Could it be that my recent discussion of the great ‘Sap’ EP by Alice in Chains inspired them to pull out a super-rarity for their return to the concert stage? According to The Pulse Of Radio, ALICE IN CHAINS ended a nearly 10-month break from the stage on August 13 with a sold-out, semi-acoustic show […]
Author: Matt Wardlaw
Journey to Steve Perry: Let’s hang out, bro.
I had to laugh when I saw this: Steve Perry is welcome back on stage with Journey any time, guitarist Neal Schon said in a recent interview. In fact, current lead singer and Perry soundalike Arnel Pineda would be “overjoyed” if Perry were to show up for one of the band’s tour stops. I was […]
Free MP3 from David Lowery + Cracker/Camper Van Beethoven Full Album Performances
Cracker and Camper Van Beethoven have announced the 7th annual Campout Music Festival happening September 15th-17th in Pioneertown, California. As if you needed any added incentive to make the trip, they’ll both be highlighting key moments from their catalog, with CVB performing ‘Key Lime Pie’ in its entirety while Cracker will revisit the whole ‘Kerosene […]
All Hail The Beachland Ballroom
When I was growing up here in Cleveland, I couldn’t imagine a day when I wouldn’t be spending many of my concert nights attending shows at the Cleveland Agora, but shifting times, financial issues and politics eventually drove the Agora into its current state of relative inactivity. Among the clubs that have filled the void, […]
Random Youtube: Dio Disciples at Graspop 2011
Dio Disciples, the new band celebrating the legacy of Ronnie James Dio announced their first set of U.S. tour dates this week, including a Cleveland show on September 28th at the House of Blues. The group features a slew of former Dio band members with guest vocalists Tim “Ripper” Owens and Toby Jepsen. If you’d […]
Setlist: Journey, Foreigner and Night Ranger at Blossom Music Center, 8/2/11
Going to see a Journey show always leaves me with so many thoughts. First, it’s great to have the opportunity to see a Journey show in 2011 and I have to give thumbs up each time to Neal Schon, because I know he and the other members did a lot of work and took a […]
New Matthew Sweet album set for release on September 20th
Modern rock, pop….hell, whatever you want to call it, you’ll probably be happy to know that Matthew Sweet has a new album coming out on September 20th. And perhaps, you’ll be even happier to know that to these ears at least, the album sounds pretty damn good. Sweet’s last album ‘Sunshine Lies’ didn’t quite hit […]
R.I.P. Jane Scott
Legendary former Plain Dealer rock music critic Jane Scott passed away early this morning at 92. She leaves behind an incredible legacy of writing that covered a variety of subjects and spanned four decades. John Soeder has a lengthy tribute online now including some audio excerpts from a 2002 interview with Scott at the time […]
Random Youtube: Dawes on Letterman and Live at the Beachland
Los Angeles, California remains as a fertile birthing place for great bands like Everest (a personal favorite) and more recently, the music of Dawes. Dawes is one of those bands that was heavily hyped to the point that I was skeptical. I heard their first album and was intrigued by the sounds, but the songs […]
Albums I’d Pay To See: The Steve Winwood Edition
Driving home tonight, I was listening to the new ‘Icon’ hits compilation from Steve Winwood and it put my thoughts off into an interesting direction. One of the things that continually bugs me somewhat silently (except for when I’m writing posts like this) is the shift that Steve Winwood made that took him away from […]