album review

Something magical happens for me whenever I get around Lexington, KY. I find myself in a place that is not quite The South but it is certainly no longer…

With a lonely baritone ukulele, a voice that is lilting and endearing and a notebook full of delectable poetry, Nancy Paraskevopoulos has recorded a…

So many bands today seem to rely on a gimmick in order to get attention. It might be outrageous costumes, on-stage antics... or maybe it's the…

Bummer's Eve is the latest in a series of lo-fi, noisy punk bands that have descended upon the Queen City. However, what sets this band apart - and above…

This week's review is a bit unusual - mostly because the subject of the review is pretty unusual itself.On August 8, local bands Ohio Knife and Skeleton…

Sometimes, in doing these weekly local music reviews, I discover just how wrong I can be.Such is the case with this week's review of the first full-length…

It's been just over 14 months since Cincinnati's heavy-duty rock band Mad Anthony was in a terrifying accident outside of Evansville, IN that brought…

clast, as in iconoclast, is the name of the new album from Cincinnati's umin, and the title could not be more appropriate. The word 'clast' comes from the…

With very little fanfare, Prim has released one of the best local pop recordings of the year. When you take time to consider the roster of talent in this…

I was profoundly confused when I first listened to Founding Fathers. Here is a band that lists, among their 'influences' such groups as Ween, Beck, Wilco…