Category: News
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Weekly wrap-up!
It’s unseasonably warm in Ohio this weekend. Which is good, considering all the awesome shows you need to get yourself to. Stuff you missed or need to revisit: Columbus folk-rockers The Black Swans are attempting to raise $3000 to fund the release of their new album on vinyl, via the website Kickstarter. They’re almost halfway…
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5th Annual Aquabear County Fair (March 3-6 in Athens) Lineups Announced!
This year mark’s the 5th annual Aquabear County Fair so we decided to make it bigger than ever before. We’re pretty excited for this one… many more details to come. This year we present 16 bands total in Athens, Ohio over 4 days on March 3-6. 15 Ohio bands and even 1 from Japan. Thursday,…
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Weekly wrap-up!
What you missed this week, and what you need to do this weekend. In case you missed it, The Nelsonville Music Festival announced its headliners last Friday at Casa: The Flaming Lips, Neko Case, and George Jones. One of the best things about the Nelsonville Fest is the ridiculous amount of talented local and regional…
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Flaming Lips, George Jones, Neko Case to Headline May’s Nelsonville Music Festival
Stuart’s Opera House has announced the headliners for the 7th annual Nelsonville Music Festival on May 13-15, 2011. The Flaming Lips (saturday), George Jones (friday), and Neko Case (sunday) were all announced last night at the “kind of halfway” party at Casa Cantina in Athens. The festival always has a great spread of Ohio bands…
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Weekly wrap-up!
I’m so stoked Friday is here. Mostly because this weekend is going to be awesome. Here’s some stuff you might have missed this week. We held our fifth annual Pancake Breakfast, with the new addition of all-local food. Almost 70 people came to ARTS/West to eat delicious pancakes, listen to 78s, and hang out. Thanks…
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Psychedelic Horseshit sign to FatCat
As if the recent glut of Ohio-centric record label signings wasn’t enough, you can add Columbus-based Psychedelic Horseshit to the list. FatCat Records, an independent English label most famous for its discovery of Icelandic post-rockers Sigur Rós, today signed the noisy Ohio collective fronted by the ever-opinionated Matt Whitehurst. Psychedelic Horseshit’s painfully lo-fi recordings—dubbed ‘shitgaze’…
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Weekly wrap-up!
I would have posted this earlier, but I was too busy MAKING DELICIOUS BUTTER FROM SCRATCH for our annual Pancake Breakfast, happening this Sunday at ARTS/West. All local food, all delicious, and proceeds go to help us on our quest to become a non-profit! Here’s some stuff you might have missed this week. Maps &…
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Aquabear Pancake Breakfast is Sunday! All Local Food!
Aquabear Legion will be holding its annual Pancake Breakfast at ARTS/West on Sunday, January 30th from 1pm-4pm. Aquabear is working with Snowville Creamery, Donkey Coffee, Shagbark Mill, Jackie O’s Pub & Brewery and a whole bunch more so that people can support local music while eating local food. ONLY 5 BUCKS! Bring friends, tell people,…
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Maps & Atlases Live at Stuart’s Opera House’s Cabin Fever Festival
For those of you who didn’t make it out to Stuart’s Opera House (my employer and all around awesome place) for the Cabin Fever Festival a few weeks back missed one hell of a show. Great Ohio music from Pomegranates, Wheels On Fire, Alwood Sisters, Whale Zombie, and Bird and Flower in a beautiful space.…
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Weekly wrap-up!
Holy record label news! That sums up what we’ve been talking about this week. That and pancakes. Sweet, local, delicious pancakes. Southeast Engine drummer and Aquabear pal Leo DeLuca relaunches Misra Records with a compilation available for free download The Black Swans sign to Misra Records Lydia Loveless signs to Bloodshot Records Times New Viking…
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Times New Viking signs to Merge Records
This week, Columbus lo-fi noise rock outfit Times New Viking announced that their latest record, Dancer Equired, will be released on April 26 via Merge Records. The change in label is the latest in a line of switches, which have seen the group releasing work through the similarly reputable labels Matador Records and Slitbreeze Records.…
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The Black Swans Kickstart Vinyl Release of “Don’t Blame the Stars”
Columbus folk-rockers the Black Swans recently put the finishing touches on their long-gestating record Don’t Blame the Stars, which will be released on CD in late April by Misra Records. The album is tribute of sorts to the band’s late violinist Noel Sayre, whose final recordings are housed on the release. The band describes the…
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Southeast Engine Plot Winter Tour
Athens’ own Southeast Engine will be hitting the road again next month, playing a handful of dates throughout the Midwest and East Coast. The outing comes just as the group is preparing to release their fifth full-length record, entitled Canary, recorded at 3 Elliot Studios last February and due out via Misra Records in late…
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Best of Ohio Music 2010
I was very excited to come up with a list of my favorite music from Ohio this year, particularly because not too much on the national scene really blew me away this year. The following list however features some very, very good music and all of it comes at high suggestion for me. Great records…
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Aquabear Legion Collaborators Since 2004
So, Aquabear Legion has spent a lot of time getting official these past few months and filing for our non-profit status (more on that in another post) and as a result we have been going through the archives… What follows is an almost complete list of around 150 bands and musical projects we have worked…
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A Few Words with Brian Harnetty
Ohio musician and friend of Aquabear Legion Brian Harnetty has been keeping himself pretty busy as of late. This past Friday, he opened a sound installation entitled The Star-Faced One in the Audible Gallery at the Experimental Sound Studio in Chicago. The 60-minute piece features material from the Sun Ra/El Saturn Collection as well as…
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Orchestraville Reunites for Athens and Columbus Shows, Releases New Vinyl
Athens and Columbus legends Orchestraville will be playing THIS WEEKEND: Friday, September 17th at The Union in Athens and Saturday, September 18th at the Rumba in Columbus. They are releasing a new LP titled “Poison Berries” which you should buy. Full story on shows and album after the break….
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PREVIEW: Independents’ Day 2010 in Columbus
Hot on the heel’s of last weekends Pabst Blue Rendezvous comes another Columbus street festival, the third annual Independents’ Day. It’s a celebration of—as the name implies—all things independent, from music and art to food and businesses. 200 vendors and 50 bands will gather at Gay Street and Pearl Alley this Saturday, September 18 from noon…
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Aquabear Live at ARTS/West (9-13-10) with The Black Swans, Bird + Flower, Caitlin Kraus
JUST ANNOUNCED: Aquabear will continue our series of curated shows at ARTS/West in Athens, Ohio with a very special show on Monday, September 13th at 8pm! The Black Swans and Bird + Flower from Columbus will come down and join Athens’ own Caitlin Kraus for a damn fine way to spend the first night of…
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Weedghost Tour Update: Sheboygan, Wisconsin!
Those Weedghost boys are still at it, visiting the noise rock mecca that is Sheboygan, Wisconsin and spending some quality time with our Aquabear Wisconsin agent Sir Rick Dogdson! Photos above and dispatches from Andrew after the break!
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Weedghost Tour Update: Chicago!
“Wow. Chicago was fantastic. After a leisurely dinner at Revolution Brewery with Stacy and Wiebe, it was decided that we would play Wiebe’s living room. Perfect. Stace made a few phone calls, those friends made a few calls and boosh, an audience. They were privy to a bit of history. Weedghost play two songs? Last…
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Athens Community Music Festival is THIS SATURDAY, August 21!
From the fine folks at Athens Community Music Festival: The 12th annual Athens Community Music Festival will take place Saturday, August 21st, featuring over thirty-five local acts at seven uptown venues. All proceeds go to grant opportunities for local musicians and music education. Admission is $10 for an all-venue wristband or $5 per location. Tickets…
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Weedghost Tour Update: Yellow Springs to Chicago
Weedghost continues trekking across the Midwest and sending us updates of their adventures. Regarding Sunday night’s set at The Shire in Yellow Springs Weedghost says “Awesome set in the barn. Some bluegrass, courtesy of Blue Moon Soup. Beers, dogs eating the shit out of any moth they can catch, beers…and we sold $20 worth of…