Kiss/Motley Crue Bring ‘The Tour’ to Cincinnati
Friday August 31 two bands known for their legendary histories of indulgence and decadence brought what some have called this years Metal Hall of Fame tour to Riverbend for a night of blasting noise, theater, spectacle, bombast, showmanship and just plain kicking the audience’s ass. Say what you want about Motley Crue, The Sunset Strips favorite sons gave birth to the scene back in the day and bes...[Read More]
Scale the Summit at the Spitfire Lounge
It’s been said that music is the universal language, transcending the spoken word and communication not just on an audible level but conveying emotion, unspoken thoughts, messages and conjuring images and pictures without a single utterance. Saturday night September 15th at The Spitfire in Vandalia Winding Hollow Productions presented four bands that played the stage to an appreciative crowd with...[Read More]
Citizen’s Brigade Pull Out 13 Shiny Guns
Columbus’s hard rock, heavy blues playing five-some Citizens Brigade have unleashed their debut album 13 Shiny Guns. The disc un-holsters 13 shiny new tracks filled with the working man’s ethic: hard earned, hard played blues and influences ranging from Black Sabbath to the Black Crowes. 13 Shiny Guns delivers the boozy blues and hard rock double fist fight of a backwoods brawl behind the ...[Read More]
Alrosa Villa Amplifies Awareness for Autism/TS with Jasmine Cain.
Writer’s note: my personal thanks and gratitude to the Cautela’s and the Make It Fit Foundation for tonight’s event as I was diagnosed with TS in grade school. Saturday February 9th the Alrosa Villa in cooperation with the Make It Fit Foundation held the Amplified Awareness benefit fundraiser for children with Autism and Tourette Syndrome. The evening’s entertainment all volunteering their time a...[Read More]
Alrosa Villa Celebrates 38 Years with the Voice of Queensryche
Since August 1974 Alrosa Villa has been a Columbus tour stop mecca for the world of music to come to entertain, perform and generally kick ass. The Villa’s been a staple of the northern Ohio music scene for almost four decades and continues to bring the best bands on all levels through its historic doors. Besides hundreds of the best local and regional bands; a who’s who of rock n roll fame and ...[Read More]
Hanzel Und Gretyl Born to be Heiled in Columbus.
On Friday May 10th, a dark-fairytale tag team duo of Uber German industrial techno noise came to the Columbus stage. Trekking through their native land on the Born to be Heiled US tour, the fire red haired beauty, German smack-talking booted vixen Vas Kallas and the helmeted, skull faced, beer swilling guitarist Kaizer Von Loopy brought the Euro party to the Alrosa Villa. Phantom 13, Eyes Stained ...[Read More]
Battle for Rock on the Range 2013
Saturday May 11th, the regional music community came out in full force supporting the Columbus rock scene and the 7 bands that made it to the battle of the bands finale for the coveted opening spot on the hallowed ground of Crew Stadium for Rock on the Range 2013. The winning band would perform on the same stage as Thousand Foot Krutch and Beware of Darkness among others. They’d also be performing...[Read More]
Static X Brings Noise Revolution to McGuffy’s House of Rock
Friday August 10th Mcguffy’s House of Rock continued their long running and respected tradition of bringing the best hardest and heaviest bands to Dayton. 2012′s Noise Revolution Tour headlined by Static X and featuring head-liners in the making Davey Suicide and 9 Electric proved that the Hollywood music scene is still cranking out the future headline making notorious metal legends of tomorrow. A...[Read More]
Lost Dogs-Nazarene Crying Towel
The 2003 release from Derri Daugherty, Terry Scott Taylor and Mike Roe prove you don’t have to blast guitars, drums and vocals to wall shaking levels to create a catch along sound. In fact the Lost Dogs do the exact opposite, unplugging guitars, turning off amps and laying soft vocals in the mic playing music in its simple basic form. Twelve short songs that share a twang and an easy toe tapping f...[Read More]
Jonah 33 Writing Musical Stories
The first release from Jonah 33 may not be a concept record but it paints a musical tale with eleven chapters from beginning to end. Each song stands firm on its own but also fits nicely into a continuing message. So if you’re on the creative side and like a plot along-side your rock here’s hoping you’ll enjoy this paperback interpretation. We start out Watching You Die with a creepy skeleton craw...[Read More]
Experience the Alternative
We are three years into the new millennium and things are looking good so far. God’s gotta have a smile on his face when the headphones come off. Tooth & Nail Records offers todays Christian Music Fan a taste of the best in the biz with Experience the Alternative. One thing is for certain, this ain’t your parent’s church going music. What we got here is 30 plus songs representing the loudest, ...[Read More]
Gathering Grounds Bring Live (Loud) Music to all
The Vaughn’s dream is starting to cement itself into the Dayton history books. Their creation of live/loud coffee house tunage has found a home here in the Miami Valley. The Gathering Grounds is a coffee house young adult club hang out with stage, ample speakers, beverages, snacks and a friendly, non-threatening atmosphere where people seeking good music without the distractions of alcohol, smoke ...[Read More]