http://www.aquabearlegion.com Ohio music from the past, present, and future. Sometimes there are guests, sometimes there are interviews, and sometimes there are themes. But there is always great music. Thu, 17 Feb 2022 02:16:24 +0000 en-US hourly 1 https://wordpress.org/?v=7.0.3 http://www.aquabearlegion.com/blog/wp-content/uploads/2011/11/cropped-Aquabear-Favicon-32x32.gif http://www.aquabearlegion.com 32 32 noohio,music,ohio,the,western,reserve,aquabear,aquabear,legion,western,reserve,musicAll Ohio underground music, all the time. All genres and time periods and from as much of the state as we can find. Sometimes there are interviews, special guests, or themes but there is always great music.All Ohio Music: past, present, and futureAquabear Legionbrian@aquabearlegion.comAquabear Legion http://www.aquabearlegion.com/the-western-reserve-an-archival-celebration-episode-041/ Thu, 27 May 2021 21:07:16 +0000 http://www.aquabearlegion.com/?p=6628 brian@aquabearlegion.com (Aquabear Legion)noThis brand new episode of The Western Reserve (which non coincidently times up with me being off from school) celebrates the two brand new Aquabear Legion archival releases that are coming up with a whole bunch of music from before 2004. Seriously though, pre-order the new comps now at igg.me/at/aquabear2021, do it before June 5th […]Aquabear LegionThis brand new episode of The Western Reserve (which non coincidently times up with me being off from school) celebrates the two brand new Aquabear Legion archival releases that are coming up with a whole bunch of music from before 2004. Seriously though, pre-order the new comps now at igg.me/at/aquabear2021, do it before June 5th […]ohio,music,ohio,the,western,reserve,aquabear,aquabear,legion,western,reserve,music http://www.aquabearlegion.com/the-western-reserve-down-to-high-street-with-tim-minecci-episode-040/ Tue, 05 Jan 2021 23:17:59 +0000 http://www.aquabearlegion.com/?p=6518 brian@aquabearlegion.com (Aquabear Legion)noBrian sits down with author/podcaster/musician/researcher/fellow Ohio music obsessor Timothy Minneci who hosts the Dig Me Out podcast, runs the fantastic Columbus music blog Down to High Street, and just released his new book The Black Sky. The conversation goes to all of those projects and interests and Tim’s slate of Columbus music he brings to […]Aquabear LegionBrian sits down with author/podcaster/musician/researcher/fellow Ohio music obsessor Timothy Minneci who hosts the Dig Me Out podcast, runs the fantastic Columbus music blog Down to High Street, and just released his new book The Black Sky. The conversation goes to all of those projects and interests and Tim’s slate of Columbus music he brings to […]ohio,music,ohio,the,western,reserve,aquabear,aquabear,legion,western,reserve,music http://www.aquabearlegion.com/the-western-reserve-5th-annual-ohio-holiday-spectacular-episode-039/ Thu, 24 Dec 2020 02:27:55 +0000 http://www.aquabearlegion.com/?p=6501 brian@aquabearlegion.com (Aquabear Legion)noI am joined by the wonderful Sherri Oliver for the annual holiday tradition of playing a bunch of Ohio related songs of the season here on The Western Reserve. This is the 5th year running and even with 4 years of holiday songs already in the bag. 2020’s edition does not disappoint. Happy holidays! Stay […]Aquabear LegionI am joined by the wonderful Sherri Oliver for the annual holiday tradition of playing a bunch of Ohio related songs of the season here on The Western Reserve. This is the 5th year running and even with 4 years of holiday songs already in the bag. 2020’s edition does not disappoint. Happy holidays! Stay […]ohio,music,ohio,the,western,reserve,aquabear,aquabear,legion,western,reserve,music http://www.aquabearlegion.com/the-western-reserve-all-nelsonville-music-festival-part-2-episode-038/ Sun, 07 Jun 2020 22:18:05 +0000 http://www.aquabearlegion.com/?p=6428 brian@aquabearlegion.com (Aquabear Legion)noSunday at the Nelsonville Music Festival was always the best. I think most of my personal memories relate to happy Sundays, when you got to soak it up for one more day and the greatest work was behind us. It felt like I could relax a little bit. I wanted to make sure to put […]Aquabear LegionSunday at the Nelsonville Music Festival was always the best. I think most of my personal memories relate to happy Sundays, when you got to soak it up for one more day and the greatest work was behind us. It felt like I could relax a little bit. I wanted to make sure to put […]ohio,music,ohio,the,western,reserve,aquabear,aquabear,legion,western,reserve,music http://www.aquabearlegion.com/the-western-reserve-all-nelsonville-music-festival-part-1-episode-037/ Fri, 05 Jun 2020 18:22:32 +0000 http://www.aquabearlegion.com/?p=6421 brian@aquabearlegion.com (Aquabear Legion)no(photo by Danielle Petrosa) Happy NMF! I know, I know… no one expected to be stuck in our houses this weekend and not enjoying the best four days of the year in Nelsonville, Ohio, but much like so much these past few months we have to miss the festival. This weekend would have been the […]Aquabear Legion(photo by Danielle Petrosa) Happy NMF! I know, I know… no one expected to be stuck in our houses this weekend and not enjoying the best four days of the year in Nelsonville, Ohio, but much like so much these past few months we have to miss the festival. This weekend would have been the […]ohio,music,ohio,the,western,reserve,aquabear,aquabear,legion,western,reserve,music http://www.aquabearlegion.com/the-western-reserve-episode-036/ Mon, 01 Jun 2020 15:46:30 +0000 http://www.aquabearlegion.com/?p=6415 brian@aquabearlegion.com (Aquabear Legion)noNOTE: This was recorded during the Covid-19 Pandemic, but before the events of this week related to the murder of George Floyd by 4 Minneapolis police officers. While recognizing that this is just a small Ohio music podcast on a far-flung website I still feel it is important to use the platform I have to […]Aquabear LegionNOTE: This was recorded during the Covid-19 Pandemic, but before the events of this week related to the murder of George Floyd by 4 Minneapolis police officers. While recognizing that this is just a small Ohio music podcast on a far-flung website I still feel it is important to use the platform I have to […]ohio,music,ohio,the,western,reserve,aquabear,aquabear,legion,western,reserve,music http://www.aquabearlegion.com/the-western-reserve-guest-host-j-r-fisher-episode-035/ Tue, 05 May 2020 21:32:57 +0000 http://www.aquabearlegion.com/?p=6402 brian@aquabearlegion.com (Aquabear Legion)noWe have a special guest host for the new episode of The Western Reserve: Columbus musician and all around solid human being J.R. Fisher! J.R. hosts episode 35 and curates the playlist for this one too. A sampling of some fantastic music from Ohio including The Sundresses, Wussy, Dead Boys, and Raven. Enjoy! New City […]Aquabear LegionWe have a special guest host for the new episode of The Western Reserve: Columbus musician and all around solid human being J.R. Fisher! J.R. hosts episode 35 and curates the playlist for this one too. A sampling of some fantastic music from Ohio including The Sundresses, Wussy, Dead Boys, and Raven. Enjoy! New City […]ohio,music,ohio,the,western,reserve,aquabear,aquabear,legion,western,reserve,music http://www.aquabearlegion.com/the-western-reserve-peter-laughner-episode-034/ Sun, 16 Feb 2020 17:22:11 +0000 http://www.aquabearlegion.com/?p=6367 brian@aquabearlegion.com (Aquabear Legion)noWe have been working on this one for a bit and are excited to share an all-Peter Laughner episode of The Western Reserve! In addition to an interview with Susan Schmidt-Horning (Poor Girls, Cinderella Backstreet, Chi Pig), we talk with Andrew Russ from right here in Athens about his involvement in the project, research, and […]Aquabear LegionWe have been working on this one for a bit and are excited to share an all-Peter Laughner episode of The Western Reserve! In addition to an interview with Susan Schmidt-Horning (Poor Girls, Cinderella Backstreet, Chi Pig), we talk with Andrew Russ from right here in Athens about his involvement in the project, research, and […]ohio,music,ohio,the,western,reserve,aquabear,aquabear,legion,western,reserve,music http://www.aquabearlegion.com/the-western-reserve-best-of-ohio-music-2019-episode-033/ Fri, 17 Jan 2020 04:50:06 +0000 http://www.aquabearlegion.com/?p=6364 brian@aquabearlegion.com (Aquabear Legion)noHappy New Year! We join in on all the year-end, list-making fun here at The Western Reserve and set you up with just over an hour of some of our favorite music from Ohio this past year. Everything from The Kyle Sowashes to Matthew J. Rolin to no stars to Tiger Village. Enjoy! Kneeling in […]Aquabear LegionHappy New Year! We join in on all the year-end, list-making fun here at The Western Reserve and set you up with just over an hour of some of our favorite music from Ohio this past year. Everything from The Kyle Sowashes to Matthew J. Rolin to no stars to Tiger Village. Enjoy! Kneeling in […]ohio,music,ohio,the,western,reserve,aquabear,aquabear,legion,western,reserve,music http://www.aquabearlegion.com/the-western-reserve-4th-annual-ohio-x-mas-spectacular-episode-032/ Tue, 24 Dec 2019 19:20:31 +0000 http://www.aquabearlegion.com/?p=6354 brian@aquabearlegion.com (Aquabear Legion)noYour favorite all-Ohio music podcast celebrates the hap-hap-happiest season of all with our own holiday tradition: the annual Ohio X-Mas Spectacular! Brian is joined as always for this one by Sherri and they play one solid hour plus of great Christmas tunes from the Buckeye State. Topics covered include favorite songs, traditions, and even a […]Aquabear LegionYour favorite all-Ohio music podcast celebrates the hap-hap-happiest season of all with our own holiday tradition: the annual Ohio X-Mas Spectacular! Brian is joined as always for this one by Sherri and they play one solid hour plus of great Christmas tunes from the Buckeye State. Topics covered include favorite songs, traditions, and even a […]ohio,music,ohio,the,western,reserve,aquabear,aquabear,legion,western,reserve,music http://www.aquabearlegion.com/the-western-reserve-colemine-records-episode-031/ Sun, 10 Nov 2019 17:48:41 +0000 http://www.aquabearlegion.com/?p=6339 brian@aquabearlegion.com (Aquabear Legion)noNew episode of The Western Reserve is ALL-Colemine Records this time. We curate an hour or so from the catalog of this Loveland, Ohio based label featuring music from Ohio and elsewhere. From the label’s website: “Colemine Records was founded in late 2007 with the simple idea of putting out raw, authentic SOUL music on […]Aquabear LegionNew episode of The Western Reserve is ALL-Colemine Records this time. We curate an hour or so from the catalog of this Loveland, Ohio based label featuring music from Ohio and elsewhere. From the label’s website: “Colemine Records was founded in late 2007 with the simple idea of putting out raw, authentic SOUL music on […]ohio,music,ohio,the,western,reserve,aquabear,aquabear,legion,western,reserve,music http://www.aquabearlegion.com/the-western-reserve-episode-030/ Fri, 30 Aug 2019 15:21:46 +0000 http://www.aquabearlegion.com/?p=6322 brian@aquabearlegion.com (Aquabear Legion)noNo themes this time around, just an hour or so of great Ohio music past, present, and future. Lots of brand new stuff from Brat Curse, Kneeling In Piss, Fan Fiction, Water Witches, and more. We would love for you to go support and pre-order the new Aquabear Legion compilations right now if you could […]Aquabear LegionNo themes this time around, just an hour or so of great Ohio music past, present, and future. Lots of brand new stuff from Brat Curse, Kneeling In Piss, Fan Fiction, Water Witches, and more. We would love for you to go support and pre-order the new Aquabear Legion compilations right now if you could […]ohio,music,ohio,the,western,reserve,aquabear,aquabear,legion,western,reserve,music http://www.aquabearlegion.com/the-western-reserve-aquabears-15th-birthday-compilations-episode-029/ Fri, 09 Aug 2019 03:26:35 +0000 http://www.aquabearlegion.com/?p=6299 brian@aquabearlegion.com (Aquabear Legion)noThe Western Reserve is back with a pretty spectacular episode for Aquabear Legion’s 15th birthday! Aquabear is celebrating by releasing two compilations: the new Ohio music compilation VOLUME 7 (on vinyl) and an Aquabear Legion Archival Release called MOTHER OF PRESIDENTS (on cassette). This episode I play stuff from both of those releases, talk about […]Aquabear LegionThe Western Reserve is back with a pretty spectacular episode for Aquabear Legion’s 15th birthday! Aquabear is celebrating by releasing two compilations: the new Ohio music compilation VOLUME 7 (on vinyl) and an Aquabear Legion Archival Release called MOTHER OF PRESIDENTS (on cassette). This episode I play stuff from both of those releases, talk about […]ohio,music,ohio,the,western,reserve,aquabear,aquabear,legion,western,reserve,music http://www.aquabearlegion.com/the-western-reserve-double-cheeseburgerfest-episode-028/ Mon, 15 Apr 2019 22:28:58 +0000 http://www.aquabearlegion.com/?p=6254 brian@aquabearlegion.com (Aquabear Legion)noIt’s almost time for Double Cheeseburgerfest here in Athens on Saturday, April 20th! 18 bands playing a self described “backyard burger festival” just outside the city limits in a beautiful garage. Brian talks to Head Burger in Charge (and Athens musician) Tony Longanbach about this year’s sequel to 2018’s Cheeseburgerfest and much more all while […]Aquabear LegionIt’s almost time for Double Cheeseburgerfest here in Athens on Saturday, April 20th! 18 bands playing a self described “backyard burger festival” just outside the city limits in a beautiful garage. Brian talks to Head Burger in Charge (and Athens musician) Tony Longanbach about this year’s sequel to 2018’s Cheeseburgerfest and much more all while […]ohio,music,ohio,the,western,reserve,aquabear,aquabear,legion,western,reserve,music http://www.aquabearlegion.com/the-western-reserve-episode-027/ Sat, 06 Apr 2019 16:20:23 +0000 http://www.aquabearlegion.com/?p=6236 brian@aquabearlegion.com (Aquabear Legion)noJust a regular ol’ episode of The Western Reserve here, packed to the brim with great Ohio music. There are new things (Herzog, DANA, Mery Steel, Leggy), older things (Great Plains, Mirrors), and some inbetween too. If you like this podcast please support us by subscribing, leaving nice reviews, telling friends, etc. We will back […]Aquabear LegionJust a regular ol’ episode of The Western Reserve here, packed to the brim with great Ohio music. There are new things (Herzog, DANA, Mery Steel, Leggy), older things (Great Plains, Mirrors), and some inbetween too. If you like this podcast please support us by subscribing, leaving nice reviews, telling friends, etc. We will back […]ohio,music,ohio,the,western,reserve,aquabear,aquabear,legion,western,reserve,music http://www.aquabearlegion.com/the-western-reserve-best-of-ohio-2018-episode-026/ Thu, 21 Feb 2019 23:59:24 +0000 http://www.aquabearlegion.com/?p=6195 brian@aquabearlegion.com (Aquabear Legion)noWe are back from our Winter break here at Western Reserve with a belated, but still lovingly produced, Best of Ohio 2018 episode! This of course just scratches the surface of the great music put out from the Buckeye State last year, but it’s a solid 51 minutes of tunes. The Breeders – “Nervous Mary”Wussy […]Aquabear LegionWe are back from our Winter break here at Western Reserve with a belated, but still lovingly produced, Best of Ohio 2018 episode! This of course just scratches the surface of the great music put out from the Buckeye State last year, but it’s a solid 51 minutes of tunes. The Breeders – “Nervous Mary”Wussy […]ohio,music,ohio,the,western,reserve,aquabear,aquabear,legion,western,reserve,music http://www.aquabearlegion.com/the-western-reserve-3rd-annual-ohio-christmas-spectacular-episode-025/ Mon, 24 Dec 2018 04:13:20 +0000 http://www.aquabearlegion.com/?p=6187 brian@aquabearlegion.com (Aquabear Legion)noHappy holidays from Aquabear Legion and The Western Reserve! Sherri joins me for our annual tradition of the Ohio Christmas Spectacular (our third year!) and we play some great songs of the season all from Ohio! Some well known artists like Bootsy Collins, Bobby Womack, and Frankie Yankovic are on the playlist along with Aquabear […]Aquabear LegionHappy holidays from Aquabear Legion and The Western Reserve! Sherri joins me for our annual tradition of the Ohio Christmas Spectacular (our third year!) and we play some great songs of the season all from Ohio! Some well known artists like Bootsy Collins, Bobby Womack, and Frankie Yankovic are on the playlist along with Aquabear […]ohio,music,ohio,the,western,reserve,aquabear,aquabear,legion,western,reserve,music http://www.aquabearlegion.com/the-western-reserve-episode-024/ Mon, 17 Dec 2018 22:39:29 +0000 http://www.aquabearlegion.com/?p=6179 brian@aquabearlegion.com (Aquabear Legion)noHappy Holidays everyone! Our 3rd annual all-Ohio Holiday Spectacular is coming up soon too (it’s the aptly named Episode 25), but let this good old fashioned no themes at all episode of the show tide you over. Everything from Bygones to Cobra Verde here, and lots of new releases too. http://aquabearlegion.com/podcasts/western-reserve/Western-Reserve-024.mp3 Bygones – “Under That […]Aquabear LegionHappy Holidays everyone! Our 3rd annual all-Ohio Holiday Spectacular is coming up soon too (it’s the aptly named Episode 25), but let this good old fashioned no themes at all episode of the show tide you over. Everything from Bygones to Cobra Verde here, and lots of new releases too. http://aquabearlegion.com/podcasts/western-reserve/Western-Reserve-024.mp3 Bygones – “Under That […]ohio,music,ohio,the,western,reserve,aquabear,aquabear,legion,western,reserve,music http://www.aquabearlegion.com/the-western-reserve-requests-again-episode-023/ Mon, 10 Dec 2018 22:56:43 +0000 http://www.aquabearlegion.com/?p=6093 brian@aquabearlegion.com (Aquabear Legion)noSo many good requests we had to make two episodes! In case you missed it, our 22nd episode of Western Reserve was also all-request. Lots of great music on both episodes and in this one you will hear Brainiac, Supernobody, Rashaan Roland Kirk, Ward Jarvis, James Gang, Ass Ponys, and more. And it is the […]Aquabear LegionSo many good requests we had to make two episodes! In case you missed it, our 22nd episode of Western Reserve was also all-request. Lots of great music on both episodes and in this one you will hear Brainiac, Supernobody, Rashaan Roland Kirk, Ward Jarvis, James Gang, Ass Ponys, and more. And it is the […]ohio,music,ohio,the,western,reserve,aquabear,aquabear,legion,western,reserve,music http://www.aquabearlegion.com/the-western-reserve-requests-episode-022/ Sat, 17 Nov 2018 17:47:38 +0000 http://www.aquabearlegion.com/?p=6090 brian@aquabearlegion.com (Aquabear Legion)noThis episode of The Western Reserve and the next one are all requests! I think I cover everyone on the show, but thanks again for participating. Lots of great music this time including Them Wranch, My Dad Is Dead, Darrin Hacquard, and a whole lot more. If you like the show, tell some friends! http://aquabearlegion.com/podcasts/western-reserve/Western-Reserve-022.mp3 […]Aquabear LegionThis episode of The Western Reserve and the next one are all requests! I think I cover everyone on the show, but thanks again for participating. Lots of great music this time including Them Wranch, My Dad Is Dead, Darrin Hacquard, and a whole lot more. If you like the show, tell some friends! http://aquabearlegion.com/podcasts/western-reserve/Western-Reserve-022.mp3 […]ohio,music,ohio,the,western,reserve,aquabear,aquabear,legion,western,reserve,music http://www.aquabearlegion.com/the-western-reserve-episode-021/ Tue, 02 Oct 2018 20:37:23 +0000 http://www.aquabearlegion.com/?p=6033 brian@aquabearlegion.com (Aquabear Legion)noThis episode of The Western Reserve features all bands and artists that I have not played yet in the first 20 episodes, and on top of that every artist is from a different city or town in Ohio! We cover everything from the big ones (Cleveland, Columbus, Cincinnati) to small towns with huge musical impacts […]Aquabear LegionThis episode of The Western Reserve features all bands and artists that I have not played yet in the first 20 episodes, and on top of that every artist is from a different city or town in Ohio! We cover everything from the big ones (Cleveland, Columbus, Cincinnati) to small towns with huge musical impacts […]ohio,music,ohio,the,western,reserve,aquabear,aquabear,legion,western,reserve,music http://www.aquabearlegion.com/the-western-reserve-episode-020-athena-headache-episode-001/ Sat, 01 Sep 2018 21:09:06 +0000 http://www.aquabearlegion.com/?p=5998 brian@aquabearlegion.com (Aquabear Legion)noThis is a thing on those podcast networks right? A preview episode? Aquabear Legion has brand new show titled Athena Headache that will focus on the fringes of Ohio and Midwestern music. Noise, experimental, improvisational, weird, strange, and everything in between. The hosts of the show will rotate and since Brian (who hosts Western Reserve) […]Aquabear LegionThis is a thing on those podcast networks right? A preview episode? Aquabear Legion has brand new show titled Athena Headache that will focus on the fringes of Ohio and Midwestern music. Noise, experimental, improvisational, weird, strange, and everything in between. The hosts of the show will rotate and since Brian (who hosts Western Reserve) […]ohio,music,ohio,the,western,reserve,aquabear,aquabear,legion,western,reserve,music http://www.aquabearlegion.com/the-western-reserve-athens-2001-2006-episode-19/ Fri, 03 Aug 2018 04:39:53 +0000 http://www.aquabearlegion.com/?p=5949 brian@aquabearlegion.com (Aquabear Legion)noI can’t believe it took me 19 episodes of this podcast to do an all-Athens episode from my college years. This was a lot of fun and I hope you enjoy it as well. A whole bunch of firsts here: this is the first time I play We March (!?!) and The Makebelieves (!?!?!), and […]Aquabear LegionI can’t believe it took me 19 episodes of this podcast to do an all-Athens episode from my college years. This was a lot of fun and I hope you enjoy it as well. A whole bunch of firsts here: this is the first time I play We March (!?!) and The Makebelieves (!?!?!), and […]ohio,music,ohio,the,western,reserve,aquabear,aquabear,legion,western,reserve,music http://www.aquabearlegion.com/the-western-reserve-episode-18/ Thu, 28 Jun 2018 04:28:49 +0000 http://www.aquabearlegion.com/?p=5941 brian@aquabearlegion.com (Aquabear Legion)noNo themes for episode 18 of The Western Reserve. Just an hour of great music from all around Ohio kicked off with a special tribute to our friend, the late Uncle Fun, and his band Bargoyle. The show is rounded out with Swearing at Motorists, Blueprint, Terrestials, Swim Team, and many more. Unrelated note: I […]Aquabear LegionNo themes for episode 18 of The Western Reserve. Just an hour of great music from all around Ohio kicked off with a special tribute to our friend, the late Uncle Fun, and his band Bargoyle. The show is rounded out with Swearing at Motorists, Blueprint, Terrestials, Swim Team, and many more. Unrelated note: I […]ohio,music,ohio,the,western,reserve,aquabear,aquabear,legion,western,reserve,music http://www.aquabearlegion.com/the-western-reserve-gladden-house-sessions-at-the-nelsonville-music-festival-2014-2017-episode-17/ Wed, 13 Jun 2018 02:07:29 +0000 http://www.aquabearlegion.com/?p=5927 brian@aquabearlegion.com (Aquabear Legion)noAnother amazing Nelsonville Music Festival (produced by Stuart’s Opera House) just finished up and we thought it made sense to have an NMF episode of The Western Reserve! Episode 17 brings you some of the wonderful Gladden House Sessions hosted by Josh Antonuccio and presented by Ohio University School of Media Arts and Studies, WOUB Public […]Aquabear LegionAnother amazing Nelsonville Music Festival (produced by Stuart’s Opera House) just finished up and we thought it made sense to have an NMF episode of The Western Reserve! Episode 17 brings you some of the wonderful Gladden House Sessions hosted by Josh Antonuccio and presented by Ohio University School of Media Arts and Studies, WOUB Public […]ohio,music,ohio,the,western,reserve,aquabear,aquabear,legion,western,reserve,music