Jared Bowers's Profile

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Working Class Villian Gets Funky
The album itself features the juxtaposition of earnest and sincere lyricism that sometimes plays at odds with the more upbeat and noodly guitar rock, with vibrant percussion and keys rounding everything out.
Jared Bowers

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Album Review: You Are - Jess Lamb and The Factory
For musicians, it’s been a struggle to survive, as venues have had to close - some permanently - and the touring industry has been brought to its knees. What’s a creator like Jess Lamb to do when the main source of sharing the music they make is taken away from them? Who do they lean on? Who do they turn to?
Jared Bowers

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Listen, 2020 Sucked - Jared's Favorites from a Dumpster Fire Year
Right now, as it has been for most of the year, music continues to be a balm. Sonic comfort in an incredibly, increasingly uncomfortable world. One of the few bright spots if I’m being honest.
Jared Bowers

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EP Review: Mavis Guitar - Thinking Further, You Must Be The Color
If nothing else, this quasi-isolation has led Travis Talbert down a path of rumination, a place where he’s sitting in the sublime and working through some shit. We should all be so lucky, to be honest.
Jared Bowers

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Art, Resistance, & Truth - Huntorprey releases new single, "Rocket"
Combining the on-paper-disparate elements of progressive hip-hop and psych-punk might not seem the most logical approach, but Huntorprey - with production by LA-by-way-of-Cincinnati’s own Ill Poetic - somehow make it work. It’s a brash, chaotic, emotional look into the very real, very present dangers of being a Black person in the United States.
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Mood Music - Mavis Guitar Drops a New 2 Song EP
It’s really impossible to know where the creative spark for any one thing might originate. For Travis Talbert, though, staying at home during this year’s pandemic, the time with his family has him finding new ways to tap into that creativity.
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It's Time to Think Differently about Live Music
Let’s talk about what’s happened to live music, what’s happening now, and what needs to happen in the future, both in the short and long-term.
Jared Bowers

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Tooth Lures a Fang Release Single for Charity
Local indie garage rockers Tooth Lures a Fang have collaborated on a brand new song with Sing Me a Story, a Nashville, TN based non-profit organization dedicated to bringing the "voices of children in need to the world - through music."
Jared Bowers

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EP Review: Old Pictures / New Pictures
It’s a weird time to be a local band. Or any band. Or just a person, I guess. So, whatever better time to say hello to one of my new favorite local acts, Old Pictures / New Pictures, right?
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10 New Releases To Spend Some Time With
Need something new to listen to? Then let’s skip the intro and get right to it. There’s a little something here for everyone… Enjoy!
Jared Bowers

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Musical Movies That Aren't Musicals: A Short List
Listen, we’re all going a little crazy right now. The world’s turned upside down, and we’re all doing our best to adjust, cope, manage, and… well, just exist at this point. For frequent CincyMusic readers, we know that music is an escape and a salve, and along with so many other things that we’ve had to give up in order to socially distance ourselves for everyone’s health and well-being, having to go without live shows is a particularly difficult thing. Hopefully you’ve been checking out all of our CincyMusic Live performances on Facebook supporting local musicians.
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Clutch Returns to Cincinnati, a Book of Bad Decisions in tow
2019 might be on its way out, and the decade coming to a close, but let us not forget how blessed we have been by the Rock Gods since nigh on 30 years. Clutch, one of the most consistent Actual Rock bands of the modern era will grace the Queen City for the second time in 6 or so months when they return to the stage that, somehow, has become a regular stop for the band over the almost disappeared decade. Is it tradition, or something else? No idea. It’s simply a reason to celebrate, so we shall.