Full ANDFL Review: May 20, 2004

Full ANDFL review from May 20th, 2004 in the Columbus Dispatch from the book Are You Making A Sound? The History of The Stepford Five.

Full Six EP Review: April 17, 2003

Full Six EP review from April 17th, 2003 from the Columbus Alive from the book Are You Making A Sound? The History of The Stepford Five.

Full TAOSD Review: November 15, 2001

Full review and gig preview from November 15th, 2001 in the Columbus Dispatch from the book Are You Making A Sound? The History of The Stepford Five.

Full TAOSD Review: November 15, 2001

Review: The Art of Self-Defense by Aaron Beck and Curtis Schieber, the Columbus Dispatch


On The Art of Self-Defense, the second album from the Stepford Five, the Columbus band grabs the baton from the broken- up Afghan Whigs and runs with it. 


Hard-driving, menacing music played by bassist Tim Minneci, guitarist Jason Dziak and drummer Mark Kovitya is the layer upon which lead singer Keith Jenkins addresses lovers past and present. 


Throughout the disc, recorded during the past year with Pretty Mighty Mighty's Neal Schmitt at Workbook Studio in Columbus, the band fluidly incorporates farfisa organ, timpani, drum loops, backup female vocals and goofy time signatures. The result is a sturdy next step in the band's ascent to heavy FM rotation.

Full This Christmas Review and Gig Preview: December 14, 2000

Review: Limbs and Light Benefit/Christmas CD by Aaron Beck of the Columbus Dispatch

The sticky sweetness of holiday songs getting you down? The Stepford Five has recorded a Christmas tune that's a bit more down to earth.

This Christmas speaks to the loneliness of spending the holidays alone. Singer/guitarist/sleigh bell maestro Keith Jenkins takes on a weary melancholy as he sings, "This Christmas, stop me from falling apart."

The CD also features two acoustic songs: Need To Know and Broken Skin, recorded live on-air in Otterbein University's WOBN studio. The album is destined to be a collector's item - the band only pressed 100 copies, and they're only available online or at the Five's shows.

Proceeds from the "Limbs and Light" benefit will provide support cash for Miles Smiley, a Canadian man who will be driving a truck filled with medical supplies and artificial limbs to Nicaragua to give to landmine victims. Smiley is on his way to Texas for a New Year's Eve fundraiser and then he's heading to Central America.