If you couldn’t tell, we here at ENS are big fans of The National. Our continuing coverage of the band is a point of pride, as the proud Cincinnati quintet continues to stake their claim as one of the preeminent rock bands of this generation. So, heading into Wednesday night’s show at the House of Blues in Orlando, I expected nothing but the best from a band creating their best music and performing their best shows at the present day. I wasn’t disappointed.
8 October 2010
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While my first night of the Clifton Heights Music Festival consisted of three solid sets by No No Knots, The Happy Maladies and The Cincy Brass, Saturday I decided to hop around so I could see more bands.  Here’s a break down of the night:
Peter Adams & The Nocturnal Collective …
6 April 2010
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When you get an opportunity to work for a station that you are a huge fan of, you take it. That is what was presented to me three and a half years ago after WOXY was revived by lala.com and needed to fill a hole in their on-air lineup. …
23 March 2010
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This Saturday, Six Feet Deep is using an empty pool for something other than a half pipe.
Matthew Shelton, Wonky Tonk, Envelope, and The Sundresses will perform in the basin of the Ziegler Park swimming pool in Over-the-Rhine.
Please remember to wait 30 minutes after you eat before entering the pool, no …
9 October 2009
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Fans of The Seedy Seeds, rejoice! The cutest banjo-wielding synth-pop band in all the Midwest are unveiling a BRAND NEW song tonight at Midpoint Music Festival! The trio join Loyal Divide and Chemic at the Contemporary Arts Center right before Scotland Yard Gospel Choir (who are neither from Scotland, nor …
24 September 2009
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The Baseball Project (photo by Vivian Johnson)
Scott McCaughey might be a robot.
One is forced to conclude that only a machine from the future, or possibly the Highlander, could possibly do everything Scott McCaughey does. Besides leading Young Fresh Fellows and The Minus 5, touring and recording with R.E.M., and …
16 September 2009
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This blog is not about top 40 pop music. You don’t come here to find out what is burning up the Billboard charts. But like so many of you, I grew up on pop music, and the biggest and most important pop musicians of our time, and maybe …
25 June 2009
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We first gave you notice about The Read (pronounced “Red”) back in 2007, after we were blown away at their brand of in your face punk rock, and at the fact that they were doing it so well at such a young age. Well, the guys are back, a …
12 May 2009
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Remember last year when Mobius Band did a free EP on Valentines Day that had covers of songs from The National, Daft Punk and more? Well, the band are at it again, and the covers are just as ambitious this year, and once again, it is all free! …
13 February 2009
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So what is the proper way to celebrate Abraham Lincoln’s 200th Birthday? That is seriously a tough question that probably causes indie rockers to dust off The Presidents Of The United States album that you swore you threw away. Don’t do that, because I have an alternative for …
12 February 2009
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