Dayton-based indie troubadour Kris Neises doesn’t have a gimmick, a sound supplemented by studio wizardry, a legion of face painted followers, tens of thousands of Twitter followers or hundreds of thousands of dollars in record label royalties.  He doesn’t have overwhelming blog buzz, product endorsements, or a desirable time slot at Coachella, ATP or Pitchfork.  [...]

Dayton-based songwriter Kris Neises (otherwise known as Kris N.) has released another project that goes by the moniker Hangover, Ohio.  HO’s Common Measure is the result of Kris and Milwaukee, WI’s Nick Satinover (formerly of Circle Circle Dot Dot) sending tracks back and forth.  This wasn’t Neises and Satinover’s first collaboration, as Satinover also appeared [...]