Aquabear Legion

  • COUNTY FAIR PREVIEW: Chris Biester

    Chris Biester is arguably the best damn musician in this town, so what better way to open up the Friday night Casa show then with a set from him? Chris hosts the weekly Wednesday Open Stage at Casa Cantina and melts all of our faces with the occasional Chickenpussy performance besides working as an artist…

  • COUNTY FAIR PREVIEW: Weedghost

    There is one band that has played every Aquabear County Fair, and the even played the first Aquabear Showcase at The Wire in 2005. That band is Weedghost. They will be joining us at again at The Union on Saturday, March 6th. Comprised of Andrew Lampela and Kris Poland, Weedghost has been making and looping…

  • COUNTY FAIR PREVIEW: Men of Gentle Birth

    So. Aquabear has decided to preview one band EVERY DAY in the weeks leading up to the Aquabear County Fair on March 4-6, 2010.  In all, 15 bands will be playing this year over the course of three nights and three venues. Today marks our first entry: Columbus, Ohio’s Men of Gentle Birth. They will…

  • RECORD REVIEW: Tom Evanchuck “Tom”

    by Laura McMullen The first few songs on Cleveland native, Tom Evanchuck’s album, Tom, have lots of talk about train stations, roads, coming home, etc.—the usual sort of reflective, acoustic shtick. But at about two tracks in, it’s clear Tom makes it work better than most. Sure, there’s the Lonesome Dove sort of fiction lingering…

  • 2010 MusicNOW Festival

    by Zachary Long Ohio music lovers will be happy to know that the dates and line-up for the 2010 edition of the MusicNOW Festival in Cincinnati were announced this past week. The annual festival, now entering it’s fifth year, showcases some of the most forward-thinking artists in contemporary music. The event is curated by Bryce…

  • 01/31/10 – Aquabear Pancake Breakfast and Noise Show – ARTS/West

  • 4th Annual Aquabear County Fair is THIS WEEKEND: March 4-6, 2010!

    The 4th annual Aquabear County Fair takes place March 4-6, 2010 in Athens, Ohio and we are thrilled to announce the lineups for that weekend! And this one is shaping up to be one of the best we’ve had… Saturday, March 6th at The Union, 8pm This Moment in Black History (Cleveland) Makebelieves (Athens) Men…

  • Pancake Breakfast & Noise Show

    Aquabear Pancake Breakfast and Noise Show Pancake Breakfast from 1-5pm followed by a Noise/Improv Show upstairs.

  • 01/22/10 – FREE Aquabear Show – Casa Cantina

  • Moon High Songs

    Here are a couple songs from the Moon High performance at the Ohio Winter Folk Festival at Stuart’s Opera House last Saturday. Moon High will be performing at the Free Aquabear Show this Friday, January 22 at Casa Cantina. Recorded by Zachary Long. On and On Untitled moonhighmusic.com myspace.com/moonhighmusic

  • Aquabear Seeking Submissions and Contributors!

    The Aquabear Legion is looking for folks to contribute to our website! Submit your writing, photos, videos, reviews, or anything else related to Ohio music, art, or film. Want to write but don’t have an idea? No worries, we have lots of those too. Send us an e-mail at contact@aquabearlegion.com if you are interested in…

  • Free Aquabear Show – Friday, January 22nd @ Casa

    An eclectic good time: Dragline Bros. www.myspace.com/thedraglinebrothers Moon High www.myspace.com/moonhighmusic Snarlas www.dorisdorisdoris.com/musicdistro.html Tim Race www.myspace.com/manoranimals www.myspace.com/russenorskband

  • 01/16/10 – Ohio Winter Folk Fest and Record Swap/Art Fair – Stuart’s Opera House

  • Thank You To All Who Worked With Aquabear in 2009!

    Thank you to all of you who have worked with Aquabear Legion in 2009, let’s make the list even longer for 2010! www.aquabearlegion.com Support Ohio Music and Art! Bands who played live for Aquabear: The Makebelieves The Deathers The Hairy Hearts Men of Gentle Birth godversussatan Weird Science Weedghost Seascapes Liz Pahl Dead Winds of…

  • 11/21/09 – Aquabear’s 5th Birthday Party – The Union

  • The Way It All Must End

    by Bram Riddlebarger Your head bursting from sleep and sickness, you sit at the kitchen table and listen to Hank Williams moan from the stereo in the living room. Hank had just kicked it a week ago. His voice was more ghostly than ever. You shake your head. You wonder why Tom Robbins ended his…

  • 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) The Hairy Hearts godversussatan (Columbus/Athens/Lancaster) Weedghost (Athens/Dayton) Raffles all night for awesome prizes! Cupcakes! NEW…

  • 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 that this is anything but the most scathing Punk record you’ve heard in a long…

  • 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, seventh time—enraptured in immediacy.  Other times, the relationship takes a little while to develop.  Maybe…

  • 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 photographs adorn the walls and where community members meet to consolidate support for the arts.…

  • 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 of  some of the greatest musicians in the Cleveland music scene. Nate also co-runs Zombie…

  • 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 Zombie Proof Studios. Machine Go Boom’s music is an audio sugar rush, with band-leader Mikey…

  • 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 the wave of the future. The hey-day of the low-level music tour is over. Gas…

  • 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, Warner Music and all the other corporate music money-pigs have been condemned to die, guilty…

  • 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: piano, keyboard, drum here, drum there, harmonica, violin, organ… zounds of guitars. And that is…