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Electric Company aims to bridge the gap between local music and homeless communities

January 27th, 2020

by Brittany Nader Nestled inside 15 Broad St., located off of East Market Street in Akron’s Middlebury neighborhood, lives a recording studio that is inspired by the storied history of its environment...

Farewell to Hive Mind — and hello to its legacy

January 23rd, 2020

by Kyle Cochrun Hive Mind, the tucked-away cinder block bunker at 375 W. Exchange St. that has hosted countless shows for a diverse range of Akron artists and musicians, is closing after four years. ...

‘Vapor punk’ band Perfect Girl reintroduces itself as an instrumental duo

January 16th, 2020

by Conor Battles Akron rock duo Perfect Girl are in the midst of a rebuild. Guitarist Sam Holik and drummer Jake Ross have been tasked with reshaping their sound in the wake of former bassist and v...

I Hate It Too combines emo and post-hardcore on moody debut EP

January 13th, 2020

by Conor Battles Akron post-hardcore five-piece I Hate It Too combines swirling, distorted rock with melodic emo sensibilities on their self-titled debut EP. Vocalist Eddie Gancos, guitarists Shane...

The Crypt, a short-lived punk venue, helped bring the Akron Sound to the world

January 6th, 2020

by Brandon Meola In the mid-1970s, a new sound burst onto the music scene called punk. Its “live fast, die young” style spread from LA to NYC in a matter of months. Cities across the pond, like London and A...

‘Every band should start out DIY,’ says Mettagov

January 6th, 2020

by Conor Battles In the two years since Akron hardcore band Mettagov’s formation, guitarist and vocalist Wesley Martin, drummer Josh Campbell and bassist Nate Jones have established themselves as elder stat...

‘My aim is to be me,’ says West Akron rapper D.Hilla

December 12th, 2019

by Kyle Cochrun “I'm not one of these fictitious rappers,” says Demichrius Hill, the 23-year-old Akronite who records under the moniker D.Hilla. By this moment in the evolution of rap music, the ar...

Bluesman Patrick Sweany returns to Akron on Dec. 28

December 12th, 2019

Words by Ted Lehr Old Time Ways I don’t know how many times I’ve seen Patrick Sweany perform. It’s definitely more than 50, but probably less than 100. I first discovered the Massillon native through ...

On 'Tides,' ZOD1AC creates an ocean of lo-fi sound

December 5th, 2019

by Conor Battles The serene motion of ocean waves powers Akron lo-fi hip-hop producer ZOD1AC’s latest beat tape, Tides. The description for the album on Bandcamp reads in part, “Water holds both th...

Kent’s new venue The Dome is ‘all over the place, in a wonderful way’

December 2nd, 2019

by Derek Kreider From the middle of a residential neighborhood, the Dome blooms like some weird mushroom. The former strip club turned music venue is slowly but surely carving out a place all its own in the...

Mustard and Coffee, Unlikely Mediums: Knight Arts Challenge winner Akron Soul Train presents first fellow, John Sokol

How Black Artists are Practicing Self-Care in 2020

Millennial Theatre Project Takes on conversations about race in community-driven play

Sculptor Tom Baldwin captures ‘a millisecond of a bird’s life’

Leadership Akron’s Civic Solutions Lab examines the local and national landscape of early childhood education

Showcase Meats offers lunches, baked goods to Kenmore

How three Akron business owners practice and preach self-care

Coffee Talk with Vanessa Michelle | No money, no business — now what?

The 411 on PorchRokr 2016

Devil’s Dozen | 12 virtual and outdoor events for July

Review of Swell Tides’ and Roid Rage’s new EP Split

Northeast Ohio Living Room Talent Show aims to bring people together in a fun and innovative way

Akropreneurs Event Spotlight: 2nd Annual Earthquaker Day

Ohio entrepreneur strives to replace single-use products

Can hedgehogs help protect heads? Local startup designs helmets inspired by hedgehog quills

The Sassy Sunflower celebrates grand reopening in new Copley Circle location