School of the Secret Machines

Welcome to a little blog I like to call An Apple a Day....! A first post seems to be in order, so here we are. Well, things sure have been HAPPENING here in Cincinnati recently- Midpoint Music Festival occurred in the downtown area last weekend and things seemed to go over really well this year. A lot of exciting musical performances were held and I was lucky enough to catch The Flux Capacitors, several bands on the Lujo record label, Toads and Mice, The Koala Fires, and The Lions Rampant to name a few. The Scion street cars were certainly a nice idea and word on the street is that Bootsy Collins was hamming it up at the secret Radio 4 show....only in Cincinnati..

*Side note- this is Bootsy's latest project, done for the Cincinnati Bengals:


The self-titled third album from The Secret Machines, which leaked in mid-September, has made its way into my hands. It's still space rock and it's worth a listen. Check out the single 'Atomic Heels' here. Though Benjamin Curtis left the band in March of 2007, I was happy to learn that he has been working on a new collaborative project with sisters Alejandra and Claudia Deheza from On! Air! Library!. The new band is called School of Seven Bells and it's beautiful. You can listen to their single 'Half Asleep' from their album out on Oct. 28th here. Thanks for stopping by, enjoy!