Vice — the cool, ever-emerging media empire that includes a popular, irreverent magazine and record label — and raucous band The Black Lips have curated a mini local music festival set for this Thursday at MOTR Pub in Over-the-Rhine. The Lips (who opened for The Raconteurs for that half-local-band’s debut in Cincinnati a few of summers ago at PNC Pavilion) handpicked Cincy acts The Harlequins, Weakness and Sacred Spirits to perform at the free show, which they’ve dubbed “Uncapped Cincinnati”
—-Doors open at 8 p.m.
The show is being filmed for later posting on one of the latest Vice ventures, Noisey.com, which aims to document music in a live setting. (The site’s Beta version is up now here.) The Uncapped series features up-and-coming local bands from scenes all across the country, chosen specifically to perform by performers like The Thermals, The Soft Pack and Against Me!, as well as The Black Lips.
UPDATE: If you’re attending the show, be sure to let Vice know by RSVPing here.
This article appears in Jul 6-12, 2011.