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With a Jameson bottle in one hand and a mic in the other Frasco was true to form. Smoking cigarettes and joints from the crowd, Frasco was a man of the people and fed off the crowd. When Frasco came out on stage you could see his genuine surprise, as he was greeted by a packed house of Cincinnati’s dedicated jam base. “I didn’t realize there would be this many people,” said Frasco as he sat down at his keyboard. 

When UFO brings their Last Orders 50^th Anniversary Tour into Cincinnati next week, they will also be bringing with them heavy metal supergroup Last in Line as their opener. Formed in 2012, the band’s stellar line-up includes drummer Vinny Appice (Dio, Black Sabbath, Heaven & Hell), guitarist Vivian Campbell (Dio, Whitesnake, Def Leppard), vocalist Andrew Freeman (Lynch Mob, The Offspring, Devil’s Hand) and bassist Phil Soussan (Ozzy, Billy Idol).  

Currently on their 20 Years of Make Yourself & Beyond Tour, Incubus’ Chris Kilmore stopped to chat with CincyMusic about new music, DJing, and more. This August, Incubus dropped their first single in two years, “Into The Summer,” following up their 2017 album, 8.

This coming Friday, October 18, and Saturday, October 19 you’re invited - by bassist Shaun Cooper himself - to join the band at Bogart’s in celebrating 20 years of existence. They’ve dusted off the entirety of Tell All Your Friends to play it every night of the tour, and if that’s not enough to get your emo heart pumping, they’ll flip a coin and will play either Where You Want to Be or Louder Now on Friday in its entirety along with TAYF (fingers crossed we get WYWTB on Friday, just saying). For those attending both nights, you’re going to hear all 3 albums no matter what. Oh, and you’ll hear a few other choice selections from the band’s 7 album catalog, as well. I hope you come ready to sing along. 

This Friday, 500 Miles to Memphis and friends are throwing a horror-themed party to celebrate the season. DEADITES UNIGHT! We all know the dead have more fun so get ready to join the hoard. 

As millions of people walked the streets of Cincinnati to experience the lights and sounds of BLINK, some of the lucky on-lookers may have walked across the performance of Cincinnati based indie rock band Carriers.

The new movie “The Mountain Minor” follows five generations of one family that moved from Eastern Kentucky to Cincinnati during the Great Depression. It is loosely based on writer/director Dale Farmer’s own family. Dale Farmer will conduct a Q&A, following screenings of his film at The Esquire Theatre on October 17 and 20. An after party will take place at Sitwell’s Coffee Shop, next door to the theatre, following the October 17 showing.

On Friday, Multimagic released “Sunshine” off of the highly anticipated Move On EP to be released in November. Hopefully you caught their set at BLINK! You can catch them next at INspired at The Southgate House Revival on Friday, October 25^th.

Hailing from Donetsk in the Ukraine, and two-time winner of Best Ukrainian Metal Band, Jinjer are a self-described four-piece Progressive Groove metal wrecking machine. They are fronted by the incredibly talented and dynamic vocalist, Tatiana Schmailyuk with equally talented Roman Ibramkhalilov on guitars, Eugene Abdukhanov on bass and Vladislav Ulasevish on the kit. 

Thursday night at The Southgate House Revival, North Carolina group Sarah Shook & The Disarmers would return to what Shook called one of their favorite venues in the country. Along with Kentucky folk/ country singer songwriter Senora May opening. 

Half•Alive has quickly become one of my favorite bands since discovering them earlier this year. My friends are all tired of listening to them. I know every word to every song, and I’ve watched all their videos too many times to admit in writing. Last night I was lucky enough to get to see them perform at Newport Music Hall, Columbus Ohio.  

Six years ago, the biggest name in Rock Music without a doubt would’ve been Akron, Ohio’s The Black Keys. Racking up Grammys left and right, with albums like ‘Brothers’ and ‘El Camino’ offer entire albums worth of hits. The garage rock duo were at the height of their success, at a time where Kanye West and Drake were releasing arguably their best work and hip-hop artists were becoming the new rock stars.