New Music: Caroline Reese

I have to admit, I get the chance to listen to about 1/1000 of the indie music submissions that come in digitally for Addicted to Vinyl, and about 2% of everything else besides that. My pals at Cleveland Bachelor, Sensory Overload, Burgo’s Blog, and The Frontloader particularly, seem to do a better job with getting […]

Remembering Jerry Garcia

@wsjrock reminded me on Twitter that today would have been Grateful Dead leader Jerry Garcia’s 67th birthday. It took me a longtime to find an appreciation for the Dead, and by the time I did, they had stopped touring, and Jerry was gone.  I’ll always wish that I would have caught a show, but over […]

Happy Birthday to MTV!

MTV turns 28 today. Remember when MTV actually used to play music videos? Here is nearly three hours of classic video to help jog your memory! When did MTV start to go downhill for you? For me, that moment came with the launch of The Real World. I loved Randee of the Redwoods, and I […]

August Live Music Radness

Cleveland Bachelor offers up his picks for a bunch of upcoming Cleveland rock shows that you won’t want to miss! P.S. – How did I miss the news that They Might Be Giants are performing the Flood album at their upcoming Beachland gig? That is most certainly, completely rad! Here we are, at the ass […]

Happy 5th Anniversary to Music Saves!

Look at us, sucking up to record stores again…. But this is Music Saves that we’re talking about here, people! Here’s a little video courtesy of Marissa and Kevin that will give you a bit of visual insight into how rad Kevin, Melanie, EmployLeigh, and Vinyl the Cat are. The 5th Store-a-versary celebration is coming […]

Never Gonna Give Your Teen Spirit Up

If you haven’t seen this yet, you’re going to love it – it’s a whole new way of getting Rick Rolled. And you love that, right? Think about how much you love Nirvana as well, and you’ll realize that this is clearly a win/win situation for you. You’re welcome! But Rick wasn’t done, oh no […]