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If you’re into dance music, you’re probably used to seeing the one-man robot creaking his bolts to make glowing machines light up like Cash Cab with beats and squeaks for your hypnotic pleasure. Robert Delong is game for your mechanized expectations, but reprograms the situation entirely as a...

Disco beat drops. Deep toms reverberate like the bridge of a Phil Collins song. Synth distortion and glitchy melodies set a tone where 80’s dance music meets the electronic production power of a digital era. Holy Ghost!, a synthpop duo from NYC, finds harmonious balance between Chromeo-esque...

Empire of the Sun is such an appropriate name for the headliner at Bunbury on Friday night. From the middle of psychedelic sea anemone people flowing in an imaginary breeze to slinkier beings jerking and sliding around like Voldo from Soul Caliber rises a man, sporting a wild gold sun crown and...

“Hey you! Let’s party. Have a killer party, and party.” I had never felt so invited in my life as those words rang true and determined from the boombox in the corner of the farm’s remote garage, a fellow 16-year-old party hopeful in an Ohio State hat handing me a Beast Ice to begin what...

Do you know MKTO? No, not the stock symbol for Marketo Inc. currently trading for about $27 a share. I’m talking the Malcolm-Kelly-Tony-Oller pop duo out of California that were cast as best friends for Teen Nick TV series, “Gigantic,” continued their bestfriendship after their departure,...

“French-American Electro Dream Rock.” If that’s not enticing enough to come see White Hinterland at MOTR Pub tonight, I’ll continue. Casey Dienel is an American singer/songwriter whose talent far exceeds her popularity, but ever since her debut release in 2005, “Wind Up Canary,” she’s...

Freekbass, an eastside Cincinnati native, spent most of his time finding his wings in the Clifton + Downtown neighborhoods. “To a 14-year-old kid, Clifton felt like being in Greenwhich Village,” he says. They supported his live music, encouraged his originality and cemented his bass place in a...

“Let me make sure I have it all lined up. You want me to throw this thing into the tub when ‘White Rabbit’ peaks. Is that it?” You don’t need Raoul Duke to throw the radio in so you can ride the waves of Jefferson Airplane to a more fanciful high. Ancient Warfare will ride that grungy...

While you read this article, listen to the first song on Hey Champ’s Soundcloud, “Dominoes." It’s the title track on their first EP since 2011, “Anything at All,” and it’s perfect to set the tone for the genre meandering that’s about to go down here. Jumping into the glitch beat of...

Take a trip down musical memory lane and look back at the progression of punk rock since the early 80s. Somewhere between the pure punk heritage of The Clash, The Ramones and The Misfits, the knee-yourself-in-the-face-from-skanking-too-hard power fun of NOFX and Pennywise, the boy band-esque, new...

Before you read the rest of this article, go outside or open your windows and breathe the fresh air. It’ll clear your head, straighten your vibes and bring you to a place where you can begin to better understand the spirit of Papadosio. Hailing from the depths of Southern Ohio, these musical...

The Toadies have been a fixture of the American rock scene since their hit release and first tour of Rubberneck in 1994, the first time they told us all they’d treat us well as their sweet angels… and so help me Jesus, they did. A no-bullshit anthem for the emotionally real journey of an entire...