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Franklin Presents is a concert review series provided by The Franklin University Plaza at the LC Pavilion. For more information about shows that Josh and the Franklin crew will be attending and for chances to win tickets to concerts all year long, visit us on Facebook.

Avett Brothers ring in the outdoor concert series with a bang and a banjo

Avett Brothers ring in the outdoor concert series with a bang and a banjo

0 Stephanie Garber / May 21, 2012 2:30 pm

Not many bands can be described as combining bluegrass, country, folk, rock, honky tonk, ragtime and pop melodies, but that’s how the Avett Brothers make music. And that’s what the crowd heard when Scott, Seth and crew rolled into C-Bus… [Read More]

WHO’S BAD brings fun and funk to the Newport

WHO’S BAD brings fun and funk to the Newport

0 Stephanie Garber / April 23, 2012 8:30 am

There’s no denying the legacy and impact of Michael Jackson’s music – it’s a timeless mark on our society. So there will always be an audience for a good MJ tribute band. Case in point: Saturday at the Newport with“Who’s… [Read More]

FUN lives up to its name at the LC

FUN lives up to its name at the LC

0 Stephanie Garber / April 22, 2012 11:25 am

New York indie pop band Fun. exploded onto the stage at the LC with what can only be described as “youthful zest.” Under happy, Jolly Rancher-colored lights, they hopped and bopped continuously with pure, undulated glee, weaving together their Queen-like… [Read More]

Kasabian’s Worth the Wait at CD101 Days Side A

Kasabian’s Worth the Wait at CD101 Days Side A

2 Stephanie Garber / April 6, 2012 1:50 pm

Very few words can explain the experience that took place at the LC Pavilion on Saturday, March 31, during CD101 Day Side A. But If I were to sum it up in just a few words, I’d use these —… [Read More]

Noel Gallagher’s “Birds” Fly High

Noel Gallagher’s “Birds” Fly High

0 Justin Powell / March 31, 2012 12:00 pm

In this era of text messages and Twitter, I know most of you don’t like reading anything longer than 25 words. With that in mind, I’ll start this review of the Noel Gallagher’s High-Flying Birds concert March 29 at the… [Read More]

Franklin Concerts’ Top 10 Albums of the Year

Franklin Concerts’ Top 10 Albums of the Year

0 Josh Fitzwater / December 23, 2011 1:00 pm

As Columbus prepares to be holed-up in a wintery tomb of Midwestern sleet and gray, drab skies for the next two months, let’s review the albums that will get you through another winter and made 2011 a melodic triumph. 10…. [Read More]

Arctic Monkeys Play it Cool at LC

Arctic Monkeys Play it Cool at LC

0 Josh Fitzwater / October 21, 2011 2:00 pm

Every few years there is a British invasion that wrecks havoc on the US. The Beatles and the Stones in the 60s, The Smiths and the Clash in the 80s, Oasis in the 90s, more recently, the brilliantly troubled Amy… [Read More]

Gavin DeGraw proves he’s “Sweeter” in Person

Gavin DeGraw proves he’s “Sweeter” in Person

1 Josh Fitzwater / October 12, 2011 3:00 pm

“This is the start of something good, don’t you agree,” crooned chariot-ridding Gavin DeGraw as he and an audience of several hundred belted note-for-note in complete harmony. And it was good. Really good, actually. A seemingly rare musician to find,… [Read More]

Guster Preview: New EP and LC Gig

Guster Preview: New EP and LC Gig

1 Josh Fitzwater / September 3, 2011 11:00 am

In between the excessive amount of cookout grub consumed and the backyard shenanigans that Labor Day brings about, Guster makes its annual ramble to Columbus this weekend in support of the band’s new EP On the Ocean. And not a… [Read More]

Incubus: New Formula, Same Rock

Incubus: New Formula, Same Rock

1 Josh Fitzwater / September 2, 2011 2:30 pm

To Incubus purists, a first listen of the band’s new album If Not Now, When? paints the Brandon Boyd Gang as a bunch of lovelorn softies who’ve traded in their overdrive distortion for piano ballads. But don’t be misconstrued. Incubus… [Read More]

A Band Named Goo: The Goo Goo Dolls Search for Relevance

A Band Named Goo: The Goo Goo Dolls Search for Relevance

3 Josh Fitzwater / August 5, 2011 9:45 am

The Goo Goo Dolls are in a precarious situation. Rusted by the road, yet still bright enough to almost sell out the LC Pavilion, they have become aged mascots of a simpler time – a time that lead Goo John… [Read More]

Comfest’s Hidden Gem: The Spruce Campbells

Comfest’s Hidden Gem: The Spruce Campbells

3 Josh Fitzwater / June 29, 2011 2:15 pm

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 Melancholy Airborne Toxic Event and The Infinite Sadness

The Melancholy Airborne Toxic Event and The Infinite Sadness

0 Josh Fitzwater / May 19, 2011 8:00 am

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]

Big Sound, Big Vocals, Big Stage — The Wet Darlings Flirt with the Newport Music Hall

Big Sound, Big Vocals, Big Stage — The Wet Darlings Flirt with the Newport Music Hall

0 Josh Fitzwater / May 17, 2011 11:30 am

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]

The Decemberists: Sweeping Ballads of Love & Ego

The Decemberists: Sweeping Ballads of Love & Ego

9 Josh Fitzwater / April 27, 2011 8:00 am

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]