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Hot Rails Makes Its Own Heatnew
On its full-length debut, rip-roarin' Hot Rails plays the kind of punky, country-fried, bluesy rock that takes root so easily in the Cleveland's cloudy climate.
Cleveland Scene |
D.X. Ferris |
03-21-2008 |
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Celtic Frost's Origins as Hellhammernew
This two-disc compilation gathers a trio of oft-bootlegged demos from 1983. Newly remastered, the dungeon tapes sound cleaner than ever while retaining their grit.
Cleveland Scene |
D.X. Ferris |
02-29-2008 |
Reviews
Tags: Demon Entrails, Hellhammer
A Must-Listen for Wrestling Fansnew
Double Murder Suicide is an unspeakably tasteless concept album about the death of the WWE's Chris Benoit, who killed his wife, son, and himself in June 2007.
Cleveland Scene |
D.X. Ferris |
01-25-2008 |
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Below Jupiter is Pogo-Readynew
The Cleveland duo's full-length debut unloads with three minutes of punky, bouncy, unplugged pop that sounds like the Violent Femmes, but with more keyboard and less bass.
Cleveland Scene |
D.X. Ferris |
01-18-2008 |
Reviews
Tags: Below Jupiter, Step into Home
Horrorcore is Like Canned Chicken Soupnew
Horror of '59's second album sounds like circa-'78 Ozzy Osbourne fronting the new Misfits.
Cleveland Scene |
D.X. Ferris |
01-04-2008 |
Reviews
Tags: Horror of '59
The Whiskey Daredevils are Jukebox Readynew
The cowpunks are best known for their anti-hipster anthem "Ironic Trucker Hat." That's about to change.
Cleveland Scene |
D.X. Ferris |
12-07-2007 |
Reviews
Unsparing Sea Creates Eerinessnew
There are also plenty of cellos, harmoniums, saws, glockenspiels, and accordions on A Cloud in the Cathedral, a majestic sprawl of baroque psychedelia and Victorian gothic.
Cleveland Scene |
D.X. Ferris |
12-04-2007 |
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Destructor Releases Second Album After 22 Yearsnew
And the destruction still goes all the way to 11. Or, at the very least, to 8 -- depending on how you like your thrash served.
Cleveland Scene |
D.X. Ferris |
11-16-2007 |
Reviews
Tags: Destructor, Forever in Leather
Thrash Metal Can Have Keyboards Toonew
Besides Chimaira's Chris Spicuzza, Keratoma programmer Tom Shaffner is probably the least superfluous keyboard dude in rock these days.
Cleveland Scene |
D.X. Ferris |
11-09-2007 |
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Tori Amos on the Characters Who Sang Her Songsnew
On American Doll Posse, Amos assumes the roles of a quartet of disparate women. Together, they sing the album's 23 songs. They also join Amos onstage.
Cleveland Scene |
D. X. Ferris |
11-02-2007 |
Reviews
Tags: Tori Amos, American Doll Posse
Farley's Steady Stream of Midtempo Strumming Wears Thinnew
But Moments and Memories is like a pot of custom-blended java: 11 doses may make you bristle, but a couple cups will get your head right.
Cleveland Scene |
D.X. Ferris |
10-26-2007 |
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Death-Thrash-Power-Metal Beast Skeletonwitch Releases Third Albumnew
The mere presence of a track titled "Soul Thrashing Black Sorcery" says everything you need to know about Beyond the Permafrost.
Cleveland Scene |
D.X. Harris |
10-02-2007 |
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The Political is Personal for Anne E. DeChantnew
Girls and Airplanes isn't a gentle folk album, nor is it an unplugged confessional -- the full-band affair has a kick missing from recent Ani DiFranco discs.
Cleveland Scene |
D.X. Ferris |
07-13-2007 |
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A Mandatory Lesson in Metal Historynew
DDP kicked around the famous Bay Area scene in the early '80s, but never recorded -- now hey've reconvened to save their old material from the winds of time.
Cleveland Scene |
D.X. Ferris |
06-29-2007 |
Reviews
Tags: DDP 4 Life, Dublin Death Patrol
Cyclones Keep the Two-chord Tradition Alivenew
We're Livin' Like Weasels! is timeless punk you can skank to; it sounds just as good on the Warped Tour as at your favorite dive bar.
Cleveland Scene |
D.X. Ferris |
06-22-2007 |
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