Excuse the brevity of this post, which I’m currently typing on a tiny netbook since my main laptop has decided to take a dive. (keyword: arrrrrrrgh!) Social Distortion have an excellent new album Hard Times & Nursery Rhymes (read a review from my pal Broken Headphone here) that officially made its way onto store shelves […]
Author: Matt Wardlaw
Vinyl Deals: Slayer – The Vinyl Conflict
Here’s a special message for metal heads and lovers of good deals: I meant to blog about this last year when it came out but I didn’t get around to it, which is good news for you! Pop Market (think of it as kind of a Groupon-type place for musical junkies to obtain Sony catalog […]
Shows to Know: Trashcan Sinatras, Helmet + The Godfathers
You know what’s awesome? Hearing news that the Trashcan Sinatras will be back in Cleveland for an acoustic show within the most excellent confines of The Winchester on Friday, March 18th. The gig is part of an upcoming tour that the band describes as a series of acoustic shows and house parties (including a number […]
Two pieces of Mike Portnoy news
I saw the following post from Antimusic and said “Mike Portnoy plus Neal Morse and Steve Morse? I’m in!” With all the will-they-won’t-they news about an impending announcement from Dream Theater regarding the identity of their new drummer, one could be forgiven for losing track of outgoing drummer and founding member, Mike Portnoy. But Portnoy […]
Announcement: Cleveland screening for The Lemmy Movie – 1/30 at The Beachland
For rock and metal fans alike, Lemmy: 49% Motherf**Ker, 51% Son Of A Bitch is one of the most anticipated film releases of 2011. And as it happens, co-director Wes Orshoski (who helped to produce and direct the new film with Greg Olliver) is a Cleveland native. A mutual friend put us in touch with […]
Reissue News: Yes and Howard Jones
Here’s some news on a couple of exciting reissues that are on the way. A few days ago, I saw a brief blurb that the previously import-only The 12″ Album release from Howard Jones would be getting a U.S. release via Wounded Bird. This made me think of Action Replay, the other EP of 12″ […]
Funny Things Happen: $75 to see Manowar
Before we get into this, here’s a public service announcement for y’all – we here at ATV (along with several of our friends) have organized something pretty cool that metal and music fans will be stoked to hear about. Our friend Bill Peters will have the details tomorrow night on his legendary Metal on Metal […]
Hell ain’t a bad place to be: Cowboy Junkies – Demons
I know that we’re only a few days into this new year, but Demons, the new record from Cowboy Junkies is already percolating through my speakers as a release that will be one of my favorites for the year and I don’t think that I’ll be alone on this one. The Junkies have rarely dropped […]