Weekend announces fall tour
Weekend have also been hard at work on their followup to Sports. Prior to their European tour in July, the band spent three weeks in the studio with producer Monte Vallier crafting their new EP, simply titled Red. Prepare yourself for yet another much-needed...
Posted: 7/22/2011 4:38 PM in Ventvox
AM & Shawn Lee add tour dates with Fool’s Gold
AM & Shawn Lee are hitting the road with Fool's Gold to co-headline East Coast shows in support of their new album Celestial Electric on ESL. AM & Shawn Lee will be launching their tour as special guests touring as support for Thievery Corporation and...
Posted: 7/22/2011 4:30 PM in Ventvox
Squeeze the Day for 7/22
Music Tonight: Eclectic Chicago Indie band A Lull plays a free show at Over-the-Rhine hotspot MOTR Pub with evocative and diverse local group Sea of Storms, led by Mark Milano and Dave Rohs, who was a member of Electronic Rock trio Chalk (the other members...
Posted: 7/22/2011 1:00 AM in CityBeat Blogs - Music
Paul McCartney Wants Your Art!
Ever listened to Paul McCartney’s first two solo albums and thought, “Wow, these are so great, I want to reinterpret them artistically”? If that’s you (or if you’re just looking for a bit of self-promotion), you could win some cool prizes by entering...
Posted: 7/22/2011 1:00 AM in CityBeat Blogs - Music
New Bob Pollard Music and a Video Contest
Dayton’s favorite son, Guided By Voices CEO Robert Pollard, has a new release coming out Aug. 2 and, perhaps to make up for the fact that it has been over a month without a new release from the prolific mastermind, it’s going to be a “double album.” The...
Posted: 7/22/2011 1:00 AM in CityBeat Blogs - Music
Weekend Music Advisory for 7/23-24
Music This Saturday: Two very high quality Cincinnati acts — Brian Olive and The Sweep (pictured) — host release parties for their latest full-lengths this weekend. Olive, the former Greenhorne and Soledad Brother, is celebrating his sophomore solo effort,...
Posted: 7/22/2011 1:00 AM in CityBeat Blogs - Music
Jesse Malin Show Tonight CANCELLED
If you're getting ready to head down to the Southgate House in Newport tonight for the 9:30 p.m. Jesse Malin & The St. Marks Social concert, you might want to look for something else to do. The show has been canceled due to illness, according to the Southgate's...
Posted: 7/22/2011 1:00 AM in CityBeat Blogs - Music
New : BALAM ACAB :: Apart
Alec Koone goes by the name BALAM ACAB and writes some of the most organic sounding electronic music. He also augments and pitch bends his voice out of recognition until his melodies surface like a stray phantom. “Apart” is a track that will appear on...
Posted: 7/21/2011 3:15 PM in Ventvox
New : Gold Leaves :: Cruel/Kind
Gold Leaves are sharing a slow building track from The Ornament entitled “Cruel/Kind” that showcases Grant Olsen’s vocals alongside some fuzzy, distorted guitar. What do you think? GL_CruelKind... Read more..
Posted: 7/21/2011 3:06 PM in Ventvox
HIGH PLACES ANNOUNCE NEW ALBUM ‘ORIGINAL COLORS’ OUT OCTOBER 11
High Places is poised to release its third long-player Original Colors on October 11, 2011 on Thrill Jockey. The album's ten tracks are full of driving bass pulses, syncopated dance rhythms, and the binding force of Mary's mezzo-soprano vocals. Recorded...
Posted: 7/21/2011 2:59 PM in Ventvox