It's been many months since I have written on this site. Someday I may take up the slack again. Just too busy to make it work the way I...

People's Choice Awards: You showed up? Here's a trophy! by Whitney Pastorek This is not the blog post my editors asked for. In this ...

• Here's some updates on this weekend's Forecastle Festival in Louisville.

• Looks like if you're a small touring band the best time to play Chicago is around Lollapalooza. Apparently bands aren't allowed to...

• Former Cincinnati, now Brooklyn band The National seems to be popping up a lot lately. First I read about their new pro Obama t-shirts wit...

(Proving great minds think alike, I wrote this a few days ago after learning about the band but hadn't posted it yet. Then I saw Buddha ...

I just found this South Carolina-based music site called Sound as Language and lo and behold there are several reviews of Midwestern bands....

I get a kick hearing about little kids forming rock bands. You never know what you're going to get when they put their energy behind it....

I guess his name is Christopher Bell, and here's his Myspace site: HERE Fortunately he's actually touring into Cleveland, OH. so it ...

I wrote the last post a while back and wasn't gonna post it. But I changed my mind, said what the fuck, and decided to post it for poste...

I have to admit my heart hasn't been into writing about music lately. Underground rock is akin to the Greek mythology of Sisyphus, conde...

It's that time of year again. Columbus, Ohio's Comfest . Blah, Blah, Blah...

Looks like the Ohio University students will finally get some money to do such frivolous things as conduct a class on "How to polish yo...

I just read on Switchbladecomb that Kanye West was added as a panelist for the Midwest Music Summit. For those who read PWAH regularly you...

Oh man, I just saw this article on Shitgaze . Wow, they make it seem like it's some exotic music made by baby-eaters from Berlin.

The Band were pretty damn great - until, of course, they began to suck. But as a boy I can recall listening intently to "The Weight...

I would like to point out two important benefits going on for truly tragic events that have occurred this year. • Check Each Note Secure fo...

There has been a flurry of activity lately on many Ohio music related Web sites. Here are a few tidbits: • The most exciting thing to me is ...

I did this interview with The Unholy Two right before the band's recent 7-inch release. Unfortunately, I never quite got around to writ...

Lots of great music coverage going on lately. Here are a few things you should definitely check out: • I saw this link to an interview with ...

One of the toughest questions any band faces is whether or not to take the show on the road. The majority never really leave their own backy...

Lots of stuff going on recently: • Read this article from Tennessee on Cincinnati band Over the Rhine, in which the group discusses the dea...

Stay tuned. I have a nice article I've been working on for the past week coming. Plus a new interview. • Check out links to Donewaiting ...

That ordinance to force promoters to essentially pay to play, has been put on hold. I attribute this to the amount of hairs raised over it a...

Love 'em or hate 'em, I saw this SPIN magazine feature on the history of punk. It's actually a pretty good read, so check it out...

Holy shit, I just noticed this on Pitchfork Media. Multi-instrumentalist, producer, and Bloomington, Indiana scene staple LonPaul Ellrich pa...

First I heard it, then I read it officially on Buddha Den. The Nite Owl has officially closed. But here's some more info from BD: ...aft...

CMJ writer and Columbus, Ohio ex-patriot Eric Davidson posted this info about Times New Viking's summer tour: This is what you call the ...

I've been holding off on posting much lately, in the effort to focus more on cities outside of Ohio. You have no idea how difficult this...

Just saw that Cincinnati avant garde musician C. Spencer Yeh was featured a bit in the May 11 New York Times: Burning Star Core The young vi...