500 Miles to Memphis

(Cincinnati, OH)

Country/Punk/Rock

Related Artists: Social Distortion, Lucero, Drive-By Truckers, Old 97's, sounds like Green Day playing Johnny Cash covers

500 Miles won for "Best Live Act" at 2007's CEA Awards

Al Hidalgo

(Cincinnati, OH)

Alt/Indie/Pop/Rock

Related Artists: Ben Folds, Matthew Sweet, Todd Rundgren

Ali Edwards

(Cincinnati, OH)

Alternative/Indie/Rock

Ali fronts the local alt/rock band, Ruby Vileos

Alyse Black

(Seattle/Austin)

Acoustic/Indie/Pop

Related Artists: Billie Holiday, Tori Amos, Norah Jones

Athens

(Chicago, IL)

Blues/Folk/Latin/Rock/Soul/World Music

Related Artists: Arcade Fire, Elliott Smith, Andrew Bird

Baby Teeth

(Chicago, IL)

Indie/Pop/Rock

Baby Teeth will be part of the Lujo Records showcase

Backyard Tire Fire

(Bloomington, IL)

Indie/Rock/Roots

Related Artists: Tom Petty, Wilco, Drive-By Truckers, Okkervil River

Bamboo Needle

(Evansville, IN)

Alternative/Ambient/Electronica

Related Artists: Radiohead, Depeche Mode, Peter Gabriel, Smashing Pumpkins, Muse

Black Owls

(Granville, OH)

Americana/Garage Rock/Indie

Related Artists: Robert Pollard, Lou Reed, The Stooges, Grinderman, The National, Dinosaur Jr.

Buckra

(Cincinnati, OH)

Alternative/Powerpop/Rock

Related Artists: The Beatles, The Stray Cats, Red Hot Chili Peppers

Captain of Industry

(Dayton, OH)

Alternative/Experimental/Indie

Related Artists: Pixies, The Clash, Blur, The Killers, Modest Mouse, Interpol

Cari Clara

(Cincinnati, OH)

Indie/Pop

CHETT

(Rockford, IL)

Alternative/Indie/Rock

Related Artists: U2, Pearl Jam, Foo Fighters

Chick Pimp, Coke Dealer at a Bar

(Cincinnati, OH)

Dub/Jazz/Swing

Cinema, Cinema

(Brooklyn, NY)

Alternative/Indie/Punk

Related Artists: Nirvana, Radiohead, Sonic Youth

Cipes and the People

(Los Angeles, CA)

Pop/Reggae/Rock

Coltrane Motion

(Chicago, IL)

Electronica/Indie

Related Artists: Beck, Yo La Tengo

Cool Hand Luke

(Nashville, TN)

Alternative/Indie/Rock

da muttss

(Cincinnati, OH)

Hip-Hop/Indie/Soul

The Dark Romantics

(Florida)

Alternative/Pop/Rock

The Death of Jason Brody

(New York, NY)

Indie/Pop/Rock

Related Artists: Coldplay, Jeff Buckley, Doves

Diet Audio

(Cincinnati, OH)

Alternative/Electronica/Indie

Related Artists: Radiohead, Portishead, Bjork, Muse

DJ Sid - the Apocalypze

(Columbus, Chicago, Miami)

Electronica/Funk/Hip-Hop

Related Artists: Gorillaz, A Tribe Called Quest, DJ Krush, DJ Shadow, DJ Spooky

Eclipse

(Cincinnati, OH)

Hip-Hop/Jamband/Jazz/Rock/World Music

Related Artists: Phish, The Roots, Medeski Martin & Wood

The Elms

(Seymour, IN)

Christian/Rock/Soul

Related Artists: David Crowder Band

entheos

(Cincinnati, OH)

Acoustic/Electronica/Trip-Hop

Related Artists: Coldplay, Everything but the Girl, Mazzy Star

The Excitement

(Cincinnati, OH)

Indie

Flow

(Tel Aviv, Israel)

Rock

Fairmount Girls

(Cincinnati, OH)

Indie/Rock

The Flux Capacitors

(Seattle, WA)

New Wave/Punk

Related Artists: Sonic Youth, Dick Dale

The Frankl Project

(Covington, KY)

Punk/Reggae/Rock

Related Artists: 311, Sublime

Girls Guns and Glory

(Boston, MA)

Country/Folk/Roots

Related Artists: Hank Williams, Johnny Cash, Steve Earle, Lyle Lovett, Chris Isaak, Ryan Adams

God Made Me Funky

(Toronto, CAN)

Funk/Hip-Hop/R&B

Goose

(Cincinnati, OH)

Rock

Ha Ha Tonka

(Springfield, MO)

Indie/Rock

Related Artists: The White Stripes, Kings of Leon, Golden Smog, The Avett Brothers, Bobby Bare Jr.

Headlights

(Champaign, IL)

Indie/Pop/Rock

The Hiders

(Cincinnati, OH)

Alternative Country/Psychedelic/Rock/Soul

Related Artists: Neil Young, Ryan Adams, Wilco, Elliott Smith, The Everybodyfields

The High Strung

(Detroit, MI)

Garage Rock/Pop/Rock

The Host

(Cincinnati, OH)

Alternative/Indie/Rock

Related Artists: Tool, Muse, The Mars Volta

Ill Poetic

(Cincinnati, OH)

Hip-Hop/Rap/Soul

Iswhat?!

(Cincinnati, OH)

Hip-Hop/Soul

Jake Speed and the Freddies

(Cincinnati, OH)

Acoustic/Folk/Ragtime/Roots

Related Artists: Bob Dylan, Woody Guthrie, Bill Monroe, Mississippi John Hurt

Jared Mahone Band

(Columbus, OH)

Acoustic/Neo-Soul/Pop

Jeff Scott Roberson

(Cincinnati, OH)

Americana/Folk/Soul

Related Artists: Tom Wait, Fred Neil

Johnnytwentythree

(Cincinnati, OH)

Experimental/Rock

Jon Justice Band

(Cincinnati, OH)

Blues

Related Artists: Jimi Hendrix, The Allman Brothers Band, John Mayer, Derek Trucks, Sean Costello

I saw them a couple days ago at the Cincinnati Blues Festival, when they played a set dedicated to the late Sean Costello. Out of the hundred's of shows I've been to, I have never seen an artist put more into their performance like Jon did on this night. His fingers were moving very fast, his voice was loud, and his words heartfelt. I'm sure Sean was up there in heaven jamming with Jon and company.

Junior Revolution

(Cincinnati, OH)

Experimental/Indie/Rock

I recently saw them at Indie Summer on Fountain Square, and while they don't sound much like them, as they were jamming up there, they reminded me of Umphrey's McGee

Kadro

(Detroit, MI)

Alternative/Indie/Rock

Related Artists: The Beatles, The Clash, Nirvana

Kim Taylor

(Cincinnati, OH)

Acoustic/Country/Folk/Pop/Soul

Related Artists: Over the Rhine, Beth Orton, Catie Curtis

Kink Ador

(Nashville, TN)

Indie/Pop/Rock

Related Artists: The Police, The Pretenders, Portishead

Lonely China Day

(Beijing)

Experimental/Indie/Rock

Look Mexico

(Tallahassee, FL)

Indie/Pop

Related Artists: Death Cab for Cutie, Minus the Bear, Ra Ra Riot

Love in October

(Minneapolis, MN)

Indie/Pop/Rock

Related Artists: Foo Fighters, Modest Mouse, The Dresdon Dolls

Mack West

(Florence, KY)

Acoustic/Country

mallory

(Cincinnati, OH)

Indie/Post Punk/Rock

Related Artists: Sonic Youth, Yo La Tengo, Built to Spill

Mates of State

(Lawrence, KS)

Electronica/Indie/Pop/Rock

Related Artists: Rilo Kiley, Tegan & Sara, The Fiery Furnaces

The Matt Truman Ego Trip

(Bowling Green, OH)

Rock

Megan King

(Ft. Wayne, IN)

Acoustic/Folk

Related Artists: Sarah McLachlan, Eva Cassidy, Over the Rhine

Mike Reeb

(Chicago, IL)

Folk/Indie/Pop

Related Artists: Bob Dylan, The Kinks, Wilco

The Mocks

(Monterrey, MEX)

Electronica/Pop/Techno

Mouse Fire

(Lakeland, FL)

Indie

The Newbees

(Covington, KY)

Americana/Rock/Soul

Related Artists: The Beatles, Fleetwood Mac, Ben Folds, They Might Be Giants

noctaluca

(Cincinnati, OH)

Alternative/Rock

Oddknock

(Gainesville, FL)

Live Electronics

Oh My God

(Chicago, IL)

Indie/Rock

Otter Petter

(Chicago, IL)

Alternative/Indie/Rock

Related Artists: Death Cab for Cutie, Weezer, Nada Surf

Pale Hollow

(Cleveland, OH)

Americana/Folk/Powerpop

Related Artists: The Rolling Stones, Neil Young, The Velvet Underground, The Byrds, Elvis Costello, Wilco

Pomegranates

(Cincinnati, OH)

Alternative/Indie/Pop

Related Artists: Modest Mouse, The Shins

Pomegranates will be part of the Lujo Records showcase

The Purrs

(Seattle, WA)

Indie/Pop/Psychedelic

Related Artists: The Verve, Galaxie 500

Rebel Red

(Warwick, NY)

Americana/Rock/Roots

Related Artists: Dr. John, J.J. Cale, Levon Helm

Robert Pollard's Boston Spaceships

(Dayton, OH)

Indie/Post-Punk/Psychedelic

Related Artists: Guided by Voices, Robert Pollard

The Rockwells

(Mississippi)

Indie/Pop/Rock

Related Artists: The Beatles, The Who, The Velvet Underground, Elvis Costello, Weezer, Rooney, Superdrag

Rosehips

(Columbus, OH)

Rock

Ryan Adcock

(Cincinnati, OH)

Acoustic/Folk/Pop/Rock

Related Artists: Cat Stevens, Dave Matthews, John Mayer, Matchbox 20

Rosella

(Cleveland, OH)

Rock

Ruckus Roboticus

(Ohio)

Hip-Hop/Turntablism

The Sailing

(Dayton, OH)

Alternative/Rock

Say Hi

(Seattle, WA)

Alternative/Electronica/Indie

Scrimshaw

(Cleveland)

Indie/Rock

Seabird

(Independence, KY)

Alternative/Indie/Rock

Seth

(Grand Rapids, MI)

Power Pop

The Seedy Seeds

(Cincinnati, OH)

Electronica/Indie/Pop

The Sonny Moorman Group

(Cincinnati, OH)

Blues

Related Artists: The Allman Brothers Band, Eric Clapton, Robert Johnson

Sohio

(Seven Mile, OH)

Alternative/Indie/Rock

Souse

(Cincinnati, OH)

Funk/Jamband/Jazz

Spookfloaters

(Cincinnati, OH)

Jamband/Rock

Sudden Death

(Hamburg, NJ)

Comedy/Hip-Hop/Rap

The Swarthy Band

(Cincinnati, OH)

Indie/Pop/Rock

Related Artists: The Beatles, Guided by Voices

The Swimmers

(Philadelphia, PA)

Indie/Pop

Taina Asili

(Albany, NY)

Acoustic/Roots/Soul

The Tillers

(Cincinnati, OH)

Americana/Folk/Roots

Related Artists: Yonder Mountain String Band, Rumpke Mountain Boys

The Turnbull AC's

(Cincinnati, OH)

Alternative/Indie/Rock

Related Artists: Elvis Costello, Wilco, Bright Eyes

The Twilight

(Cleveland, OH)

Indie/Pop/Rock

Related Artists: Donovan, Badfinger, Blur

Tyler Traband

(Milwaukee, WI)

Alternative/Indie/Pop

Related Artists: Coldplay, Ben Folds, Tori Amos

Wake the Bear

(Cincinnati, OH)

Alternative/Indie/Rock

Related Artists: The Flaming Lips, Arcade Fire, Bright Eyes, Nada Surf

The Weightlifters

(Chicago, IL)

Indie/Pop/Rock

Related Artists: Elliott Smith, The Shins

Why?

(Oakland, CA)

Alternative/Hip-Hop/Indie/Folk/New Wave/Rap

Related Artists: Minus the Bear, Yo La Tengo, Islands, !!!, Deerhoof, Xiu Xiu

The Winter Sounds

(Athens, GA)

Indie/Rock

Related Artists: The Killers, Interpol, Of Montreal

Yoshi

(Ann Arbor, MI)

Hip-Hop/R&B/Rap