November 17, 2009 – 4:14 pm
Cheer for the Villain
Siren Falls
(SELF-RELEASED)
In the news business, disagreeing with the public proves tricky. You depend on them for feedback, insight, perspective and, yes, money, but they’re not always right. How Siren Falls finished as the second best original band and third best rock band in LEO’s Reader’s Choice poll this year defies taste. I [...]
October 29, 2009 – 12:36 pm
Current ghost storyteller and LEO Weekly columnist Joe Manning performs an all ages show tonight at Skull Alley. He’ll be joined by Minneapolis ensemble Spirits of the Red City, Sunset and self-described “imaginary band since 2000” Elephant Micah. Show time is at 7 p.m. $6.
October 26, 2009 – 3:25 pm
This one time, last year, a festival celebrating the positive effects of one Bluegrass Hotel on the so-called new-grass movement, pioneered by Sam Bush, John Cowan and many others. In-stores were planned; Bush, Cowan, J.D. Crowe & The New South and many other grass-masters were to grace us with his presence.
Then something went terribly wrong. [...]
October 26, 2009 – 11:47 am
Having gigged regularly for more than a year as part of Louisville’s acoustic-driven pop singer-songwriter contingent, Justin Lewis has dropped his debut CD, Man In Motion. The record was cut at a barn/studio space in Breckenridge County, and, as Lewis explains, was as much about conquering a learning curve as it was an artistic endeavor. [...]
October 8, 2009 – 3:11 pm
Friday, Oct. 16
Who knows how many musicians will show up when The Postmarks hit Southgate House in Newport? Their third albumMemoirs at the End of the World sounds like it was recorded with several sections of an orchestra — but what matters is the core of Jonathan Wilkins, Christopher Moll and Tim Yehezkely. Even if [...]
August 10, 2009 – 10:08 am
Plugged In returns in next week’s issue, Aug. 19. A few key instructions for venues/bands submitting listings:
1. Deadline is THIS THURSDAY at NOON for the Aug. 19 edition. As was customary in the past, Plugged In will cover live music/comedy from Wednesday through to the following Tuesday. So next week’s edition will cover Aug. 19-25, [...]
Okay, sorry.
Plugged In live music/comedy listings will be reinstated into LEO Weekly beginning with our Aug. 19 edition. Listings will cover Wednesday to the following Tuesday each week, just like in the past.
NOTE: Deadlines are Thursday noon the week before publication (e.g.-Aug. 13), and there is absolutely NO wiggle room on this. Please contact me [...]
Turning 16 is always so sweet.
But rather than 16 candles or a lavish party thrown by wealthy parents, The Greyboy Allstars will instead take relish in the four albums they’ve put under their belt in the past 16 years since they began in 1993. Though 16 is relatively young in the real world, in the [...]
As a kid, I always hated writing those “What did you do on summer vacation?” essays. I absolutely hated it. If asked to put it on a chart of my vileness, I’d have put it somewhere between nuclear war and impossible-to-open ketchup packets. I hated those reckless writing assignments that much.
What to jot on my [...]
