KRS-One and the Jungle Brothers bring true-school hip-hop to Musica
by Kyle Cochrun On Saturday, hip-hop’s premier philosopher, KRS-One, and most criminally underappreciated posse of Afrocentric spokesmen, the...
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Capturing the 1970s Akron Sound at Cirrus Recording Studio
by Steve Bucher It was the 1970s, and bell-bottom jeans and disco was all the rage. Akron had...
See Creatures return from year-long hiatus to release “Queen of Cups” EP
by Brittany Nader Akron music duo See Creatures has returned with a new two-song EP after a year-long...
Electric Company aims to bridge the gap between local music and homeless communities
by Brittany Nader Nestled inside 15 Broad St., located off of East Market Street in Akron’s Middlebury neighborhood,...
Farewell to Hive Mind — and hello to its legacy
by Kyle Cochrun Hive Mind, the tucked-away cinder block bunker at 375 W. Exchange St. that has hosted...
‘Vapor punk’ band Perfect Girl reintroduces itself as an instrumental duo
by Conor Battles Akron rock duo Perfect Girl are in the midst of a rebuild. Guitarist Sam Holik...
I Hate It Too combines emo and post-hardcore on moody debut EP
by Conor Battles Akron post-hardcore five-piece I Hate It Too combines swirling, distorted rock with melodic emo sensibilities...
The Crypt, a short-lived punk venue, helped bring the Akron Sound to the world
by Brandon Meola In the mid-1970s, a new sound burst onto the music scene called punk. Its “live...
‘Every band should start out DIY,’ says Mettagov
by Conor Battles In the two years since Akron hardcore band Mettagov’s formation, guitarist and vocalist Wesley Martin,...
‘My aim is to be me,’ says West Akron rapper D.Hilla
by Kyle Cochrun “I’m not one of these fictitious rappers,” says Demichrius Hill, the 23-year-old Akronite who records...
Bluesman Patrick Sweany returns to Akron on Dec. 28
Words by Ted Lehr Old Time Ways I don’t know how many times I’ve seen Patrick Sweany perform....
On 'Tides,' ZOD1AC creates an ocean of lo-fi sound
by Conor Battles The serene motion of ocean waves powers Akron lo-fi hip-hop producer ZOD1AC’s latest beat tape,...
Kent’s new venue The Dome is ‘all over the place, in a wonderful way’
by Derek Kreider From the middle of a residential neighborhood, the Dome blooms like some weird mushroom. The...
The apocalypse, synthesized on ‘Happiness’ by Incentive
by Kyle Cochrun Uniontown-based producer James Osborne uses synthesizers to forecast the end of the world. Think rutilant...
The Insane Clown Posse plays Kent
words and photos by Kyle Cochrun A juggalo pushes through the crowd clutching a black plastic trash bag...