25 Concerts for 2012

[TayFo]

1-11 Deleted Scenes - MayDay
1-12 Light Bright Social Hour - MOTR
1-13 Bettye Lavette – Clifton Center
1-18 The Dig - MOTR
1-26 The Black Shades - MOTR
1-30 Old 97's – 20th Century
2-02 Paper Thin Walls / The Ridges - MOTR
2-17 Heartless Bastards – Shake It In-Store / Madison Theater
2-19 Mike Doughty / Ali Edwards – Redmoor
2-20 Zola Jesus - Cincinnati Arts Center
2-22 Charles Bradley / Little Barrie – Skully’s
2-24 The Minor Leagues - MOTR
3-10 Robbers On High Street / Zachary Burns Band - MOTR
3-14 The Winter Sounds - MOTR
3-17 Reverend Horton Heat / Larry and his Flask – 20th Century
3-22 Cloud Nothings - MOTR
3-23 The Joy Formidable / A Place To Bury Strangers – 20th Century
3-23 You, You’re Awesome – Northside Tavern
3-24 Eisley - Bangarang
3-27 Fanfarlo / Gardens and Villa - Skully's
3-29 High Flying Birds – Lifestyles
3-30 Goodbye Gemini – Cincinnati Art Museum
3-31 CD101 Side A: Kasabian / Of Monsters and Men / Margot & the Nuclear So and So’s / J Roddy Walston – Lifestyles
4-04 Snow Patrol / Ed Sheeran - Bogart's
4-04 Milagres – MOTR
4-07 CD101 Side B: The Naked and Famous / Walk The Moon / The Features - Lifestyles
4-08 Color Bars – MOTR
4-12 U.S. Royalty - MayDay
4-15 Howler – Rumba
4-18 Low / R. Ring – Taft Ballroom
4-18 Sleepy Sun - MOTR
4-19 Cursive / Cymbals Eat Guitars - Bangarang
4-20 An Evening with John Stewart - Aronoff
4-21 Bad Veins CD Release Party / Lightning Love – Taft Ballroom
4-25 Portugal. The Man – The Newport
4-27 Sharon Van Etten – Mayday
4-28 Oberhofer / Young Man – MOTR
5-03 Caveman - MOTR
5-09 St. Vincent / Shearwater - Bogarts
5-09 The Spring Standards - MOTR
5-17 Chuck Prophet – MOTR
5-18 Seabird / Paper Route - MOTR
5-20 Melismatics - MOTR

[euro60]

25? seems like a random number, doesn't it?

[Dan]

24 is two per month, so two per month...plus a random.

[TayFo]

last year was 24 . . . let's push things forward.

[dirk]

1) 1/30/12 - Old 97s, Rhett Miller and The Os at the 20th Century

They tore it up as always.  The Os were good, but they were turned up WAY too loud (I know this is typical of any concert, but they seemed especially loud to where it was hard to make things out at times).  The Old 97s seem to be cursed when they come to Cincy, as they always seem to have some sort of technical difficulty.  This time, Rhett kept having problems with his acoustic guitar to the point they just abandoned it.  But it was a hell of a good time, even if the 2 girls in front of me were acting like they were seeing the Jonas brothers.

[TayFo]

sorry i missed you dirk. next time.

[Cockney Rebel]

1 ● Lewis Black (Support: John Bowman) @ Taft Theater, Cincinnati 2/4

Lewis seems tired and ill. (Bad cold?). Material was weak and suffered from poor delivery. Took for ever to get to the meat and potatoes of his spiel. Disappointing.

[benji55545]

I completed the woxy challenge last year, but I might not have made it to the Randomville number. Maybe this year. Slow start, though.

2012-01-10 - Call Us Art @ The Phone Booth Lounge - Kettering, OH
2012-02-01 - Badfish @ The Blue Note - Columbia, MO
2012-02-09 - Supersuckers @ Mojo's - Columbia, MO
2012-02-10 - Believers @ Mojo's - Columbia, MO
2012-02-16 - Twin Sister @ Mojo's - Columbia, MO
2012-03-01 - Bass Drum of Death @ Mojo's - Columbia, MO
2012-03-03 - Believers @ Mojo's - Columbia, MO
2012-03-13 - Dr. Dog @ The Blue Note - Columbia, MO
2012-04-04 - White Rabbits @ The Blue Note - Columbia, MO
2012-04-05 - Band of Skulls @ Shakespeare's - Columbia, MO
2012-04-05 - Mission of Burma @ Mojo's - Columbia, MO
2012-04-07 - Neon Indian, Sleeper Agent, and fun. @ The Beaumont Club - Kansas City, MO
2012-04-21 - Bad Veins and Walk The Moon @ Shake It Records - Cincinnati, OH

Upcoming


2012-05-03 - Primus @ The Blue Note - Columbia, MO (maybe)
2012-06-02 - Avett Brothers, Snoop Dog, Willie Nelson, Portugal The Man, Flaming Lips, Primus, Best Coast, Bad Veins @ Free Press Summer Fest - Houston, TX

[dirk]

1) 1/30/12 - Old 97s, Rhett Miller and The Os at the 20th Century

2) 2/9/12 - Mount Moriah and Craig Finn at The Basement in Columbus

Pretty damn excellent.  Mount Moriah was a little more laid back than I would have liked, but they sounded good and were entertaining.  Craig Finn was exactly what you would expect from him.  His high energy is insanely awesome, when he does slow things down, it is really heartfelt and good.  The only thing he doesn't do well is mid-tempo.  The songs are fine, but it just doesn't fit that well with his performance style.  But overall, a damn good night.

[Cockney Rebel]

1 ● Lewis Black (Support: John Bowman) @ Taft Theater, Cincinnati 2/4
2 ● Chris Porter (Support: Justin Leon) @ Go Bananas, Cincinnati 2/12
Great value for money show. $5 + a Freestore Foodbank donation each

[The Hegemo]

1. Sharon Van Etten w. Shearwater (Wexner Center, Columbus) -- 2.14
2. Heartless Bastards w. Hacienda (A&R Music Bar, Columbus) -- 2.16

[dirk]

1) 1/30/12 - Old 97s, Rhett Miller and The Os at the 20th Century
2) 2/9/12 - Mount Moriah and Craig Finn at The Basement in Columbus

3) 2/19/12 - Mike Doughty at the Redmoor

The Redmoor was an interesting venue.  It was perfect for a smaller, laid back show like this.  Mike Doughty was awesome.  It was a combo concert/book reading, as he read some passages from his new book and told some stories as well.  I don't understand why more artists don't don't do more "storyteller" types of shows, as they are a really fascinating look into them.  I don't remember the name of the opening act, but she was terrible.  It was just her and a guitar that she learned to play 6 months ago.  She tried to best to be "indie" and "folkie" and "deep" and failed on all accounts.

[Cockney Rebel]

1 ● Lewis Black (Support: John Bowman) @ Taft Theater, Cincinnati 2/4
2 ● Chris Porter (Support: Justin Leon) @ Go Bananas, Cincinnati 2/12
3 ● Doug Stanhope (Support: Kristine Levine & Geoff Tate) @ Go Bananas, Cincinnati 3/1
Along with Louis CK, I think Stanhope is one of the best stand-ups working in America today. Geoff Tate however, gave him a run for his money. Levine - bit-player in "Portlandia" - was pretty damned funny too

[euro60]

1 ● Lewis Black (Support: John Bowman) @ Taft Theater, Cincinnati 2/4
2 ● Chris Porter (Support: Justin Leon) @ Go Bananas, Cincinnati 2/12
3 ● Doug Stanhope (Support: Kristine Levine & Geoff Tate) @ Go Bananas, Cincinnati 3/1
Along with Louis CK, I think Stanhope is one of the best stand-ups working in America today. Geoff Tate however, gave him a run for his money. Levine - bit-player in "Portlandia" - was pretty damned funny too

I thought this was a concerts thread (not a stand-up comedians thread)....

[TayFo]

I thought this was a concerts thread (not a stand-up comedians thread)....

*rimshot*