22.Aug.2010 Cleveland Rock is Dead, Long Live Cleveland Rock
Strangely enough, it wasn’t the move of Black Keys drummer, Pat Carney, from Akron to NYC, or the seemingly imminent relocation of bandmate Dan Auerbach, which led me to start taking stock of all musicians who have departed the Cleveland-Akron Metro over the past year. Rather, it was the less publicized breakup of Cleveland rock [...]
24.Nov.2009 Moving Pictures: "Thunder$troke" by Beaten Awake
Beaten Awake’s video for “Thunder$troke” is a trip in the truest LSD dropping, kaleidoscopic colors surrounding, mind expanding sense of the word. The story line goes something like this: The boys in the band, travel by rocketship, car, and any fantastic means possible to meat up with their fearless caption, Beaten Awake lead singer, Jon [...]
16.Oct.2009 Six For Sweater Weather: A Mini Mix Feat. Small Black, Tape Deck Mountain, Lightning Dust, Beaten Awake, Molina & Johnson, and The Dutchess & The Duke
Go ahead, be cynical. The first mention Small Black on Pitchfork came with the disclaimer, ” Live, they ( Josh Kolenik and Ryan Heyne) add Pitchfork.tv contributors Juan Pieczanski and Jeff Curtin to the mix.” Personally, I’d urge you to put aside your conspiracy theories for a moment and give “Despicable Dogs,” a fair listen, [...]
15.Oct.2009 From the IRCWHQ Newsdesk: Northeast Ohio is the New Williamsburg
Well, at least for two days, it is. In the past 24 hours, the Pat Carney side project, Drummer, has seen their video for “Feel Good Together” featured at both Stereogum and Pitchfork, Kent’s Beaten Awake had two singles featured at RCRD LBL, and Cleveland’s Hot Cha Cha received a complimentary record-release preview from the [...]
30.Jul.2009 From the IRCWHQ Newsedsk: News from Beaten Awake, The Suede Brothers, Video from P4K09 and More
* Kent’s Beaten Awake, now a four piece consisting of Jon Finley (vocals, guitar, keys, drums), Ryan Brannon (drums, guitar, bass, keys), Tom Raichel (bass, keys), and Gabe Schray (baritone guitar), will be releasing their second full length, Thunder$troke, October 13th on Fat Possum Records. It was recorded at Arkon’s Audio Eagle Studios with Patrick [...]
23.Mar.2009 An I Rock Cleveland Internet Premiere: “Diamonds to Shake” by Drummer (feat. Patrick Carney)
Normally, when you put five drummers in a recording studio all you get is a bunch of drummer jokes — How many drummers does it take to change a light bulb? How do you get a one armed drummer out of a tree? A drummer, a pirate, and a priest walk into a bar…Not so [...]
04.Mar.2009 From the IRCWHQ Newsdesk: Beaten Awake Are Doing a Double Release Show for Their New 7"
Kent’s Beaten Awake are celebrating the release of their first new material since 2006′s Let’s Get Simplified with two local shows this weekend. The first taking place this Friday night at The Matinee Cleveland, and the second happening Saturday at The Matinee Akron. Copies of their new 7″ single recorded with Tim Gerak at Mammoth [...]
02.Jun.2008 From the IRCWHQ Newsdesk: The Black Keys Family Tree Featured at Rolling Stone, Dreadful Yawns Tour Diary, And a Prisonshake Release Date
*Dan Auerbach and Pat Carney of The Black Keys recently spoke with Rolling Stone about the plethora of projects they’ve been working on in addition to their most recent album, Attack and Release. At the oddly titled Smoking Section (odd, if you remember the lawsuit involving cigarettes, indie rock, and Rolling Stone from last year), [...]
