OK, so we caught a break with the Mayan calendar fraud. The snow has disappeared due to one of those mid-January weird Cleveland thaws. Christmas and New Years was not nearly the big fat hassle that it usually is and even though we all caught the “flu that has no end” we’re finally on our feet again and ready to rock. Quick, before the roads shut down again, get out of your house and over to the Beachland to catch some shows. It will make your heart grow three sizes bigger (which is probably covered under Obamacare). Rock On!
Fri, 1/11/13, 8:30 PM
Beachland Ballroom
Father John Misty plus Magic Trick
Josh Tillman, who has been recording/releasing solo albums since 2003 and who recently left Seattle’s Fleet Foxes after playing drums from 2008-2011, created the Father John Misty alter-ego as a way to bring humor, sex, mischief, and sensual frankness to the occasionally arid world of indie rock. Father John Misty's album, Fear Fun brings to mind the earthy realities of Waylon Jennings, the spiritual concerns of "All Things Must Pass", and the hedonist boudoir leanings of Led Zeppelin. This woozy Dionysus took a page from the poets, rockers, and reprobates of years past: he shroomed out, drove to Laurel Canyon, and essentially languished there in a post-Fleet Foxes reverie of writing. Once he emerged from that former hippie oasis, Tillman then journeyed to Los Angeles, linked up with engineers Phil Ek and Jonathan Wilson, and put together Fear Fun. The end result feels a little more like the late ‘60s and ‘70s -- Harry Nilsson, anyone?
Price: $15.00
Fri, 1/11/13, 9:00 PM
Beachland Tavern
Ohio Civil War plus Tinko / Gluttons
Cleveland hasn’t forgotten about rock, and these bands are proof. Ohio Civil War, a hybrid of punk rock troublemakers The Conservatives and The Chargers Street Gang, bring sing-a-long political anthems galore for these troubled times. Tinko also hails from a Cleveland time not so long ago, when their previous bands Viva Caramel and Coffinberry ruled the scene. Gluttons, a mix of Motorhead and The Misfits, have also been well-versed in rock for quite some time now. If you asked all the guys in these bands, they might just laugh and say they’re old, but deep down inside, we all know these groups possess the power of real Midwestern rock: drunk and downtrodden, but never truly down.
Price: $5.00
Sat, 1/12/13, 7:30 PM
Beachland Ballroom
2nd Annual Ballroom Blitz For Wolf Conservation with Salted Bones / Balloon Knot / Guilt Trip / Bound By Fate
Please join the Cleveland Chapter of the American Association of Zookeepers (AAZK) for a night of music and fun to support the conservation of Mexican Wolves. Local bands include: Salted Bones, Balloon Knot, Guilt Trip, and Bound by Fate. Tickets are $15.00: includes admission and appetizers, raffle & door prizes. Alcohol is available for purchase. For more information, contact Leila Snodgrass at las2@clevelandmetroparks.com, or to purchase tickets, call AAZK at 216-661-6500 X4452. Please purchase tickets in advance. This is a great cause! Did you know that there are only 50 Mexican wolves left in the wild? Come show your support, and enjoy the show.
Presented by the Cleveland Chapter of the American Association of Zookeepers
Price: $15.00
Sat, 1/12/13, 8:30 PM
Beachland Tavern
John Fullbright (& Band) plus Roger Hoover & The Hurt / Julia Klee
John Fullbright burst upon the Southwest music scene in 2009 with a stellar live album recorded at the Blue Door, the legendary venue in Oklahoma City. From his home in Okemah, Oklahoma—also the hometown of Woody Guthrie—Fullbright had already honed his songwriting and playing skills to a degree that he was a favorite at festival campgrounds before he was even out of high school. Quickly produced as a “calling card” for the 2009 Folk Alliance Conference, Live at the Blue Door went on to set sales records at WoodyFest, the annual folk festival honoring Woody Guthrie. In the intervening years, Fullbright has opened for a host of folk and Americana names—including Jimmy Webb, Joe Ely, Kevin Welch, Michael Fracasso, and Steve Poltz—from Oklahoma to Europe and back. With the 2012 release of From The Ground Up, Fullbright, still in his early twenties, has joined the conversation about the best new artists in music today.
Price: $10.00
Sun, 1/13/13, 11:00 AM
Beachland Tavern
Rockin' Brunch with DJ Matt (of Hinter Records) spins antique & modern rural music
Cleveland-based Hinter Records reissues of wild and beautiful music from the world's rural traditions and strange sounds unearthed from the maws of contemporaries and slightly less-dead sounds from between the war and the present. Their 2011 release was "Don't Trust Your Neighbors: Early Albanian Traditional Songs and Improvisations, 1920s-1930s". For today’s brunch, Matt from Hinter will spin some of the weird, wild, and wonderful music from his stash while you much on the freshest and tastiest food found on a Cleveland Sunday. Our Beachland Brunch runs from 11 - 3.
Price: $0.00
Mon, 1/14/13, 8:30 PM
Beachland Tavern
Denney & The Jets plus Derek Hoke / Cheap Clone
Hailing from Nashville is tonight’s headliner, Denney & The Jets playing the kind of boozy, bluesy kind of rock and roll that used to simply rule at Cleveland beer joints like Pat’s In the Flats. Nashville country singer Derek Hoke wrote a killer song and a killer album called “Goodbye Rock N’ Roll”. But while Derek’s forsaken loud amps, he’s handy with pop hooks very much indebted to Rick Nelson, The Everly Brothers, and even Buddy Holly. Cleveland punk rockers Cheap Clone open.
Price: $8.00
Tue, 1/15/13, 8:30 PM
Beachland Tavern
pH Factor plus The Mucklebuck / Syrup
With influences such as Phish, Yes, Jacob Fred Jazz Odyssey, and Mahavishnu Orchestra, pH Factor proudly brings you a fusion of progressive rock, jazz, and funk that is a part of today’s jam-band scene. Born in Ohio and raised in Colorado, pH Factor is now proud to call Asheville, NC home. Clevelanders The Mucklebuck play a friendly, funky blend of good-time rock and roll. Tonight’s opening band is named Syrup, and apparently their sound sticks to your ears, but doesn’t get out easily.
Price: $5.00
Wed, 1/16/13, 8:30 PM
Beachland Ballroom
Midge Ure (of Ultravox) plus Right The Stars / Monkey Ass
Tonight’s the stuff of legends, as Midge Ure performs songs from a life lived richly in music since the late 70s. Hell, by the time 1985 had rolled around, he’d already been in the musical game with groups like Silk, The Rich Kids, and Ultravox. To the novice listener and rock historian, it might appear that much of Midge Ure’s fame was garnered overseas, never really travelling Stateside. However, one of his projects was a little tune called “Do They Know It’s Christmas” which he co-penned with The Boomtown Rats’ Bob Geldof. That song, as we all know, became a worldwide phenomenon, giving rise to a new era of benefit concerts whose size and scope were unprecedented. Apparently this was really no big deal for Midge, as he kept moving forward with solo releases, album production credit, and helming scores of sweet musical documentaries for the BBC.
Price: $15.00
Wed, 1/16/13, 8:30 PM
Beachland Tavern
American Aquarium plus The Greaves
American Aquarium works very hard to become the rock n’ roll myth they read about and listened to when they were very young. They’re not as young as they once were, but their years-long desire to partake in that myth has turned American Aquarium into a righteously good band. Furthermore, those long weeks and long miles have exposed them to the frail falsehoods of this rock n’ roll illusion: the addictions, the broken hearts, the dissolved families, the many lost causes. Their old friend Jason Isbell, formerly of the Drive-By Truckers, finds truth in AA’s words and music, hence his production credit on their latest album, Burn. Flicker.Die. ““Burn. Flicker. Die” is an analogy to neon–a staple of rural America–and how the life of those signs that set the ambiance for bar rooms in multitudes of forgotten locales mimic the life of a traveling band as they’re touching 30 and getting tired of the grind.”
Price: $8.00
Thu, 1/17/13, 8:00 PM
Beachland Tavern
Rebekah Jean plus Tom Evanchuck
The rural sound of Rebekah Jean has lately been put down on good old-fashioned tape with the help of singer/songwriter/multi-instrumentalist David Mayfield (Cadillac Sky, Jessica Lea Mayfield) over at one of this area’s great recording studios, Suma. Come check out some of the tunes that’ll be on this folksinger’s upcoming release. Meanwhile, Tom Evanchuck’s a Chardon native whose music practically grows shoots and roots upon its dirt-brown hide; Evanchuck’s deep into Delta and Piedmont blues, Oklahoma dustbowl folk, and rollin’ Appalachian music.
Price: $8.00
Thu, 1/17/13, 8:30 PM
Beachland Ballroom
Hollis Brown plus The Suede Brothers / Dave Hammer's Power Supply
NYC roots rockers Hollis Brown do a fine line between gutsy ‘70s hard rock and today’s very popular variation on earnest 60s folk. They do that young-man-with-an-old-soul melancholia really well, but as a live band, they’re not afraid to turn up the amps and get into some string-breaking rock and roll. Painesville trio The Suede Brothers bring greasy, sometimes nasty, but always heavy riffs tonight. Their tunes are just tailor-made for those of you who love Sabbath, Rush, and any of their ass-kicking brethren. Akron progressive-rock trio Dave Hammer’s Power Supply bring a diverse but tuneful approach, occasionally reminding one of Jeff Buckley’s wide-spanning musical sensibilities.
Price: $10.00
Fri, 1/18/13, 8:30 PM
Beachland Tavern
Freakwater plus Istvan Medgyesi / Maura Rogers (Duo)
The storied duo of Freakwater -- Janet Beveridge Bean and Catherine Irwin -- are one of the bands that helped to create the “alt-country” music movement in the late 80s. That’s basically when punk rockers grabbed a hold of country music and foisted their own wayward sensibilities (humor, outlook, politics, harmonic dissonance, you name it), resulting in bands not unlike Freakwater. Freakwater play it straight, though, making music that hearkens back to the sound of yore but not rooted in today’s world. That is, there are plenty of songs about being drunk and heartbroken, but you get the feeling that milk cows, barns, and square dances aren’t involved. Freakwater’s been around since the underground rock prime of Louisville and Chicago (let’s call that the 90s) and despite many trials and tribulations, it looks like they’re well in their prime.
Price: $12.00
Fri, 1/18/13, 9:30 PM
Beachland Ballroom
Vambo Rools : A Tribute to the Sensational Alex Harvey Band
Vambo Rools is a Cleveland-based tribute to The Sensational Alex Harvey Band. That 70s Scottish group, very popular in Cleveland, combined elements of heavy rock, R&B and the British music hall. He created the slum-kid Vambo, celebrated pulp fiction with ‘Sergeant Fury’ and extolled a passion for ‘b-movie’ lore in ‘Don’t Worry About The Lights Mother, They’re Burning Big Louie Tonight’. There’s been no one like Alex Harvey and his mates since then, though I suppose every band that attempts to bring theatricality and hard rock to the stage as a slightly mismatched pair owes, to some extent, a debt to Harvey and friends. But listen a bit more closely, and realize there’d be no Bon Scott without Alex Harvey, a Scottish connection that extends over oceans. Check out the official Sensational Alex Harvey Band’s website at http://www.sahbofficial.co.uk/.
Price: $10.00
Sat, 1/19/13, 1:00 PM
Beachland Ballroom
School of Rock
School of Rock Highland Heights brings to you three great shows. Beard Rock features SOR instructors leading their students through a slew of tunes made by bearded rockers like Bon Iver and My Morning Jacket; the 202 kids are younguns learning the ropes of rock; and to round it all out, a group of SOR students will be bringing Led Zeppelin’s How The West Was Won to life! Check out School of Rock’s Highland Heights website for details!
1–3 PM Beard Rock
3:30–5:30 PM Led Zepplin: How The West Was Won
Price: $10.00
Sat, 1/19/13, 9:00 PM
Beachland Ballroom
Melvin Davis & The United Sounds plus Wesley Bright & The Hi-Lites / DJ Alr!ght , Mark's Birthday Bash!
Globe-trotting veteran soul man Melvin Davis rolls down from Detroit to regale us tonight with a sound honed from not just being a ‘60s hitmaker, but also from being a session drummer, producer, songwriter, singer, and label owner. His drumming helped define The Miracles' Motown smash 'Tears Of A Clown', drove the Lyman Woodard Trio's double-sided funk masterpiece 'River Rouge' b/w 'It's Your Thing' and became the stuff of legend on Dennis Coffey's seminal LP "Hair And Thangs". He's the evocative lead vocalist behind the 8th Day's million seller 'You've Got To Crawl (Before You Walk)' and the songwriter who penned JJ Barnes' desperate ode 'Chains of Love'. Davis, whose sound helped put labels like Fortune and Wheel City on the musical map alongside Motown, represents the glorious past of soul. Young Akronites Wesley Bright & The Hi-Lites represent the new face of soul, with snappy tunes that have a horn-laden Northern Soul bounce.
Price: $12.00
Sat, 1/19/13, 10:00 PM
Beachland Tavern
Filmstrip plus Goldmines / Arms & Armour
The Beachland is happy to announce a new neighbor: the Miller/Schneider Gallery right down the street from us! This gallery, headed by photographer Bryon Miller and visual artist Dott Schneider, is having an opening night bash at their place, and a Beachland afterparty that’ll feature some of this town’s coolest indie bands, Filmstrip, Goldmines (ex-Hot Cha Cha) and Arms & Armour. Filmstrip brings their gangly, loose and noisy rock; Goldmines play rough-handed pop, while Arms & Armour adds an element of ambient drone to the Miller Schneider post-party.
Price: $5.00
Sun, 1/20/13, 11:00 AM
Beachland Tavern
Rockin' Brunch with DJ Bill Lipold of irockcleveland
Bill Lipold, the man behind IRockCleveland.com, hosts our Beachland Brunch while playing totally hot indie rock numbers from his great big stash of tunes. Come from 11 - 3 pm and get a piece of our stash of flavor! That’s right! We’re the hosts with the most!
Price: $0.00
Sun, 1/20/13, 1:00 PM
Beachland Ballroom
School of Rock
School of Rock Highland Heights brings to you three great shows. Beard Rock features SOR instructors leading their students through a slew of tunes made by bearded rockers like Bon Iver and My Morning Jacket; the 202 kids are younguns learning the ropes of rock; and to round it all out, a group of SOR students will be bringing Led Zeppelin’s How The West Was Won to life! Check out School of Rock’s Highland Heights website for details!
1–3 PM Led Zepplin: How The West Was Won
3:30–5:30 PM Beard Rock
Price: $10.00
Sun, 1/20/13, 8:00 PM
Beachland Tavern
Jenny Owen Youngs plus Music For The Trees / John Kalman
Jenny grew up in the forests of northern New Jersey and currently lives in Brooklyn, NY. After self-releasing her first album Batten the Hatches in 2005, Youngs went on to release two albums and three EPs through the Canadian indie label Nettwerk Records. She has toured extensively through the US, UK, and mainland Europe, both as headliner and support to artists such as Regina Spektor, Motion City Soundtrack, Aimee Mann, Kevin Devine, and Amanda Palmer. Her songs have been heard on Weeds, Nurse Jackie, Privileged, Life Unexpected, Switched at Birth, and in Victoria's Secret stores the world over. Her latest album is An Unwavering Band of Light, produced by friend and collaborator Dan Romer (Ingrid Michaelson, Jukebox the Ghost). This album features Jenny adding a bit more rock n' roll to her sensitive folk mix. VA band Music For The Trees and Cleveland singer-songwriter John Kalman open.
Price: $12.00
Mon, 1/21/13, 8:00 PM
Beachland Tavern
The Freight Hoppers plus Boy=Girl
After more than a decade, The Freight Hoppers have released their eagerly awaited fourth album, Mile Marker. This collection includes music that was first recorded in the late 1920's and early 1930's, and spans geographically from Mississippi to West Virginia. The Freight Hoppers play hard driving old time music with an emotional, raw excitement that keeps one foot planted in the past and the other in the present. Of course that’s only when they keep their feet still, for this is high energy dance music of an older day played like there's no tomorrow. Finding their passion from a love of stringband music of the 1920's and 30's, The Freight Hoppers have been entertaining crowds of fans at festivals and music halls alike as they travel around the country. Opening is the dynamic duo Boy = Girl which is Paul Kovac of Hillbilly Idol fame and Jen Mauer, who is the human dynamo behind Mo Mojo.
Price: $10.00
Wed, 1/23/13, 8:00 PM
Beachland Tavern
JP Harris & The Tough Choices plus Charles Hill Jr. / Thomas Bryan Eaton
J.P. Harris and The Tough Choices have been described as such: “…imagine that somehow, defying the laws of nature, Hank Williams and Lemmy Kilmister hatched an egg…this egg was incubated under a neon light for twelve years (which is approximately the time Wild Turkey ages in the bottle), and were hatched in a juke joint…” These ruffians draw on influences ranging from early Western Swing to rough-edged Truck Driving ballads; Bob Wills all the way to Merle Haggard 15 or so years after that funny album cover with the Chihuahua in his arms. Not unlike many young outlaws, they’re here to save tried-and-true country music. Now, if you think about it, if Real Country desperately had to be saved, why are so many bands intent on saving it? It’s our thought that Real Country is alive and well. Just don’t look at CMT, look to CLE and the Beachland.
Price: $8.00
Thu, 1/24/13, 8:00 PM
Beachland Tavern
Erin McKeown plus Jenn Grant
Erin McKeown tours 200 night a year, has performed on Conan O'Brien, Jools Holland, NPR, the BBC, has performed with Andrew Bird, Ben Sollee, Carrie Rodriguez, Josh Ritter, has performed at major festivals, has had her tunes in movies and commercials, and even wrote a song with her friend Rachel Maddow. She has also created Cabin Fever, a live internet concert series from her cabin in rural Massachusetts, and has also become a political activist attempting to connect policy, music, and technology. Her latest album, Manifestra, is out this month. Former Halifax beauty queen and singer-songwriter Jenn Grant brings her moody tunes along on this tour, providing us with an overview of two of today’s great female musicians.
Price: $13.00
Thu, 1/24/13, 9:00 PM
Beachland Ballroom
Northeast Ohio Drum & Music Jam
Back to the third Thursday of each month (Unless the BLB schedules a ticketed show for that night). Northeast Drum & Jam co-promotion with The Cleveland Drum Circle. FREE - Donations always accepted. Bring your drums, percussion, hoops and acoustic instruments.
Price: $0.00
Fri, 1/25/13, 8:30 PM
Beachland Tavern
Brother Joscephus & The Love Revolution
Are you looking for love? Do you need love? Did you get left behind by love? Let Brother Joscephus and the Love Revival Revolution bring you back to love. They’ll do that with a tongue-in-cheek mixture of New Orleans funk and secular gospel that’ll have you laughing, dancing, and falling in love all over again. Love Revivals have thrilled audiences from New England to New Orleans, including Crawfish Fest (NJ), Discover Jazz Festival (VT), Clearwater Festival (NY), Harper’s Ferry (MA), Stephen Talkhouse (LI), Bearsville Theater (NY), and multiple gigs to New Orleans during Jazz Fest and VooDoo Fest. Brother Joscephus has co-billed with New Orleans stalwarts such as the Rebirth Brass Band, Trombone Shorty, Dirty Dozen Brass Band, The Radiators, Bonerama, Big Sam’s Funky Nation, and The Meters. But you know what band really comes to mind? Classic 70s-era J. Geils band. Can I get an amen?
Price: $10.00
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