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Live Review: Punk In Drublic Festival – Legend Valley, Ohio 24.06.2023 – 25.06.2023
By Tiffany Detzel The time has come to say goodbye, the end of an era is quickly approaching. Forty years is a long time, and oh so much has happened within them. We’ve laughed, we’ve cried, we’ve canceled, but now, only the memories will remain. I am of course referring to Nofx’s Final Tour. Forty …
Live Review: The Bouncing Souls / Anti Flag / A Wilhelm Scream / The Venomous Pinks – Grog Shop, Ohio 14.04.2023
By Tiffany Detzel On Friday April 14th, the Ten Stories High Tour featuring The Bouncing Souls, Anti Flag, A Wilhelm Scream, and The Venomous Pinks rocked through their second night at the Grog Shop in Cleveland, Ohio. Before getting into the show itself, shout out to the wonderful non profit Punk Rock Saves Lives. They …
News/Tracks: Coming soon – two lo-fi funk lost gems ‘Thrust’ and ‘Thrust Too’, kickstarting an overdue retrospective of Wilbur Niles seminal grooves.
A label that does the crate digging for you, Toronto’s We Are Busy Bodies have announced a gold dust reissue series shining a light on the work of guitarist/producer Wilbur Niles. Much sampled but seldom celebrated this lo-fi funk luminary based in Cleveland, Ohio made infectious groove music crackling with unrestrained soul, jazz and rock …
Album review: The Ophelias release fantastical new album ‘Crocus’ this Friday Sept 24
Ohio four-piece The Ophelias release the highly-anticipated, expansive album Crocus this Friday, September 24 via Joyful Noise Recordings. This wonderous collection of songs comes two years after breakthrough album Almost, which saw the group make a mark delivering some caliginous themes with their trademark, indie-pop lustre. Crocus manages to retain that great kind of complexity, …
PREMIERE: Guided By Voices are ‘High in the Rain’ as they prep new album for October
Don’t act surprised: Guided By Voices are releasing another new record this year. Driven by the eyebrow-raising work ethic of Bob Pollard, the Dayton, OH-based band (currently a quintet) opened their 2021 account with Earth Man Blues at the end of April, with aliased side-project Cub Scout Bowling Pins following that with Clang Clang Ho! …