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The 13th Annual Heritage Concert Series kicked off on July 7th with weekly installations of live jazz, food trucks and great entertainment. Every Thursday through July and August, Mayme Moore Park (located adjacent to the King Arts Complex) comes alive… [Read More]
2011′s Comfest was of particular interest to me. Well, let’s be honest, I’m interested every year. But this year, it wasn’t so much the bands I was interested in — it was Comfest itself. If you are a Comfestite, you… [Read More]
The fourth edition of Independents Day takes place on Saturday, September 17th, and the musical lineup was just released today. This event is a mashup of local music, local art, local businesses and other creative types and it takes place… [Read More]
This past Sunday marked the fourth time The Airborne Toxic Event made their way to Columbus to give the city lessons on how to be happy about being sad – while looking like they just strolled out of an AllSaints… [Read More]
Friday’s Wet Darlings show was one of special note. Not only was it Friday the 13th – the day Sean S. Cunningham and Dan Brown turned into pay dirt. Not only did it mark The Wet Darlings’ first (of many)… [Read More]
Sometimes the perils of superstardom are far too alluring for even the most bookish of Victorian-style storytelling gentlemen. In the wake of cementing their first bona fide hit with the lush, straightforward The King is Dead, an indie album that… [Read More]
The new Columbus Commons park will open this Memorial Day Weekend, and the Columbus Symphony will be close behind. Beginning in 2012, their popular Picnic with the Pops outdoor summer concert series will be migrating from Chemical Abstracts to the… [Read More]
Next Friday, music industry professionals from all backgrounds will converge on the Ohio Union for the return of the Musician Inc. conference. Attendees can expect to hear professionals speak on topics related to music production, press and public relations, recording… [Read More]
Reason no. 387 why CD101 Day sold out in record time with a music spectacular, which was, well, spectacular: Fitz and the Tantrums’ lead soul man Michael Fitzpatrick looked every bit the part of a post-Ziggy David Bowie donning a… [Read More]
Modern-day boxcar vagabonds and alt-country rockers Old 97′s rode into Columbus last night like tattered gunslingin’ gauchos looking to cause a good old-fashioned dustup. Rhett Miller with his signature raspy croon, sang country standards infused with contemporary vernacular that tell… [Read More]
Ramblin’, howlin’, boozed-up, and reverb-laden, Black Joe Lewis & the Honeybears serve a calling higher than teaching one how to rub a “Sugarfoot” or the exact GPS coordinates to “Booty City.” They fulfill a cultural obligation to uphold the music… [Read More]
Silhouetted by vibrant hues and shades of blue, the godfathers of indie-art rock Interpol gave Columbus a live tutorial on how to stay relevant in indie’s perpetually changing industry. Hitting the road in support of their new self-titled LP, their… [Read More]
Let’s play a game. I say a word and you say what comes to mind. Ready? Ok. Here we go. Scotland I hear you…kilts, Braveheart, haggis, Sean Connery, scotch tape (who said that?), and the Loch Ness Monster… I’m thinking… [Read More]
South by Southwest is one of the largest showcases of independent music in the world, and music from Columbus will be fully represented this year. A group of local musicians are putting together “We Are Columbus – Ohio By Southwest“,… [Read More]
The seventh annual Nelsonville Music Festival takes place May 13 through May 15 in Nelsonville, Ohio and has quickly become one of the region’s premiere music events. This year, headliners including The Flaming Lips, George Jones, and Neko Case. The… [Read More]
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