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Nights With a blend of shoegaze and slender psychedelic leanings, this Cleveland quartet weaves a gentle dreamscape with waves of guitar drone. It makes a fitting bed for the angular leads and airy vocal — though it’s not without heavier parts. All these movements and shifts carry the listener through a tumbling and rolling sea of lyrics constructed from half-forgotten daydreams, like the Black Angels running down an old set list from Rainer Maria. Has the potential to dazzle the less jaded, or maybe vice versa. Volcano Fortress These cats from Cleveland play some pretty frantic indi...


Any modern hipster who thinks that they have it made would have been delighted to brag about going to see the Black Angels for free at the Newport Music Hall in Columbus. They would have combed their bangs in their face, worn a tight zip-up hoodie with skinny jeans and pranced in, holding hands with their girlfriend talking about the latest trends in art and stoner rock. I, on the other hand, secured my tickets with the booking agent along with a photo pass for my sister’s boyfriend and got ready to be as judgmental yet open-minded as I could. I have gotten pretty into the Black Angel...


At first glance, the background story of two-piece psychedelic/garage rockers The Modulated Tones might look pretty familiar. Two social misfits bond together on a shared love for similar sounds in a town with a growing thirst for new music and art. It’s under such situations many of the greats have spawned from. And it’s exactly the reason New Castle, Pa., guitarist/vocalist Kevin Braun and drummer Gina Kantner are such a promising endeavor even despite the release of a full length recorded effort. Others are also seeing the chemistry. The group has been able to land high-profil...


Need some heavy-duty psychedelic rock with a primitive beat that echoes the spirit of the 13th Floor Elevators and early Stones? Then the Black Angels are where it’s at! Bassist Ryan was born on a cult compound, guitarist Bland is the real deal son of a Texas preacher man, and drummer Bailey and vocalist Maas believe a little girl in a red linen dress haunts the group’s home. This little band from Austin Texas will be creeping into The Grog Shop! MORE INFO HERE!...