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Monthly Archives: November 2009
Aquabear Legion’s 5th Birthday Party
Aquabear Legion is celebrating our 5th Anniversary with a concert and party at The Union on Saturday, November 21st! Come show support for Aquabear and Ohio music and join us for an awesome night. The Makebelieves (Athens) The Deathers (Cleveland) … Continue reading
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RECORD REVIEW: We March – Creator/Destroyer – Non-Prophet, 2007
- by Pencil – Full length number three from Athen’s vanguard of punk/hardcore/garage/psyche, WE MARCH’s “Creator/Destroyer”, ranges from the speed and fury of 80’s H/C punk to scrappy garage stomp and murky psyched-out jams, but don’t think for one second … Continue reading
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RECORD REVIEW: Percolator – Man is Not a Bird, 2007
- by Brian Wiebe The relationships we have with music are as varied and complicated as the ones we have with people. Sometimes a song or album is love at first listen—swooning as I hit repeat for the fifth, sixth, … Continue reading
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Venue Spotlight: ARTS/West
by Kris Poland – Go West, Young Bands There is a place on West State Street where Athens music lovers can see some of the area’s best musicians display their talents. It is a place where engaging local paintings and … Continue reading
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Tagged ARTS/West, Athens Municipal Arts Commission, athens ohio, casual future, Chris Poland, dinner of swords, Emily Prince, Goodbye Goats, Men of Gentle Birth, Ohio Arts Council, weedghost, Wellbutrin Commission
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RECORD REVIEW: The X Bolex – This Time Next Year You’ll Be Oxidizing Stone – Tower Control, 2007
- by Brian Koscho – The X Bolex began as a solo project for then Small Object a drummer Nate Scheible while he was still living in Athens, Ohio. But, The X Bolex is now a full band made up … Continue reading
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RECORD REVIEW: Machine Go Boom – Music for Parents – Collectible Escalators, 2007
- by Brian Koscho Cleveland’s Machine Go Boom has been one of my own personal favorite bands for years. Music For Parents is their second album after 2004’s Thank You Captain Obvious, both were recorded by Paul Maccarrone at Cleveland’s … Continue reading
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The Aquabear Rant #2: Your Band Is At Least that Lame, Too
by Dan Majesky I guess I’m supposed to tell everybody why local music is the new black. 3 years ago, I would have shot myself in the face for even thinking about defending that position. Now? Fuck it, I’m riding … Continue reading
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Tagged Chicago, clap your hands and say yeah, hipsterism, myspace, New York, Portland, regional music, Wooster
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The Aquabear Rant #1: Burn Baby Burn
by Rick Dodgson, Foreign Legion Correspondent It’s been a long time coming music lovers, but the end is nigh so raise your glasses and rejoice over the passing of the music industry as we have known it. Sony BMG, Universal, … Continue reading
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Tagged american idol, bmg, casual future, high school musical, josh groban, myspace, skeletonwitch, sony, southeast engine, universal, warner
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RECORD REVIEW: Southeast Engine – ” Wheel within a Wheel” – Misra, 2007
Adam Remnant, Southeast Engine’s principle penman and visionary, is a Dayton native living currently in that mythical berg of Athens, OH… a town often described as sleepy, dreamlike… you get the picture. Let me tell you about the Remnant’s house: … Continue reading
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