This week’s Cage Match is a unique battle featuring a drummer that can no longer drum vs. a singer that can no longer sing. It should be a well-known fact that Genesis is one of our favorite bands here at ATV HQ. I spent parts of the past week insanely jealous of Popdose pal Jason […]
Category: Rolling Stone
A magnificently Metallic night at the House of Blues
“Why is everyone leaving me?” “Flemming, why are you doing this to me?” The short middle-aged guy is leaning up against the bar, joking with Flemming at the end of what might be just another night at the House of Blues here in Cleveland. Except that tonight, we’re talking about legendary Metallica producer Flemming Rasmussen, […]
Everywhere I look, all I see is Metallica
I have to say that the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame induction weekend here in Cleveland is off to a good start for me personally. Last night was an EPIC night of fun for this music fan, and I’ll fill you in on all or most of the details after the weekend is over. […]
Quick Hits – Jayhawks/Golden Smog, The Replacements, GNR, Ben Folds, hear new tracks from Oasis and more
Greetings from Cleveland! Foreigner at House of Blues is next up on the concert agenda, tomorrow night. Setlist and a brief report will come early next week! We’ll start with a not-so-quick hit: Jayhawks fans, get happy – there are two Jayhawks-related releases coming out in September! And if you live in Spain, September 4th […]
Hell Freezes Over – The Mark Knopfler Edition
Welcome to August! As I was leaving the house this morning to head for rapid transit, I grabbed the latest issue of Rolling Stone (with The Jonas Brothers on the cover) off of my kitchen counter. My eyes did a double take scanning the cover when I saw the headline “Mark Knopfler’s Second Act.” Indeed, […]
Quick Hits – Sarah Mclachlan, Tori Amos, Joe Cocker, The Who
Greetings from Cleveland, where you’re only as old as you feel…..and with some of the news from this week, I’m feeling pretty old. For example, August 5th will see the release of the 15th Anniversary Edition of one my favorite albums from the 90s, a special 2 CD/1DVD package of Sarah Mclachlan’s Fumbling Towards Ecstasy. […]
Quick Hits – Judas Priest, Summertime, Kanye West
Another busy week in the can, thank goodness! First, a rock and roll recap from the week that was…. I saw quite a bit of live music this week, including: The New Frontiers / Below Jupiter / Liza Bundy at the Beachland Tavern on Monday night (recap here.) Wednesday night, I saw what was (believe […]
Quick Hits – Vinyl, Coldplay, Billy Joel, and Lou Reed
Happy Saturday from the Cleve! First of all, I was thrilled that my review of the new Smithereens live album wound up front and center on lead singer Pat Dinizio’s website. Thanks Pat! You can talk to Lou Reed about a lot of different things – just don’t ask him any stock questions. Billy Joel’s […]
Virgin Festival 2008
This isn’t exactly an earth shattering lineup announcement, although the lineup is indeed earth shattering. Instead, this is an announcement of my intentions to once again attend the Virgin Mobile Festival this year in August. I had a phenomenal time last August in Baltimore with the Police, Beastie Boys, Cheap Trick, Fountains of Wayne, Amy […]
Song of the Moment: Jackyl – Locked and Loaded
Funny randomness – My rock and roll comrade TDavid had a post today talking about among other things, the upcoming album from AC/DC, which is currently being helmed by Brendan O’Brien, who has certainly had his hands on a number of great rock albums over the years, and maintains a diverse selection of clients from […]