Photos and video by Kim Rottmayer, words by Joel OliphintThis ranks as one of my favorite shows of the year. Bazan's alternately booming and gentle voice filling the intimate Clintonville living room felt like a special treat. He played lots

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Local bands doing '80s power ballads sounds like a helluva good time to me. This theme night has been going on for 10 years but I was always afraid to attend because when I think of '80s power ballads, I

MP3: Christmas in Columbus (zip)On this first little Columbus-based, mini-compilation of Christmas music, you'll find some stuff that's campy, some stuff that's sincere and some that's a little bit of both. (Kind of like everything at Christmastime, right?) Here's the

MP3: The Receiver - Skin and BoneThis Saturday, Phantods will be hosting a holiday show featuring The Alphabet, Six Gallery and The Receiver. I caught up with Casey Cooper from The Receiver about his thoughts on the holiday season and

MP3:Kid Cudi, Kanye West, & Common-Make Her Say (Sammy_Bananas_Remix)Sammy Banana's is playing at Bristol Bar this Friday along with CJ Townsend, and DJ Dan from Paradise Garage. He puts out music on Fool's Gold Records (A-trak, Kid Sister, Cool Kids

Schedule:Fri, Jan 22 / Pontiac, MI / Crofoot BallroomSat, Jan 23 / Madison, WI / Barrymore TheatreSun, Jan 24 / St. Louis, MO / The PageantTue, Jan 26 / Lawrence, KS / Granada TheatreWed, Jan 27 / Tulsa, OK /

From the Free Music Archive:Jerry DeCicca, Canaan Faulkner, and Noel Sayre (R.I.P 1971-2008) phone it in from Oblenus Hall, Mod 3A, Room 322, at Ohio University in Athens, OH, with special guest Jonathan Blaine on electric guitar. Each half of

From Friday's David Bazan house show in Columbus. (Kim Rottmayer's photos and HD video from the show coming soon...)

Photos by Rachael Barbash, words by Chip MidnightShowing their love for Columbus - a city that is a regular tour stop - The Willowz kicked off their short December tour at Cafe Bourbon Street this past Friday night with a

American Static" is on Schnabel's solo release, When the Stage Lights Go Dim, which had a soft release this year and will supposedly be re-pressed with a bigger release in 2010.

Photos by Cary Whitt, words by Adriana MundyWalking into a packed, sold-out house at the Newport last night was rather incredible. There was an intensely electric buzz that I was sure would progress into quite the charismatic show. Though I

MP3: Won't Be Too Long NowThe Well-Dressed Downs are a new, scruffy folk-pop duo in Columbus. ...I know what you're thinking: "Does Columbus really need another scruffy folk-pop group?" Well, if the group is this promising, then yes. Brad Freeman

Two nights in a row, a lot of great things going on around town.Detroit's Sisters of Your Sunshine Vapor bring their reverb-drenched, psychedelic rock (ala Black Rebel Motorcycle Club, Black Angels, Spacemen 3) to Cafe Bourbon St. where they'll share

A crapload of worthwhile shows going on tonight in Columbus (several of which have been featured here). You'd need a pretty good excuse to just hang around the house tonight.David Bazan house show - ClintonvilleBush League All-Stars w/ Pretty Mighty

The Willowz return to Columbus tonight to start their short December tour in support of the just-released CD, Everyone. I first caught onto to the Willowz a few years back after hearing "Cons and Tricks" which reminded me a lot

Raekwon will be performing at Alrosa Villa, Friday, 12-11-09. Above is the video of Rae's Blakroc recording session.Also on the Rae show is Capone N Noreaga and Greenhouse.Noreaga's interview in Life Sucks Die Graffiti Magazine is easily the best interview

MP3: RudyNot too shabby. Says Rhapsody's Justin Farrar in the intro:If you're a purist, then many of the jams you're about to encounter are going to confound, maybe even offend, you. And that's because I have a very liberal (some

MP3: Bush League All-Stars - Gravity's HeartAfter more than a decade since emerging from the ashes of Greenhorn, and 8 months since solidifying the current version of membership, Dan Spurgeon leads the Bush League All-Stars in debuting Cedar Knees this

I always find instrumental rock hard to describe. If Sunny Day Real Estate's Jeremy Enigk fronted Pelican, I'd say their style lends itself to the emo genre. Likewise, if the Deftones Chino Moreno lent his screaming pipes to this four