Christopher Anthony

Connections: Foreign Affairs [Album Review]

May 14, 2018 by Christopher Anthony

Connections Foreign Affairs Trouble In Mind Records [2018] Who: Foreign Affairs is the fifth album, and first for Trouble In Mind, from the Columbus Ohio … Read more

Company Man – “No Good For Me” [Video]

May 8, 2018 by Christopher Anthony

This song/video is from Dayton, Ohio’s Company Man and their latest EP Corporate Rock which you can pick up HERE. Company Man features Ian Kaplan on drums who is currently recovering from a liver transplant.

Please consider donating to his GoFundMe page HERE and/or picking up a copy of Motel Beds Dumb Gold to help with his medical bills. TFN thanks you!

Motel Beds: Dumb Gold (Black Vinyl | 300 Copies) [Benefit for Ian Kaplan]

May 7, 2018May 7, 2018 by Christopher Anthony

Drummer Ian Kaplan is a staple to the Dayton, Ohio music scene and he has a resume that includes Motel Beds, Lab Partners, Goodbye/Crusher, Lioness, … Read more

Premiere Friday Fire Track: No Name Hotel – “Parable”

August 10, 2021May 4, 2018 by Christopher Anthony

Tristan marks the second EP release by No Name Hotel, the moniker of singer-songwriter, producer and multi-instrumentalist, Farahd Abdullah Wallizada. A first-generation American born of … Read more

Homecoming Music Festival 2018: Can’t Miss Artists

April 27, 2018April 27, 2018 by Christopher Anthony

The National return home to Cincinnati this weekend and are hosting a celebration of music, art and cultural connections. If you are heading down for … Read more

Archie And The Bunkers: Songs From The Lodge [Album Review]

April 25, 2018 by Christopher Anthony

Archie And The Bunkers Songs From The Lodge Dirty Water Records [2018] Who: Archie and The Bunkers are the Cleveland-based duo of Emmett and Cullen … Read more

Amen Dunes: Freedom [Album Review]

May 10, 2024April 18, 2018 by Christopher Anthony

Amen Dunes FreedomSacred Bones Records [2018] Who: Freedom is Amen Dunes (aka the project of New York-based Damon McMahon) fifth album, and the follow-up to … Read more

Tim Easton: Paco & The Melodic Polaroids [Album Review]

December 12, 2018April 13, 2018 by Christopher Anthony

Tim Easton Paco & The Melodic Polaroids Campfire Propaganda [2018] Who: Tim Easton is an Ohio-raised singer/songwriter, now firmly based out of Nashville, which has … Read more

Sloan: 12 [Album Review]

April 5, 2018April 5, 2018 by Christopher Anthony

Sloan 12 Yep Roc Records [2018] Fire Note Says: Sloan shows no signs of slowing down on 12! Album Review: Twelve albums with all the … Read more

Jack White: Boarding House Reach [Album Review]

March 27, 2018March 27, 2018 by Christopher Anthony

Jack White Boarding House Reach Third Man/Columbia Records [2018] Fire Note Says: Jack White’s most eclectic listen to date. Maybe rock is dead? Or is … Read more

Premiere Friday Fire Track: Ricky Hell & The Voidboys – “Friday Eyes”

August 10, 2021March 9, 2018 by Christopher Anthony

Ricky Hell & The Voidboys formed in 2017 on the streets of Cleveland, Ohio and if you follow TFN you already are well aware of … Read more

Track Premiere: Nathaniel Bellows – “How High”

February 13, 2018February 13, 2018 by Christopher Anthony

For the past six years, published poet, novelist, visual artist, and musician, Nathaniel Bellows has been writing libretti for the composer Sarah Kirkland Snider. In … Read more

Ty Segall: Freedom’s Goblin [Album Review]

February 6, 2018 by Christopher Anthony

Ty Segall Freedom’s Goblin Drag City Records [2018] Fire Note Says: Ty Segall creates a very fluid classic double album in Freedom’s Goblin. Album Review: … Read more

The Friday Fire Track: Charly Bliss – “The Way You Wear Your Head” (Nada Surf Cover)

August 10, 2021February 2, 2018 by Christopher Anthony

TFN is always about the cover song. Give us a cover song and we will spin it till it won’t spin no more! Today’s Friday … Read more

Chiller: Chiller [Album Review]

January 31, 2018January 31, 2018 by Christopher Anthony

Chiller Chiller Rockstar/Dirt Cult Records [2018] Who: This is the debut record from Moncton, Canada punks Chiller. The band is a continuation of Feral Trash … Read more

The Friday Fire Track: Mind Spiders – “Outside”

August 10, 2021January 26, 2018 by Christopher Anthony

Mind Spiders have just released their new album, Furies, today via Dirtnap Records. Today’s Friday Fire Track is the first track on the record and … Read more

Track Premiere: The Captain Of Sorrow – “Siamese Scars”

January 23, 2018 by Christopher Anthony

Quiet can always be loud – it just matters how you tune in! That is the feeling that overtakes you in today’s premiere track from … Read more

The Friday Fire Track: Graham Repulski – “Negative Highlight Reel”

August 10, 2021January 19, 2018 by Christopher Anthony

We love lo-fi around here at The Fire Note and today’s Friday Fire Track is from one of favorite underground indie heroes Graham Repulski. The … Read more

Unlikely Friends: Crooked Numbers [Album Review]

January 18, 2018 by Christopher Anthony

Unlikely Friends Crooked Numbers Swoon Records [2018] Who: Unlikely Friends (UF) is made up of veteran artists from the Northwest which includes D. Crane (of … Read more

King Gizzard & The Lizard Wizard: Gumboot Soup [Album Review]

January 16, 2018January 16, 2018 by Christopher Anthony

King Gizzard & The Lizard Wizard Gumboot Soup ATO/Flightless Records [2017] Fire Note Says: Australia’s psych rock heroes make good on their promise! Album Review: … Read more

The Friday Fire Track: Acid Dad – “Die Hard”

August 10, 2021December 8, 2017 by Christopher Anthony

Back in February of 2016 we told you about Brooklyn’s Acid Dad right here in The Friday Fire Track feature. At that time, the psych-punk … Read more

Angel Olsen: Phases [Album Review]

November 10, 2017November 10, 2017 by Christopher Anthony

Angel Olsen Phases Jagjaguwar [2017] Who: Indie singer/songwriter Angel Olsen began performing at a young age in St. Louis coffee shops and now after three … Read more

Curtis Harding: Face Your Fear [Album Review]

November 2, 2017November 2, 2017 by Christopher Anthony

Curtis Harding Face Your Fear ANTI- [2017] Fire Note Says: Curtis Harding can hold a groove with the best! Album Review: With the recent passing … Read more

Buffalo Killers: Alive And Well In Ohio [Album Review]

October 26, 2017October 25, 2017 by Christopher Anthony

Buffalo Killers Alive And Well In Ohio Alive Naturalsound Records [2017] Who: Alive And Well In Ohio marks the eighth album from Cincinnati’s Buffalo Killers. … Read more

Racquet Club: Racquet Club [Album Review]

October 19, 2017 by Christopher Anthony

Racquet Club Racquet Club Rise Records [2017] Who: Racquet Club is a new veteran indie group that features members of Knapsack, The Jealous Sound, and … Read more

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