Alt-Nation: Brown Bird’s Final Album
Brown Bird – Axis Mundi (Supply and Demand Music) The loss of Brown Bird founder Dave Lamb to leukemia last year was devastating to the local music community and beyond. […]
Events:
A Shared Journey
September 13, 2025 - March 5, 2026This Is a Thing, Recent Gifts to Prints, Drawings, and Photographs, 2020–2025
September 14, 2025 - March 1, 2026The Court: Art in Play
September 24, 2025 - April 26, 2026The Flower, The Labor, and The Sea
September 27, 2025 - June 28, 2026
Alt-Nation: Starting May Off Right
Rough Francis The sons of Death return to the Columbus Theatre to lay a smackdown of ’70s Motor City inspired rock ‘n’ roll. I call them the sons of Death […]
Alt-Nation: A Celebration, A Film, and Shows You Don’t Want to Miss
Before we begin the roundup, I have to congratulate the National Champion Providence College Men’s Hockey team! I had the thrill of seeing the championship game last Saturday and the […]
Alt-Nation: Public Alley Wins the 2015 WBRU Rock Hunt and Jesse Malin’s Latest
In one of the biggest upsets in Rock Hunt history, Public Alley shocked the local music community to take the crown. This high school band didn’t even make the original […]
Alt-Nation: Station Park, New Discs and Autism Awareness
The Station Memorial Foundation recently announced that a park to be built where the nightclub once stood, memorializing the 100 people who passed away in the tragedy, is on target to open […]
Alt-Nation: Diamond Rugs’ Cosmetics
It was March 2012 when the much hyped “indie super group” known as Diamond Rugs — composed of members of Deer Tick, Black Lips, Dead Confederate, Los Lobos and Six […]
Alt-Nation: Lightning Bolt’s Latest and Other Electrifying Shows
Lightning Bolt – Fantasy Empire (Thrill Jockey) The first time I experienced the rush of Lightning Bolt live was sometime in the late ’90s. I was talking to someone when […]
Alt-Nation: Vikings, Gypsies and Cows
Kris Hansen The Viking Jesus Kris Hanson has been a staple on the local music scene performing both solo and with his band Viking Jesus for the past 20 years. […]
Alt-Nation: Shows for a Cause
Music for Paws Benefit Show Music for Paws is a collaboration between Tracy Garrity from the band VulGarrity, Davey Moore and Mark Charron from the band Satellites Fall and Midday […]
Alt-Nation: A Benefit for Thea Shaheen
The Columbus Collective is putting on a benefit for Thea Shaheen who was screwed over by her insurance company. The tale goes that after waiting a year for her gender […]