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The Harlequins return to their signature sound with new album

Tags: Music Feature, The Harlequins, Music, Cincinnati, Psych Rock, Surf Rock

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Newcomers The Desert Gun enter Cincy’s music scene cocked and loaded

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Madison Bowl in Oakley is stuck in another time — orange booths, dimly lit bar, pinball machines, a jukebox, the smell of stale smoke. Ah, the yellowish ambience. Murray Stall, drummer for new Alternative/Progressive rockers The Desert Gun, greets me in

Folk/Pop trio Shiny and the Spoon release debut album, Ferris Wheel

Tags: Music Feature, Cincinnati music, Southgate House, Rubber Knife Gang, The Hiders, Lisa Walker, Shiny and the Spoon

A sense of Yin/Yang between the two is what makes Shiny and the Spoon’s music so clever. Like Johnny and June Carter Cash, they have a natural chemistry that makes their Folk/Pop sound an easily blended creation, with smooth harmonies, catchy melodies an

Local Psychedelic Electro Pop band Revenge Piñata release debut, Hungry Ghost

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Several weeks ago, distracted and sweating, I was daydreaming down at Newport on the Levee; the thick air nearly cooked me. Imagining movie scenes, I took it all in: the shapes, the colors, the smells and the way the sun had reddened strangers’ shoulders

With sights set on Austin, Jason Ludwig goes solo, creating a Pop symphony

Sassy Molasses brings Cincinnati some barefoot-Bluegrass sweat and heart

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We meet at the Waffle House. Behold the brown and orange seats, the slippery booths, the jukebox, the clock sporting the name of the place. Yeah, we’re on Waffle House time. Moriah Haven Lawson, founder of modern Bluegrass trio Sassy Molasses (providing

Local Pop/Punk/Shoegaze band readies its first EP with extra perception

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Studying E.T.s and paranormal oddities was all in a day's work for Charles Fort, a writer/researcher who developed a cult following. In 1932, Fort coined the phrase "wild talents," referring to eerie psychic and mental abilities. Named after the book by

New album kicks some filthy Rock ass

A mix between Led Zeppelin, Dead Confederate and The White Stripes, The Dukes' work is supremely energetic, passionate Rock with a garagey sound, mixed with the catchy Blues groove of The Black Keys. Like Black Sabbath, there's a touch of bad, sweaty, lo

At the core, I long for both sides — the practical and the soulful connection. No, I don’t expect this all of the time. I am realistic as well. The mountain woman, sure, she saw other people, and I was a mess, but how she often brought out the joy in me.

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Dec. 18 • Northside Tavern

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The Hiders' new album is a secretive, intricate place and an artistic web of sound

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