If you missed the Cropped Out Fest (or didn’t and want to refresh your memory), the folks at Friday Night Somewhere have assembled a video of interviews and performances from the festival. Thanks to Never Nervous for the tip.

Karate Body’s The Fervor will have their tune “Crazy For The Feeling,” off The Fervor’s latest album Arise, Great Warrior, included on the soundtrack from an upcoming film called Locked In Garage Band. No word on the projected release date of the movie.

Paste Magazine has a video premiere from Cheyenne Marie Mize, titled “It Lingers.” Have a look:

The Never Nervous blog is all cranked up about the band Whips/Chains, which features members of Coliseum, Black God and Xerxes. The first show is February 19 at the Chestnut House

We’ve neglected this round-up of free ticket offers for a bit; winter is rather slow for that kind of thing. However, here’s the current crop:

    WQMF has free tickets to see Jimmy Buffett on March 3. Likewise tickets for the Red Hot Chili Peppers


    WTFX The Fox hasfree tickets to see Nickelback, Bush and Seether. There are also free tickets to see Pusifer at the Brown, as well as free tickets to see Jane’s Addiction at the Palace.

Remember to sign up often.

New Albany photographer C. Michael Stewart, whose Scene and Heard blog frequently features his photos, has several of his concert photos on display as part of the Guitar! The Instrument That Rocked The World exhibit at the Louisville Science Center. He also got a nice write-up at the News And Tribune.com blog, website of the New Albany Tribune and Jeffersonville Tribune newspapers. Stewart is also a longtime supporter of the Musicians Emergency Resource Foundation (MERF) through his printing business, Voluforms.

The Tunesmiths are using an ordinary method – not crowdfunding a la Kickstarter but rather plain old asking – begging, if you will – to raise money to record an album with Kevin Ratterman at the Funeral Home. If you’d like to help, surf on over to http://helpthetunesmithsmakearecord.bbnow.org/index.php and follow the instructions. Hey, whatever works.

Pekin, Indiana native and former Louisvillian Joe O’Connell, who records under the name Elephant Micah, scores an interview in this week’s LEO.

LMN News From The Pit columnist Eddy Metal has a review with photos of the Anthrax, Testament and Death Angel show at Expo 5 on Sunday, January 29.

Alabama Brown, Louisville Music News

Alt.country artist Alabama Brown gets the cover of the February issue of Louisville Music News. Elsewhere inside, Mike Suttles remember the Cherokee Inn; Mike Stout has the latest country awards news; Alexander Campbell discusses the fusion of Latin and mountain music, Martin Kasdan mourns the loss of the Seelbach Jazz Bar and Eddy Metal has his usual collection of rants, raves, shout-outs and complaints about the Louisville metal/hard rock scene. All in the February issue of LMN, now available around the city.

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