Saturday night started out with a trip to the WOXY stage at the Aronoff for the Mocks from Monterrey, Mexico. Although they had a few sound mixing problems to start the set, they were a nice, peppy way to start the night. Citybeat’s write-up had a Bjork comparison, which is probably pretty accurate. However, the lead singer also reminded me a bit of the singer for the Brazilian band CSS. With a heavy 80s influence, I am surprised I didn’t see more leg warmers in the audience.

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At the Say Hi show at the Aronoff/WOXY stage. A pretty good crowd and a really great MPMF venue addition. Say Hi sounds bit more guitar heavy than their recordings, but still has a beat strong enough to make two guys in the front shake and shimmy their hearts out.




Before this was The Winter Sounds at the Inner Peace Holistic or something like that stage. And the venue was exactly as no frills as it sounds. Although they did have Jagermeister so I hardly noticed. Winter Sounds were good, if a little too predictable, and very very loud. More later from Pearlene and Buffalo Killers, along with some pics if you’re lucky.

We kick off our live Midpoint coverage with BuyCincy’s own Jordan Neff of Magnolia Mountain.

It’s nights like this that make you love Arnold’s. Good bluegrass music music, a nice fall breeze, and delicious Christian Moerlein.

Magnolia Mountain is up now. I’m really digging their set, which has touches of blues, folk, and a good dash of roots bluegrass. Best of all, they feature both a slide guitar and an accordian. You just can’t beat the accordian/slide guitar combo for a chill Thursday night.

Arnold’s courtyard is one of our favorite places to hear live music and we could think of no better place to kick off what we hope to be a very successful Midpoint weekend.

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