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Cleveland Musicians Band Together to Fight Pay-to-Playnew
Cleveland rockers are uniting in Musicians' Local 00, an informal alliance of groups opposed to the pay-to-play practices that make most local shows an unpredictable, overcrowded clusterfuck.
Cleveland Scene |
D.X. Ferris |
03-14-2008 |
Music
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 |
Reviews
White Heatnew
Clevelander makes an electro-pop racket; hipsters across the country rejoice.
Cleveland Scene |
Michael Gallucci |
01-18-2008 |
Profiles & Interviews
Tags: White Williams, Smoke
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
Close to Homenew
A transgendered Clevelander enlists indie-rock icons for autobiographical CD.
Cleveland Scene |
Michael Gallucci |
01-11-2008 |
Music
Tags: Baby Dee, Safe Inside the Day
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
A Cleveland Electrician Picks His Favorite Music of 2007new
Artie the Electrician (Local Union 38) is a bandanna-sporting 43-year-old father of four who's played in a bunch of bands over the years, including the Cheese Farmers, Ass Crack Holiday, and Buddy Holly's Nipple. Here are his picks.
Cleveland Scene |
Michael Gallucci |
12-28-2007 |
Music
The Ghost of Lester Russawnew
A pioneer of Cleveland soul turns to a late career in bank-robbing.
Cleveland Scene |
Jared Klaus |
12-21-2007 |
Music
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 |
Reviews
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 |
Reviews
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 |
Reviews
