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Dennis Kucinich’s brave talk about working and fighting — from the safety of the officer’s tent (10)
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Years after he gave up on rock music, Bob Mould plugs back in
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Boozing through St. Patrick’s Day with Bono, Van, and the Pogues
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Beer, BBQ, industry schmoozing: Rounding up SXSW 2008’s local delegates
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Summery pop bands brave Cleveland’s harsh weather and reputation
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Avril Lavigne has had a bitch of a year, but she hopes a new tour will bring back the fun
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Get country with Lawless at Brooklyn's Hall of Fame tonight
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Rover explains Morning Glory's move to WMMS
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R&B songstress Conya Doss to promote record on WVIZ’s Applause, at Borders and the Beachland
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Recent Articles By Andrew Clayman
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Seeing Stars: Another Montreal buzz band claims the world for Canada
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Summery pop bands brave Cleveland’s harsh weather and reputation
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Dälek
With Dub Trio and Russian Circles. Thursday, February 28, at the Grog Shop, Cleveland Heights.
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Say Hi
Monday, February 25, at the Beachland Tavern.
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The Raveonettes
Lust Lust Lust (Vice)
National Features
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Village Voice
A Long Way Wrong?
Another celebrated memoir threatens to blow into a million little pieces.
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LA Weekly
Hoop Dawg
Billionaire Donald T. Sterling owns the L.A. Clippers and loves the ladies. And those are just two of his problems.
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The Pitch
Children of the Porn
Elvin Boone's sex-shop empire crumbles as his offspring feud.
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Westword
The Good Soldier
When the Army tried to take down Andrew Pogany, they messed with the wrong coward.
By Joel Warner
Beach House
With Papercuts. Thursday, March 27, at the Grog Shop, Cleveland Heights.
By Andrew Clayman
Published: March 26, 2008
Subject(s): Mazzy Star, dream pop, Beach House
There's party music, and then there's music for the uninvited. Beach House's sad, dreamy ballads fall into the latter category. Hailing from Baltimore, the duo of Alex Scally (guitar and keyboards) and Victoria Legrand (vocals and keyboards) looks and sounds like castaways from the set of There Will Be Blood. The group's slow-motion melodies have a timelessness and Big Sky expanse that haven't been heard since the mid-'90s heyday of Mazzy Star. In fact, Beach House defies previously held logic by actually sounding a good degree more haunting than those brooders ever did. Scally's weepy slide guitar certainly plays a role. But the extra wrinkle comes courtesy of some spookily sweet dueling organs, which perfectly wrap around Legrand's dreary but confident beltings. Beach House takes on a somewhat more dramatic sound on its second album, Devotion. But it's still not party music — unless you're going to a séance at Doors organist Ray Manzarek's house, since dance moves are pretty much limited to a lonely sway or the occasional ghostly waltz.
