Plus, discounted MidPoint Music Festival tickets go on sale Friday ]]> Kelly Richey, Ma Crow and the Lady Slippers, Wonder Brown, MC Forty and Aperiodic celebrate new/recent releases and MidPoint Music Festival 2013 tickets go on sale Friday at a deeply discounted rate.]]> <![CDATA[Cincinnati Entertainment Awards’ TV Broadcast Debut - ]]>

At just before 8 a.m. on Feb. 19, Bunbury Music Festival founder Bill Donabedian announced much of the festival’s sophomore year lineup on Fox19’s morning show. The fest returns to Sawyer Point Park July 12-14. Big names coming to the riverfront this year include fun., Tegan and Sara, MGMT, Belle and Sebastian and Yo La Tengo. 

]]> <![CDATA[Bad Veins Regroups … Quickly! - ]]>

One of Cincinnati’s finest Indie acts ever, the brilliant Bad Veins, has split in two. Thankfully for BV fans, this is not the end of the group.

]]> <![CDATA[Winter Blues Fest Gets New, One-Stop Home - Plus, new releases due from Annette Shepherd, Green Light Morning and Saturn Batteries, and Locally Insourced debuts]]>

The Cincy Blues Society's Winter Blues Fest finds a new, one-stop home for this weekend's event

]]> <![CDATA[Skeleton Hands Ride Moody Wave on ‘Gone’ - Plus, new releases this weekend from Dallas Moore and Pure Predication]]>

After a couple of singles and EPs on esteemed (and diverse) local Electronic/EDM label Racecar Productions, local electronic Coldwave/Darkwave duo Skeleton Hands present a free album release party.

]]> <![CDATA[Cincinnati Entertainment Awards Return Sunday - Annual celebration of Greater Cincinnati musicians enters 16th year]]>

The 16th annual Cincinnati Entertainment Awards — honoring Greater Cincinnati's local music scene — take place at the Madison Theater in Covington this Sunday, featuring live performances from Bad Veins, The Dopamines, Jess Lamb, Gold Shoes, Ricky Nye and much more.

]]> <![CDATA[Cincinnati Entertainment Awards' Lineup Announced - Plus news on The Cliftones, School of Rock Mason and two new local bands]]> The lineup for this year's Cincinnati Entertainment Awards (Jan. 27 at Covington's Madison Theater) will feature a broad genre mix of nominees.
]]> <![CDATA[Music Industry ‘Reference’ E-Book Due in 2013 - 'Musician’s Desk Reference' announces 2013 launch and Kim Taylor goes to Sundance]]> Brian Penick, musician turned music-biz entrepreneur with his two-year-old promo company, the Counter Rhythm Group, announces the 2013 release of an expansive and ambitious interactive e-book to help musicians navigate the modern music industry. Plus, singer/songwriter Kim Taylor preps a new album, but first visits the Sundance Film Festival in Utah for the world premiere of the feature film, I Used to Be Darker, in which she co-stars.
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