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Tonight, Foals are playing at The Newport with support from indie brother and sister duo Blondfire and four-piece Floridian rockers, Surfer Blood. The English band was on their way to Montreal when I had the pleasure to speak with guitarist, Jimmy Smith,… [Read More]
We’ve all heard, and may have even made, the critique that there isn’t anywhere Downtown to enjoy good jazz. Well, that’s about to change. Construction is slated to begin in a couple months on The Blackberry Patch, the latest restaurant… [Read More]
Releasing themselves from hiatus, The Cliks have progressed from poppy and catchy to music with more soul and blues. After gender reassignment surgery, Lucas Silveira remains the lead singer of The Cliks, and was voted “The Sexiest Canadian Man” in… [Read More]
DJ dance party duo PANTyRAiD (Josh Mayer and Marty Folb) took over The Bluestone in Columbus on Friday night, drawing a crowd of around 1,000 revelers to party the night away. Additional local an regional djs rounded out the event, including… [Read More]
Last Saturday, musicians from all around Columbus scrambled as they poured their gear into the Dude Locker in preparation for one of Columbus’ greatest DIY (and free) shows, The Worst Kept Secret Festival. A beautiful mash up of Columbus’ local… [Read More]
Columbus is becoming a more popular place for bands to add as a stop while on tour. We were skipped over and forced to drive to Cleveland or Cincinnati to indulge in orgasmic music. But fortunately, this is changing rapidly… [Read More]
Psychadelic rockers, The Black Angels will return to The Newport on the 17th in support of their new album, Indigo Meadow, and bringing Elephant Stone along for the ride. I had the opportunity to email with Rishi Dhir, a sought out… [Read More]
The antidote to the first and second doses are scarce. Word on the street was that you had to know someone or be some of the lucky few to acquire when the medicine was strangely in full supply days ago,… [Read More]
Tonight, Chicago based band Chasing Mars performs tonight with support from The Seasonal Help, Andolino, and Rubix Wheel. After figuring out how daylight saving’s time actually works, Chasing Mars and I briefly spoke about their first tour and a new… [Read More]
Django Django, both D’s are silent. Last night, Django Django played a sold out show at The Newport. Lead singer, guitar player, and dance commander, Vincent Neff announced, “We’re Django Django from Britain” before breaking into their fourth dance-worthy song…. [Read More]
Tiesto, whom many might consider a living legend of electronic music, brought his great sounds and thumping bass to Columbus Thursday night. It was one of his smaller shows, as he’s known to fill arenas around the world with thousands… [Read More]
In my ongoing quest to soothe my thirst for new bands, I actually stumbled upon The Dirty Biscuits before they opened for Nashville, TN rockers, Turbo Fruits. To say the least, I was completely impressed. Under the haze of too… [Read More]
Outasight will open the show for The Ready Set tonight at A&R Music Bar. The Yonkers, New York native and I spoke about his upcoming tour while en route to Boston to perform the second date on the 20+ shows… [Read More]
Bad Books played the Newport Music Hall on Saturday night and showed the always welcoming Columbus audience that playing music with your friends is an absolute blast and a treat for anyone lucky enough to be in attendance. Bad Books… [Read More]
Not too long ago, Ryan McFadin, his fiancé Melanie, and myself met a coffee shop in the Short North to discuss his transition from being in the blues punk band, The Muddy River Reverends to his new venture of indie… [Read More]
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