‘Wolves and Flax’ uses a family archive to illustrate 19th-century Cuyahoga Falls Books February 15th, 2021 486
We saw something that night | SmART Studio’s ‘Twin Peaks’-themed party Arts November 4th, 2015 1 min read 134
Single Parent Advancement helps families take it ‘day by day, step by step’ Community March 1st, 2021 304
Brian Lisik’s ‘Gudbye Stoopid Whirled’ wasn’t supposed to be about the pandemic — but it is COVID-19 September 23rd, 2020 297
Longtime rocker Harvey Gold is ‘all the versions’ of himself on new album featured September 16th, 2020 248
Farewell to Hive Mind — and hello to its legacy featured January 23rd, 2020 0 4 min read 622by Kyle Cochrun Hive Mind, the tucked-away cinder block bunker at 375 W. Exchange St. that has hosted countless shows...
‘Vapor punk’ band Perfect Girl reintroduces itself as an instrumental duo featured January 16th, 2020 0 3 min read 136 by Conor Battles Akron rock duo Perfect Girl are in the midst of a rebuild. Guitarist Sam Holik and drummer...
I Hate It Too combines emo and post-hardcore on moody debut EP featured January 13th, 2020 0 2 min read 222 by Conor Battles Akron post-hardcore five-piece I Hate It Too combines swirling, distorted rock with melodic emo sensibilities on their...
The Crypt, a short-lived punk venue, helped bring the Akron Sound to the world featured January 6th, 2020 3 3 min read 1034by Brandon Meola In the mid-1970s, a new sound burst onto the music scene called punk. Its “live fast, die...
‘Every band should start out DIY,’ says Mettagov featured January 6th, 2020 0 3 min read 251by Conor Battles In the two years since Akron hardcore band Mettagov’s formation, guitarist and vocalist Wesley Martin, drummer Josh...
‘My aim is to be me,’ says West Akron rapper D.Hilla featured December 12th, 2019 0 2 min read 158by Kyle Cochrun “I’m not one of these fictitious rappers,” says Demichrius Hill, the 23-year-old Akronite who records under the...
Bluesman Patrick Sweany returns to Akron on Dec. 28 featured December 12th, 2019 0 4 min read 177Words by Ted Lehr Old Time Ways I don’t know how many times I’ve seen Patrick Sweany perform. It’s definitely...
On 'Tides,' ZOD1AC creates an ocean of lo-fi sound featured December 5th, 2019 0 2 min read 86by Conor Battles The serene motion of ocean waves powers Akron lo-fi hip-hop producer ZOD1AC’s latest beat tape, Tides. The...
Kent’s new venue The Dome is ‘all over the place, in a wonderful way’ featured December 2nd, 2019 0 2 min read 635by Derek Kreider From the middle of a residential neighborhood, the Dome blooms like some weird mushroom. The former strip...
The apocalypse, synthesized on ‘Happiness’ by Incentive featured November 18th, 2019 2 2 min read 74by Kyle Cochrun Uniontown-based producer James Osborne uses synthesizers to forecast the end of the world. Think rutilant dust plains...
