Tickets for the first Afghan Whigs
concert in 13 years go on sale this Friday through ticketmaster.com. The
band is kicking off its (so far) primarily European reunion tour dates
with a May 23 show at New York’s Bowery Ballroom.
Yellow Submarine Surfaces in Theaters One More Time
0 Comments · Wednesday, May 9, 2012
Sometimes
a film event comes along that is so special, we owe it to our readers
to present the review in a form fitting the auspicious nature of the
release. That is certainly the case with Rave Theater’s regional
screenings of Yellow Submarine, a classic that will unspool,
likely for the last time, in theaters.
Ready, Steady, Go!
The Ready Stance blends veteran and rookie talent on its impressive debut album
0 Comments · Tuesday, May 8, 2012
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.
Enigmatic For the People
Annie Clark: Not your average ‘suburban-middle-class-American weirdo’
0 Comments · Tuesday, May 1, 2012
St. Vincent’s music is rife with contradictions. Take the first song on the outfit’s most recent album, last year’s Strange Mercy,
which opens with this vague but provocative imagery, delivered by Annie
Clark — the band’s 29-year-old creative ringleader.
Rise Against
May 5 • PNC Pavilion
0 Comments · Monday, April 30, 2012
While many bands spend years toiling around, looking for
their place within the music scene, Rise Against found their niche over a
decade ago. They lead the way in making mosh pit-stirring music with
actual substance.
A Combo Platter
With Tramp, evolving singer/songwriter Sharon Van Etten opens up to collaboration
0 Comments · Tuesday, April 24, 2012
Sharon Van Etten began winning admirers with a pair of intimate, soul-bearing albums — 2009’s Because I Was In Love and 2010’s Epic
— that explored love gone bad via a voice that was so big and
expressive and sad-sounding that one feared for the woman from which it
was emanating.
'Thunder' Knocks Again
Keith Glover brings the Blues back to the Cincinnati Playhouse
0 Comments · Tuesday, April 24, 2012
I became CityBeat’s arts and
entertainment editor in 1998, following a few years of being a
contributing writer, covering the local theater scene. In 1999 I wrote
my first big cover story — it was about Keith Glover and his Blues
musical, Thunder Knocking on the Door.
The Midwestern Thing
Cincinnati’s finest Americana ensemble, Magnolia Mountain, releases 'Town and Country'
0 Comments · Tuesday, April 17, 2012
Thanks at least partially to our proximity
to Appalachia, Greater Cincinnati has long had one of the finest
Roots/Americana music scenes in the region. And the finest band from
that impressive batch of artists right now is Magnolia Mountain, the
band formed by Rock veteran and singer/songwriter/multi-instrumentalist
Mark Utley about five years ago.
A Fine ‘Mess’
After a nationally recognized debut, Bad Veins’ new album could bring the world to their door
1 Comment · Tuesday, April 10, 2012
Some bands work for years for even the
smallest scrap of national attention. For Cincinnati’s Bad Veins, that
recognition came just after their second show in 2006 and has hardly
abated in the subsequent six years.
I Love Loosey
Pharaoh Loosey solidifies Prog/Post Rock sound in new album
0 Comments · Tuesday, April 3, 2012
Sometimes the universe offers options you might never have otherwise imagined. Post Rock/Prog trio Pharaoh Loosey had already decided on the Mad Frog as the venue to celebrate the release of its debut CD, (h)wak formal, but when they ventured into the Corryville club’s catacombs, they found an ideal gig location.
