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June 1, 2012 Cover StorySpecial SectionCity LifeFood & DrinkArts & Entertainment

 

The Music Issue

A blistering guitar solo, some crunchy power chords, a jukebox classic or some new tunes, prog rock, indie, metal, indie, country, indie, hip-hop, or even indie – whichever...

Summer in the City

The festival season is upon us and you know what that means: a whole summer’s worth of more cold beer, great food and live tunes than you can shake a hula-hoop at. Here are a...

Columbuzz

These acts still dwell and draw here in the capital city, but with national and regional labels at their backs, it’s hard telling how long we’ll be able to claim them....2

The Band that Wouldn't Quit

Watershed didn’t make any Robert Johnson-like deal with the devil. One of the most successful Columbus bands got their big break the old-fashioned way: by writing catchy...1

Tim Easton and Max Sollisch (Dolfish)

by Two Cow Garage’s Shane Sweeney Shane Sweeney knows about the road. In fact, he knows about lots of roads: roads in Oklahoma, roads through Baton Rouge bayous, roads in...

The Krajcik Factor

On a clear afternoon in May, Josh Krajcik had just finished performing under the million-dollar amphitheatre at the Columbus Commons – no doubt a surreal thrill for a...1

J. Rawls and P. Blackk

by Tony “Envelope” Collinger Old School: the phrase is tossed around so often now that it has a lesser potency than even “indie.” Venerable DJ and mix artist, J. Rawls,...

Watershed and Bonneville

by Ghost Shirt’s Ryan Haye The enthusiasm with which bands like Willie Phoenix, Miranda Sound, and Watershed attacked the brittle veneer of grunge (and, later, post-grunge)...

Music for the Masses

Columbus is a music city, not just for musicians, but for the many who warble in the shower, power ballad during rush hour, and keep a running playlist in their heads. Some of...1

Undercover

Just because they play other people’s songs doesn’t mean they aren’t original. Paying tribute to our most beloved tunes isn’t as easy as it looks, especially when...1

Hype Men

They get the same question every time they do business abroad. Where is your company based out of? New York? Los Angeles? Miami? Nope … Columbus, Ohio. “I love saying...1

May 1, 2012 Cover StorySpecial SectionCity LifeFood & DrinkArts & Entertainment

 

ColumBEST 2012: People and Places

Best Local Band The Floorwalkers 13.53% of 2,572 votes www.thefloorwalkers.com For years, only the hippest in town knew and loved the Floorwalkers, whose eclectic mix of...4

ColumBEST 2012: Food

Best Overall Restaurant Lindey's 10.65% of 3,767 votes 169 E Beck St. www.lindeys.com As far as personality goes, Lindey's has plate-fulls. If Lindey's were a person, it’d...17

ColumBEST 2012: Shopping and Services

Best Apartment Complex Kenyon Square 43.84 % of 2,655 votes 9220 Worthington Rd., Westerville www.atthesquare.com Once you move into Kenyon Square, there are few reasons to...4

April 1, 2012 Cover StorySpecial SectionCity LifeFood & DrinkArts & Entertainment

 

Reclaiming Cowtown

Cowtown. We’ve been trying to shed that little nick-a-name here in Columbus for as long as I can remember. It connotes a small town peopled with ignorant and backward country...

Honky Tonk Heroes

While taking a look at Cowtown, the country music scene in Columbus surfaced as another source of pride and consternation. When you ask someone what kind of music they like, you...2

South High & Lonesome

After a few rings, there’s a click and then, “Bluegrass,” says owner John Barriga expectantly. The word is a question, as in, “How do you?” and also a statement of...