Notable shows in the greater Cleveland area

Shows worth checking out this week in and around Cleveland:

The Beachland Ballroom & Tavern

  • Mon, May 31| 9 PM (8 PM door)
    The Brian Jonestown Massacre
    Elephant Stone
    In Association with the Grog Shop / Special Memorial Day discount!
    $18.00
    Ballroom | All Ages
  • Tue, Jun 1| 8:30 PM (8 PM door)
    Mynabirds
    Cowboy and Indian CD Release
    Alan Madej Band
    $10.00
    Tavern | All Ages

Grog Shop

  • Sat, May 29| 9 PM
    GZA
    Muamin Collective
    All Day Recess
    D Roof
    Brainsick
    $15
  • Tue, June 1| 9 PM
    Holy Fuck
    Nice Nice
    Radio People
    $10 adv
    $12 dos

State Theater

  • Sun, May 30| 8 PM
    Doug E. Fresh
    Slick Rick
    Big Daddy Kane
    MC Lyte
    Too $hort
    $27.50-$52.50

House of Blues

  • Sun, May 30| 8 PM
    The Swell Season
    Mark Dignam
    $32.50 adv
    $35 dos

Notable shows in the greater Cleveland area & GZA at the Grog Shop!?

Shows worth checking out this week in and around Cleveland:

The Beachland Ballroom & Tavern

  • Sat, May 22| 9 PM (8:30 PM door)
    Benefit for the Waterloo Feral Cats
    Prisoners
    Rainy Day Saints
    Kyle Sowashes
    $5.00
    Tavern | All Ages
  • Mon, May 24| 8 PM (7:30 PM door)
    Trampled By Turtles
    One Dollar Hat
    $10.00
    Tavern | All Ages
  • Tue, May 25| 8:30 PM (8 PM door)
    April Smith
    & The Great Picture Show
    American Swill
    $8.00
    Tavern | All Ages
  • Thu, May 27| 8:30 PM (8 PM door)
    The Dust Busters
    Roots of American Music Trio
    $10.00
    Ballroom | All Ages
  • Thu, May 27| 8:30 PM (7:30 PM door)
    Members of Morphine
    and Jeremy Lyons
    $15.00
    Tavern | All Ages

Grog Shop

  • Mon, May 24| 9 PM
    Mono
    Twilight Sad
    $12
  • Tue, May 25| 8 PM
    Good Old War
    Yukon Blonde
    Audra Mae
    Teddy Novotny
    $8 adv
    $10 dos

Happy Dog

  • Sat, May 22| 9 PM
    Brian Olive
    The Clovers

GZA is coming to the Grog Shop on May 29th. The Grog Shop? What? For $15 a pop, I won’t argue.

[youtube=http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Qyt0tAwDAPc]

Notable shows in the greater Cleveland area & not much else

Shows worth checking out this week in and around Cleveland:

The Beachland Ballroom & Tavern

  • Sun, May 16| 8 PM (7 PM door)
    Reverend Horton Heat
    Cracker
    Split Lip Rayfield
    $26.50 adv
    $27.00 dos
    Ballroom | All Ages
  • Tue, May 18| 8 PM (7 PM door)
    Crash Test Dummies
    Nicholas Megalis
    $15.00
    Ballroom | All Ages
  • Wed, May 19| 9 PM (8 PM door)
    Jessica Lea Mayfield
    The Futurebirds
    $10.00
    Ballroom | All Ages
  • Wed, May 19| 9 PM (8 PM door)
    Wayne “The Train” Hancock
    $12.00
    Tavern | All Ages
  • Fri, May 21| 8 PM (7 PM door)
    SOLD OUT!
    Mumford & Sons
    The Middle East
    $12.00 adv
    $14.00 dos
    Ballroom | All Ages
  • Fri, May 21| 9 PM (8 PM door)
    Whiskey Daredevils
    Rumble Daddy / The Elks
    $7.00
    Tavern | All Ages

Peabody’s

  • Fri, May 21| 7 PM
    Buzzcocks
    The Dollyrots
    $19 adv
    $22 dos

Now That’s Class

  • Fri, May 21| 9 PM
    Cobra Verde
    Uncle Scratch’s Gospel Revival
    Non-Fiction

My list is pretty lean this week due to the previously-mentioned computer meltdown and the inability of this dinocomp to handle MySpace to hear if a band might be worth checking out, but you can head over to Dust Sleeve for more listings. And then you can imagine a great video here becuase this machine can’t handle YouTube, either.

Notable shows in the greater Cleveland area & the Heartless Bastards are on their way

Shows worth checking out this week in and around Cleveland:

The Beachland Ballroom & Tavern

  • Sat, May 8| 8 PM (7:30 PM door)
    Grass Roots Movement
    Red Side Visible
    $5.00
    Ballroom | All Ages
  • Sat, May 8| 9 PM (8 PM door)
    SOLD OUT!
    Deer Tick
    The Guile
    $12.00
    Tavern | All Ages
  • Mon, May 10| 8:30 PM (7:30 PM door)
    The Felice Brothers
    Cassette
    $15.00
    Tavern | All Ages
  • Tue, May 11| 8:30 PM (7:30 PM door)
    Local Natives
    Suckers / In Association with Music Saves
    $10.00 adv / $12.00 dos
    Ballroom | All Ages
  • Thu, May 13| 8 PM (7 PM door)
    Wanda Jackson
    The Lustre Kings
    $15.00 adv / $17.00 dos
    Ballroom | All Ages

Grog Shop

  • Sun, May 9| 9 PM
    Murder By Death
    Ha Ha Tonka
    Linfinity
    $12 adv
    $14 dos
  • Thurs, May 13| 9 PM
    Plants and Animals
    Elliott Brood
    Lowly, The Tree Ghost
    $8 adv
    $10 dos

Now That’s Class

  • Mon, May 10| 9 PM
    Pride Parade

Akron Civic Theatre

  • POSTPONED – was Tues, May 11 – now Sun, July 18
    Willie Willie Nelson & the Family
    $49.50/$59.50

The House of Blues

  • Weds, May 12| 9 PM (8 PM door)
    RATT
    Byron Nemeth Group
    $23.00 adv
    $27.00 dos
    $38.00 reserved seats

Happy Dog

  • Weds, May 12| 8 PM
    Juston Stens and The Get Real Gang

The Kent Stage

  • Thurs, May 13| 8 PM
    Colin Hay
    $25

Wilbert’s

  • Fri, May 14
    Pat Dinizio
    (acoustic set for Mike Campbell book launch)

The Heartless Bastards signed to Fat Possum Records with help from Patrick Carney of the Black Keys, and the Bastards will be playing the Beachland Ballroom on July 22, just a couple of days before the Keys hit the stage at Nautica. Gonna be an amazing week for live music.
[youtube=http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=71mt0FcgGI8]

Notable shows in the greater Cleveland area & the Felice Brothers, y’all

Shows worth checking out this week in and around Cleveland:

The Beachland Ballroom & Tavern

  • Mon, May 3| 8:30 PM (8 PM door)
    Casiotone For The Painfully Alone
    Magical Beautiful
    Shiny Penny
    $8.00
    Tavern | All Ages
  • Thu, May 6| 9 PM (8:30 PM door)
    Jesse Dee
    The Big Sweet
    $7.00
    Tavern | All Ages
  • Fri, May 7| 8:30 PM (7:30 PM door)
    Grant-Lee Phillips
    The Winter Pills
    $15.00
    Tavern | All Ages

Grog Shop

  • Wed, May 5| 8 PM
    Frightened Rabbit
    Maps & Atlases
    Our Brother the Native
    $13 adv
    $15 dos

Now That’s Class

  • Mon, May 3| 9 PM
    All Leather
    Sun God
    Lo-Pan
    Music Hates You
  • Wed, May 5 – Sun, May 9
    The Mentors/Shat/Femsickliver/Schnauzer/McShitz/The Mahonies/Lorain Skum
    Timmy’s Organism/Homostupids/Cock ESP/Birds Of Maya/Puffy Areolas/Pop. 1280/Flyin’ Trichecos
    TKO’s/KILSLUG/Bassholes/The Ladies/Mickey/Folded Shirt/Unholy Two

Happy Dog

  • Sat, May 1| 9 PM
    Martin Bisi
    Mr. California
    Uno Lady
  • Fri, May 7| 9 PM
    This Moment in Black History
    Knife the Symphony
    The Buried Wires

NTSIB favorite the Felice Brothers will be playing at the Beachland next week! Happy to be seeing those boys again, especially since I won’t have to travel all over hell’s half-acre to do it for once.

[youtube=http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=aGcwhbqAtRM]

Notable shows in the greater Cleveland area & NTSIB finally gets on the Local Natives tip

Shows worth checking out this week in and around Cleveland:

The Beachland Ballroom & Tavern

  • Sun, Apr 25| 8:30 PM (8 PM door)
    Alcest
    Broccoli Samurai
    Trans Atlas
    Velnias
    $10.00 adv
    $12.00 dos
    Ballroom | All Ages
  • Sun, Apr 25| 9 PM (8 PM door)
    The Styrenes 35th Anniversary Tour
    Filmstrip
    Home & Garden
    $10.00
    Tavern | All Ages
  • Mon, Apr 26| 8:30 PM (8 PM door)
    Horse Feathers
    Cloud Nothings
    Brian Straw
    $8.00 adv
    $10.00 dos
    Tavern | All Ages

Grog Shop

  • Sat, Apr 24| 9 PM
    Aloha
    Pomegrantes
    The Buried Wires
    $8 adv
    $10 dos
  • Sun, Apr 25| 7 PM
    The Fam Base Tour feat.
    Clipse
    XV
    Doxx
    Smokescreen
    Blacease
    DJ K-Nyce
    $20
  • Tues, Apr 27| 8:30 PM
    Apples In Stereo
    Generationals
    Laminated Cat
    $12
  • Fri, Apr 30| 9 PM
    Yeasayer
    Sleigh Bells
    SOLD OUT

Now That’s Class

  • Thurs, Apr 29| 9 PM
    Harlem
    Mystery of Two
    The Wooly Bullies

Oberlin College

  • Tues, Apr 27
    KRS-ONE
  • Thurs, Apr 29
    Atlas Sound

Phantasy Nite Club

  • Tues, Apr 27| 7:30 PM (7 PM door)
    Faith and the Muse
    DJ Scary Lady Sarah
    A View So Cruel
    UTO
    Ludwyg
    Queue-up
    $6-$10

It’s been slow in coming, but NTSIB is finally getting into Local Natives, just in time for them to play the Beachland next month. Here’s the performance that helped things start to kick in, filmed at SXSW by Yours Truly.

http://assets.delvenetworks.com/player/loader.swf

Notable shows in the greater Cleveland area & Josh Homme talks RSD

Shows worth checking out this week in and around Cleveland:

The Beachland Ballroom & Tavern

  • Sat, Apr 17| 9 PM (8 PM door)
    Dosh
    White Hinterland
    The Sleeps
    $10.00
    Tavern | All Ages
  • Sun, Apr 18| 8:30 PM (8 PM door)
    Radio Moscow
    Naam
    The Suede Brothers
    $10.00
    Tavern | All Ages
  • Fri, Apr 23| 9 PM (8 PM door)
    Detroit Cobras
    Living Stereo
    The Guile
    $12.00 adv
    $14.00 dos
    Ballroom | All Ages

Grog Shop

  • Sat, Apr 17| 9 PM
    At the B-Side Liquor Lounge: Questlove (DJ Set)
    Hosted by Babylon
    DJ K-Nyce
    $15
  • Sat, Apr 17| 9 PM
    Th’ Ledgendary Shackshakers
    Elliot Brood
    Heelsplitter
    $12
  • Sun, Apr 18| 9 PM
    Red Sparowes
    Caspian
    Fang Island
    $10
  • Thurs, Apr 22| 9 PM
    A Night with the Davenport Collective feat.
    Afternoon Naps
    Shiny Penny
    Megachurch
    Dreadful Yawns
    rubella
    Remember
    $5

Musica

  • Sat, Apr 17| 9 PM
    Monotonix
    This Moment in Black History
    As If
    IIWII
    $12
  • Mon, Apr 19| 8 PM
    Maps & Atlases
    Drink Up Buttercup
    Wild Boy of Aveyron
    Owlbear
    $9 adv

The Winchester Tavern & Music Hall

  • Sat, Apr 17|
    The Church
    $35 (includes CD)

The Kent Stage

  • Sat, Apr 17| 8:30 PM
    Simeon Soul Charger
    Nicholas Megalis
    Eclyptic
    $5

Phantasy Nite Club

  • Sat, Apr 17| 8 PM
    Ray Cash
    Reloaded f. Zel
    Cali Miles
    Skent Dukes
    ROB
    DJ Jack da Rippa
    $13, ages 18-20
    $10, ages 21 & over

Allen Theater

  • Sat, Apr 17| 8 PM
    The Roots
    $25-$45

House of Blues

  • Thurs, Apr 22| 8 PM (7 PM door)
    Echo and the Bunnymen
    $24.50 adv
    $27.00 dos
    $35.00 balcony

Here’s Record Store Day ambassador Joshua Homme with some words of wisdom.
[youtube=http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=QniH-KV5PMs]

Notable shows in the greater Cleveland area & BiiiiiiiirdMAN!

Shows worth checking out this week in and around Cleveland:

The Beachland Ballroom & Tavern

  • Sun, Apr 11| 8 PM (7 PM door)
    Drive-By Truckers
    Langhorne Slim
    SOLD OUT!
    Ballroom | All Ages
  • Mon, Apr 12| 7 PM (6 PM door)
    The Legendary Rhythm
    & Blues Revue
    featuring The Tommy Castro Band / Joe Louis Walker & Debbie Davies / Brickhouse Blues Band
    $20.00 adv / $22.00 dos
    Ballroom | All Ages
  • Tue, Apr 13| 9 PM (8 PM door)
    The Hold Steady
    The Oranges Band
    $18.00 adv / $20.00 dos
    Ballroom | All Ages
  • Thu, Apr 15| 7:30 PM (7:30 PM door)
    Meet & Greet with Baby Dee
    LGBT Fundraiser
    Price of Tix includes concert
    $25.00
    Tavern | All Ages
  • Thu, Apr 15| 8:30 PM (8 PM door)
    Baby Dee
    Lighthouse & The Whaler
    Adam Apple will perform a silent word piece
    $10.00
    Tavern | All Ages
  • Fri, Apr 16| 8 PM (7:30 PM door)
    Blue Grass Barn Dance
    Hosted by Miss Firecracker
    feat. Hoots & Hellmouth
    Heelsplitter (11:40 PM)
    Hiram Rapids Stumblers (10 PM)
    One Dollar Hat (9:20 PM)
    Timberwolves (8:40 PM)
    Two Far Gone (8 PM)
    $5.00 adv / $7.00 dos
    Ballroom | All Ages

Grog Shop

  • Sat, Apr 10| 10 PM
    Queens of the Iron Mic
    Hosted by Erica Kayne
    Indica
    Chimera
    Mz Crazy Tee
    Summer Azul
    True Poetry
    Chevy Blue
    Mami
    Erica Nicole
    FREE
  • Thurs, Apr 15| 9 PM
    Pissed Jeans
    This Moment In Black History
    Homostupids
    $7
  • Fri, Apr 16| 6 PM
    Adam Green
    The Dead Trees
    $12

Musica

  • Fri, Apr 16| 9 PM
    Over the Rhine
    Ellery
    $20

Annabell’s Bar & Lounge

  • Sat, Apr 10| 10 PM
    This Moment in Black History
    If These Trees Could Talk
    As If

House of Blues

  • Sun, Apr 11| 8:30 PM (7:30 PM door)
    Galactic
    Cyril Neville
    Corey Henry
    T Bird and the Breaks
    $20 adv
    $23 dos

No, not Harvey, but a birdman one-man-band. This fascinating street performer is Claudio Montuori, and you can find a few videos of him on YouTube. Including an interview, but it’s in Italian (if anyone can translate it, I’d be happy to post it).

[youtube=http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rzod3CotfAg]

Notable shows in the greater Cleveland area & Ohio girls, best in the world

Shows worth checking out this week in and around Cleveland:

The Beachland Ballroom & Tavern

  • Sun, Apr 4| 8 PM (7 PM door)
    South Memphis String Band
    featuring Luther Dickinson / Alvin Youngblood Heart / Jimbo Mathus / Austin “Walkin” Cane
    Presented with the support of Roots of American Music
    $15.00 adv / $18.00 dos
    Ballroom | All Ages
  • Wed, Apr 7| 9 PM (8:30 PM door)
    Megafaun
    Charlie Parr
    $10.00
    Tavern | All Ages

Grog Shop

  • Tues, Apr 6| 9 PM
    Japandroids
    Avi Buffalo
    Jaguar Love
    Two Hand Fools
    $10.00
  • Thurs, Apr 8| 9 PM
    Rare Birds
    Winters Warm
    2nd Half
    FREE

Musica

  • Sat, Apr 3| 8 PM
    Cameron McGill and What Army
    Gallery
    Stereovox
    Sweet Spot
    $8.00

Oberlin College

  • Wed, Apr 7| 10 PM
    Girls
    Dum Dum Girls
    $10

Now That’s Class

  • Fri, Apr 9| 9 PM
    Easy Action
    Short Rabbits
    The Exploding Lies

House of Blues

  • Fri, Apr 9| 8 PM (7 PM door)
    The Dan Band
    Dot Dot Dot
    $17.50 adv
    $20.00 dos
    $25.00 balcony

Ohio girl Jessica Lea Mayfield will be playing the Beachland next month. We like her.

http://vimeo.com/moogaloop.swf?clip_id=5131892&server=vimeo.com&show_title=0&show_byline=0&show_portrait=0&color=&fullscreen=1

KEXP inStudio 5.2 – JESSICA LEA MAYFIELD from More Dust Than Digital on Vimeo.