When I first met the guys from Amarillo, I got a free coffee (very nice touch) and an abbreviated history of a highly interesting group on the local circuit. This […]

Okay, so I’m average. Married my high school sweetheart, produced 2.0 kids. The garage holds one car and one minivan. Assuming the Lipitor does its job, I will have the […]

On the night of the whatzup Battle of the Bands V finals, a loyal local music fan was heard to comment, “They have the most spiritual energy of any band […]

A few years ago, Nick Hornby – who wrote the novels High Fidelity and About a Boy and a small library of other things – submitted to McSweeney’s Internet Tendency […]

Don’t go into Constellation, the new release by San Diego’s (late of Northeastern Ohio) Longsleeves, looking for snappy choruses or arena-rocking riffs. Or many recognizable instruments, for that matter. Not […]

A few years back Cathy Serrano stunned the local populace with a folksy album drenched in Native American flute. This debut album, Share The Wind, was a bit short on […]

At the risk of sounding outmoded, dated and (proudly) un-Bluetooth-ed, I maintain that MySpace is still a great place to find new bands and get a little inside dope on […]

Okay — to call this debut by Toledo, Ohio’s Chavar Dontae “local” might be a bit of a stretch (I once caught some flak for classifying the Glass City as […]