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...
The apocalypse, synthesized on ‘Happiness’ by Incentive November 18th, 2019 by Kyle Cochrun Uniontown-based producer James Osborne uses synthesizers to forecast the end of the world. Think rutilant dust plains split by rift valleys gushing hellfire, bulbous purple clouds raining m...
The Insane Clown Posse plays Kent October 14th, 2019 words and photos by Kyle Cochrun A juggalo pushes through the crowd clutching a black plastic trash bag and yelling, in his best impression of a ballpark hotdog salesman, “Dead Bodies! I got dead bodi...
A Chance to Take Chances: Pin 2 Hot and the Audacity of Artistic Freedom October 14th, 2019 words and photos by Ted Lehr The word “commodity” is spoken by Chris Butler with just the slightest hint of disdain. He chuckles uncomfortably as he uses the term. “It’s fun to noodle,” Chris says...
