Jason Bracelin, Author at Cleveland Scene

Get Your Idols Here

Reality TV comes to ear-shattering life in an Akron bar.

Great music every day of the week — and they’re giving it away.

The Faint of Heart destroy Valentine’s Day with doo-wop.

Akron’s B.E. Mann tops the charts, pissing off the purists along the way.

First they dropped. Then they sank like stones.

New Found Power (Elektra)

All Revved Up (mattmug13@yahoo.com)

After a four-year break, the band that gave hardcore its heart is back.

Don’t let his looks fool you: Clay Aiken’s a simmering pot of trouble.

Featuring Nora, Keelhaul, Disengage, At Wit’s End, and others. Saturday, January 31, at Peabody’s and Pirate’s Cove.

Can’t Fight Your Way Up Town From Here (Clone Records)

Music of Ohio release party, with Sounder, Lives of the Saints, and Xela. Friday, January 23, at the Grog Shop.