• 2014 AQUABEAR COUNTY FAIR – Photo Review – Night 1

    The Union Summoners The Heartlanders Speaking Suns WV White The D-Rays

  • 6 Bs and a P: Muscle Hamster (s03e04)

    6 Bs and a P: Muscle Hamster (s03e04)

    6 Bs and a P: Muscle Hamster (s03e04) http://www.aquabearlegion.com/podcasts/6b1p-s3ep4.mp3 The Browns had a bye week this past Sunday and Aquabear Legion decided to order some alternate programming to fill our football podcast void. Join us for a special bye week edition of 6 Bs and a P, namely, another 6 Bs and a P about…

  • Legendary Peter Walker At The Union on Wednesday, October 1

    This one is last minute and on a school night, but you should all totally come anyway, we promise you will not be sorry. Aquabear Legion, Andrew & Peacock present Peter Walker with Dead Winds of Summer and more at The Union in Athens on Wednesday, October 1st at 8:00pm. Tickets are $8 in advance and will be…

  • 6 Bs and a P: Robot Ian or the Time Sherri Met Chomps at the Airport (s03e03)

    6 Bs and a P: Robot Ian or the Time Sherri Met Chomps at the Airport (s03e03)

    6 Bs and a P: Robot Ian or the Time Sherri Met Chomps at the Airport (s03ep03) http://www.aquabearlegion.com/podcasts/6b1p-s3-ep3.mp3 It’s week 3 and the 3rd episode of our 3rd season at 6b1p, and the Browns lose another last second heartbreaker, this time to the hated Ravens. Kris Poland doesn’t make it this week (spoiler alert his…

  • 6 Bs and a P: Righting Wrongs (s03e02)

    6 Bs and a P: Righting Wrongs (s03e02)

    6 Bs and a P: Righting Wrongs (s03e02) http://aquabearlegion.com/podcasts/6b1ps3e2.mp3 Browns win! It was pretty unbelievable but the Cleveland Browns beat the New Orleans Saints, Wiebe even calls them a “well coached, competent team” which is quite the compliment. And not just any win, this might have been the biggest in years. It was only the second…

  • 6 Bs and a P: The Chains of Justice (S03EP01)

    6 Bs and a P: The Chains of Justice (S03EP01)

    6 Bs and a P: The Chains of Justice (Season 3, Episode 1) First game of the year was like a whole Browns season condensed into a three hour visual heart attack. One half they get outscored 27-3, and in the other they outscore the Steelers 27-3, but lose on a last second field goal.…

  • 6 Bs and a P: Mandatory Mini-Camp (S03EP0)

    6 Bs and a P: Mandatory Mini-Camp (S03EP0)

    6 Bs and a P: Mandatory Mini-Camp Season 3, Episode 0 It’s Browns pre-season! The good news is that the national media (at least for a little bit) was forced to also pay attention to the Browns as we decided whether Johnny Football could live up to his name. The bad news is this team…

  • 8th Annual Aquabear County Fair is September 5-6: 15 Ohio Bands, 2 Days, ALL FREE

    8th Annual Aquabear County Fair is September 5-6: 15 Ohio Bands, 2 Days, ALL FREE

    It’s Aquabear County Fair time! Now in it’s 8th year (whoa), this annual Aquabear celebration of Ohio music will be in Athens, Ohio on Friday, September 5th (at The Union at 9:00pm) and on Saturday, September 6th (at Haffa’s Records at 3:00pm and The Union at 8:00pm) and it is all FREE. Poster above and…

  • Helter Swelter at Ace of Cups Saturday with The Clean, TJSA, Scrawl, and more

    Helter Swelter at Ace of Cups Saturday with The Clean, TJSA, Scrawl, and more

    There’s a great show at Ace of Cups Saturday you need to be at. Helter Swelter is Saturday, August 16th from 3pm-11pm at Ace of Cups and features legendary New Zealand rockers The Clean along with a lineup of some of Columbus, Ohio’s most well respected and influential bands including Thomas Jefferson Slave Apartments, Scrawl, Unholy…

  • Aquabear Hosts William Hooker Trio at The Union on August 15

    The Aquabear Legion mainly focuses on Ohio music but every once in a while we get a chance to bring in a non-Buckeye musician or band and cannot pass it up. William Hooker’s body of uninterrupted work beginning in the mid-seventies defines him as one of the most important composers and players in jazz. Aquabear presents…

  • Aquabear Pancake Breakfast is THIS SUNDAY!

    Aquabear Pancake Breakfast is THIS SUNDAY!

      The Aquabear Legion will present our 8th annual Pancake Breakfast on Sunday, August 10th from 1:00 pm-3:00 pm at UCM in Uptown Athens, Ohio (18 N. College Street). All money raised at the breakfast will go to pay bands at the 8th annual Aquabear County Fair which is September 5-6, 2014 at The Union Bar &…

  • Athens Community Music Festival: 32 acts on 6 stages THIS WEEKEND!

    Athens Community Music Festival: 32 acts on 6 stages THIS WEEKEND!

    I am a bit biased, but Athens Ohio has an incredible community of musicians. Folks who have spent decades and years writing and playing music in our little town, but also putting on shows, putting up posters, and making things happen. One of the countless examples of that is the annual Athens Community Music Festival,…

  • Traysh Island is August 1-2 at 8550 Ohio in Chesterhill

    Traysh Island is August 1-2 at 8550 Ohio in Chesterhill

    The second installment of Traysh Island (titled Burning Mang) comes to 8550 Ohio this weekend August 1-2 just outside the little Appalachian town of Chesterhill. One of the more interesting gatherings of artists and musicians I’ve been at in the absolutely drop-jawed gorgeousness that only Southeast Ohio can bring, Traysh Island features live music and…

  • More Bands Added to 8th Annual Aquabear County Fair

    More Bands Added to 8th Annual Aquabear County Fair

    The 8th annual Aquabear County Fair is September 5-6, 2014 in Athens, Ohio with Connections and WVWhite heading down from Columbus for a FREE weekend of Ohio music. We are excited to announce another round of bands to join the two we have already announced! Dayton’s The 1984 Draft (Joe Anderl in new full band mode)…

  • 6 Bs and a P: Special Offseason Late Draft Edition

    6 Bs and a P: Special Offseason Late Draft Edition

    6 Bs and a P: Special Offseason Late Draft Edition Our quarterback of the future is passed out on a giant swan! It’s the Browns offseason! Despite a crazy 2014 featuring new coaches, GM’s, Johnny Footballs, and a movie with Kevin Costner…. we are now in the depths of that offseason. What better time to…

  • Aquabear Pancake Breakfast is Sunday, August 10 in Athens

    Aquabear Pancake Breakfast is Sunday, August 10 in Athens

      The Aquabear Legion will present our 8th annual Pancake Breakfast on Sunday, August 10th from 1:00 pm-3:00 pm at UCM in Uptown Athens, Ohio (18 N. College Street). All money raised at the breakfast will go to pay bands at the 8th annual Aquabear County Fair which is September 5-6, 2014 at The Union Bar &…

  • Connections, WV White, + More TBA for Aquabear County Fair #8 on September 5-6!

    Connections, WV White, + More TBA for Aquabear County Fair #8 on September 5-6!

    The Aquabear County Fair will happen for the 8th time (whoa) on September 5-6, 2014 in Athens, Ohio. With this years event featuring two nights of ALL FREE Ohio music at The Union with another surprise or two to be announced. The Aquabear is excited to announce one band for each night already and both…

  • Sometimes the Bear Eats You Too: NMF 14 – Thursday

    Sometimes the Bear Eats You Too: NMF 14 – Thursday

    Sometimes the Bear Eats You Too is back and better than ever with three episodes from the 10th annual Nelsonville Music Festival! We begin with some of the great bands from Thursday night. This episode includes songs from D-Rays, unmonumental, Charles Walker and the Dynamites, Supernobody, Jessica Hernandez and the Deltas, Jason Isbell, and Saint Paul and…

  • Sometimes the Bear Eats You Too: NMF 14 – Friday

    Sometimes the Bear Eats You Too: NMF 14 – Friday

    Jam-packed with more music than you can handle, it’s day two of the 2014 Nelsonville Music Festival. This episode features performances by Village of Spaces, Lily and Madeline, Shaky Graves, (Aquabear County Fair 2014 artist) WV White, Grupo Fantasma, Steve Gunn, Quilt, The Total Blam Blams, Kurt Vile, Wooden Indian Burial Ground, Dinosaur Jr, and…

  • Sometimes the Bear Eats You Too: NMF 14 – Saturday & Sunday

    Sometimes the Bear Eats You Too: NMF 14 – Saturday & Sunday

    Dealing with a bit of festival fatigue, a flat tire, and a fair amount of driving, I didn’t capture as much of the last two days of this year’s Nelsonville Music Festival as I wanted. Nevertheless, there is gold to be heard here. Crank this episode to hear sets from Motel Beds, Lucius, The No…

  • 19th annual Blackoutfest is This Weekend in Athens: April 17-19

    19th annual Blackoutfest is This Weekend in Athens: April 17-19

    Blackoutfest turns 19 this year and features one hell of a lineup to celebrate the occasion. 3 nights of music at Athens, Ohio’s rock and roll institution The Union featuring over 30 bands from all over the country, including some of Ohio’s finest. Things kick off Thursday, April 17th around 7:00pm and continue on Friday…

  • 03/04/14 – Water Liars, Dead Winds of Summer, and more – The Union

  • 6 Bs and a P: Who Wants to Know? Who Wants to Know? (Season 2, Episode 20)

    6 Bs and a P: Who Wants to Know? Who Wants to Know? (Season 2, Episode 20)

    6 Bs and a P: Who Wants to Know? Who Wants to Know? (Season 2, Episode 20): http://aquabearlegion.com/podcasts/6B1Ps02e20Full.mp3 Well, we just couldn’t stay away long. Especially when the Browns hired a new coach THEN fired their GM and President (one of whom makes a final appearance on the show). The gang gets together in the…

  • Water Liars + More at Union in Athens on Tuesday, March 4

    Water Liars + More at Union in Athens on Tuesday, March 4

    Aquabear Legion loves Ohio music, but sometimes we bend the rules on hosting shows when a band from another state is as mindblowingly awesome as Mississippi’s Water Liars. On Tuesday, March 4th, Aquabear teams up with Blackout Booking and Peacock Productions to welcome Water Liars to The Union along with Athens staples Supernobody, Adam Remnant,…

  • INTERVIEW: Dave Doughman on Swearing At Motorists New Album

    INTERVIEW: Dave Doughman on Swearing At Motorists New Album

    Swearing at Motorists is some of the finest rock and roll to come out of The Buckeye State. It is the project of Dave Doughman, and they have a brand new album called While Laughing, The Joker Tells The Truth ready to come out this March and they need your support to make it happen.…