Tagged: 2008extravaganzabonanza

The 2nd Best Thing About The Internet Award It's not I Rock Cleveland, but it's close. The Nominees: *Pitchfork Let's be honest here, as more and more print and web publications move on to the afterlife, Pitchfork remains a strong and (mostly) trustworthy site for music news and reviews . Plus, they gave a dude like me a press pass to cover their festival. Not that a press pass would be enough to influence my decision, but... *Gmail Canned [...]

There's a real temptation to simply rewrite the same things I write every year about the Cleveland music scene: It's under-appreciated and the shows are under-attended, no one notices what great talent we have in Northeast, Ohio, and that no one includes those living in the scene and those on either coast and all places in between, and we're still that one band away from getting noticed on the national stage. Yet, as I look back on 2008, and look at the wide range of local musicians who've released albums this year -- from scene veterans like [...]

As with 2008's Top Albums , the 40 tracks compiled here represent those which had both high degrees of listenability and likeability. If a track didn't get rocked out on a regular basis, no matter how rad it was, it didn't end up on this list. Unlike, the top 25 albums, there is a bit more diversity in this list. See, I listen to pop and I listen to electronic music, a bit... 1. No Age - Teen Creeps On "Teen Creeps," No Age deliver [...]

• Thee Oh Sees - The Master's Bedroom Is Worth Spending A Night In

More than any other year of I Rock Cleveland's Year End Extravaganza Bonanza, the 25 albums compiled in this list represent both the albums which I've personally enjoyed the most, and the albums which I hold in the highest critical regard. There are no consensus picks (Sorry, Fleet Foxes), no popular picks (Sorry, TV on the Radio, I really, really tried this time), and no My Morning Jacket (Sorry dudes, your album was pretty much awful). Instead, you'll find 25 albums of rock, pop, and folk which soundtracked my year, and hopefully, soundtracked much of your year [...]

• Prisonshake - The Cut-Out Bin