Cincinnati and MusicNOW       

Here is a little gem taking place during MusicNOW weekend that you might not have heard much about. On Sunday afternoon, the same day The National will be headlining Music Hall and closing out the festival, there will be a workshop screening for the forthcoming National documentary “Summer Lovin’ …

 Cincinnati and MusicNOW       

As we jump into MusicNOW 2011, I thought it would be fun to not only preview the festival this week, but also look back at some of the festivals from years past. Today, I wanted to dig up something from last year’s festival which is very relevant to a …

 Cincinnati and MusicNOW       

Sharon Van Etten, Justin Vernon, Brad Cook & Phil Cook. Photo by Jeremy M. Lange
The 6th annual MusicNOW festival gets underway just one week from today at Memorial Hall in Cincinnati and delivers another outstanding lineup. One of the most intriguing parts of this years performances is taking …

 Cincinnati, Tour Dates and Videos       

A new video from our friends Vandaveer hit the web this week, and we can’t just keep it to ourselves. It’s yet another great visual interpretation of a Vandaveer song, this one from “Dig Down Deep” and it features not only Mark and Rose, but also friends from These …

 MP3s and Music News       

In between big tours and blockbuster releases, The Black Keys took the time to do a pretty great cover of Buddy Holly’s tune “Dearest.” The cover is part of the new tribute to the rock icon called Rave On Buddy Holly, which is due out June 28th. The …

 Coming To Cincinnati, Music News and Tour Dates       

After a wildly successful debut album in 2009, The Pains Of Being Pure At Heart could have easily released a disappointing sophomore album this year. I say that because when you do so well right out of the gate, it’s a difficult trajectory to improve upon. But I’d …

 Cincinnati and MusicNOW       

Great news about the imminent MusicNOW lineup announced today. Justin Vernon, who is of course best known for his Bon Iver guise, and was a huge hit at last years MusicNOW, will be joining this years lineup as well. Vernon will be playing Friday night with Megafaun during …

 Vinyl Watch       

As reported earlier today by Consequence of Sound, The National are doing yet another re-issue of an old item, on vinyl. After re-issuing their first two releases from their time with Brassland, the Ohio natives are set to re-issue 2004′s Cherry Tree EP as well. People here in …

 Cincinnati, Live Reviews and Music News       

At several points throughout the New Pornographers’ show Tuesday night, lead singer Carl Newman commented, bemused, to keyboardist Kathryn Calder how surprised he was that they had never played in Cincinnati before. When Calder suggested that maybe they had played in Newport in the past, the crowd half booed …

 Cincinnati, MP3s and Videos       

What do you get when you put a bunch of Cincinnatian’s on top of a snow covered city building in bathing suits? Well, the new video from Cincinnati’s The Harlequins, of course. The video is great and so is the song, which is titled “Midwest Coast”, enjoy it …