Clooney’s ‘Ides of March’ Coming Soon
Unless you've understandably been stricken with Apocalyptic anxiety while hiding out in your basement since John Boehner was named Speaker of the House, you probably recall that area native/Hollywood bigwig George Clooney was in town earlier this year shooting his fourth directorial effort, a political drama called Ides of March.—- Based on writer Beau Willimon's…
Getting to the Heart of Heart
Heart is a legendary rock band that was formed in the 1970s and was a staple of American Rock N Roll in the 1980’s and 90’s. Their unique sound comes from the strong vocals of the Wilson sisters, Ann and Nancy. They reached their pinnacle with three top five albums between 1985-1990 (Heart, Bad Animals,…
Squeeze the Day for 7/26
Music Tonight: The comeback of legendary pre-Punk Glam crew New York Dolls is the latest reunion of a wildly influential band that was so ahead of the times during its heyday, they never got to reap the benefits. Sure, critics loved the Dolls and they had a rapid cult following at their peak — but…
Morning News and Stuff
President Obama and House Speaker John Boehner are no closer to reaching an agreement after the latest debt talks. Obama wants Republicans to "compromise" while Boehner says he didn't sign up for a "mano-a-mano" with the president.—- With the government default looking more and more likely, Rep. Steve King (R-Iowa) is tweeting about Obama’s impeachment.…
Revisiting Cincinnati’s Bootlegging King
Thanks to documentarian Ken Burns (The Civil War, Baseball, Jazz), the Delhi Historical Society’s Farmhouse Museum has a potentially very popular exhibit coming up. And it has nothing to do with farming — or with the fact that Delhi once was known as The Floral Paradise of Ohio because it had 55 greenhouses. Instead, it’s…
Accepting Change
I was playing my mandolin just like I do on most early evenings. Playing this musical instrument, which I’ve been playing since I was a child, relaxes me. On this particular evening, it was making me sad. As I played, thoughts went through my mind that this would be the last time I’d be playing…
Long Black Veil
Andy Biersack should have been a week into this year’s Warped Tour experience with his Cincinnati-born/Los Angeles-based Glam/Hard Rock troupe, Black Veil Brides. Instead, when we spoke he was nursing three broken ribs, although he’d healed enough to rejoin the traveling madness. “I look up to people like Stiv Bators and the most clumsy, terrible…
Music: The Band of Heathens
If Uncle Tupelo taught us anything, it was that incredibly talented and hyper-creative personalities will find it difficult to coexist within the same band structure. Of course, there are exceptions (look at Crosby Stills Nash & Young) but it can be problematic (look at Crosby Stills Nash & Young). Apparently, the principals of The Band…
Onstage: The Amish Project
If you’re a fan of the Cincinnati Fringe, you might want to check out Jessica Dickey’s The Amish Project, the first work presented by Queen City Theater (which has operated for several years as Queen City Off-Broadway) in the black-box theater at the new School for Creative and Performing Arts. Dickey’s script, first presented at…
Music: Black Veil Brides
Andy Biersack should have been a week into this year’s Warped Tour experience with his Cincinnati-born/Los Angeles-based Glam/Hard Rock troupe, Black Veil Brides. Instead, when we spoke he was nursing three broken ribs, although he’d healed enough to rejoin the traveling madness. “I look up to people like Stiv Bators and the most clumsy, terrible…
Art: Not Just Pretty Pictures
Before Facebook, an easy way to learn someone’s tastes was to study their bulletin board or refrigerator door. Vacation snapshots, comic strips, magnets, postcards, ticket stubs and magazine articles would reveal where they had journeyed, physically and intellectually, and where they’d like to go. In that mix you’d likely find something in common to discuss.…
Music: Ted Leo and the Pharmacists
In the not-all-that-rarified world of Indie Rock, there are two guys with enviable streaks of artistic consistency — The New Pornographers’ A.C. Newman and the Pharmacists’ Ted Leo. And Leo has a bit of an edge by virtue of his slightly longer tenure. Leo played with a variety of interesting Punk bands at the dawn…
Art: In Context
This Friday the Art Academy of Cincinnati opens In Context, an exhibition of work by the school's four graduating artists in the Master of Arts in Art Education program. Adrian Vance Hawk, Jonathan Juravich, Lisa Kelley-Gerton and Kate Ungrund are art teachers by day, and their time in this graduate program has allowed them to…
Onstage: Crazy for You at Covedale Center
You might think it’s crazy to pull together 75 or 80 teenagers from all over Cincinnati to put on a musical in the summertime. Artistic Director Tim Perrino doesn’t even have a barn … but he does have the Covedale Center for the Performing Arts, where he assembles a group of talented teens for Cincinnati…
Events: Music on the Trails
Summer is the perfect time to check out concerts and live music around Cincinnati. Hundreds of people crowding the stage and singing along might be expected at most concerts, but at Music on the Trails you can enjoy live music in a more unique and enjoyable way. The Cincinnati Park Board presents the final day…
Beauty in the Mundane
CRITIC'S CHOICE Image: Theodore Roszak (1907-1981), United States, Staten Island, 1934, Color Lithograph and color stencil, Museum Purchase with Funds provided by the Carl Jacobs Foundation Before Facebook, an easy way to learn someone’s tastes was to study their bulletin board or refrigerator door. Vacation snapshots, comic strips, magnets, postcards, ticket stubs and magazine articles…
Onstage: Dance Under the Stars
Summertime is full of outdoor activities to enjoy (at least when the heat index isn’t in overdrive), but if you’re after something different to do, why not check out some cool dance this weekend … under the stars? Dance Under the Stars boasts the talents of several area companies coming together for a pair of…
Art: 1848 Daguerreotype Panorama
Since the Main Library last May restored and put on display its famous 1848 daguerreotype Panorama of the Cincinnati riverfront, some 2,000 people have come downtown to see it and to use the two accompanying interactive touch-screen displays that allow visitors to zoom in on magnified, digitized images from the original photograph. Now the library has created a…
Following God’s Calling, Not Man’s
Historically, a number of brave women have established themselves as a catalyst for change, dedicating their lives to a cause that becomes so compelling that they’re willing to risk everything they know to achieve their goal. One such woman is Lexington resident and peace activist Janice Sevre-Duszynska. As a member of the Roman Catholic Women…
Events: Whiskey Rock
The weekend comes around but once a week. The glorious Saturday sunrise reminds some of us that we have the day to ourselves and to our own vices. For those who work on Saturdays … tough break, kid. The good news is Whiskey Rock won’t go down until that glorious sun does, and speaking of…
Is It Low H?
We've all seen the TV commercial: An average-looking, mid-forties husband/dad-looking guy complains about not having enough energy to hang out with friends, or enough passion for the one he loves. The announcer suggests the symptoms might be associated with a treatable condition known as Low T (as in testosterone). Rumor has it that there's a…
Onstage: Cincinnati Opera’s The Magic Flute
Mozart’s opera The Magic Flute is a perfect point of entry for kids. There’s plenty of fantasy, a happy ending, no one dies and the music is sublime. But for director Tomer Zvulun, it’s all about the magic. A member of the Metropolitan Opera’s directing staff, Zvulun has staged productions in Atlanta, Seattle, Cleveland, Dallas…
Phil Ochs: There But For Forture (Review)
Phil Ochs was Bob Dylan’s chief rival as a Folk-based protest singer in the 1960s — Christopher Hitchens, interviewed in this documentary, maintains Ochs was better, more politically pointed and with a more sarcastic and thought-provoking lyrical bite. But while Dylan went electric and became a Rock & Roll star, Ochs struggled with the transition…
Events: Glendale Beer, Wine and Food Festival
The picturesque village of Glendale might seem like a sleepy place, but leave it to this elegant town to celebrate its appreciation for food, drink and charming local history with an equally classy party! The Glendale Beer, Wine and Food Festival spans three days of wine tastings, food sampling, live music and much more from…
Comedy: Graham Elwood
Meet comedian Graham Elwood, Internet Renaissance man. Along with pal and fellow comic/filmmaker Chris Mancini, Elwood hosts the popular podcast Comedy Film Nerds. The show grew out of the duo's website, which they started basically as a place for comedians to review films. They also added an online shop selling their individual comedy CDs and…
Music: Grace Potter & the Nocturnals
Grace Potter & the Nocturnals have rarely suffered from a lack of superlatives in their press kit. Other than the Vermont band’s self-released and largely unheard debut, 2004’s Original Soul (in actuality, a solo Grace Potter release) and GPN’s subsequent albums for Hollywood Records (2006’s re-released Nothing But the Water and 2007’s This is Somewhere)…
Crazy, Stupid, Love.
Cal (Steve Carell), if objectively observed from afar, would immediately call to mind a string of Steve Carell characters, the type of guy who is earnest to a fault (outrageously so, for instance in Dinner For Schmucks), inarticulate when confronted by moments of intimacy with members of the opposite sex (even those members he has…
Queen City TV Show Disappoints, Is Boring
It was Sunday night and television options resembled that of The Banks project for the past 10 years — barren and dull. I was clearly in need of some entertainment. So, like 7,389* other people in the area, I tuned into Fox 19's premiere of Queen City. I was hooked as soon as the intro…
A Positive Sign at Know Theatre
Know Theatre of Cincinnati has called Jackson Street in Over-the-Rhine home for several years, but it's been easy to miss them, tucked away behind the Gateway Garage on a short block between Central Parkway and 12th Street. That's being remedied right now with the construction of a marquee that should be highly visible from both…
Squeeze the Day for 7/25
Music Tonight: Fountain Square will be loaded with music today. At 5 p.m., the Cincinnati USA Music Heritage Foundation presents a tribute to “Train Kept A’ Rollin’,” a Cincinnati-recorded King Records single by Tiny Bradshaw that eventually became a standard for guitar-fueled Rock & Roll bands (ranking up there with “Louie, Louie” and “Smoke on…
The Band of Heathens
If Uncle Tupelo taught us anything, it was that incredibly talented and hyper-creative personalities will find it difficult to coexist within the same band structure. Of course, there are exceptions (look at Crosby Stills Nash & Young) but it can be problematic (look at Crosby Stills Nash & Young). Apparently, the principals of The Band…
The Amish Project (Review)
If you’re a fan of the Cincinnati Fringe, you might want to check out Jessica Dickey’s The Amish Project, the first work presented by Queen City Theater (which has operated for several years as Queen City Off-Broadway) in the black-box theater at the new School for Creative and Performing Arts. Dickey’s script, first presented at…
Ted Leo & The Pharmacists
In the not-all-that-rarified world of Indie Rock, there are two guys with enviable streaks of artistic consistency — The New Pornographers’ A.C. Newman and the Pharmacists’ Ted Leo. And Leo has a bit of an edge by virtue of his slightly longer tenure. Leo played with a variety of interesting Punk bands at the dawn…
Grace Potter & the Nocturnals
Grace Potter & the Nocturnals have rarely suffered from a lack of superlatives in their press kit. Other than the Vermont band’s self-released and largely unheard debut, 2004’s Original Soul (in actuality, a solo Grace Potter release) and GPN’s subsequent albums for Hollywood Records (2006’s re-released Nothing But the Water and 2007’s This is Somewhere)…
Friends with Benefits (Review)
Friends With Benefits attempts to make fun of romantic comedies, while exploiting the same formula. It very nearly succeeds thanks to engaging performances from Mila Kunis and Justin Timberlake as the titular booty buddies and director Will Gluck (Easy A), who wisely opens things up with a strong supporting cast (Patricia Clarkson, Jenna Elfman, Richard…
Q&A with Danish Metalers Volbeat
Volbeat — performing at Bogart's tomorrow (Tuesday) — may not be a household name around venues in the United States, but they are an intense Danish Heavy Metal band that has played in front of some of the largest crowds in the world overseas. The band — Michael Poulsen (vocals/guitar), Anders Kjolholm (bass), Jon Larsen…
Captain America (Review)
Joe Johnston, the director of numerous effects-driven adventures over the years (Honey, I Shrunk the Kids, Jumanji and Jurassic Park III, to name a few), brings sleek efficiency to this 3-D adaptation of the latest Marvel Comics staple to make it to the big screen, which is a nice way of saying that Captain America…
Jesse Malin Show Tonight CANCELLED
If you're getting ready to head down to the Southgate House in Newport tonight for the 9:30 p.m. Jesse Malin & The St. Marks Social concert, you might want to look for something else to do. The show has been canceled due to illness, according to the Southgate's site. Malin (or whoever updates Malin's social…
Weekend Music Advisory for 7/23-24
Music This Saturday: Two very high quality Cincinnati acts — Brian Olive and The Sweep (pictured) — host release parties for their latest full-lengths this weekend. Olive, the former Greenhorne and Soledad Brother, is celebrating his sophomore solo effort, the dazzling, wildly diverse Two of Everything, while The Sweep throw a party for its third…
Getting Deep Inside ALEC
When CityBeat profiled the American Legislative Exchange Council (ALEC) in May, just after the conservative organization held a private meeting in Cincinnati, some of its members downplayed conspiracy theories about the group and its love of secrecy. Fueled by corporate donations, ALEC is credited with working quietly behind the scenes to draft legislation that can…
k.d. lang, Meat Puppets, Bell X1 and Steve Miller
My review calendar may be hopelessly mired in the past but my head remains firmly ensconced in the present (sort of) and that moves me to offer condolences and well wishes concerning recent sad events. On June 18, the world’s music community was forced to say goodbye to Clarence Clemons, the Big Man of Bruce…
New Bob Pollard Music and a Video Contest
Dayton’s favorite son, Guided By Voices CEO Robert Pollard, has a new release coming out Aug. 2 and, perhaps to make up for the fact that it has been over a month without a new release from the prolific mastermind, it’s going to be a “double album.” The cleverly titled Let It Beard is the…
Morning News and Stuff
The Senate today voted to kill the Republican “Cut, Cap and Balance” proposal, therefore prolonging debt talks. “We're going to dispose of this legislation as it needs to be, so that President Obama and the speaker can move forward on a [plan] that will have some revenue in it," Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid (D-Nev.)…
Friday Movie Roundup: Summer Counter-Programming
Summer is fully engaged! Multiple 90-plus-degree days in a row coupled with a broken air-conditioning unit on the editorial floor at CityBeat World Headquarters (karmic justice via the mind beams of Steve Chabot's scornful minions, or complete coincidence?) have visions of an ultra-cooled movie house dancing in my overheated head. Ah, but what to see?…
Stage Door: Lyle Benjamin Is Back
Lyle Benjamin has been on and off a lot of local stages with his company Queen City Off-Broadway. He's been dormant for a few seasons, but he's back with a slightly new name — it's now called Queen City Theater — and a couple of mid-summer productions using the black box theater at the new…
Squeeze the Day for 7/22
Music Tonight: Eclectic Chicago Indie band A Lull plays a free show at Over-the-Rhine hotspot MOTR Pub with evocative and diverse local group Sea of Storms, led by Mark Milano and Dave Rohs, who was a member of Electronic Rock trio Chalk (the other members formed Eat Sugar, who happen to share a label with…
Q&A with Rascal Flatts Opener Easton Corbin
Easton Corbin — on tour with Rascal Flatts and coming to Cincinnati for a show at Riverbend Music Center on Friday — is one of the hottest new acts in all of Country music. Since debuting in 2009 with his self-titled album (which reached as high as No. 4 on the Country album charts) he…
Your Weekend To Do List
We're just two months away from the highly anticipated MidPoint Music Festival and the free MidPoint Indie Summer Series is still rockin' on. Stop by Fountain Square Friday for a taste of quality music you can expect at the September fest. This week's line up features a superb spread of local talent. Alternative Folk crew…
Chabot: ‘Magnificent’ or Misleading?
A group affiliated with the Heritage Foundation has bombarded voters in Ohio's 1st Congressional District with a glossy flier that tries to paint Rep. Steve Chabot as someone akin to an Old West hero. The fliers, which began showing up in mailboxes during the past few days, feature a large photograph of a smiling Steve…
Ted Nugent Talks to Liberal Newspaper!
Ted Nugent has been putting audiences in a stranglehold since he started touring nationally in 1967 with his crazy, energetic Rock & Roll. He's probably best known musically for giving us unbelievable, unstoppable guitar riffs, like the one featured in his smash hit “Cat Scratch Fever.” But he's probably more recently known best for his…
Morning News and Stuff
NASA’s space shuttle program today ended in its 30th year, as the shuttle Atlantis touched down at NASA’s Kennedy Space Center in Florida. "After serving the world for over 30 years, the space shuttle's earned its place in history. And it's come to a final stop," Atlantis commander Chris Ferguson said. "Job well done, America,"…
Family Vacation Suggestion: Southern Indiana
The post-World War II/Baby Boomer/Generation X family vacation is probably best epitomized by the 1983 film National Lampoon’s Vacation. If you grew up in that era, you likely (at least once) piled into the “family truckster” and headed for a popular vacation spot like an amusement park, beach or national park. Your destination probably featured…
Squeeze the Day for 7/21
Music Tonight: Mount Adams Pavilion and production/promotion group Self Diploma continue their summer DJ series — showcasing local and nationally-known spinners every Thursday — tonight with DJ Vice, a jet-setting superstar DJ who’s worked with Timbaland, Mariah Carey, Pharrell and Lady Gaga. Vice’s website says he’ll be spinnin’ at 11:30 p.m. (doors open at 9…
Nick Spencer: Acclaimed Graphic Novelist
Early last year we wrote about Nick Spencer's successful, somewhat surprising transition into the world of graphic novels. Now Spencer — the former Cincinnati City Council candidate, club operator and music promoter who moved to New York City in 2008 and whose grand ambitions sometimes got him into trouble — is garnering even more attention…
Queen to Play (Review)
Superlative performances and a restrained directorial touch elevate this French drama from a schematic outline into a compelling story about a woman who gradually discovers horizons where previously she had seen none. Helene (Sandrine Bonnaire) is a wife and mother who is employed as a maid in a tourist hotel on the island of Corsica.…
Coming Soon: Recently Announced Concerts
Hip Hop MC Talib Kweli is coming back to Cincinnati next Saturday (July 30) for a free show on Fountain Square. If you’ve got the bucks, you can also catch Talib and pal Mos Def when their reformed project Black Star comes to Bogart’s on Sept. 17. Tickets to catch the wildly critically acclaimed duo…
Baptist Ministers Join Tax Effort
A Hamilton County commissioner and several local residents will get some major help in collecting signatures as part of their effort to create an admissions tax for Bengals and Reds games. The Baptist Ministers Conference voted today to endorse the petition initiative sought by the Citizens’ League Against Subsidized Sports (CLASS Action). The latter group…
Paul McCartney Wants Your Art!
Ever listened to Paul McCartney’s first two solo albums and thought, “Wow, these are so great, I want to reinterpret them artistically”? If that’s you (or if you’re just looking for a bit of self-promotion), you could win some cool prizes by entering your McCartney-inspired artwork into a unique contest judged by Sir Paul himself.—-…
Music: Taking Back Sunday
There is an urgency in Taking Back Sunday’s new self-titled album that is disarming but hardly unexpected. The Long Island, N.Y., quintet has honed its Pop/Punk sound to a razor’s edge over the past decade, but TBS’s latest iteration is a familiar blast from its past. Taking Back Sunday’s eponymous fifth album marks the return of…
Arnold’s and Chabot
[WINNER] ARNOLD’S BAR & GRILL: Step aside, Happy Days. If everything goes well, the average American might think of downtown Cincinnati’s historic watering hole when they hear TV characters talking about “going to Arnold’s” after this fall. That’s because producers of the NBC drama series, Harry’s Law, have decided to use exterior shots of the…
Art: One Night: One Craft
The Contemporary Arts Center has been hosting One Night: One Craft, a wildly popular crafts night on Monday nights all summer long. Each week, local artisans do demonstrations of crafts projects and those in attendance can try their hands at it. Some weeks, the space has been at capacity. Next Monday the CAC welcomes Joel…
Events: Monster Jam
Frustrated from work? Looking for an exciting place to take a date? Tired of doing the same old thing every Saturday night? What better way to blow off some steam than to take out a hot somebody or switch up the usual weekend plans than with a monster truck show. Picture 12 feet and five…
July 13-19: Worst Week Ever!
WEDNESDAY JULY 13 Everybody knows that you can’t bolster the credibility of a witness by using inadmissible evidence — at least that’s what U.S. District Judge Reggie Walton today said every first-year law student should already know. That didn’t stop prosecutors from doing just that in the Roger Clemens “I might have done steroids but…
Events: Mainstrasse Antiques, Etc.
Looking for hidden treasure this weekend? MainStrasse Antiques, Etc. is the place to be. MainStrasse will be holding its monthly event for anyone looking for antiques or vintage items. The event is free and open to the public. Guests are welcome to peruse the jewelry, furniture, books and toys on sell by local and independent…
Music: New York Dolls
If you’d told people standing in line in 1973 to see the youthful, dangerous pre-Punk outfit New York Dolls that in almost 40 years the band would still be going strong-ish, they’d probably have laughed in your face. Though not all members made it into the new millennium (everyone but David Johansen and Sylvain Sylvain…
Helping Judges and Jurors Avoid Mistrials
Roger Clemens’ mistrial last week recalled a similarly weird situation caused by my Enquirer story landing atop Page 1 of fellow Gannett paper, USA Today. It, too, presented jurors with evidence the judge had barred from court. And as in the Clemens trial, the question was whether that created a potential mistrial. In Washington, the…
Film: Summer Shorts: Nine Nation Animation
Looking for a unique, anti-summer-blockbuster cinematic option this weekend? Then head over to the Carnegie in Covington for Cincinnati World Cinema's latest offering, "Summer Shorts: Nine Nation Animation," which feature, yes, nine adult-oriented animated shorts from different countries across the globe. The shorts range greatly in terms of style and content — from Average 40…
Art: Master Pieces
The fifth annual Master Pieces show is underway at Manifest in East Walnut Hills now through Aug. 5. Some 16 artists who received their graduate degrees this or last year were selected to show 25 works. They represent 11 colleges and universities — five from within 200 mile of here, including one student from Bowling Green State University…
Rolling in The Sweep
Cincinnati Indie Rock quartet The Sweep hosts a release party for its latest effort, the full-length |||, at Over-the-Rhine’s MOTR Pub Saturday. The album will be available at the free show on both CD and colored, 180-gram vinyl. Showtime is 9:30 p.m. The Sweep’s third album is its greatest triumph so far, as all the…
Events: BMX Bash
BMX riders these days are doing some ridiculous stunts (some dude recently did a triple backflip — go ahead, check out the video on the Internet). This weekend local company Misled Clothing, along with Beechmont Scion, will offer a chance for those who have only seen such ridiculousness on TV to have an up-close-and-personal view…
The Song That Never Ends
Brian Powers, the Public Library of Cincinnati & Hamilton County archivist who has done so much research on King Records, has a theory why the Cincinnati record label was slow to get proper international respect as a progenitor of Rock & Roll. All the other early sources of modern-era Rock are guitar-based — Rockabilly, Country,…
Music: The Poison Control Center
If there are other great Rock bands wandering around in the flat expanse of Iowa, we would love to hear the evidence. On the basis of the infectious and wildly diverse Stranger Ballet, it’s clear that The Poison Control Center means there’s at least one — and a bloody great one at that. After releasing…
Music: Steve Earle and The Dukes (And Duchesses)
"I'll Never Get Out of This World Alive" was not only Hank Williams' hit song and credo but this year it also has become Steve Earle's tongue-in-cheek mantra as well. With a new record and novel bearing that title, Earle tackles mortality in all his inimitable, hard-chargin', roguish and reckless ways. Even I couldn't escape…
Comedy: Nick Griffin
Comedian Nick Griffin has a dilemma. He enjoys a steady gig, like writing for TV or radio, but as soon as he’s settled in he misses being on the road. "I think it's the devil, you know," he says. "I talk to comics all the time, obviously, and I’ll be sitting in a comedy club…
The Enquirer’s Complicity in a GOP Coverup
S ilence isn’t always golden. There are plenty of unanswered questions surrounding the arrest of State Rep. Robert Mecklenborg (R-Green Township) on drunken driving charges, and Republican leaders are hoping the lawmaker’s impending resignation will end the matter. But the questions and the lack of candor reveal a lot about the GOP’s double standards for…
Events: Butler County Fair
Get ready for tractor pulls, blue ribbons and enough funnel cake to make that ride on The Scrambler pretty unpleasant for your friend squeezed beside you in the cart that seemed bigger when you were 12. It's one of the summer's first county fairs of the Tristate area and it lasts all week through July…
High Road to Redemption
“ I ’ll Never Get Out of This World Alive” was not only Hank Williams’ hit song and credo but this year it also has become Steve Earle’s tongue-in-cheek mantra as well. With a new record and novel bearing that title, Earle tackles mortality in all his inimitable, hard-chargin’, roguish and reckless ways. Even I…
NewNow: New Music For Week of 7/19
New Music Releases Available Now: Promising, trippy Hip Hop/Dance newcomer Theophilus London has released his debut long-player, Timez Are Weird These Days. London — a native of Trinidad — isn’t your typical MC, as his music and this feature from The New York Times show. Spinner has a full stream of Timez here and you…
Morning News and Stuff
British Prime Minister David Cameron today said that he was “extremely sorry” for the trauma caused by the hiring of Andy Coulson as his public relations chief. Cameron acknowledged that if he had known when he appointed the former News of the World editor what he knew now — that he’s an unscrupulous turd —…
An Interview with Hinder
Hinder is a wildly successful Oklahoma Hard Rock comprised of members Austin Winkler (lead vocalist), Joe “Blower” Garvey (lead guitarist), Mark King (rhythm guitarist), Mike Rodden (bassist) and Cody Hanson (drummer). The band blew up in 2005 with the release of its debut studio album Extreme Behavior, which featured popular hits “Get Stoned” and “Lips…
Mayhem Fest Preview with Godsmack
Godsmack is in-your-face, kick-you-in-the-ass Heavy Metal. Not only do they not apologize for this, but they embrace it. They are touring and promoting their fifth studio release, the 2010 album, The Oracle. As part of our 2011 Mayhem Festival coverage, CityBeat spoke with Godsmack drummer Shannon Larkin (pictured) to promote today's tour stop with the…
Squeeze the Day for 7/20
Music Tonight: The “Rockstar Energy Drink Mayhem Festival,” featuring Metal faves and chartbusters like Godsmack, Disturbed, Megadeth and many others, comes to Riverbend today. In fact, metalheads are probably “pre-gaming” right now for the “Warped Tour”-like fest because it starts at 2:15 p.m. this afternoon. Check the music blogs for Amy Harris’ interviews with Mayhemers…
