If Led Zeppelin and Modest Mouse met and had a love child, it would sound like The Heights Band, a favorite in the Ohio music scene. This Akron band has opened for the likes of Cage the Elephant and is proving itself a force to be reckoned with. ...
This band is one of the most successful to emerge from a Pacific Northwest indie scene that includes Death Cab for Cutie and Modest Mouse. Their lush combination of accordion/organ rock with a storyteller’s approach to songwriting and on-stage theatrics has made them a fan favorite. All signs point to the audience being consumed by a whale at the end of the show. ...
Kent-based band Araby consists of singer-guitarist Bailey Hugh Webster, drummer Zach Loudin and bassist Charlie Loudin.Before Araby, Webster and Zach previously played together as early teenagers, primarily working on two-piece music.“We played a lot of The White Stripes and The Black Keys just for fun,” Webster said. “We were in a two-piece band, so we wanted to play two-piece stuff.”The musicians also played with Charlie’s earlier band, Elephant Bitch, which they described as experimental-noise. In summer 2010, Webster, a German major who graduated in December 2010, and Zach, a jun...
By Denver Collins Cadillac Sky, the hardcore-bluegrass/folk-rock enigma is setting a new precedent, not only for themselves, but for what bluegrass can be. Their new album, released Tuesday (06/08) was produced by local hero Dan Auerbach, who inspired the band to expand their musical possibilities. Guitarist David Mayfield's sister, Jessica Lee Mayfield, another local-artist-turned-national, was touring with the Black Keys. She put Aurbach in touch with Cadillac Sky's music. He heard something in their sound that he liked and invited them to record in his Akron studio. "It...
