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The Rockometer: Manipulator by Ty Segall
With such an impressive discography assembled at such a short time, Ty Segall was the last rocker I would expect to make the rookie mistake of confusing studio budget and studio time with permission to go ahead and record a 17 track, almost 60 minute album.
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The Rockometer: Brill Bruisers by The New Pornographers
By definition, a supergroup, like Canada's New Pornographers, should be fun. A supergroup is an opportunity for friends to get together and make music free from the same kind of expectations placed on their main projects. Yet, despite the pedigrees of Carl "AC" Newman, Dan Bejar (Destroyer), Neko Case, and the others who've contributed to the band's last two albums (2007's Challenger and 2010's Together) this supergroup had begun to sound like a super drag. Ornateness had been mistaken for quality. Tempos lurched into mid-tempo hell. The band's most recent effort, Brill Bruisers, is a lot of things: Fun, engaging, a return to form, a new direction, and most definitely not a drag.
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A Jam Packed Thursday with Thurston Moore, Perfect Pussy, Godflesh, Dark Blue, The Twerps, and King Tuff
The news of a new Thurston Moore album has been out and about on the internet for a little while now. What's gotten fans most excited, is that this new band would include both Debbie George from My Bloody Valentine and ex-Sonic Youth drummer, Steve Shelley, as well as English guitarist, James Sedwards.
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A Jam Packed Friday with Ty Segall, Nude Beach, Sloan, Lower Plenty, and The Afghan Whigs
Ty the Ripper is back. After a quiet end to 2013 with the downcast, and appropriately named solo album, Sleeper, garage-rock guitar hero, Ty Segall has returned to doing what he does best -- Ripping, shredding, going apeshit on guitar, giving zero fucks about being able to hear past the age of 40, sounding like Kurt Cobain stuck in San Francisco circa 1973, etc, exclamation point.
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Play Me: “Words” by Goat
Sweden's Goat may or may not be descended from some weirdo hippie commune tribe in the Swedish Arctic, and they may or may not be playing the music of their fathers and their father's fathers. What isn't in doubt, however, is their ability to create an always invigorating mix of head music from disparate traditions of psychedelic rock.
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The Rockometer: Frozen Letter by Spider Bags
Spider Bags summed up in two song titles: "Papa Was a Shithead" from their 2013 singles collection and "Waking Up Drunk" from their 2007 debut.
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The Rockometer: They Want My Soul by Spoon
When Spoon are at the top of their game, and They Want my Soul, is these Austin vets at their best, they have few rivals in the loosely-defined world of indie rock. They make it all sound so easy.
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Your Cleveland Concert Calendar for August
Wednesday, August 6th: Hospitality, Porches, Frankie Cosmos @ Grog Shop.
Thursday, August 7th: Supersuckers @ House of Blues. Tori Amos @ Cain ...
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