... spotted some beautiful flashes of color while riding his bicycle through Detroit recently, discovering a workshop and artists creating floats and costumes for the city's Annual Caribbean International Festival Parade. ... Discovering Musical History on Race Street-Michael takes us to historic Herzog Studio in Cincinnati, Ohio , in his Soapbox Cincinnati story. Popular music legends like Hank Williams, Patti Page, Flatt & Scruggs, and Bull Moose Jackson (an early R&B ...

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Chicago-via-Columbus, Ohio psych-pop outfit Loyal Divide have been making quite a name for themselves in the windy city's eclectic rock scene over the past year. Not only with their fun, high-energy live shows, but the violent, stick-figure video they ... Now, they're getting ready for the inaugural North Coast Music Festival , set for Union Park this September 3 – 5, and luckily we caught up with Loyal Divide bassist and songwriter Adam Johnson to talk about the festival, ...

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09.24.10 - Cincinnati, OH - Midpoint Music Festival 09.25.10 - Champaign, IL - Pygmalion Music Festival 09.26.10 - Chicago, IL - Metro* 09.27.10 - Minneapolis, MN - First Avenue * 09.28.10 - Winnipeg, MB - West End Cultural Center* ...

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Thee Oh Sees dates: 09.02.10 - San Francisco, CA - Eagle Tavern * 09.04.10 - Los Angeles, CA - Fuck Yeah Fest 09.05.10 - Davis, CA - DAM House 09.09.10 - Seattle, WA - Crocodile Cafe $ 09.10.10 - Portland, OR - Music Fest NW ...

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We're only one day in, and already, the Neon Marshmallow Festival (Friday through Sunday at the Viaduct Theatre, 3111 N. Western) is off to a terrific start. Despite the quick pace of set-up and break-down between sets, just about every set ... Ohio's Pusdrainer began the night promisingly with some power electronic textures and metal scrapings. Within a few minutes, though, the volume dropped severely, and the set meandered a little too quietly. Couldn't tell if this was ...

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Lollapalooza 2010 "I was carried to Ohio in a swarm of bees." by Joe Hemmerling • August 2010. Chicago is fortunate to play host to two large summer music festivals . While Pitchfork is generally regarded as the more forward-thinking (at ...

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I loved it. My favorite set thus far, but oh kids ... it was just beginning ... that's JSBX in the photo on the right ... Wolf Parade hit the big stage ("big" being relative at a 15000 person festival ) and sounded awesome. ...

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The 12th annual Athens Community Music Festival will take place Saturday, August 21st, featuring over thirty-five local acts at seven uptown venues. All proceeds go to grant opportunities for local musicians and music education. ... Please come out and celebrate the local music of Athens OH !!! We'll be starting things off at Donkey Coffee at 5pm – bands come here to pick up your wristbands! Full schedule for all venues after the break! Donkey 5pm – Liz Pahl ...

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Editor's note: “Overlooked in Ohio ” is a feature in which we ask an Ohio -based artist/ music enthusiast to tell us about a band or bands from the state of Ohio (past or present) that deserve some love. .... One freezing Anyway Fest evening in the perfect old Stache's building sticks way out, tho'. I convinced my friend Yvonne that this was the thing to do – having no car, I had to – but after a few hours of not much happening, including the firing up of the room's heater ...

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Overlooked in Ohio Vol. 6: Belreve

1:30a Government Alpha/Skin Graft/Jason Soliday trio (Japan/ Ohio /Chicago) * 12:45 Ben Billington / Ryan Jewell (Chicago/ Ohio ) * 12:00 Greg Kelley (Massachusetts) * 11:15 Caboladies (Chicago) * 10:35 Keith Fullerton Whitman (Massachusetts) ... 9:10 Music of the Sky Islands (New Jersey/Belgium) * 8:30 Justice Yeldham (Australia) * 7:40 TV Pow w/ Keith Fullerton Whitman (Chicago/Massachusetts) * 7:00 Ducktails (New Jersey) * 6:25 Burial Hex (Wisconsin) ...

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Land of Decay: In Chicago This Week: Neon Marshmallow Fest