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Archives for: September 2010
Back in “Slack”

The “Slack” is back, baby! The Slackers are hot and hung-over from their European tour, re-charged with a booze cruise

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And the ‘Horse’ You Rode in On

Riddle me this. Why is Nickelback the band that everyone hates, yet they continue to sell millions of records? Anyone?

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Mike Posner is Cooler than You

The leaves are turning, the bonfires are raging, the autumn is here, but that doesn’t mean that all of the

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The Beat Goes On For Heart-felt Case

Like many self-sustaining recording/performing artists Peter Case knows all too well the meaning of getting a second chance. Without any

Valient Thorr: “Stranger” than Fiction

They’re from space. They drink poison from snakes and they are here to save rock n roll.  So devoted, in

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Deftones Wrap up Summer 2010

Let’s be honest, Deftones is a band that you either love or…you don’t. While you can argue the finer points

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Alvin and Guilty Women Rock Beachland

The Beachland Ballroom has had many quality performers play on its beloved stage over the past 10 years, since the venue

Reunion to Reignite Akron/Kent Punk Glory Days

How did youth rise above the bad reputations beset on the cities of Akron and Kent in the 70s?    Ask

Chrissie Hynde Finds New Love, Band & Tour…All at the Fairgrounds

JP & Chrissie Hynde It’s the proverbial story of life imitating art that Chrissie Hynde now finds herself living. The

The Breeders hit Beachland Ballroom

It is never easy to hop right back into the performance groove when you have not performed as a unit

Chrissie Hynde, JP and The Fairground Boys: Fidelity!

She is the great pretender or leader of The Pretenders, and he is a Welsh rocker who fell in love

Interview: David Alvin
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There is one thing a person gathers when talking with Grammy-Award winning roots rocker Dave Alvin-he eat, sleeps and breaths

Stone Temple Pilots back in the saddle
STP lead singer Scott Weil and on the groove.

Controversy seems to follow veteran grunge rockers, Stone Temple Pilots wherever they go. When the California-based Grammy winners began playing live and