Between bodies, equipment and ephemera, we’re packed tightly into The Ready Stance’s rehearsal space, possibly a converted coal cellar in the basement of guitarist/vocalist Wes Pence’s beautiful old Newport home.  

Cincinnati Rock quartet The Ready Stance will be giving local audiences a special chance to pick up its debut full-length, Damndest, this Friday at MOTR Pub in Over-the-Rhine. The group hosts the locals-only release party two months before the album is made available (digitally and on CD and vinyl) nationally.  

New local band The Ready Stance makes its debut appearance Saturday at the Northside Tavern. The free show also includes performances by Goose and Wussy's Chuck Cleaver. Local music fans who have been following the scene since before Facebook and MP3s will likely recognize at least a couple of familiar faces in The Ready Stance's rank.  

New local band The Ready Stance makes its debut appearance Saturday at Northside Tavern. "Experienced" local music fans might remember guitarist Wes Pence and drummer Eric Moreton as founding members of Middlemarch, one of the key bands of Cincinnati music's early-'90s heyday. The free show also includes performances by Goose and Wussy's Chuck Cleaver.