Monday, January 23, 2012
Friday, January 20, 2012
Brite Winter announces 30+ featured bands to play at free event in Ohio City
Brite Winter organizers announced the lineup of musical entertainers who will be performing at the third annual arts and cultural festival on February 18. Musicians will play on an outdoor stage on Bridge Avenue in Ohio City as well as at venues throughout the neighborhood.
The outdoor stage acts include:
Bad Veins
Tom Evanchuck and The Old Money
The Lighthouse and The Whaler
Bethesda
Black Taxi
Almost 30 additional acts will be featured at locations such as Bon Bon Bake Shop, Joy Machines Bike Shop, Garage Bar, Great Lakes Brewing Company, Touch Supper Club, Market Ave. Wine Bar and Dragonfly Lounge. Visit http://www.britewintercleveland.com/ for more information about the event.
Tuesday, January 17, 2012
Monday, January 16, 2012
Monday Muse: Kipp Stone "Live from the Tap" music video
Fresh off the weekend, heading back into the office, I thought we could all use a steady beat to ease into the week. This Monday Muse features Cleveland hip hop artist Kipp Stone, whom I discovered on Saturday as I researched another local artist, psychedelic blues rocker Thaddeus Anna Greene. The two collaborated on the three-volume, 27-song mixtape series King Basi & The Brougham Music, which is an hour and 28 minutes of lyrical rhapsody and badinage laid over raw, rhythmic and melodic instrumental cuts. (I'm quite pleased with this find.) Nod your head to "Live from the Tap," track five on Volume 3: Dolce Victoria.
This music video was released last October just days before A Right To Create Music Group launched Stone's debut album, Video Game Kids. If you like what you've heard, also watch the artist's newest music video for "Pine Marten" off of King Basi & The Brougham Music Volume 1: Hollywood North.
This music video was released last October just days before A Right To Create Music Group launched Stone's debut album, Video Game Kids. If you like what you've heard, also watch the artist's newest music video for "Pine Marten" off of King Basi & The Brougham Music Volume 1: Hollywood North.
Sunday, January 8, 2012
Antoine Dunn: A dream comes true - Abram - Ohio.com
Akron Beacon Journal pop music writer Malcom X Abram writes about Cleveland Heights' budding R&B star Antoine Dunn in this Jan. 8 article, Antoine Dunn: A dream comes true. Dunn reveals the bittersweet nature of his recent global and national achievements as he laments not being able to continue sharing the experience with his mother, who passed away in the fall of 2011. In the article, he describes these times as "the best days and years of my life, and the worst ones at the same time."
Read the full article on Ohio.com.
Dunn's music video for his new single, "Can't Forget," premiered on BET's 106 & Park on Dec. 26. Watch the video here.
Sunday, January 1, 2012
Live from Bad Racket: Nights "Walk Away"
Lugging musical instruments and gear to a roof accessible only by a ladder and a ceiling exit is no easy task. But that’s what Director Aaron Freeder and the Bad Racket Recording Studio team had to do to pull off the Nights Live from Bad Racket video shoot last fall. In fact, Nights front-woman Jenna Fournier said the production team had to tie the drums with ropes and pull them up the side of the building.
Bethesda was the first band to be filmed on the roof of the studio on Lorain Avenue for the “Live” series. However, the Nights production was fittingly the first Live feature shot atop the building after dusk. Some residents in the Ohio City neighborhood apparently were not too thrilled with the raucous rockers performing amidst bright flashing lights late into the evening.
"Someone had actually called the cops on us. We had to quit for the night and come back the next day," Fournier said, adding that night two wrapped earlier in the evening to avoid another noise complaint.
Freeder released the Nights Live from Bad Racket music video via Vimeo on January 1. The black-and-white feature stars the band performing “Walk Away.”
"Aaron who shot it, i thought, is very talented," Fournier said. "He had a vision, and we just did what we do and played."
Bethesda was the first band to be filmed on the roof of the studio on Lorain Avenue for the “Live” series. However, the Nights production was fittingly the first Live feature shot atop the building after dusk. Some residents in the Ohio City neighborhood apparently were not too thrilled with the raucous rockers performing amidst bright flashing lights late into the evening.
"Someone had actually called the cops on us. We had to quit for the night and come back the next day," Fournier said, adding that night two wrapped earlier in the evening to avoid another noise complaint.
Freeder released the Nights Live from Bad Racket music video via Vimeo on January 1. The black-and-white feature stars the band performing “Walk Away.”
"Aaron who shot it, i thought, is very talented," Fournier said. "He had a vision, and we just did what we do and played."
Live From Bad Racket - Nights from Aaron Freeder on Vimeo.
On being asked to join the Live from Bad Racket featured artists, Fournier said, "We were flattered, and they have done a lot in the year they've been around. They did it kind of as a perk for us recording there. If we were to hire someone to do that, it would be thousands of dollars. It's a nice promotional tool to have."
Nights recorded its upcoming full-length album with Bad Racket, but is still working on wrapping up the final product. Fournier said the group is re-tracking a few things and outsourcing mixing. The record is expected to release in early spring. The band is hoping to be on tour by summer.
Nights' next show is at The Happy Dog on Tuesday, January 10. The band will play with psych-pop rockers DOM.
Nights is also scheduled for February 18 at the Beachland Tavern. Twin Sister will headline the show featuring Ava Luna.