16.Dec.2011 Swag: The Beachland Ballroom’s 2012 Ultimate VIP Sweepstakes
How cool is this? The Beachland Ballroom and Heineken USA are teaming up to give one lucky soul free passes for two to every show and every event at the Beachland Ballroom in 2012. Entry is a snap — All you have to do is visit this page on facebook, right here, and fill in [...]
12.Dec.2011 A Better Argument For More Women in The Rock Hall?
Ask you shall receive, right? Last week I lamented how every time someone makes the argument that there’s not enough women or not enough people of color in the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame, they fail to do the basic task of researching the demographics of those already inducted into the Rock Hall. Evelyn [...]
30.Nov.2011 Black Keys Pre-Release Frenzy Takes Over Your Internet, Television, Real World Life
Did you know Akron’s most famous Rock ‘N’ Rollers, The Black Keys, have a new record scheduled to come out next Tuesday, December 6th? Have you been alive? In the past week, Dan Auerbach, Pat Carney and their people have been busy making sure that every living person with a passing interest in music is [...]
14.Oct.2011 New Proposal From City of Cleveland Council Members Would Ease Tax Burden on Local Clubs
For those new to the current fight over the City of Cleveland’s admission tax on music venues, the short version is this: The City’s 8% tax is threatening the livelihood of several smaller music clubs including The Beachland Ballrom, Brother’s Lounge, Now That’s Class, Peabody’s and The Happy Dog. In response, the owner’s of these [...]
23.Sep.2011 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 [...]
21.Sep.2011 Classic Guided by Voices Lineup to Release New Album on New Year’s Day
The rumors are true. For months I’d been hearing from sources of varying quality that Guided by Voices had either planned to record a new album or were already knee deep in the process of recording. Those rumors hit a fever pitch during the Pitchfork Music Festival this past July when people who’d just attended [...]
19.Sep.2011 Cleveland Music Clubs Unite In Effort to Alter Cleveland’s Admission Tax Policy
While Cleveland’s music clubs have not always had each other’s best interests in mind, one issue has united them, and that issue is the city’s 8% admissions tax on live concerts. Music fans were admittedly shocked when news came out in July that the Beachland was facing a $400,000 bill to the City of Cleveland [...]
16.Jul.2011 2011 Pitchfork Music Festival Day 1: From the Rocker’s Notebook
* For a company who sells products to make men clean, why did I feel so dirty and sticky when I walked by the Axe tent? Oh, it was the girls in tight, short shorts and winged, angel dresses, and the strip club vibe of their portable lounge. Classy, Axe. Very classy. * Animal Collective [...]
