Jason Cohen

Xavier’s Pizza ATM traffics in a tastier kind of currency.

How did a distillery in Lawrenceburg that everybody still calls “Seagram’s” come to be the source of the best rye whiskey in America, and a helluva lot of good bourbon, too? It starts with the water—and the expertise of master distiller Greg Metze. Where it ends no one knows.

The hard-touring, manically melodic, self-described “lush-punk” local trio—guitarist Veronique Allaer, bassist Kerstin Bladh, and drummer Chris Campbell—open Bunbury Music Festival on June 3.

The road to a James Beard Award can be long and hard, and for Michael Anthony it ran from his parents’ garden in New Richmond through a bakery and farm in Japan, various high-test kitchens in Paris, and on to some of the swankier restaurants in New York. Still, all along the way, he never lost his appreciation for a really tasty beet.

A rock reunion worth staying out late for.

Once the city was his rock and roll oyster and Short Vine the pearl. Now, this Godfather of American garage rock splits his time between the Southwest and traveling the world with Barrence Whitfield & The Savages. Kicking out the jams never sounded so good.

With roughly 120 bands and 10 venues, the 14th annual MidPoint Music Festival (September 25–27) offers a full weekend of rhythm, noise, and melody. And for anybody over 30, that’s also a lot of time, attention, and energy. Pace yourself with our guide to 10 MPMF artists, ranked by how intense (or mellow) a set you should expect. We present: the MidPoint Chill Meter.

Cincinnati is just one of the 11 stops on the 50th anniversary tour of Pacific Northwest garage-rock legends the Sonics.

She joins the Pops for a weekend of collaboration.

The Cincinnati Cyclones' logo was as dated as the name “Firstar Center.” Not anymore.