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News Jam Clevo: Happy Dog Kickstarts a Classical Album and Stream the New Expecting Rain Album
* Cleveland hot dog joint and local music hot spot, The Happy Dog, has launched a new Kickstarter to record and release a live album by the classical music group, Ensemble HD, a collection of Cleveland Orchestra musicians and their friends. The goal of $15,000 may be on the ambitious side, but so is the mission of Ensemble HD. How many other classical troupes have regular gigs at rock clubs? That's a rhetorical question. * In the ...READ MORE
Cloud Nothings and Death of Samantha to Headline WRUW’s 31st Annual Studio-A-Rama
The 2012 edition of WRUW's long-running, free music festival, Studio-A-Rama, will have an even more distinct Cleveland flavor this year as at the top of the bill will see local buzz-band done good, Cloud Nothings, paired with the classic Clevo, post-punk band, Death of Samantha. If you haven't noticed, Cloud Nothings have been pretty much everywhere in 2012. They've done the late night circuit, the festival circuit, and played ...READ MORE
Torche and Cloud Nothings Set to Appear at the Rock Hall’s Free Summer Concert Series
Well, color me rocked. Local buzzband Cloud Nothings (July 11th) and Southern heavies, Torche (July 25th) are just two of the headliners announced for the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame's free Summer in the City concert series. The experimental indie-rock band, Bear in Heaven and Cleveland alt-rockers Mr. Gnome will share headline spot on the third night, August 1st, and folk artist, Sharon Van Etten will round out schedule on August...READ MORE
Rock Local: Album Release Shows by Bears and Bill Fox Highlight a Busy Weekend
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Rock ‘N’ Roll Wednesday Night
Hey Cleveland! Instead of going out the night before Thanksgiving and getting blitzed at some bar with your buds, why don't you go out, get blitzed at a bar with your buds and take in some Cleveland Rock 'N' Roll. You do have three quality events to choose from. There's This Way Out's Anniversary Party at the Beachland Tavern with Filmstrip, Village Bicycle, and 45 Spider. While on the West Side there's a free show at Now That's ...READ MORE
The Rockometer: Cartoon Violence by Herzog
Herzog Cartoon Violence Exit Stencil Too often when talent is used to describe an indie rock band there's a catch. As in, they're a talented band, but they're too cute and too obtuse for their own good. Or, they're a talented band with a disdain of conformity and a similar disdain of melody. Or, they're a talented band, why the fuck can't they write one damn song I can hang my hat on. Cleveland's Herzog are a talented b...READ MORE
“Fuck This Year” by Herzog
Seeking to prove they're more than another band of '90s revivalists raised on slacker rock, Cleveland's Herzog have prepped a sophomore album that's bigger, brawnier, and brainier than their well-received 2009 debut, Search. Part of the genesis can be traced to the fact that more than ever, Herzog are a band and not just a vehicle for songwriter Tony Vorrell and lead singer/guitarist Nick Tolar. The rhythm section of Brian Hi...READ MORE
John Soeder of The Plain Dealer Lists 25 Cleveland Bands to Watch
Have you seen the Plain Dealer today? Music critic, John Soeder, has penned a massive feature on 25 Cleveland bands to watch. Cleveland Rocks, Pops, and Raps features bands covered extensively on I Rock Cleveland like Herzog, Megachurch, and Prisoners, names nationally known in the underground, like Mark McGuire , and some familiar names from the past in Sons of Elvis man Pat Casa and his new band, Mild Mannered. The feature on...READ MORE
From the Rocker’s Notebook: Record Store Day in Cleveland 2011
* Talk to people at the record stores on Record Store Day and you quickly find out no one likes the exclusivity of the event. The record buyers don't like having to get to the record store early only to get shut out of limited edition releases. The sellers don't like the unpredictability of the releases. Some times they get their full order. Some times they get shorted, and when they do get shorted the you get even more bumme...READ MORE
No Age, Lucky Dragons, Herzog @ Grog Shop. 11.20.10
When you visit the bio of LA noise punk band, No Age, you'll find they're still just the duo of guitarist Randy Randall and drummer/vocalist Dean Spunt. Listen to one of their records (2007's Weirdo Rippers, 2008's N0uns, or 2010's Everything in Between) and you'll soon realize their sound, a mix of swirling sound collages, '80s NYC art rock, and skate punk, is much bigger then any two men can handle on stage -- All the gear in the...READ MORE
The Rockometer: Search by Herzog
Herzog Search Transparent In an interview with John Benson for Cleveland.com, Herzog's Nick Tolar plainly described the new album by his band, Herzog, as "Just rock." Others, seem to like the label slacker rock. And, Tolar's cool with that, too. To hear him recount the band's genesis, Herzog came about because he wanted to write and record the type of guitar rock album he had wanted to make for the better part of a decade....READ MORE
“Living Alone” by Herzog
Without giving away too much of what I have to say about Herzog's debut LP, Search (There is a record review on the way), I can tell you that this one is going to be big in Cleveland. Hell, it may even be big in New York, Chicago, and LA. This isn't a stretch. Herzog already has influential fans in the UK, and the nature of modern music press, where no one wants to be left behind when there's a next big thing to find, means mor...READ MORE- 1
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