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PHOTOS: Day 1 of the 2018 Bellwether Festival
By: Emily Votaw
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The inaugural Bellwether Festival is taking place this weekend, featuring the likes of MGMT, Dr. Dog, Whitney, Bob Schneider, Carriers, The Flaming Lips, The Psychedelic Furs, Speaking Suns, and more…. Read More

Dissecting Alternative Rock With Columbus’ Cordial Sins
By: Emily Votaw
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The Cordial Sins are raucous-yet-tuneful alternative rock group hailing from Columbus. With dreamy, affected vocals from Liz Fisher and snarly, educated licks from guitarist Corey Dickerson, it’s no wonder that… Read More

Julien Ehrlich of Whitney Talks Simon and Garfunkel, Opening for The Decemberists
By: Emily Votaw
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Whitney’s debut 2015 effort, Light Upon the Lake (Secretly Canadian), is chockfull of melodies that one’s auditory cortex is unsettlingly familiar with, even if that squishy temporal lobe can’t quite put a… Read More

Chatting With Scott McMicken of Dr. Dog
By: Emily Votaw
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Formed 20-some years ago in Philadelphia, PA, always charming neo-psychedelic rockers Dr. Dog have managed to craft everything from low-fi pop ala Guided By Voices and R. Stevie Moore to… Read More

Speaking With Erika Wennerstrom About Her ‘Sweet Unknown’
By: Emily Votaw
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Erika Wennerstrom’s debut solo effort is aptly titled Sweet Unknown, and perhaps could be considered a nine-song exploration of one person’s deftly articulated struggle with just that, the unknown, be… Read More

Born of Whole Foods Carts and Zoo Pizza: Cincinnati’s Carriers
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Cincinnati’s Carriers has quite an impressive personnel listing, especially considering that a number of the interactions vital to the formation of the band had a lot to do with front… Read More