The reviews are short. I’m only trying to get out the facts. Who it is. What it is. How to get it.

Local Album Review:
Self Destruct Button – JUICE TIGER // 2009, Tower Control

Local Album Review:
Hot Cha Cha – The World’s Hardest Working Telescope & The Violent Birth of Stars // 2009, Exit Stencil

Local Album Review:
Muamin Collective – WORLD B. FREE // 2009, Fare Trade Records

Local Album Review:
Mr. California and the State police – SHRIMP AND CHOCOLATE // 2009, Self-Release

Here’s a brief “what’s happening” in the experimental/noise/power electronics/sound art scene in Cleveland and around Ohio…as well as some related Records/Cassettes/CDs you should own!

…whenever someone mentions album art, I’ll be like – “this one band from Cleveland called Chief Bromide made a full Candyland game for their album art”. Kick Ass!

Mathew Wascovitch has put together a pretty killer record here – his collection of musicians known as Scarcity of Tanks have been at it for awhile, and this album definitely reflects the time put in.

MYSTERY OF TWO
SELF TITLED // 2009, Exit Stencil
The first thing that jumps out at me from Mystery of Two’s second full length album is the fact that the songs have reached their full potential. This “new new wave” album wasn’t just thrown together in a weekend. Every break was timed correctly, every hook is crisp…the [...]

JJ MAGAZINE
Dinner // 2009, Self-Release
In this fast landscape of sardonic, tongue-in-cheek lyrics with bright-witted observations about the sustenance found in iced coffee, and tunes that make you want to Sufi-dance at a circus, Dinner, is a cool breeze on a hot day – “Shopping malls and diesel engine trucks” …Ahhh the Midwest. The song “yndwyt” [...]