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CD101′s yearly mini musical festival for the budget conscious music lover once again took over the LC Pavilion this past Saturday night, and I doubt anyone left feeling short changed. It’s hard to knock eight bands, two stages and perfect… [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]
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]
Gregg Gillis, aka Girl Talk, gave Columbus a reason to forget the arctic conditions outside by bringing his insanely infectious mashed-up dance party to a frenzied sold-out LC Pavilion on Thursday night. One can certainly raise an eye brow at… [Read More]
There are those who would say that the mashup (or “bastard pop” as it was originally known) had been done to death by 2007. That the best artists had moved on, that everything had been done, that the genre itself… [Read More]
The quirky charm of cute (but equally ferocious) tell-it-like-it-is singer/songwriter, Kate Nash has done wonders for Britain piano-pop. Her cheeky attitude coupled with personal lyrics and a keen ear for melody made Nash a platinum UK force of raw disposition…. [Read More]
There are the fabled stories you hear from music fanatics – those that tell a tale of so-and-so band playing a song that was so different and magical that it truly captivated an entire audience, leaving them speechless like they… [Read More]
Last week, coffeehouse intellects and 30-something professionals rejoiced. America’s Little Engine that Could indie band, Guster, was reborn. In the span of a week, Guster reawakened their Billboard Chart existence with the release of their first album in four years,… [Read More]
I’m going to go out on a limb and proclaim that on Thursday, September 30, 2010 productivity for the entire City of Columbus witnessed a devastating drop. Quite possibly a complete halt. This wrinkle in workforce was the result of… [Read More]
The Rockstar Energy Uproar Festival rolled in to Columbus on Tuesday night. The two staged hard rock festival was originally set to be hosted at the LC Pavilion but due to ticket demand was split between the LC and Nationwide… [Read More]
As I scampered into the LC Pavilion for Tuesday night’s astonishingly awesome Stone Temple Pilots tour stop in Columbus, I happened to notice something peculiar. The crowd, for the most part, was stuck. They were stuck in an early ’90s… [Read More]
It’s a bit disconcerting how rock and roll has changed over the last 20 years. Slowly becoming an amalgamation of frivolous power chords, meaningless lyrics, and auto-tuned vocals, rock today is generally uninspired and churned out for mass consumption. With… [Read More]
CD101′s annual sweltering rock ruckus, Summerfest, was a marvelous group therapy session for the City of Columbus and its devoted music following. From local indie-bubblegum rockers, Karate Coyote to quirky alternative powerhouse, Spoon, the night’s bill was understandably overshadowed by… [Read More]
Dressed in all black, summoning his signature deep baritone vocals – which live, sound remarkably like Ian Curtis of Joy Division – The National’s Matt Berninger dedicated their indie-hit “Bloodbuzz Ohio” to the late John Andrew “Andyman” Davis, citing all… [Read More]
Packed in like sardines, the atmosphere was an electric hot-mess, as they gave their melodic hearts to anyone who could hear them. They stood close together on stage playing tightly wound power pop-punk songs like they came to conquer Ohio… [Read More]
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