The summer 2012 touring season will bring at least two major package tours featuring a ton of your favorite bands from the ’90s. In one corner, we have the Last Summer on Earth tour featuring Barenaked Ladies (sadly, sans Steven Page), Blues Traveler, Big Head Todd & The Monsters and Cracker. The tour will hit […]
Tag: The 90s Didn’t Suck As Much As You Might Think
Ask the dust if we can go to Chicago…
Our good pals over at Too Poppy poured a little bit of salt in the wound to remind us that alt-rockers Dada (er, dada) are headed to this side of the world for a rare set of tour dates as they wrap up work on their upcoming sixth studio album (!!!). One of those shows […]
Contest: Celebrate the 20th Anniversary of Empire by Queensrÿche!
Last weekend I had the great opportunity to finally meet a record label friend of mine who is someone that I’ve known for nearly 20 years but we hadn’t met face to face until a random New Jersey trip gave me the opportunity to connect in person. After grabbing a quick bit of breakfast on […]
It’s About Time
This isn’t quite Jackson Browne and David Lindley, but perhaps it is our version of that (speaking as someone who grew up in the late ’80s and early ’90s) – two old friends sitting around telling stories and singing songs together. And according to this New York article, you can expect more of this in […]
Random Video: Undercover Karaoke with Jewel
It’s time for another true confession – back in ’95 or so, I had a major thing for Jewel. It wasn’t just that she was “hot,” from my point of view – I also happened to really like her music. And by association, Jewel’s music led me to discover the music of Steve Poltz (her […]
Good Listening: R.E.M – Live in Cleveland – 6/11/95
You always remember your first concert. Mine was R.E.M. and Luscious Jackson at the Gund Arena in Cleveland, on June 11, 1995. The Athens, Georgia, quartet was my favorite band at the time, and had been for several years. I first became aware of them when a local radio station flipped to the modern-rock format […]
Bill Stone of Paranoid Lovesick: The ATV Interview
This weekend will bring a multitude of glorious events, all happening right here in Cleveland. Now, I can already hear you out-of-town types starting to snicker a bit – knock it off! Cleveland IS cool – say it with me, and you’ll start to understand! The world renowned International Pop Overthrow festival will make what […]
Show of the Week: Pat DiNizio and Freedy Johnston
I’m going to save you some money with this week’s pick for show of the week – let me just put that out there front and center for you to ponder for a moment. Part of the proceeds from this week’s show also go to benefit a very good cause – more on all of […]
Pearl Jam + Bad Religion + Social D = WOW
As many of you know, the legendary Spectrum venue in Philly is going bye-bye after this year. When Springsteen announced four October dates at the Spectrum, my mind immediately started to dream of finally catching a Bruce show at the Spectrum. Unfortunately, with all of my current travel commitments, I don’t think I’ll be making […]
Cleveland Bachelor’s Show of the Week: Autolux
Hello fellow Vinyl Addicts, That Ramona Falls show was a little sparsely populated. Are you paying attention to me? I really wish you would, as Brent Knopf and his touring bandmates put on a heckuva show. Regardless, what’s done is done and we need to move forward. To be honest, our pal Matt is in […]