It’s been a solid four years since my first Rogue Wave show. The gig was a part of the short lived Desdemona Festival here in Cincinnati down on Sawyer Point and even in a weekend filled with excellent live music, Rogue Wave stood out.
They have continued to stand out …
Smashing Pumpkins headlined the second night of the Forecastle Festival tonight, and really had the crowd in the palms of their hands. We have some words and pics from the whole day to share soon, but wanted to give you an instant reaction and a couple photos right away.
I usually forget to drop a note here on ENS, but today I made sure to stop in here with this news. The great Denver band DeVotchka will be joining me in the Lounge at on WOXY.com to play a stripped down set of tunes. Nick Urata and …
22 May 2008
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If you have been hanging around here for a little while you know how we love the young indie poppers known as Pomegranates. Their debut full length album, Everything Is Alive is finally available everywhere now and we suggest you pick it up, yesterday….
And it looks like lots of …
16 May 2008
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Cincinnati continues to churn out great local music of late. The newest band to impress my ears from the area are The Host, a group that upon first taste might seem a to have more of a hard edge than I usually gravitate towards. However, the rough and …
14 May 2008
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Mates Of State have alot going on, a new album, a new addition to their family, and now a tour for this summer as well. The husband and wife duo have always done well here in Cincinnati as well, playing the Desdemona Festival a few years back, and will …
30 April 2008
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Last Thursday night I made sure to head down to Covington for the Okkervil River show for several reasons. First of which was that the band do not seem to play in Cincinnati (have they ever?) or at least have not in years. And in recent years, but …
28 April 2008
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Another new band releasing some quality material this weekend here in Cincinnati. The 4-piece known as Wh!te Girls will be dropping the …. EP on Saturday night at the Gypsy Hut here in town. Whi!e Girls feature two members of another Cincy band we love, The Lions Rampant, …
25 April 2008
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I’m pretty excited about the session today with Okkervil River on WOXY.com. Will Sheff and company are scheduled to be live in our lounge at 3pm this afternoon and will be playing this evening as well here in Cincinnati at the Mad Hatter in Covington along with two great …
24 April 2008
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While we certainly champion alot of bands here on ENS, it is pretty rare that I champion what I consider to be a cause. Well, today is an exception as tomorrow is Record Store Day here in the US. You may notice it is called “Record Store Day”, …
18 April 2008
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Just in case you forgot, or never knew about it at all, tonight there are two really good bands playing right here in the Cincinnati area. Lucero and American Princes will be taking the stage at the Mad Hatter in Covington this evening.
Lucero have not released a new record …
16 April 2008
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I’ve stated quite a few times that local music here in Cincinnati of late has been excellent. With new bands popping up all over town providing a great soundtrack for our area. I have done my best to profile as many of those bands here, and elsewhere, and …
15 April 2008
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