Jun 6, 2013

It’s pretty damn hard to cover a Patti Smith song and do it well. Even harder to cover “Because the Night,” perhaps one of her most haunting and legendary songs, co-written with Bruce Springsteen. But it is another challenge entirely to do this while collaborating with another band. Garbage and Screaming Females teamed up this year for the...

Let’s face it, the crazies come out in the summer. Bars are less crowded in the winter, then nice weather hits and BOOM, you’re surrounded by a bunch of dummies…. drunk dummies. Now, I’m definitely not advising for you to start a fight with anyone. However, here are 10 songs that you can rock out to while feeling angry. And maybe these...

May 1, 2013

White Mystery returns to Cincinnati this Thursday, May 2, to play MOTR for the first time. A lot has happened since they last played Cincinnati in September. Miss Alex White and I chatted the other day to catch up on some of the new and exciting White Mystery happenings! On 4/20, they released their 3rd full length album, Telepathic. Already this year, White...

Apr 28, 2013

We Are Hex are back in action in a big way. Since their reformation this past winter, they have big plans for the summer. Last June, I ran into Jilly Weiss, lead singer of We Are Hex at the Black Belles‘ show at the Comet. When I spoke with her, she was working on a new project. We agreed to do a Women in Rock interview to talk about the changes in her...

Apr 3, 2013

It is with great excitement that we post the first song from We Are Hex since their breakup in 2011 . The song of the week is “Lewd Nudie Animals” which can be found on their bandcamp here. This past Saturday, We Are Hex played at the Comet and despite lead singer, Jilly, not feeling well the band put on a great show. And they return darker than...