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The Dad Horse Experience in Cleveland Tonight

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It’s not often the surprising and enchanting Dad Horse gets to tour the United States, but he’s on our soil right now, preaching the kellergospel. Here’s a clip from his recent stop at the Muddy Roots Festival.

 

“Through the Hole” – The Dad Horse Experience

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He will appearing tonight at Now That’s Class tonight, and it promises to be an interesting experience. There’s no telling how long it will be before he makes it back this way, so don’t miss it.

 

“Kingdom It Will Come” – The Dad Horse Experience

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Thursday, September 6, 9 PM
The Dad Horse Experience
The Misery Jackals
Johnny and the Applestompers

$5

Now That’s Class

If you’re too far away to catch this gig, Dad has a bunch more American stops coming up with more being added all the time. Keep tabs at the tour page.

Sep.07: THE BRASS RAIL, Fort Wayne, IN
Sep.08: TIP TOP DELUXE, Grand Rapids, … Continue reading

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Big Black Delta: Betamax

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Remember how you dug Big Black Delta’s “IFUCKINGLOVEYOU” when we posted it back in June? (Don’t even pretend you didn’t. We saw you.) Here’s a new one called “Betamax”.

 


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Both “IFUCKINGLOVEYOU” and “Betamax” are part of Big Black Delta’s tour EP which is streaming at Life + Times and can be purchased here.

Big Black Delta has also added dates to their tour schedule.

AUGUST
31st Queen Elizabeth Theatre, Vancouver BC w/Jane’s Addiction

SEPTEMBER
4th Keller Auditorium, Portland OR
5th Grand Sierra Resort & Casino, Reno NV
6th Bottom of the Hill, San Francisco CA
7th Bootleg Theater, Los Angeles CA

OCTOBER
19TH Hooga, Chelmsford UK
22ND Hoxton, London UK
26TH Soup Kitchen, Manchester UK
27TH The Asylum, Birmingham UK
28TH Haddow Fest, Edinburgh UK

 

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A Good Read, a Good Listen, and a Good Drink: Blackwater Jukebox

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It’s a simple yet sublime pleasure, and just thinking about it can make you feel a little calmer, a little more content. Imagine: You bring out one of the good rocks glasses (or your favorite mug or a special occasion tea cup) and pour a couple fingers of amber liquid (or something dark and strong or just some whole milk). You drop the needle on the jazz platter (or pull up a blues album on your mp3 player or dig out that mixtape from college). Ensconcing yourself in the coziest seat in the house, you crack the spine on a classic (or find your place in that sci-fi paperback or pull up a biography on your e-book reader). And then, you go away for a while. Ah, bliss.

In this series, some of NTSIB’s friends share beloved albums, books and drinks to recommend or inspire.

 

We hold a special place in our hearts for Blackwater Jukebox around here. Partially because, while my co-blogger Jennifer and I are often at odds in our musical … Continue reading

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Shivering Timbers Album Release Show

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If you loved the Shivering Timbers Dan Auerbach-produced debut We All Started in the Same Place, be ready for a little shift. Sing Sing, the Kickstarter-backed album for which they’ll be playing an album-release show at Music in Akron this Friday, diverges from the quirky nursery rhyme tunes of their debut, instead reflecting more accurately the band’s live sound, with Sarah Benn’s strong vocals soaring open wide while Jayson Benn’s gorgeous guitar weaves and fuzzes out back on earth.

As Sarah noted in her interview with Tim Quine over at Rubber City Review, We All Started… was largely an on-the-spot creation. But through all the subsequent gigging, Shivering Timbers have grown confidently and reflect that growth, their stronger self, gloriously on the Brian Olive-produced Sing Sing.

 

Shivering Timbers – Generations from TurnStyle Films on Vimeo.

 

While the album begins on lighter, brighter notes with title track “Sing Sing” and Neil Diamond cover “Holly Holy”, the stream of the album roils with the kind of darkness … Continue reading

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A Good Read, a Good Listen, and a Good Drink: JC Brooks and the Uptown Sound

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It’s a simple yet sublime pleasure, and just thinking about it can make you feel a little calmer, a little more content. Imagine: You bring out one of the good rocks glasses (or your favorite mug or a special occasion tea cup) and pour a couple fingers of amber liquid (or something dark and strong or just some whole milk). You drop the needle on the jazz platter (or pull up a blues album on your mp3 player or dig out that mixtape from college). Ensconcing yourself in the coziest seat in the house, you crack the spine on a classic (or find your place in that sci-fi paperback or pull up a biography on your e-book reader). And then, you go away for a while. Ah, bliss.

In this series, some of NTSIB’s friends share beloved albums, books and drinks to recommend or inspire.

 

I’ve effused about JC Brooks and the Uptown Sound’s rump-shaking soul and phenomenal live show more than once. They are just really fucking good, people! And in advance of … Continue reading

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JC Brooks and the Uptown Sound Return to Cleveland + mp3

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In the time since we lost wrote about JC Brooks and the Uptown Sound, you may have seen their name thrown around some more, garnering more fans with their incredible live shows, and being added to this year’s Lollapalooza lineup. And maybe you’ve become curious enough to want to experience the ass-moving power for yourself. Or, at least, you damn well should have.

But do you want more (eh? See what I did there?) to entice you? Check out the video for “Sister Ray Charles” (eh? See what they did there?) below and download the mp3.

 


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Download: “Sister Ray Charles” – JC Brooks and the Uptown Sound

 

Now that you realize the regret that would dog you all the days of your life if you didn’t experience this fantastic band of entertainers live, mark your calendar for August 19, when JCBUS will return to the Beachland Tavern. R.A. Washington and the Family Dollar will play support (Washington was named among the most interesting people of 2012 by Cleveland Magazine) and DJ Charles McGaw will keep the … Continue reading

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Deep Blues Festival Cleveland 2012

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It’s coming back! They showed ’em it could still be done, last summer in Cleveland, spawning the Year of Deep Blues this year with the return of the original DBF in Minnesota last month and DBF Northwest coming up early next month. And Cleveland will be doing it again this year, with another great line-up.

Favorites will return from last year, like Scissormen, Ten Foot Polecats, and the incomparable Molly Gene One Whoaman Band. And new don’t-miss acts are on the slate for this year, like Husky Burnette, the uniquely entertaining Bob Log III, and the great Robert Belfour. Damn!

 


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Here’s the info:

Saturday September 22 2012
THE BEACHLAND BALLROOM
15711 Waterloo Road, Cleveland, Ohio
$20/all ages/5pm EST start/4pm EST doors

Scheduled bands:
BOB LOG III
ROBERT BELFOUR
SCISSORMEN
TEN FOOT POLECATS
HUSKY BURNETTE
MOLLY GENE ONE WHOAMAN BAND
THE BLUE TREADS
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Liars: Cleveland Giveaway

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photo credit: Zen Sekizawa

 

Liars’ Angus Andrew has said, “If we aren’t confusing people, it’s not us. If we aren’t confusing ourselves with what we do, then we’ve failed.” WIXIW (pronounced “wish you”), the new album from Liars, rounds off the sharper edges of their sound and throws a thick blanket of texture over it. That’s not to say they have ditched chaos and gone straight. But instead of bursts of jagged drum, guitar and screams, the chaos is created by layers of found sound (as I listen to the album now, I can hear two or three species of frog chirping and peeping along with hardwood thwacks in a digitized echo chamber and some sort of animal/human cries of panic – that’s what it sounds like to me, at least). The result is a cloud that is soothing and entrancing at times, claustrophobic at others.

 

“No. 1 Against the Rush” – Liars

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Liars will be bringing this cloud, and more from their 12 years worth of back catalogue, to the Grog Shop in Cleveland on July 27, with … Continue reading

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Big Black Delta: IFUCKINGLOVEYOU

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Here’s a good tune to take you into the weekend. And contrary to what you might initially pick out from the name of the group (and from this blog’s proclivities), this is not some bluesy moan. “IFUCKINGLOVEYOU” is a weighty, sharp-edged electro blast with a propelling, industrial beat.

 

IFUCKINGLOVEYOU from Big Black Delta on Vimeo.

 

Big Black Delta, a name which refers to a certain type of UFO, is led by former Mellowdrone member and sometimes M83 collaborator Jonathan Bates. The band will be touring this summer with M83 and Jane’s Addiction, and their full-length album is due in the fall.

 

JULY
4th Milwaukee Summerfest, Milwaukee, WI *

AUGUST
1st Electric Factory, Philadelphia PA ^
2nd Carnegie Music Hall of Homestead, Munhall PA ^
7th State Theater, Portland ME ^
8th Central Park Summerstage, New York NY ^
18th MGM Grand Theatre / Foxwoods, Mashantucket CT #
20th Artpark, Lewiston NY #
22nd Stage AE, Pittsburgh PA #
23rd Old National Centre – Murat Theatre, Indianapolis, IN #
25th Orpheum Theatre, Omaha NE #
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More from Cold Specks

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We had a very positive response when we posted Cold Specks’ “Holland” back in February. Here’s a new one with that same beautiful voice, called “Blank Maps”.

 


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And if you follow this link, you can hear Cold Specks covering Swans’ “Reeling the Liars In”. A sophisticated, intriguing, and wonderfully-executed choice.

Cold Specks’ album, I Predict a Graceful Expulsion, will be out May 22nd. She hits the road next week, dates below.

May 1st – Lincoln Hall – Chicago, IL
May 2nd – High Noon Saloon – Madison, WI
May 3rd – Cedar Cultural Centre – Minneapolis, MN
May 4th – West End Cultural Centre – Winnipeg, MB
May 6th – McDougall United Church – Edmonton, AB
May 7th – Central United Church – Calgary, AB
May 8th – Southminster United Church – Lethbridge, AB
May 9th – The Royal – Nelson, BC
May 11th – The Commodore Ballroom – Vancouver, BC
May 12th – Alix Goolden Hall – Victoria, BC
May 13th – Tractor Tavern – Seattle, WA
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