The six piece Rock n' Roll band with a lot of soul Hey Sandy returns after years of absence around the northeastern ohio music scene. The band originally started back in 2003 out of Canton, and played around the area for years. Hey Sandy also performed with their good friends 40s, and The Corey King Band. Both of them brought a great show, and 40s brought their awesome cookies for the fans. Hopefully we'll see more of Hey Sandy in the near future. ...
It seems hard to believe that it has only been 19 years since the Grog Shop first opened its doors in Cleveland Heights. In that time it has become a staple of the Northeast Ohio music scene, hosting some huge names and plenty of memorable shows, both at its original location at the corner of Coventry and Edgehill rd. and its current spot up the street. In celebration of its anniversary, they are throwing a big ass party. Headlining the shindig is Cleveland sludge metal rockers Keelhaul, who first played the venue in 1998 with Season to Risk, though the members say it is kind of a hazy memo...
This year, due to noise complaints from non-rocking members of the Louisville community, the Carriage House’s annual metal festival The Carnival of Chaos is scaled back to one day — but great local bands remain on the lineup. Mike Ritchie will be back headlining the concert this year with perennial crowd favorite Candy Coated Jesus, taking his well-earned place on the Carriage House stage. The Carriage House has always been a staple of the Ohio music scene, and Ritchie has always been there, whether it was working at the Carriage House, playing there or owning it (literally). When Ritc...
The jaw-droppingly busy Humbert (he's opened for Train, Chrissie Hynde, the Gin Blossoms and dozens of others over more than 600 different shows) and the six members of his band are great examples of what makes the Northeast Ohio music scene so phenomenal. Now the crew is hitting the intimate Northside for a show that's perfect with cocktails. 8/26 Northside Bar • Akron ...
If Led Zeppelin and Modest Mouse met and had a love child, it would sound like The Heights Band, a favorite in the Ohio music scene. This Akron band has opened for the likes of Cage the Elephant and is proving itself a force to be reckoned with. ...
Bethesda is not the kind of band that garners an easy label. Hailing from Kent (in spite of the name), the recording artists embody a sound unlike other artists in the Northeast Ohio music scene. Their latest EP, “Dreamtiger & Other Tails,” is a refreshing aural experience in an otherwise lackluster year of releases thus far. Led by vocalist Shanna Delaney, Bethesda’s release takes on a sound akin to Zooey Deschanel’s She and Him, then runs with it in an entirely different musical direction. A robust and often powerful array of instrumentations comes blossoming from the speakers. ...
When the Akron Deathfest rolls through Annabell’s on April 29th and 30th, it will be the third year for the newest incarnation of the concert that defines what extreme music really means. Extreme music fans may remember Akron Deathfest from the early 2000s, when it was organized by Jason Chamberlain - who started the concert because he loved death metal. It was strong in the beginning, even after it bounced from Annabell’s to the old Akron Daily Double, but ended up drying up after a few years, leaving a hole in the Northeast Ohio music scene. In 2009, Dave Burgess decided to bring i...
At only two years old, Fire Breathing Bear may seem like a relatively new band, but the members are veterans of the Northeast Ohio music scene. Andy Masalko (guitar), Colin Smith (bass), Eric Frank (vocals) and Heath Boniphant (guitar) have known each other since high school and have been playing music just as long. Frank Swanson (drums) has been an area mainstay for years. Fire Breathing Bear is the outlet for these five to finally play the music they love together. The band’s name may be reminiscent of an old-school circus act, but its origins are anything but. “I was drinking a bottl...
