Concert Review + Photography: Bad Veins w/ In Silent Movies, The Ridges
Review and Photos by Corey Leaman A fair amount of people turned out on a warm, but still damp, Thursday night to Kobo for Bad Veins’ return to Columbus on their first stop of the #NewJakeTour2013. First band up was The Ridges from Athens, Ohio. After having some technical difficulties, the group began in a...
Review: Fashion Week – Darker Things (2013)
By Ryan Getz Fashion Week, in one sentence, is meat and potatoes alternative rock with a touch of acoustic singer/songwriter thrown in. Blame frontman Jason Turner for that one caveat. The band has assembled a group of talented members and amassed an impressive resume in their short career as a band. In addition to drawing...
Concert Review: Marriage w/ Brujas Del Sol at Ace of Cups (Columbus)
Review by Gerrit Carstensen At Ace of Cups last Wednesday the rhythm-heavy, experimental noise rock group Marriage filled the venue with palpable sound waves emitted from a battery of drums and a wall of enormous amplifiers. The group of five, based out of Austin Texas, had a compliment including two bass guitars and an electric...
Review: History’s History – You Are What You Think You Are (2013)
Review by Ray Cobra Every so often there comes a band that has the ability to shape or change the scene around them. It seems that these bands are becoming few and far between. Columbus, OH overall has a pretty good scene. There are bands from the different ones breaking out. However there is one...
Concert Review: LEAGUES w/ The Big Sweet at Rumba Cafe (Columbus)
One of arguably the best bands you’ve never heard of played the small Rumba Cafe recently. Leagues, a Nashville ensemble with some of the best musicians in the biz made huge waves at this year’s SXSW and ignited my desire to see and hear more of them via the impossibly catchy “Spotlight.” The band met...
Concert Review: Shiny Toy Guns at Skully’s Music Diner (Columbus)
Review by Ryan Getz A Grammy nominated electro-rock group made a big impression on Columbus in a venue scarcely big enough to contain them. I’m talking about Los Angeles’ Shiny Toy Guns. Though their reputation might not be as big as it once was, they certainly rocked the house in their trademark fashion. Consider yours...
Review: Sunglass – Unearthed Devices (2013)
Review by Ryan Getz Sunglass is one of a handful of bands in the indie/alternative/ambient umbrella signed to independent boutique record label Mustache Era Records. The first band on this roster to grace IATU was the vastly underrated Playing to Vapors. This paradigm will likely mean nothing to those outside the band’s hometown, so I’ll...
Concert Review: Iceage w/ Unholy Two, Messrs at Ace of Cups (Columbus)
Review by Gerrit Carstensen North Campus venue Ace of Cups played host last Thursday to an interesting group of Danish punk musicians calling themselves Iceage. The group of four held the attention of the large crowd packed into Ace of Cups as they conjured up their chaotic soundscapes, and charged through rowdy speed riffs. The...
Concert Review + Photography: The Overseer w/ Everyone Dies in Utah and more at Kobo
Lineup: Everyone Dies in Utah | The Overseer | Bleach Blonde | Vice on Victory | The Quiet Side | Carev Dvor Review by Ryan Getz The Overseer have been making waves in the underground hardcore/metalcore realm since their signing to Solid State Records in early 2012. I was curious to see how their...
Review: LVX – At Arms Length (2013)
LVX is a group that has been heavily plugged on IATU, and rightly so – they carry the musical chops of a seasoned band and have the ambition and vision to go far. After a long wait (or so it seemed) we finally have At Arms Length, the band’s first formal release (unless you count...
Concert Review: CD102.5 Day, First Dose at LC Pavilion (Columbus)
Review by Ryan Getz Every spring, local independent alternative station CD1025 puts on two days of shows where they pull out all the stops, bringing in bands that get heavy airplay along with a rising local. For a scant $5, Columbusites were treated to such acts this day as Alt-J, Little Green Cars, Family of...
Concert Review: Memphis May Fire, Sirens and Sailors and more at Skully’s Music Diner (Columbus)
Lineup: Memphis May Fire | Sirens and Sailors | Affiance | Live My Last | Fixed in Color | Amative | Carev Dvor Review by Jamarr Stokes For over 20 years, Skully’s Music Diner has been the host to some of the biggest names in music, and on March 27th, it was no different, as...
