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Knocked Loose always looks on the bright side of life

The Kentucky hardcore band, which headlines Kemba Live on Friday, Oct. 4, said the slight glimmer of hope in its most brutal, punishing batch of songs to date arrives via the narrators’ ability to endure life’s accumulated pains and still manage forward.

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St. Lenox unspools the true tale of his ‘JD Vance Couch’

When musician Andrew Choi watches tonight’s vice-presidential debate, he’ll be seated on a sofa that once belonged to a former roommate of the junior senator from Ohio.

Divide and Dissolve engages heavy conversations on ‘Systemic’

Takiaya Reed brings her instrumental doom band to Rumba Cafe for a concert on Thursday, Oct. 3.

Joey Aich by Rhett Frey
The race is just starting for Joey Aich

With a new song (‘Midsummer’) set to drop on Monday, Sept. 30, the Columbus rapper is closing one chapter and setting the stage for whatever is to come.

Adam Remnant navigates the divide on ‘Big Doors’

The Athens musician will celebrate the release of his new full-length album in concert alongside his band the Signs at Natalie’s Grandview on Friday, Sept. 27.

Manager will see you now

Columbus expat Jon Chinn and Co. return with a stripped-down lineup and a sharp new EP.

Manic Splits channel self-doubt, anxiety into confident garage-punk rippers

The Columbus four-piece, which released its self-titled debut in July, hits Spacebar for a concert on Wednesday, Sept. 18.

Nathan Phillips exercises randomness, control in making of new album

The musician, born and raised in Mansfield, Ohio, releases his third Big Bend album, ‘Last Circle in a Slowdown,’ on Friday, Sept. 13.

The Big Bend playlist: 30 great Ohio songs

Nathan Phillips of Big Bend writes that "these 30 songs don’t scratch the surface of the overwhelmingly rich music that’s come out of the state, but hopefully it will get you to dig further."

Sam Craighead ditches words, finds their voice with ‘Cranbrook Sonata’

The Columbus musician will perform selections from their new album in concert at Graves Piano Co. Recital Hall on Saturday, Sept. 14, supported by Field Sleeper and Angelique Porter.