Posts Tagged ‘Ohio’
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The Silent League – …But You’ve Always Been The Caretaker (2010)
I was so enamored with The Silent League’s second album, Of Stars and Other Somebodies, that I wrote about it twice within several months. I rarely feature an artist more than once in the same year, but the lack of awaren...
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Flotation Walls Require Patience
Anticipation can be a relatively deceptive thing. It has no bearing on the actual result of a product or action, even if hype can sway us otherwise. I can only imagine how the few remaining Guns N’ Roses fans felt those 1...
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Dan Auerbach Keeps It Hid
Seeing a successful solo project originate from a duo is not all that surprising. When a group revolves around the vision and talents of only two individuals, each one has a tendency of growing accustomed to manufacturing an in...
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Mr. Gnome’s Creature Delivery Service
I can only imagine the diverse array of characters that encompass the set of a porno. Bubbly starlets who are either sexually conflicted or financially desperate, 55-year-old cameramen who consider their work to be an “art”, an...
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The Adventures of Micah Dalton and Pawnshop
While some people listen to music purely for the melodic features alone, there are others who value lyrical content just as importantly (or even more so) than the other audible aspects involved. Personally, it varies between ge...
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Spanish Prisoners Sing Songs to Forget
As the historically implied name of his solo project may suggest, songwriter Leo Maymind finds contentment in writing songs that disregard time, place, and age to the fullest extent. Under his Spanish Prisoners alias, one can c...
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Moviola’s “Dead Knowledge” is Lucky #7
If you asked any local in Columbus, Ohio with even the slightest grasp of music who Moviola is, they would most likely respond brightly, describing the band’s career with a glow on their face, even comparing them to local...
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Ill Lillies’ Debut Is Their Greatest Hits
The three members in Ill Lillies appear to be quite fond of tongue twisters. Go ahead and try to say the name of their band quickly, five times in a row. Yeah, be sure not to get too “ill”. Oh man, I apologize. That...
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Two Cow Garage
Sometimes I just get sick of all the overproduction, the pretentious attempts at ingenuity, and easy routes taken by many contemporary bands. When one holds that perspective it is when straight and rootsy rock ‘n’ r...
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The type of Bears from Cleveland; The Police are back
Most of us know about the Bears from Chicago. Yeah, the disappointing football team whose promising year was ruined by a grinning quarterback from Louisiana. But what about Bears from Cleveland, Ohio? Unlike their football coun...
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