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Cincinnati's best kept secret, and best band (with a shout-out to Fruit LoOops, a very close runner up) -but Lashes packs so much power into such a small package (drum and base/vocals duo). Link has some tracks, though seeing them live, for the rare times they play out, is a must.
Apr 3, 2024
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please take a moment to listen to 5LOKO, one of the greatest diy indie projects out there right now. i met t and raf through the beautiful magic of timing and the internet at the start of covid and had the honor of not only making two wonderful friends, but also getting to collaborate in the creation of some art to compliment their own work: making single cover art for them, working on one of my first two person portrait/lifestyle shoots with them, shooting & making posters for their shows (and also now cooking up an even bigger project??? stay tuned hehe). honestly, ever since we all met up together for the first time, ive just been on a mission to get them on the map…simply put: they are just too goated to fail. if you have any time today, please just listen to at least one song of theirs or their latest album New Beatles and let me know what songs resonate with u 🧚
Jan 31, 2024
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hello! there's been a lot of crazy things happening recently. my band, The Licks, instagram account got hacked by a whackjob troll spreading heinous rumors (they are disgusting i made a new account @ ripthelicks and have been receiving immense love and support—all is well thank you🖤), this year for Valentines Day i planted 300 trees in Shetland, i've woodburned on three palm tree somethingorothers that look like masks (two of which are at my friends farm in Helendale), and i have felt like what is the top of the world in the middle of the desert. there were some beautiful storms and weather phenomena this year so far. anyhow, after some years of me gathering my thoughts post-covid, THE LICKS released a new EP! there are 6 songs, one of which is a treat because i wrote and recorded it at 16. the others were written and recorded during the hiatus, so from 2018ish-2022. we are playing a release show at 5pm on June 9th at the Cross Eyed Cow in Oro Grande, CA. we would love for you to join us in celebrating the release of this new record! there is a new lineup, new songs, some old ones too, and a new live experience entirely. here it is!
Jun 8, 2024
best band of allll the bands in my humble opinion. LOT is really a band that can be digested in infinitely many ways, as many ways as the emotions they produce. lizzie powell’s voice is full of caring, raw beauty, and intensity to match. every song is remarkably unique, and I mean that in many ways; from the masterful songwriting that keeps you guessing, to lizzie’s mysterious and beautiful lyrics and free voice. anyways I could go on and on but if you like harder stuff start with their first EP applause cheer boo hiss, if you like softer stuff maybe start with life after youth. if you want my opinion, it’s all great but some are lakes is my favorite album ever. lizzie powell is also a great person that uses their platform for positive activism, a definite added bonus!
May 23, 2025
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...is what they call it, in the basement of...
THE COMET
4579 Hamilton Ave.
Cincinnati OH
Weds. Jan. 29, 8pm
Experimental, Ambient Eclectic show for the kiddies. It’s in the basement, where all the fun stuff happens.
[addendum, just so happens fortuitously that the very loud LASHES will be playing upstairs, which may create a problem for the ambient side, but it promises to make for an all around interesting evening]
Line up is
Mark Shafer :
inventor of gadgets and music
Heal Trapeze: Jordin Goff of the Yugos solo project made for the weird ( fans of they might be giants or cardiacs might like)
No Face: Expermentor of abstract some times intense music
Ergonomics: Michael Clouse of Heists’ project ivolving improv and getting out of the comfort zone to make some thing unique and musical
Miguel Morte Valentine: former sing song writer, . first anglar and no wave guitarist famous and acclaimed band Period Bomb had before he moved on to focus on his current project Honorable Demons.
Grow Horns: You all know him and love him. Former child star now a wild star exploring sounds.
Jan 27, 2025
Squatters have been in the headlines of late... But here (linked) is an 'oldie but goodie' -in yellow journalism. A hit piece on the 1980s squatter noise group MF by none other than Matt Taibbi's old man!
Apr 13, 2024
...passed away this week... R.I.P.
He was a fixture of the Cincinnati underground music scene for decades. More famous for the record, Wild Angels, produced by his friend Lou Reed, and infamous for its S&M chic album cover (see link)....
I guess I'll never know if he was putting me on when he told me the name of the band he was in w/ Lou Reed, pre-Velvet Underground.... In any case, I couldn't repeat it.
Feb 1, 2025