Good news for Steve Poltz fans – the former Rugburns frontman (and co-writer of Jewel’s “You Were Meant For Me”) recently unleashed his latest CD, titled Dreamhouse, on the unsuspecting masses. The new album is available now on CD or digital download, and there’s a vinyl pressing on the way! From Steve: My new CD […]
Month: February 2010
Eric Clapton announces Crossroads Guitar Festival 2010
This year was looking like it might be the first one in a while to be festival-free on my concert schedule. After attending on average, 3-4 festivals each year for the past few years, my cranky concert going self was telling me that it might be time for a break. But I didn’t count on […]
Cheap Date: Free In-Store with Pretty & Nice at Blue Arrow Records
Our pals at Sixty Seconds of Heaven (recently transplanted from Boston) dropped us a line to spread the word about a cool in-store that they’re doing next Wednesday (2/17) at Blue Arrow Records. Their former Beantown neighbors Pretty & Nice will be in town for a show at Case Western, and they’ve convinced the band […]
Concert Calendar: Yes, Marc Cohn & Ben Folds
Due to inclement weather in the Midwest and Northeast, Yes has been forced to move their House of Blues Cleveland date to Sunday, February 21st. Apparently their collectively cosmic vibes couldn’t thwart the massive amounts of snow currently being dumped in those areas, causing necessary adjustments to the tour schedule. All tickets purchased for the […]
Contest: Win a copy of the new Plimsouls live CD!
In early January, I shared details and an MP3 from Live! Beg, Borrow & Steal, the forthcoming live album from The Plimsouls which will be released on vinyl and CD on February 23rd. The fine folks at Alive Records have given me an extra copy of the CD version of this title, which I’m happy […]
Good Listening: Bad English in Allentown, October ’89
“When I See You Smile” was one of those songs that I heard on the radio quite a few times, before I actually knew anything about the band behind the song. Bad English was the band, a supergroup of sorts featuring vocalist John Waite, former Journey members Neal Schon and Jonathan Cain, bass player Ricky […]
Where all the white women at? The women of TRBX.
White or not, there is a deficiency of women artists on the rock boat. I’m not looking for the next Lilith Fair on water, as I’m only half gay and then I would complain about penises, but seriously, how awesome would THAT cruise be? Moving on, I think the boat could use a little more […]
Don’t You Forget About Me
Good news for ’80s film buffs who have a Netflix account: You can stream Don’t You Forget About Me, the documentary about filmmaker John Hughes that at the moment remains unreleased in the U.S. (it’s available for sale in Canada), via Netflix’s Watch Instantly service. The doc is really well done, and it’s a nice […]
Cruisin’ for Leah…
Donnie Iris fans (c’mon, you know the song) will be delighted to read this week’s Scene Magazine cover story, a profile of Mark Avsec, longtime songwriter/producer/member of Donnie Iris and the Cruisers. ATV pal D.X. Ferris takes music fans under the hood for an interesting overview of Avsec’s career – from the very beginning to […]
Update: New location for Radio 92.3 Haiti Benefit and set times announced
There’s been a last minute location switch for the Radio 92.3 “Bands Together” Haiti Benefit Concert on Saturday evening. The new location for the show will be the Saddle Ridge in Parma, located at 5100 Pearl Road. Click here for directions to the Saddle Ridge. Here are the set times for Saturday night: Leah Lou […]