Des Rocs — Skully’s Music Diner, Columbus, Ohio
Music criticism has a well-documented access problem. Say the wrong thing about the wrong artist and the press credentials dry up. The result is a landscape of reviews that read li
Krooked Kings — A&R Music bar, Columbus, OH
Some bands grow into their sound gradually, in public, one awkward tour at a time. Krooked Kings seem to have done most of that work quietly — and arrived in Columbus on Saturday
Soul Coughing – Madison theater, Covington, KY
S oul Coughing played their first concert in 1992 and their last show (prior to last year's reunion) in 2000. Over those eight years, the band released only three studio album
Andy Bell / Savannah Pope – Wilbur Theater, Boston, MA
Few voices in pop are as instantly recognizable as Andy Bell’s, and from the first note of his Ten Crowns tour stop at the Wilbur Theater in Boston, that iconic tone transported
Wargasm — The Foundry, Cleveland, OH
Wargasm’s performance at the Foundry on Saturday night explored extremes in: distortion against precision, fury against playfulness, collapse against release. The UK duo, joined
Jessie Murph — Kemba Live! Columbus, Oh
Murph’s sound thrives on contrasts. The night opened with “Gucci Mane” and “Touch Me Like a Gangster,” tracks driven by trap beats and swaggering vocals that nonetheless
Ryan Adams – Taft Theatre, Cincinnati, OH
T ornado sirens filled the early evening air as I arrived at the Taft Theatre to photograph and review Ryan Adams' July 20th Cincinnati stop. With Adams' reputation for b
