Music/Local Music

LEO Weekly contributing music writer Jeff Polk offers up reviews on 8 new releases by Louisville-area bands.

Friday, August 15
Punk Rock Night Louisville Presents: Sempervivi, Gay Black Republican, and Wee Mighty
The Alcove | 246 Spring St, Jeffersonville | thealcovebar.com |Free | 9:00 p.m.| 21 and over Punk Rock Nigh…

Friday, August 8
Shi’s 10-Year Anniversary with Bad Wires and Loreborn
Mag Bar | 1398 S. 2nd St. | magbarlouisville.com | $10 | 8:30 p.m. | 21 and over A lot happened in 2015: same-sex marriage was legalized in all 50 sta…

LEO Weekly has Spotify playlists for each Listen Local column featuring selected tracks from each reviewed release. Check them out here!

Saturday, July 19 Creeps, Inc. and Radiokiller Seidenfaden’s | 1134 E Breckinridge St. | instagram.com/seidenfadensbar | $10
| 9
p.m. | 21 and over

Saturday, July 19
LRSfest
Brown-Forman Amphitheater at Waterfront Park | 1301 River Rd. | lrs102.com | $15 local, $20 online | Noon – Midnight | All ages Kids today couldn’t imagine how important WLRS 102.3 FM …

LEO Weekly has Spotify playlists for each Listen Local column featuring selected tracks from each reviewed release. Check them out here!

In 2021, Louisville native/Los Angeles-based artist Ian Johnson’s music career was on fire. As the frontman for his alt-rock/pop punk/hip hop musical project Arrested Youth, Johnson had already amassed hundreds of millions …

So my assignment was to come up with my ten favorite local songs of 2024. An easy enough task, or so you’d think, but that’s not how my brain works. So I turned what should have been a quick and fun task into a complex, ove…

There is no doubt in my mind that we would have a Hometown Heroes banner reading “Mia’s Louisville” hanging up prominently in the city right now if Mia Zapata’s story did not have such a tragic, early ending. As a vocalist,…