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Another fine night of MPMF is in the books, do you have enough left in the tank for the third and final night? Here is a look at your tweets and pictures from Friday at MPMF 2012.

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 Cincinnati and midpoint music festival       

As I mentioned in our Thursday recap, MidPoint got off to a great start this year. The weather was right and the performances were even better. It’s going to be tough to top that evening, but I have a feeling after looking at the schedule tonight that it’s …

 Cincinnati and midpoint music festival       

It was the best Thursday night in MidPoint history. What was once a night that at times felt optional was this year something that you could not miss. Here is a recap, through tweets, of the nights happenings. See you tonight for another round!

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 Cincinnati and midpoint music festival       

It’s Thursday, the first day of the 11th annual MidPoint Music Festival and you don’t know where to start. Sure, it’s pretty obvious that Andrew Bird, Dirty Projectors and Best Coast are band names you are familiar with and plan to try and check out. But what about …

 Drunk Music Reviews       

Drunk Music Reviews is Caitlin Behle and John Sebastian. Caitlin reviews a show while progressively getting drunker, while illustrator John Sebastian turns the drunken reviews, which could be ridiculous, sloppy or just plain insulting, into a comic.
Notes: The captions that end with @drunkmusicrevws were pulled from their Twitter account during the show. Tweets ending …

 Cincinnati and Giveaways       

A great show is coming to Cincinnati next week, and we want you to go to it, for free. Fiona Apple is gracing our fine city with a performance at the Aronoff Center with Blake Mills. Apple recently released her first new album in seven years. So, …

 Live Reviews       

All photos courtesy of Joey Flispart, Backseat Sandbar
[SATURDAY, 9/22]
Janka Nabay & the Bubu Gang at Artsplace
Janka Nabay & the Bubu Gang were on my list of “must see” acts at Boomslang (and Midpoint) so I made a point to get out for their set. Janka Nabay’s modern take on Bubu, which adds …

 Live Reviews       

All photos courtesy of Joey Flispart, Backseat Sandbar
[THURSDAY, 9/20]
The Music Tapes at Kentucky Theatre
I didn’t know much about The Music Tapes other than frontman Julian Koster’s involvement with the Elephant 6 Collective (Neutral Milk Hotel and Olivia Tremor Control). Still, my interest was piqued as soon as I saw their …

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NPR: “For the L.A. band Lord Huron, there’s far more to music than merely playing sweetly summery, rhythmically inventive pop. There’s also an air of mystery: a desire to tell stories, play with identities and craft visuals to complement its sounds.”
Lord Huron’s gorgeous atmospheric pop is ideal for helping you …

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Consequence of Sound : “[. . .]a fresh take on noise-rock, alive with a newfound intensity and depth that only family members could muster.”
It’s pretty clear at this point that if you’re a two-piece guitar-and-drums combo, you’re going to have to put up with a few immediate comparisons. If your …