Album Reviews and Cincinnati       

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ENS West Coast contributor Dave Tobias hit another great show recently and is generous enough to share his experience. Check out his review of Jim James below.
Jim James’ solo tour behind his underrated debut, Regions of Light and Sound of God, swung through San Francisco …

 Cincinnati and Giveaways       

It’s been another busy spring of concert announcements coming from all angles. And spring is quickly turning into summer and those shows are more than announcements, they are happening, and soon.
One of the next ones we are excited about is with Passion Pit and Cults. We are fans of both …

 Cincinnati and Music News       

It’s true. The band that most of us gave up on ever being able to see is back and touring. Neutral Milk Hotel, who need no introduction for independent music lovers, announced last week that they would be re-uniting and playing a handful of dates.
I’ll be honest, I didn’t expect …

 Cincinnati and Music News       

Here is something that should make most of us feel really old. Hail To The Thief from Radiohead was released 10 years ago! The bright side of this realization is that the album is being celebrated, and the celebration is happening right here in Cincinnati.
The Marburg Collective is a home-grown, …

 Cheese Coney Record Reviews and Cincinnati       

Get ready for another batch of Cheese Coney album reviews from John Crowell…..
Yeah Yeah Yeahs

Mosquito
Interscope

2 out of 5
You can’t fault the Yeah Yeah Yeahs for trying, I guess. They’ve followed up 2009′s synth and dancefloor-leaning It’s Blitz! with a record that similarly strains as reaches far away from their early …

 Cincinnati and MusicNOW       

It was the closer on Saturday night that nearly brought a tear to my eye. The whole ‘family’ was on stage and they all sang together, along with the crowd as the night wrapped up. It’s nights like this that keep me interested in this blog. It’s nights like this …

 Cheese Coney Record Reviews and Cincinnati       

Get ready for another batch of Cheese Coney album reviews from John Crowell….
Wavves
Afraid of Heights
Mom + Pop

3.5/5

It turns out the best medicine for this slapped-together stoner rock band was to stop for a minute and actually try. Produced by John Hill, whose resume includes the likes of Rhianna and Christina …

 Cincinnati and MusicNOW       

It’s one of our favorite times of year, time for the MusicNOW festival! It’s tough to believe that it was eight years ago that I attended the very first MusicNOW festival. At the time I had no idea what I was in for in the years to come. Here is …

 Cincinnati and Show Previews       

At long last, Grey Host are releasing their debut full-length, Dawn for Vultures. They’ve been recording this thing since we interviewed them last fall. The band has finally finished putting the finishing touches on their doom-sludge-metal masterpiece for your listening enjoyment/terror, and you should be pretty darn excited about that.
You …

 Cincinnati, Show Previews and Uncategorized       

SHADOWRAPTR, in all its genre-defying glory, releases their sophomore LP love a good mystery this Final Friday at MOTR.
love a good mystery will be released a year and a half after the release of the band’s debut LP It’s Always Winter on the Moon, and in that time, the quartet has matured and focused …