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Micah Schnabel and Vanessa Jean Speckman go west

When a rent increase pushed the two musicians from their longtime apartment in Old North, the pair developed plans to relocate to California, moving in with family to better assess future plans. But first, they’ll commune with friends for a farewell show at Rumba Cafe on Thursday, Oct. 23.

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Red Velvet Letdown band members (from left to right) TJ Steppe, Michael Christian, Ace Mayes, Kent Grosswiler, and Mitch America photographed by Chris Casella.
Red Velvet Letdown finds a way forward

More than a year after the death of guitarist Michael Christian, the Columbus band will celebrate the release of a new seven-inch LP in concert at Spacebar on Saturday, Oct. 25.

Awareness of mortality breathes life into Rat Dreams’ new double album

The Columbus roots-rock band will celebrate the release of ‘In the Summer You Dream of God’ in concert at Rumba Cafe on Friday, Oct. 17.

Goon leans on intuition for ‘Dream 3’

The Los Angeles psych-pop quartet visits Rumba Cafe for a concert on Tuesday, Oct. 7, playing behind an excellent new album that finds singer and songwriter Kenny Becker spending more time exploring his interior world.

Childhood passions lead Myko Glaze to the Ohio R&B Music Festival stage

The Columbus singer’s early love for music ignited when at age 5 he pressed his ear to his grandmother’s stereo speaker as a Donny Hathaway record played. This weekend he’ll be one of the showcase artists appearing onstage at Up Front Performance Space.

Good Reverend emerges from a week in the wilderness with ‘Sweet Tea and Cigarettes’

The Columbus rock quartet will celebrate the release of its hard charging new album in concert at Ace of Cups on Saturday, Oct. 4.

Mark Lomax revisits the past and comes away with lessons for the future

The Columbus drummer and composer will join the Urban Art Ensemble at Wexner Center for the Arts this week to perform ‘The Unity Suite’ – a piece he first composed more than two decades ago and recently reworked to better speak to this social and political moment.

The Kyle Sowashes wish the world would finally ‘Start Making Sense’

A pair of weekend concerts at Rumba Cafe will find the long-running Columbus rock band celebrating both its 20-year anniversary and the release of a new album on Anyway Records.

Mukiss slows down, emerges with ‘Everything That Shakes Is Changing’

Columbus musician Caeleigh Featherstone documents a transformative stretch of years on her new full-length album, which releases on Friday, Sept. 26.

John Calvin Abney takes a spin through the past on ‘Transparent Towns’

Released today (Friday, Sept. 19), the latest album from the Tulsa-raised, Columbus-based musician finds him wrangling with the memories of the places he once dwelled.