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FebruaryFeb 13 Friday 09
Five for Friday feat. Pterodactyl, F*cked Up, The Thermals, and More
Brah Records artist, Pterodactyl straddled a very thin line between nettlesome noise and noise rock on their self titled 2007 release, also known as the Blue Jay album. When they were on, their dinosaur squawk rock was a shock to the system sent straight to the spine of …
Dos a Cero
There's nothing like a good soccer match between the US and Mexico to get the old patriotism flowing. It's even better when that match is a World Cup Qualifier for the 2010 World Cup, and the result is another 2-0 victory in Columbus for the boys in red, white, and …
FebruaryFeb 11 Wednesday 09
An IRC Internet Premiere: "Wolves at a Wedding" and "Held in Light" by Unsparing Sea
Unsparing Sea's debut cd, A Cloud in the Cathedral, a masterful suite of nautical inspired folk birthed on the shores of Lake Erie, and carried by the unique voice of Cleveland via Nashville resident, JR Bennett, was one of those releases which caught a lot of people …
FebruaryFeb 5 Thursday 09
We'll Be Right Back With More Rock 'N' Roll Music
Regular posting will resume shortly.
Sweet: Win a Copy of Dan Auerbach's Solo Debut, Keep it Hid, on Wonderful Vinyl
I'm still working my way through my initial listen of Dan Auerbach's first solo album, Keep it Hid, and what can I say? It's Dan from the Black Keys. It's gritty, bluesy rock with that same voice, the one of a battle tested, old soul with a prize fighter's resilience, …
FebruaryFeb 3 Tuesday 09
Flashbacks and Throwbacks: "Life is Sh*t" by The Dead Milkmen
Friday, January 30th 2009, may very well go down as one of the worst days of my life. Lord knows, I've had some pretty bad ones in the past, but the convergence of one bad event after another on this particular day, will forever secure its place in history.
The day …
JanuaryJan 30 Friday 09
"Slow to Anger" by Superdrag
To some, Superdrag are nothing more than a one-hit Alternative Nation band, who scored their brief flirtation with fame thanks to the 1996 single, "Sucked Out." Others, admittedly fewer in number, hold the Knoxville foursome in high regard, as one of the past decade's …
JanuaryJan 28 Wednesday 09
From the IRCWHQ Newsdesk: Dreamscape, The New Album by GMPD, aka, Gil Mantera's Party Dream, Is Out Now
Raise your hand if you're in the mood for a little synth pop played by some mostly naked and mostly drunken dudes from Youngstown? I think I see a couple hands out there. Well, the two of you can put your hands down now and get your mouse clicking fingers ready 'cause …
JanuaryJan 27 Tuesday 09
Cleveland Concert Update: January 27th Through February 14th
Friday, January 30th: The Black Keys, Buffalo Killers, Other Girls @ Cleveland Agora.
Saturday, January 31st: The Black Keys, Buffalo Killers, Other Girls @ Cleveland Agora with an after party show with The Doctor Teeeth. Paul Collins Beat, Uncle Scratch's Gospel …
Moving Pictures: "Right Back Where We Started From " by Army Navy (Unofficial Fan Video)
First things first, that isn't Army Navy in the video. No, some enterprising youtuber synched up Army Navy's modern power pop take on the Maxine Nightengale R&B classic, "Right Back Where We Started From," with the video for a cover of the same song by '80s Simon …
The Rockometer feat Animal Collective, Glasvegas, AC Newman, Robert Pollard, and Brethren of the Free Spirit
Animal Collective
Merriweather Post Pavilion
Domino
Listen too closely to Animal Collective's Merriweather Post Pavilion, and their insistence on pushing fluttering, fanciful keyboards high in the mix, becomes tedious and tiresome. Less ear candy. More ear ache. Pull …
JanuaryJan 23 Friday 09
Flashbacks and Throwbacks: "Modern Kicks/I'm a Pretender/Boulevard Trash" Live at Bottom of the Hill
The above footage comes from the second to last show ever played by Portland, Oregon's punk rock and power pop revivalists, The Exploding Hearts. Soon after this show, three band members: Adam Cox, Matt Fitzgerald, and Jeremy Gage, all died in a car accident while …
Moving Pictures: "Dickshaker's Union" by Surf City
NZ's Surf City could've named this one "Song 2," but they didn't, 'cause it's actually song 3 on their EP, and "Song 3" just doesn't conjure up the same sort of malaise as a bunch of dudes engaged in dickshakery 'cause they got nothing better to do. Yet, even as the …
JanuaryJan 21 Wednesday 09
Moving Pictures: "Your Own Backyard (Dion Cover)" by The Lemonheads Live at The Laundromatinee
Back in the days of the Alt-Rock explosion, Evan Dando of The Lemonheads maintained a persona of a slacker, and a lovable loser. Even as he gained magazine covers and bigger sales numbers, he had a bad habit of playing to low expectations and engaging in dangerous …
From the IRCWHQ Newsdesk: Pre-Sale for The 2009 HOF Induction Ceremony Takes Place This Saturday
A limited number of pre-sale tickets for 2009 Rock 'N' Roll Hall of Fame Induction Ceremony will be made available to general public this Saturday at the HOF Box Office. The balance of public tickets will go on sale this Monday 10AM through Ticketmaster. Now, if …
JanuaryJan 20 Tuesday 09
"The Box" by 1990s
Though often grouped with The Gossip, CSS and other dance rock bands, the 1990s new single, "The Box," goes back a little further than Franz Ferdinand. This one is vintage English Glam. It has a big chunky guitar riff ready for bedroom rockers and air guitar heroes, a …
JanuaryJan 17 Saturday 09
These Songs Do Not Rock: "Holiday in Congo" by Rainbow Arabia and "Tunnelvision" by Here We Go Magic
...but that doesn't mean you shouldn't listen to them.
If you've spent the past week in the American Arctic, aka the Midwest, chances are you're ready for a holiday somewhere, anywhere sunny and warm, and while the Congo may not be the first place on your list, Rainbow …
JanuaryJan 16 Friday 09
A Thursday Rock Block with The Black Lips, Japandroids, WAVVES, and Young Lords
My first thought, as the first guitar chords from the Black Lips "Starting Over" hit my ears: "Wow, listen to how clean they got that guitar to sound. These garage punks are all grown up on their grown up record, with the not so grown up name, 200 Million Thousand." …
JanuaryJan 15 Thursday 09
Do You Notice a Pattern Here?
I mean besides the fact that Animal Collective's reviews on Pitchfork tend to get a higher score with each subsequent release. Don't you think we, as music fans, would be better served if Pitchfork would have someone besides their designated Animal Collective reviewer, …
From the IRCWHQ Newsdesk: Rock Hall Announces Latest Inductees
From the Cleveland Plain Dealer, the 24th Rock 'N' Roll Hall of Fame Induction Ceremony, taking place this year in Cleveland, will see Run DMC, Metallica, Jeff Beck, Little Anthony and the Imperials, and Cleveland native, Bobby Womack all enshrined into the museum. …