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...
Dust off the kilt and throw away your underwear for the first annual Akron Irish Cultural Festival at Lock 3, held September 16 and 17 and hosted by the Ancient Order of Hibernians. The celebration of the halfway mark to St. Patrick's Day promises to be two days jam packed brews, Irish food and vendors and, of course, both traditional Irish music and plenty of rock. Headlining the fest is Chicago-based Red Rebel County (RRC) who has been packing clubs and festivals all over the Midwest for the past two and a half years with a blend of Flogging Molly, Dropkick Murphys and traditional Irish t...
Just take those old records off the shelf... Okay, opening this up with some Bob Segar was probably a bad decision however we just made you think of two things; Tom Cruise in tighty-whities and a man named Bob with some epic beardage. That's what we call a WIN WIN in journalism. Let's get down to business here. DJ Robert Rainieri is spinning YOUR VINYL the second Saturday of every month at the Canton's cool kid bar The Conestoga Grill. "I play whatever records people bring in, old, new, any genre the whole night...you should see what types of dusty, funky records people bring in. You...
by E.M. Serensky Too lazy to get off your ass and go to a show? House concerts are the growing trend in many areas, more specifically the Midwest. With the economy giving people a hard time, independent musicians are finding it increasingly harder to get good, paying gigs. Along with that, fans are having an increasingly harder time making sense of purchasing an $80 ticket to see a musician that appears to be 2 inches tall. What’s the solution to this growing problem? Bring the musician home with you! How does one host a house concert? The answer is very simple: Go to your favorit...
