Courtney Phenicie's Profile

Twenty One Pilots brought the house down at their Sunday night performance at Bunbury Music Festival in June. The band released their latest album, Blurryface in May. Twenty One Pilots formed in 2009 and started building a huge fan base across Ohio and the Midwest by touring and using social media...

Viet Cong just released their self-titled debut album in January of 2015, but they sound like a band that has been in your music library for decades. Viet Cong is a Canadian post-punk band formed in Calgary, Alberta in 2012. The group consists of two ex-members of the rock band Women,...

Chris Knight doesn’t like to say much. Won’t chat about his worldview or engage in conversations on his creative approach. For 15 years, 7 acclaimed albums and a hard-nosed career that’s been hailed as “where Cormac McCarthy meets Copperhead Road”, Knight has always...

Rockstead is a Cincinnati reggae-rock band consisting of Jake Burns (lead vocals, guitar), Tanner Briscoe (lead guitar), Victor Falco (Bass), and John Albertson (Drums). Rockstead surrounds themselves with positive vibes in all facets of their lives, and their music reflects that.  Rockstead...

Quiet Life are headed back to the Queen City. We last saw them at MPMF last year. They are headed back to play the American Roots Series on Fountain Square on Tuesday, July 21st! Quiet Life just finished recording a new album produced by Scott McMicken of Dr. Dog, which is due out soon. Their most...

Brooklyn based Lazyeyes plays hazy, psych-tinged dreampop made up of swirling guitar melodies and reverb-drenched vocals. The band released their New Year EP earlier this year to praise from Stereogum, Interview Magazine, NME, BrooklynVegan and more, and they...

Four singers. Four songwriters. Four multi-instrumentalists. Each member of Miss Shevaughn & Yuma Wray could easily front their own band, but together their synergy is palpable; live or in the studio. Miss Shevaughn & Yuma Wray has created something that is familiar, but, at the same time,...

Technicolor Monster is playing the Cincinnati stop of the 2015 Vans Warped Tour, and they want you to know.  “Really and truly this is amazing for us. Our fans came through in a huge way, getting us into the number 3 spot for Cincinnati and earning us the opportunity to play a set...

It seems as if the MLB and Red’s may have outdone themselves. Rumors have been circulating about The Avett Brothers set to play a private party at Yeatman’s Cove this Tuesday before the big game. However, tickets have been popping up online for $125… Check out the blogpost...

Check out this new version of “Take Down Your Flag” – a song by Peter Mulvey and many others, performed by Ani DiFranco with Ivan Neville and Terence Higgins.  Peter Mulvey wrote “Take Down Your Flag” two days following the Charleston, SC shooting on June 17. He...

With a clatter of percussion and a blast of electric guitar, Cowboy Mouth rips into the band's 10th album, Go!, with the ferocity of a band that's been there, done that... and can't wait to do it all again. Cowboy Mouth just celebrated their 25th anniversary as a band, and their raucous live shows...

MidPoint organizers announced today a third group of artists, led by hometown favorites Heartless Bastards. Tickets for the fourteenth annual event, September 25–27, are on sale now at MPMF.com. ENTER TO WIN A PAIR OF 3-DAY PASSES HERE!  Heartless Bastards, touring in support of their...