First off, I just want to second A.C.’s previous post about Public Space One. The venue rules. If you need proof, here is a video from one of Mission Creek Festival’s most legendary performances with, oh I don’t know, The Tallest Man on Earth. Second, there will be a Mission Creek Pre-Party at Public Space [...]

Much like everything involving me and this organization, it started with a somewhat sketchy email from Andre. Tyler from HOTT, a local band of badasses, wanted to get the word out about an event. Being the person that I am, I will never stop anyone who wants to advertise an event called Old Thrashers IV. [...]

Watching that last video I posted of Birth Rites at the Blue Moose reminded me that the headliner of that show was Colour Revolt… who is also playing the festival!!! (Tuesday, March 29th @ The Mill-FREE!!!) How wonderful. Here’s a video from that set. I believe it cuts out a little early, but you get [...]

Okay, so I lied. I admit it. I am sorry but I feel a responsibility to you, my dear reader, to clear the air. Yesterday I said that I would preview only bands that you may not have heard of and today, I will preview a band that if you have been even remotely involved [...]

So the saying goes… In like a lion, out like a lamb. It seems that when these foolish English proverb-makers came up with this oh-so-clever slogan, they had not accounted for 2011. It would appear that this year’s March has come in rather lamb-like. The weather has been relatively acceptable since the 1st (it is [...]

Our literary man on the street, Joe Tiefenthaler, sends us another head’s up. Get thee to Prairie Lights if you feelin’ literate. My memory’s troublesome, but what I remember of the last time I heard Peter Bognanni read in public, he set the stage for an honest religious experience…WWF style. I remember spandex onesie costuming. [...]

So, by now the word is fully out that rising rap star Wale has had to pull out of tonight’s SCOPE semester finale due to illness. However, in a sweet twist, indie rap luminary Talib Kweli has come on to take his place and join Girl Talk for this fantastic bill. Talib Kweli, if you [...]

The 3rd installment of Daytrotter‘s excellent Barnstormer tour comes by West Liberty tomorrow night with a strong line-up of current indie pop faves. The Delta Spirit and Ra Ra Riot headline the show, but there’s some other really good stuff in the rest of the line-up too. Get a taste of new voice Nathaniel Rateliff, [...]

Below is a podcast of the worst interview I (or possibly anyone else) has ever conducted. On Monday, my co-host, Ben, and I never stood a chance. Once The Tanks walked into the KRUI studios, it was already doomed. We tried discussing the band’s new album (we played a few un-mastered tracks on air), their [...]

On Monday night Ben and I sat down with prolific new-comers Cocoon in the KRUIstudios for another bout of discussion and live performance on Corn-Fed Music. The duo comprised of local concert fixture Ian MacMillian and Zach “Avery” Dowling (a/k/a Goldwater Marmalaid), has already put out a split, an ep, and contributed a new track [...]