The Site of the Spectacle! by Charlotte DiFranco

T-Shirt from the show

What an absolute blast this past Saturday at the Happy Dog as Jim, Matt and I got to see the reunion of The Waynes! Getting to see one of our favorite bands from the 90’s brought back all kinds of 107.9 The End memories and it was great to see station staff and fans come out alike and get to see The Waynes kill for over 2 hours!

The night started of with an amazing opening solo performance from Chris Allen.

Chris Allen at the Happy Dog! by Pat

Who not only did songs from the breadth of his carrer including one my favorite Rosavelt tunes ‘Carp and Bones’ but promised to come up with a better harmonica holder for all those solo performers that struggle with the current contraption!

Next up The Waynes hit stage for the first of 2 sets they would perform!!

The Waynes! by Charlotte DiFranco

Starting off with one of the first songs they wrote The Waynes burned through the first set which included allot of their early work with Matt switching from acoustic to electric guitar as the set progressed into their first CD ending with an amazing ‘Fall Off the World’! Other highlights include ‘This Moving Train’, ‘Strong’, ‘Blasted’ and a standard cover from back in the day ‘Eminence Front’ with Laurie on lead vox!

The Waynes Laurie Hallal, Matt Sobel, Kurt Triptow and Derek Poindexter on stage after 1st set! by Pat

After a quick break and a shot the band headed back up on stage ignoring stifling heat to give the packed Happy Dog what it wanted…more MUSIC!! Starting off with ‘On Your Side’ some second set highlights include ‘Different Light’, ‘Backword’, ‘Break it all Down’ and the unreleased ‘Swerve’ from the Mitch Easter sessions!

The Waynes setlist! Pat

What a great time all night long! I hope we don’t have to wait another 10 years for The Waynes to play again! It was obvious all night long that they have lost none of the chemistry that made them one of the city and regions favorites bands throughout the 1990’s!

The Waynes toast the crowd! by Charlotte DiFranco

They are working on a new CD to finally release all the previously unreleased work done with Mitch Easter in North Carolina so keep it tuned to the Inner Sanctum for details! but to tide you over here are some songs they performed live on the show a few Sundays ago! Enjoy!!

The Waynes – East Coast Slo (8-2-09)

The Waynes – Strong (8-2-09)

The Waynes – Swerve (8-2-09)

• The country and region’s most popular up-and-coming bands and artists will perform, many for the first time at the Rock Hall. The latest in web technology, webcasting and blogging, will allow concert attendees to watch the concerts live, relive their favorite concert moments and communicate with their favorite bands via blog posts. Each Summer Sessions artist or band has been invited to begin a blog on cleveland.com to share their experiences with fans: how they got started, their favorite things about performing live, their aspirations for the future and more.

This Wednesday starting at 7pm you can catch local experimental indie rock hero’s Mystery of Two:

Mo2 will be our in-studio guests on Sunday July 26th to debut music and talk about about their CD release party July 31st at the Beachland Ballroom with Hot Cha Cha!

Also on the bill Philly buzz band Man Man:

MAN MAN – “Mister Jung Stuffed”

The concerts will be broadcast live over at cleveland.com/sessions if you can’t make it to downtown Cleveland.

The other upcoming Summer Sessions:

July 22nd – Akron/Family and The Black Swans

Aug 5th – Chairlift and JJ Magazine

Aug 19th – Gil Mantera’s Party Dream and This is a Shakedown

Kiwibox editor Steven Horowitz recently conducted an interview with FILTER mainman Richard Patrick. Watch the four-minute chat below.

According to Patrick, FILTER is currently working on a new studio album which will sound “way meaner” than last year’s “Anthems For The Damned”. Tentatively due in August, “It’s gonna kind of veer off the political path,” the singer says. “I’m kind of focusing back on what I know best, which is kind of just the insanity of being a human being, dealing with mental issues — the stuff that we all know and the stuff that we all go through.”

Special Record Store Day Deals:

10% off entire purchase when you come in wearing an indie record store t-shirt
Grab bags of CD mystery – super cheap!
Goody bags for all!
An array of fabulous prizes
Diorama contest! The prize is a $100 gift certificate to MUSIC SAVES! The TEAM will pick the winner! Your diorama must be music themed! Yes, it must be created inside a shoebox! DIORAMA DEADLINE IS 10pm, Thursday, April 16! (If anyone has spare shoeboxes lying around the house, please drop them off at the store for those who are shoebox-less!)
OUT store performances from:

THE VERY KNEES – 7:30 @ Music Saves
HOT CHA CHA – 7:00 @ Blue Arrow Records
TROUBLE BOOKS – 6:30 @ Music Saves
PRISONERS – 6:00 @ Blue Arrow Records
BRIAN STRAW – 5:30 @ Music Saves

Record Store Day Limited Releases:

AKRON/FAMILY Everyone is Guilty b/w Total Destruction LIMITED 7” – 1st single from new album + unreleased b-side
BLACK KIDS Wizard of Ahhs LIMITED 7” – 4 original demos, 1st time in physical form
BLACK MOTH SUPER RAINBOW Born on a Day LIMITED 7” – colored vinyl
BLITZEN TRAPPER War is Placebo b/w Booksmart Baby LIMITED 7” – 2 previously unreleased tracks
CAMERA OBSCURA French Navy b/w The World is Full of Strangers LIMITED 7” – non-LP b-side
LEONARD COHEN The Future b/w Suzanne LIMITED 7” – live in London, 3×5 photo included
COLD WAR KIDS Live at Fingerprints LIMITED CD – 5 tracks
ELVIS COSTELLO Complicated Shadows b/w Dirty Rotten Shame LIMITED 7” – exclusive b-side, 3×5 photo included
CURSIVE + LADYFINGER LIMITED 10” – picture disc with 2 album tracks, 2 unreleased
DEAD WEATHER Hang You From the Heavens LIMITED 7” – new Jack White band, album in June
DECEMBERISTS The Rake Song b/w East India Lanes LIMITED 7” – non-LP b-side
DEPECHE MODE Wrong b/w Oh Well LIMITED 7”
BOB DYLAN Dreamin’ of You b/w Down Along the Cover LIMITED 7” – live, exclusive b-side, 3×5 photo included
EL GRUPO NUEVO DE OMAR RODRIGUEZ-LOPEZ Cryptomnesia LIMITED LP – members of Mars Volta and Hella
FLAMING LIPS + BLACK KEYS Borderline b/w Her Eyes Are a Blue Million Miles LIMITED 7” – covers!
FLIGHT OF THE CONCHORDS Pencils in the Wind b/w Albi the Racist Dragon LIMITED 7” – 2 previously unreleased tracks
GREEN DAY Dookie LP
GRIZZLY BEAR While You Wait For the Others b/w He Hit Me LIMITED 7” – live on KCRW
GUIDED BY VOICES Hold on Hope LIMITED LP – 1st time on vinyl, 3 bonus tracks
IRON AND WINE Norfolk 6/20/05 LIMITED Live CD – 18 tracks from the 2005 Woman King tour
JANE’S ADDICTION Mountain Song b/w Standing In the Shower… Thinking LIMITED 7” – original replica picture sleeve
JANE’S ADDICTION Nothing’s Shocking LP & Ritual De Lo Habitual 2xLP
JESUS LIZARD Inch LIMITED 7” box set – 9×7”, released on Touch and Go 1989-1994
JENNY LEWIS (with Elvis Costello) Carpet Baggers b/w Go Away LIMITED 7”
LONEY DEAR + ANDREW BIRD LIMITED 7” – hand silkscreened covers, tour and mail order item
LYKKI LI + EL PERRO DEL MAR After Laughter (Comes Tears) b/w At Your Best (You Are Love) LIMITED 7” – 2 unreleased covers
MAGNOLIA ELECTRIC CO. It’s Made Me Cry LIMITED 7” – 4 tracks
MC5 Kick Out the Jams b/w Motor City is Burning LIMITED 7” – original replica picture sleeve, 1st time available since 1969
METRIC Help I’m Alive b/w Help I’m a B-Side LIMITED 7” – picture disc, 1st single from new album + exclusive b-side
MY MORNING JACKET Celebración De La Ciudad Natal Live CD/LP
NEW ORDER Temptation b/w Hurt LIMITED 7” – mastered from original tapes, never before available in the U.S. as a 7”
FRANZ NICOLAY Major General CD – keyboardist inThe Hold Steady
OBITS I Can’t Lose b/w Military Madness LIMITED 7” – brand new tracks
PAVEMENT Live in Germany 12” – an entire unreleased album from 1998, all tracks exclusive to this release
ELVIS PERKINS Lorraine, Lookout b/w I’ll Be Arriving LIMITED 7” – 1 previously unreleased track
RADIOHEAD Drill, Creep, My Iron Lung, High & Dry, Fake Plastic Trees, Just, Street Spirit (Fade Out), Paranoid Android, Karma Police,
No Surprises, Pyramid Song, 2+2=5 vinyl singles
ARTHUR RUSSELL Love is Overtaking Me LIMITED 2LP – 21 demos and home recordings of unreleased songs
SILVERSUN PICKUPS LIMITED Pikul 12” – pre-Carnavas ep, exclusive vinyl release
SMITHS The Headmaster Ritual b/w Oscillate Way LIMITED 7” – mastered from original tapes, never before available in the U.S. as a 7”
SONIC YOUTH + JAY REATARD No Garage b/w Hang Them All LIMITED 7” – both tracks exclusive
SONIC YOUTH + BECK Pay No Mind b/w Green Light LIMITED 7” – covers of each others’ songs, both tracks exclusive
CHARLES SPEARIN (Broken Social Scene) 12” – 8 tracks, raised embossed jacket
REGINA SPEKTOR Begin to Hope LP
BRUCE SPRINGSTEEN What Love Can Do b/w A Night With the Jersey Devil LIMITED 7” – exclusive b-side, 3×5 photo included
STOOGES 1969 b/w Real Cool Time LIMITED 7” – original replica picture sleeve
TALKING HEADS Talking Heads: 77 LP
THERMALS + THAO LIMITED 7” – 4 unreleased tracks
THESE ARMS ARE SNAKES + RUSSIAN CIRCLES LIMITED 12” – clear vinyl, unreleased tracks, reissue of Euro Tour Release
VETIVER Wishing Well b/w Pay No Mind LIMITED 7” – 2 previously unreleased tracks
TOM WAITS LIMITED Live From the Glitter & Dome Tour 7” – live tracks from Atlanta and Edinburgh
WHISKEYTOWN San Antone b/w The Great Divide LIMITED 7” – 2 previously unreleased tracks recorded in 1996
WILCO Ashes of American Flags DVD – exclusive to indie stores for the 1st 10 days, downloads of all songs, + more
YEAH YEAH YEAHS It’s Blitz LP
NEIL YOUNG Sugar Mountain – Live at Canterbury House 1968, 200 gram, 2LP
VARIOUS THRILL JOCKEY Records Toreism LIMITED LP +2 zines – Tortoise, Mountains, Trans Am, Double Dagger, White Hills
VARIOUS This LP Crashes Hard Drives Label Comp LIMITED LP – plus catalogs, postcards, a magazine, CD samplers, stickers, etc.

Head over to the Music Saves website for all the latest!

The Waynes and Pat

Kurt Triptow, Laurie Hallal, Derek Poindexter, Matt Sobolewski and Pat ‘the Producer’ Johnson

Lili

This 3 song effort is honey on your ears and includes the award winning video for ‘I Saw You’ co-written with longtime Disengage member Sean Bilovecky. I highly recommend this for anyone that loves understated piano noodlings with unique vocals. You can also check out the entire progression leading from her move to New York all the way to this EP on video diaries available at her website www.liliroquelin.com where you can also pick up this worthy EP.

Lil and Pat in the Komplex

Lili stopped by the Komplex on a recent visit from New York to play some tunes on her forthcoming EP

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Pat