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As anyone who has witnessed one can attest, a Guided by Voices live show is an altogether different beast from the band’s recorded output.

Tags: Music Feature, Guided by Voices, bands from Dayton, Dayton musicians, Madison Theater, Wussy

Atmosphere plays Bogart’s on April 26

Tags: Music Feature, Atmosphere music, Atmosphere, Bogart's, hip-hop duos

The New York City native has been in the spotlight for nearly four decades, a winding career that crested commercially with 1987’s Solitude Standing.

Tags: Music Feature, Suzanne Vega, Memorial Hall, Cincinnati concerts, Suzanne Vega tour

The duo’s no-frills nature is both quaint and oddly affecting, the kind of thing that rarely goes viral these days — which makes their rise even more curious.

Tags: Music Feature, The Bygones, Woodward Theater, Cincinnati concerts, The Bygones tour

"Amazingly, it’s been three decades since the original five-piece lineup toured the U.S., so it’s an extra-special occasion for us.”

Tags: Music Feature, Jesus Jones, Jesus Jones tour, Ludlow Garage

Brandy Clark is a rare country music success story, starting her career as a starry-eyed songwriter before transitioning into a gifted performer in her own right.

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After Men at Work's implosion, Hay has continued to crank out solo records and tour consistently ever since.

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The South Carolina-based duo delivers rootsy tunes that nod toward specific genre traditions while not hesitating to go down their own idiosyncratic rabbit hole.

Tags: Music Feature, Shovels & Rope, Southgate House Revival, Cincinnati concerts

The Raisins’ self-titled 1983 debut album might have been the quartet’s only official release, but that 11-song, 43-minute effort was just the most obvious touchstone in a legacy that continues to reverberate in the Queen City.

Tags: Music Feature, The Raisins, Cincinnati bands, Cincinnati music, Slideshow

Palm Ghosts play MOTR Pub on March 15.

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If Mann’s recorded output has slowed in recent years, she remains a compelling live presence, her lanky frame and literate lyrics as consistent as the changing of seasons.

Tags: Music Feature, Aimee Mann, Memorial Hall, Cincinnati concerts, Bachelor No. 2, Queens of Summer Hotel

Sullivan wrote the album’s 11 songs over the last decade, the majority of which she crafted following her sobriety from alcohol.

Tags: Music Feature, Mol Sullivan, Cincinnati musicians, Goose album, Woodward Theater, Slideshow

The songs off Ndegeocello's latest album are acutely personal and as entrancing as anything you're likely to hear this year.

Tags: Music Feature, Meshell Ndegeocello, Ludlow Garage, Cincinnati jazz shows, Cincinnati live music, The Omnichord Real Book

Word is the live sets will focus on songs from the band’s middle-era albums: 1999’s The Albemarle Sound, 2001’s Argyle Heir and 2003’s self-titled effort, which turned 20 this year.

Tags: Music Feature, The Ladybug Transistor, MOTR Pub, Cincinnati indie pop shows, Gary Olson

Fishbone has been an off-and-on entity over the last 20 years, largely held together by lead vocalist Angelo Moore’s unwavering love of the band’s frantic mix of ska, funk and punk.

Tags: Music Feature, Fishbone, GZA, Truth and Swords Tour, Bogart's, Cincinnati concerts

World Within a Song delves into 50 songs that have influenced Tweedy largely from his childhood through his coming of age in the early 1980s.

Tags: Music Feature, Jeff Tweedy, World Within a Song: Music That Changed My Life and Life That Changed My Music, Walnut Hills, Joseph Beth

Think of it as a best of Bob show punctuated by new tunes, another intimate communal experience by a restless artist who continues to challenge both himself and his audience.

Tags: Music Feature, Bob Mould, Jason Narducy, Distortion, 20th Century Theater, solo electric tour, Blue Hearts

“It’s been over a decade since we last played in Ohio. Cincinnati, who’s ready?”

Tags: Music Feature, The Mars Volta, Andrew J Brady Music Center, Cincinnati concerts, The Mars Volta tour

Clem Snide plays the Southgate House Revival on Sept. 17.

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Conceived and curated with unsurprising acumen by The National's well-connected members, the first installment of the Homecoming Festival in 2018 was a success on every level.

Tags: Music Feature, The National, Homecoming Festival, The National Cincinnati, Cincinnati music festivals, Patti Smith, The Walkmen, Pavement band