Album Review: Mike Watt – Ring Spiel Tour 95 by Brian McConville It seems like 1995 was forever ago. I was fresh out of high school and naive to the world. There were no smart phones with cameras on them, no Facebook statuses, and people actually talked to one another in the same room. Times were different […]
Album Review: Jonathan Richman – Ishkode! Ishkode! by Brian McConville I recall the very day when I was first introduced to Jonathan Richman. Sometimes I wish I could say it was because I came across a Modern Lovers album at a young age, but the truth is, I learned of him in the mid-90s thanks to […]
People ask me all the time, what are you listening to now. Some are surprised, most are disappointed telling me “isn’t that what you were listening to 30 years ago.” “Ah yea” is usually my response. So we went around the offices at Cleveland Rock And Roll and the art studios at Raw Sugar Art […]
Concert Review: David Gilmour at Air Canada Centre (Toronto) by Bear I don’t know what I expected when I drove into Toronto for what has to be one of the last shows we are going to see David Gilmour live in concert. The problem is that seeing Gilmour play live is so rare and their music […]
Concert Review: Southside Johnny And the Asbury Jukes at Hard Rock Rocksino by Bear I have seen Southside Johnny And The Asbury Jukes, oh hell I don’t know how many times. I’ve seen him at venues in the Cleveland area like the Richfield Coliseum, Blossom and the Kent Stage. I’ve seen him at the Stone […]
People ask me all the time, what are you listening to now. Some are surprised, most are disappointed telling me “isn’t that what you were listening to 30 years ago.” “Ah yea” is usually my response. So we went around the offices at Cleveland Rock And Roll and the art studios at Raw Sugar Art […]
Album Review: Anthrax – For All Kings by Chris Akin Depending on your perspective, Anthrax is either having a career resurgence or floundering at the end of their career. I’m stunned how many people actually didn’t like their last effort, FOR ALL KINGS. In these ears, that was the best effort of their career. What made […]
Album Review: Alex Bevan & David Young – Boomer! by Bear Alex Bevan has always been a storyteller. Just listen to “Grand River Lullaby” about lost love, “Rodeo Rider” about a man looking for his future, “Have A Laugh On Cleveland Blues” about our city and it’s woes and of course “Skinny” about every guy […]
People ask me all the time, what are you listening to now. Some are surprised, most are disappointed telling me “isn’t that what you were listening to 30 years ago.” “Ah yea” is usually my response. So we went around the offices at Cleveland Rock And Roll and the art studios at Raw Sugar Art […]
Album Review: Michael McFarland – We Are The Architects by Bear Cleveland’s own, Michael McFarland is releasing his new 6 song EP “We Are The Architects” on December 12th and it brings a lot of different flavors in just 6 songs. I’m not crazy about the EP format as you have to pack a lot into usually around […]
