Monday Muse: The Floorwalkers "Some Love" Live from The Mug and Brush barbershop

Monday Muse: "Falling Away" by Rob Montague [Flat Earth Society show at House of Blues – Cleveland]

Rob Montague released a self-directed music video for the song "Falling Away" off his latest album Farewell Song, which is available on Amazon, iTunes and CD Baby.

The entire video was shot with an iPhone 4. The dusty effect of black-and-white film was achieved using the 8mm Vintage Camera App from Nexvio.

According to The Rock blog's album review of Farewell Song, Montague will perform with a new band called Flat Earth Society next year. The group is playing a show with Downplay and Silver Lights at House of Blues in Cleveland on January 4. Tickets are $10. Doors open at 7 p.m.

Lyrics to "Falling Away" are available on Montague's ReverbNation.com page.

Monday Muse: Humble Home "Too Young" and Thaddeus Greene "Let Me Be" Live From Bad Racket

The Rhythm Report is once again celebrating the reverent songwriting of Humble Home in this week's Monday Muse. Last month, the blog featured a video of Humble Home's vocalists Nick Wise and Matt Hectorne in a back-alley performance of "Babel," originally released in 2010.


Bad Racket Recording Studio introduced a new audio-visual production featuring the full band on December 2. The independent folk rock quartet from the Solon-Aurora area was invited into the Ohio City-based studio to record a Live From Bad Racket session directed by Aaron Freeder. 

Live From Bad Racket - Humble Home from Bad Racket on Vimeo

Filmed at and audio engineered by Bad Racket Recording Studio
Directed by Aaron Freeder

Humble Home announced through social media that the band is in writing sessions and updated fans with a Facebook post that read, "New material is coming together like cream and coffee. Stay tuned."

The group has been generous to eager ears, playing raw renditions of their latest creations during a few live performances in the past months. Fans can catch up with the band before the year's end at The Grog Shop on Sunday, December 18, when Humble Home takes the stage with Above the Atlantic, CARE and Morgan Mecasky.

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Throwback artist Thaddeus Greene was also a featured subject for a Live From Bad Racket video that hit the internet in November. Greene was courteous to allow a sneak preview of the "Let Me Be" audio recording for The Rhythm Report's interview with Bad Racket in October. Now, the full craft recording production is available to satiate the auditory and visual senses. Watch the video here and stay tuned to The Rhythm Report for more on this exceptionally vintage musician.

Live From Bad Racket - Thaddeus Greene from Bad Racket on Vimeo

Filmed at and audio engineered by Bad Racket Recording Studio

Directed by Aaron Freeder

Monday Muse: Aaron Lafette, Britni Elise, Dj-EV at the Agora

Pump up your Monday with this electropop teaser featuring Aaron LaFette, Britni Elise and Dj-EV at the Agora in Cleveland.

Weekend Prelude: "It Might Be" Rob Geer Live from Colorado; "Ocean" Pearl Jam

There's a void Rob Geer's smooth vocals used to fill in the Cleveland soundscape. It's been several weeks since the artist migrated to Colorado's Rocky Mountains, but the artist sent his love back home with this scenic recording of "It Might Be." Geer shared details on the stunning location of his new music video and his first few weeks out West:

"Well, it's at Mount Falcon, in Morrison, Co., about 20 minutes from my house (which is fucking awesome by the way!). And mostly, I've just been layin low, mixing the stuff I recorded before I left, and chillin, not necessarily "finding my inner self," just checkin some new shit out! It's cool out here, I've played a couple open mic nights that were pretty accepting of what I do, but I'm hoping to at least have a digital copy out in a couple weeks. So I'm waiting to have the CD finished before I start whoring myself out.  haha. I want to film a few more other videos in some cool locations. I'm thinking Red Rocks, which is about 15 minutes from my house (... Ahh! The reverb is so good!), and swapping out some old bathroom/living room sessions." — Rob Geer via Facebook

Something New

First Listen: The Black Keys "Lonely Boy"

In their typical jocose fashion, The Black Keys release a randomly awesome video for the first listen of "Lonely Boy," a new single off the new album, El Camino, due to launch on December 6.

Music Video: Smoke Screen "Melodies Of A Silhouette"

Smoke Screen released a new music video for "Melodies Of A Silhouette" from the hip hop duo's Imagination Beyond Illustration album. The video begins with a time-lapsed pan of the Cleveland skyline and features emcees Chemist and Mooke serenading the city streets as the cartoonish, graffiti-inspired album art floats along the brick-building backdrop.


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Local artist Rob Geer’s last show at Grog Shop signals beginning of new life out West

Written by Priscilla Tasker

Photo courtesy of
Kathleen Grace Kazsmer  

Rob Geer made his final Grog Shop appearance as The Conductor and The Creator Sunday, September 18, before he traverses the nation to settle in Denver, Co., in October. Ever-loyal friends and fans appropriately gathered for a send-off show, which featured Humble Home, who organized the event, and The Lighthouse and The Whaler. 

The indie-folk-inspired rock lineup showcased distinctive talents while keeping with a style of music compatible to the tone Geer set for the evening.

"I loved every second of it. It was a good set of bands. There's always an oddball in the line up but not tonight," Geer told Humble Home's Nick Wise in post-show conversation.

Geer led the night with a six-song set. Waiting in line to enter the venue, I heard the bass and guitars signal the start of the band’s first song – a sound which incited an anxious desire to cut the 10 to 15 people in front of me. I waited patiently. Yet, as if he read my mind, the man ahead of me offered reprieve by holding the door and saying, “You can go ahead.”

Grateful chivalry lives on, I made my way to the stage. Geer’s vocals enveloped the space. Seemingly effortless projection is a talent Geer has honed well – and one of the artistic traits that caught my attention the first time I’d heard him play at Nemeth’s Lounge in Painesville, Ohio, earlier this year. 

Geer was backed by his “Conductor” counterparts, whose soulful flavor enlivens the singer-songwriter's sound. [Watch this video from February 5, 2011 for an extraordinary example of the band's abilities.] Lead guitarist Matthew Augusta and bassist Dan Thompson played a bluesy, soft jazz teaser leading into "It Might Be" and an R&B interlude before "Under Devil's Skin." 

Red Wanting Blue performs live at Musica

Wasted Talent Media's Todd Volkmer caught the Red Wanting Blue (RWB) show at Musica in Akron on Saturday, September 10, and released two indieBOX video clips on Vimeo this week. In the first concert clip, the fervent audience waxes lyrical, joining the band in singing "You Are My Las Vegas," a fan favorite off RWB's 2010 release, These Magnificent Miles.

In his Vimeo post, Volkmer wrote, "the energy between the band and the crowd is just amazing in this video!!! Makes me smile every time I watch it!" [sic]

Eager fans anticipating the pending release of Red Wanting Blue's From The Vanishing Point next year, can hear new song "Walking Shoes" in the second video clip from Saturday night's show.

The band officially released "Audition," the first single off From The Vanishing Point, on September 6. According to an announcement on RWB's website, starting on October 1, the band will release a streamed recording of a new track from the record each day through October 13. This will give RWB devotees a first listen of the album, which is due for release on January 10, 2012.

Check out the videos of the concert at Musica below and visit www.ArtsQuestTV.com for more live-recorded concerts and other Wasted Talent Media shows including the site's namesake interview series Arts Quest.


Written by Priscilla Tasker