I have to give the Misery Jackals credit. For someone whose musical tastes have refined themselves over the years, I must admit I never got into bluegrass. To me, the genre sounded decrepit and was squarely to blame for giving way to the abhorrent class of recent jam bands. But with “No Place for Children,” Akron’s Misery Jackal’s ensnared my hesitation with a debut album ripe with zydeco, native, punk and even pop-influenced songwriting. Using bluegrass as a mere jumping-off point, the Misery Jackals are lead by the bespectacled, top hat-wearing Sweet Willy C., aka Bill Corgan, who...
He’s covered in enough tattoos to make the average suburban housewife shudder and rips on lead guitar for a hard-driving punk band, The Gunt Punchers, whose songs include titles like “Drunk Fucking Asshole” and “Sniffing Bea Arthur’s Panties.” At the end of the workweek, after an exhausting day of screen printing and sweating in obscene temperatures, he’s also a dedicated father to a beautiful 4-year-old girl and the type of person who will welcome a stranger into his home with a smile and handshake. To some, such characteristics might appear diametrically opposed, but those peop...
Husbands & Wives, a group of four hardworking and talented lads who hail from Canton, finally released their debut album, “Prepare To Meet Thy God,” July 14. But this was no quiet release with the CD silently placed on record store shelves. The group took to The Auricle the same night as the debut for an album release show that gathered a packed venue and a whole slew of impressed listeners. It was amazing to see this band play live and know that they roam the streets of Northeast Ohio as everyday pedestrians like you and me. The group puts on such an incredible show that those butter...
Debut Album "Geronimo" For Free Download Here: www.AshlandHigh.com Ashland HIGH, the band featuring Trace Cyrus, formerly of the pop rock band Metro Station, is kicking off a nation wide summer tour with Forever The Sickest Kids on August 8th in his hometown of Nashville, TN. The tour follows the release of Ashland HIGH's debut album "Geronimo," which had over 146k downloads within the first two days of its release. Trace recently toured alongside Breath Carolina and spent three days at the Bamboozle Festival in Asbury Park, NJ, performing and ppromoting his clothing line, "Southern Made Hol...
It only takes two people to start a party or a band — both proven by Vancouver’s rock duo Japandroids. Brian King and David Prowse thrive on their energetic live shows, having toured extensively following the release of their debut album, “Post-Nothing,” in 2009. They’re back at it this year with the June 5 release of their second full-length album, entitled “Celebration Rock.” Japandroids try to emulate the interactive crowd experience when they record, resulting in a straightforward, balls-out sound that doesn’t rely on studio tricks. King says that he and Prowse have hone...
6/09 - Grog Shop - Cleveland, OH BIO 1776 are a rock band from the small logging town of Longview, Washington. They are Nigel Ledgerwood, Christopher Cook, Mitchell Rupe, and Zach Whiton. For the last two years they’ve have been part of The Dandy Warhols’ ‘Beat The World Records’ family and are releasing their debut album through Beat The World Records and The End Records on June 5th 2012. Bands like The Rolling Stones, The Yardbirds, Sweet, The Seeds and The Kinks; as well as the legendary underground Portland bands of Dead Moon, The Wipers, and Napalm Beach inspire them. You can h...
A young band are set to enter a recording studio in several days to begin recording their debut album as they prepare for upcoming performances in addition to booking additional shows throughout the Midwest. Taken In Vain, a metal band consisting of members from Orrville and Smithville, Ohio will soon be releasing their debut recording effort with all original material written by the band. "We will be recording our debut album over the next few weeks,” stated David Wilson, lead singer for the band. “Once the recording is done, we will be releasing it for digital download as well as phy...
The mighty warlords of Crom helm a warship of doom and set forth on a conquest to pillage and devour everything in their path. Instead of riding steeds, these beer-swilling potheads sit atop roaring Kenworth semis and massive combine tractors. They’ve come for your women, your beer and all of your weed. Sound like a bizarre sci-fi epic? It’s not. It’s Canton’s very own soothsayers of doom, Son Of Neckbeard, and let me tell you, if you like your music extremely loud, weird and bowel-loosening heavy, these dudes are for you. They’re releasing their debut album February 3 at The Carriag...
January 14 - Akron - Akron Civic Theatre The Akron Civic Theatre welcomes to the stage Sierra Hull and Highway 101 with special guest The Stockdale Family Band on January 14, 2011 at 7:00pm. Boundaries, age, genre or otherwise don't hamper an artist like Sierra Hull. She's already earned considerable respect in the bluegrass world, the IBMA's voting members having nominated her for no fewer than five awards over three years' there's a good chance she'll be the first woman to win the mandolin category. But as a player, a singer and a songwriter, she also has remarkable range, the potential ...
STREAM: "Soothe Me" Fat Possum has collected Daniel Blumberg of Yuck's drawings made during the recording of their debut album. Each Yuck release so far has featured one of Blumberg's drawings, the 44 page, handsomely bound book will include all of these and many others that have not yet graced the cover of a 7" or LP. The book will be avail. in a limited one-time printing of 1000. Three different packages are available to order: Book only: $20 Book + three b-side 45's: $30 Book + three b-side 45's + deluxe 'Yuck' double 12" album + Yuck tote bag: $40 Order now directly from the Fa...
2011 has been an incredible year for Austra, which saw the Toronto six piece release their critically acclaimed debut album Feel It Break and tear up clubs from around the world many times over. To put an exclamation point on the year the band is giving Feel It Break the deluxe version treatment. To accompany the original danceable masterpiece is an entire disc's worth of extra material including the unreleased b-sides 'Trip', 'Pianix', 'Believe Me' and a jaw dropping cover of the Roy Orbison classic 'Crying'. The deluxe version of Feel It Break is available now digitally on iTunes. Paper ...
In 1987, the Simpsons debuted on the “Tracy Ullman Show,” Canada introduced the Loonie into circulation, the Dusty Seaside Sparrow became extinct and the face of rock and roll was changed forever. Let’s back up just a hair. Nineteen eighty-six saw the formation of a new rock supergroup, built around members of two L.A. staples, Hollywood Rose and L.A. Guns. They combined parts of each band name (and the last name of founding members Axl Rose and Tracii Guns) to become Guns and Roses (G N’ R), a band that would go on to be infinitely more famous than either of the groups it was spawn...
NOV/DEC TOUR DATES WITH CLAP YOUR HANDS SAY YEAH WATERS premiered the second official video, "Back To You", off their debut album Out In The Light yesterday on SPIN.com. The playful montage of footage shot during the band's October tour dates - directed by Kiki Allgeier and Christian Stavros - can also now be seen here: Following two northwest dates with the band last week, WATERS will rejoin Clap Your Hands Say Yeah on November 29th for a two-night stand at Lincoln Hall in Chicago, IL. The tour will then continue toward the northeast for dates that include a December 7th show at Webst...
November 22 - Cleveland - Peabody's Of Mice & Men is a metalcore/post-hardcore band from Costa Mesa, California, United States formed in 2009 by Austin Carlile and Jaxin Hall. Their current line-up consists of Austin Carlile (ex. Attack Attack!), Shayley Bourget (ex. Covette), Phil Manansala, Valentino Arteaga (ex. Lower Definition) and Alan Ashby. After recording "Someday Came Suddenly" and touring some with Attack Attack!, Austin was kicked out of the band. After that, Austin decided to start something new on his own. He asked one of his best friends, Jaxin Hall from New Zealand, to be...
Nov 17 - Cleveland - Beachland Ballroom The chamber-folk ensemble The Wilderness of Manitoba is bringing their honeyed melodies to Cleveland, performing Thursday, November 17 at Beachland Ballroom. While the intimacy of The Wilderness of Manitoba’s vocal layers remains unassumingly seductive and their lush ambience comfortably enveloping, their constant touring in support of their debut album, When You Left The Fire, has expanded the band's sound, making it widescreen and dynamic. Showcasing their four-part vocal harmonies which complement varied instrumentation (ranging from banjo t...
Sharon Little's Take the Money and Run tour will stop at Most Wanted Fine Arts in Pittsburgh on November 11. The tour is to promoter her new album, "Paper Doll." Paper Doll, the second album by vocalist, songwriter and CBS recording artist Sharon Little, is the artist’s response to a pop culture mindset that seems to require female entertainers to adopt a particular look or behave outrageously in order to gain attention. Blazing her way on an accelerated career path – she went from waiting tables in a Philadelphia coffee shop straight to a debut album and a national tour with Robert Plan...
November 27 - Pittsburgh - Roboto Project HEARTLESS' devastating debut full-length, Hell Is Other People, is currently harvesting mass critical acclaim, with journalists across North America and Europe astounded at just how relentlessly heavy and unstoppable the young Pittsburgh-based act truly is. In advance of its official release next week -- hitting the streets on Tuesday, November 8th via Southern Lord -- the heathens at Cvlt Nation are hosting a full album stream of the album as of today. Check out all thirteen unhinged, unsympathetic, crust-infused hardcore anthems harnessed on the 21-...
HEARTLESS' devastating debut full-length, Hell Is Other People, is currently harvesting mass critical acclaim, with journalists across North America and Europe astounded at just how relentlessly heavy and unstoppable the young Pittsburgh-based act truly is. In advance of its official release next week -- hitting the streets on Tuesday, November 8th via Southern Lord -- the heathens at Cvlt Nation are hosting a full album stream of the album as of today. Check out all thirteen unhinged, unsympathetic, crust-infused hardcore anthems harnessed on the 21-minute-long Hell Is Other People RIGHT H...
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10.27.2011 Beachland Ballroom - Cleveland, OH w/Future Islands Javelin throw a party that sees nothing wrong with dropping crooked disco ("On It On It"), schoolyard funk ("Intervales Theme"), abstract R&B ("Dep") and pitch-perfect pop ("Mossy Woodland") in the same set. At least that's the way things unfold on Javelin's debut album, No Más, the eagerly-awaited follow-up to a self-released collection of demos (Jamz n Jemz) and a pair of limited Thrill Jockey 12-inches (Javelin, Number Two). It's as if Javelin were programmed to reproduce the golden age of every genre known to man, bouncing be...
