Queens Of The Stone Age: Villains Tour 2017 [Concert Review]
Queens Of The Stone Age: Express Live!, Columbus, Ohio – Sept. 12, 2017 Tuesday evening, as downgraded tropical storm Irma was making her way into … Read more
Yes Featuring Anderson, Rabin and Wakeman: North American Tour 2017 [Concert Review]
Yes Featuring Anderson, Rabin and Wakeman: Fraze Pavillion, Kettering, Ohio – Sept. 12, 2017 The “New” Version of Yes hit all the right notes! As … Read more
The Alarm: USA Tour 2017 [Concert Review]
The Alarm: Music Box Supper Club; Cleveland, Ohio – August 27, 2017 The Alarm, led by original member Mike Peters, returned to the US for … Read more
Green Day “Revolution Radio” Tour [Concert Review]
Green Day: Riverbend Music Center; Cincinnati, Ohio – Sunday, August 20, 2017 Over 20 years ago, as Green Day began dominating alternative rock radio with … Read more
U2: The Joshua Tree Tour [Concert Review]
U2 w/ The Lumineers: MetLife Stadium; Meadowlands, New Jersey – Wednesday, June 28, 2017 After U2’s triumphant tour two years ago in support of their … Read more
Nowhere Else Festival [Concert Review]
Nowhere Else Festival: Featuring Over the Rhine & the Band of Sweethearts, Birds of Chicago, Red Dirt Boys, Carrie Newcomer, Carrie Rodriguez, “Treasure of the … Read more
Tom Petty & The Heartbreakers: 40th Anniversary Tour [Concert Review]
Tom Petty & The Heartbreakers w/ Joe Walsh: Scottrade Center, St. Louis, MO – May 12, 2017 When Tom Petty led the Heartbreakers to the … Read more
Prophets Of Rage: Politically Charged & Musically Satisfying [Concert Review]
Prophets of Rage: Riverbend Music Center, Cincinnati, OH – October 5, 2016 “Cincinnati, are you awake?” asked rapper B-Real early in the performance of the … Read more
King’s X: Over My Head [Concert Review]
King’s X (w/ King of Spades): Rockstar Pro Arena, Dayton, Ohio – September 29, 2016 On a cool and gloomy Fall night, about 300 people … Read more
MidPoint Music Festival Review 2016: Good Music, Good Food, & Lessons In Courtesy
Nothing like a three day music festival and 81 artists over 4 stages to totally enthrall a music lover. The 2016 lineup for Cincinnati’s Midpoint … Read more
How I Spent My Saturday Evening At The MidPoint Music Fest
Probably the best thing about music festivals, aside from gathering some bands you want to see into one place for a long day of music, … Read more
Guns N’ Roses – “Not In This Lifetime” Tour [Concert Review]
Guns N’ Roses (w/ Tyler Bryant & the Shakedown): Paul Brown Stadium, Cincinnati, Ohio – July 6, 2016 Here in 2016, it’s hard to gauge … Read more
Guided By Voices: Past Present & Future [Concert Review]
Guided by Voices (w/DTCV): Oddbody’s Music Room, Dayton, Ohio – June 23, 2016 A Guided by Voices show is a two-faced beast. In one sense, … Read more
MUTEMATH: Nothing “Typical” About This Band [Concert Review]
MUTEMATH: Newport Music Hall, Columbus, OH – March 30, 2016 The first time I saw MuteMath was ten years ago, their self titled debut album … Read more
Ty Segall & The Muggers: The Man Behind The Mask [Concert Review]
Ty Segall & The Muggers: Majestic Theatre, Detroit, MI – March 5, 2016 If you saw Ty Segall and some of his band mates bowling … Read more
Bruce Springsteen: Strong as the River [Concert Review]
Bruce Springsteen & The E Street Band: KFC Yum! Center, Louisville, KY – February 21, 2016 It’s been over 35 years since the release of … Read more
Wolf Alice offer Arena Sound on Club Tour that is Special [Concert Review]
Wolf Alice with Radkey: Madison Live, Covington, Kentucky – December 16, 2015 Let’s get this out of the way: If you get the chance to … Read more
Glen Hansard: An Evening of Friends [Concert Review]
Glen Hansard: Taft Theatre, Cincinnati, Ohio – October 24, 2015 Even though Glen Hansard has an impressive resume, it still seems people are unaware of … Read more
Yes: Not ready to call it quits yet! [Concert Review]
Yes: Rose Music Center, Dayton, Ohio – August 14, 2015 With the untimely passing of co-founder and bass player extraordinaire Chris Squire from a rare … Read more
2014 MidPoint Music Festival Recap [Concert Review]
Cincinnati’s MidPoint Music Festival was once again a success this year with another solid lineup. I will be the first to admit that when I … Read more
The Club is Open Again! Guided By Voices – Taft Theatre, Cincinnati, OH 5/16/2014 [Concert Review]
I came WAY late to the GBV party: by the time I caught on to the band’s greatness, the reunited “classic lineup” had already released … Read more
Pixies Rock Sold-Out Crowd with 100 minute, 30 Song Set [Concert Review]
There’s been a lot of turmoil in Pixie-land of late. With the departure of Kim Deal and her replacement Kim Shattuck, attention has been understandably … Read more
Motel Beds and 500 Painted LP’s [Concert Review]
If you weren’t at this event/show on Saturday night (Jan. 18, 2014), then you missed out. Why do I go with the whole show/event phrasing? … Read more
An evening with The Lone Bellow [Concert Review]
The Lone Bellow: The 20th Century Theatre, Cincinnati, Ohio – 11/12/13 If The Lone Bellow are a band you should be listening to, they are … Read more
Neko Case allows a Flash to Extinguish her Flame [Concert Review]
I saw Neko Case 10 years ago in a much smaller venue so I was very excited to see one of the best voices in … Read more