
You can't throw a rock in Cleveland without hitting Beaten Awake. Since our launch in January, we've seen the Kent natives open for Heartless Bastards and Crocodiles. (And one other act, I think, but it escapes me. Little help?) In the next couple of months, they'll warm things up for Built to Spill and Meat Puppets when those acts blow through Cleveland. The band's second record will be out on Fat Possum soon, featuring production work from Patrick Carney (you know, the Black Key that isn't Dan Auerbach). In short, Beaten Awake have been on the Cleveland radar for awhile. [...]