Power Outage at Cedar Point Leaves Riders Stuck on Millennium Force’s Gigantic Hill
“Holymotherfuckingshit, holymotherfuckingshit, holymotherfuckingshit.” In news that should make everyone who has ever been afraid to ride a roller coaster feel better, a small power outage at Cedar Point left a group of passengers stuck on the Millennium Force. And not just anywhere on the Millennium Force, on the hill, the big friggin’ record-setting hill. Who’s…
Tom Petty Concert Is Postponed
“One of us is sick” Tom Petty and the Heartbreakers’ show at Blossom Music Center tonight has been postponed. Word is that it’s due to an illness in the band. We suspect it has something to do with guitarist Mike Campbell’s dehydration problems in St. Louis the other night. No new date has been rescheduled…
Thomas Crum, Pedophile Ex-Priest, Booted From Church
Outta my house Lo, the clouds parted, the weather stilled, and divine justice strucketh in Warren. Today, the Tribune Chronicle has a story on the Vatican’s decision to defrock a local man of the cloth accused of sexual abuse. According to the paper, Pope Benedict XVI himself has booted Thomas Crum from the clergy, the…
St. Louis to Throw Secret Concert With Scarce Tickets to get 2012 Democratic Convention
I want to crash the Democratic Convention. Does anyone know where it is? As the competition heats up between Cleveland, Minneapolis, Charlotte and St. Louis to host the 2012 Democratic Convention, St. Louis has decided to step up its game. And how does the city that calls itself the “Gateway to the West” go about…
This Just In: Concert Announcements
That one dude in Dr. Dog has a cool-looking juice box Back in Black (AC/DC tribute): Fri., Sept. 10. House of Blues. Cedric Burnside/Lightnin’ Malcolm: Fri., Aug. 13, 9 p.m., Tavern, $10. Fat Fish Blue. Circa Survive: Tue., Aug. 17, 7:30 p.m., $16. Musica. The Civil Wars/Madi Diaz: Thu., Aug. 26, 8 p.m., $9. Musica.…
Matt Underwood Calls a She a He
Via Deadspin, here’s Matt Underwood very clearly misidentifying this admittedly androgynous looking fan as a man last night in Minnesota.
It’s Good to Be Lou Groza
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Cleveland’s New Group Plan Commission to Review Work of Old Group Plan Commission, Possibily Authorize Another Commission
Frank Jackson ponders his favorite commissions. NEW COMMISSION ALERT! Hold on to your wallets: Another costly downtown development plan is on the table, and once again our wizened leaders have determined: 1) haste is essential, and2) don’t worry where the money comes from. In early June, Cleveland Mayor Frank Jackson announced he was convening a…
Harvey Pekar, Man of Mirth, Remembered
Mirth, thy name is Harvey. Since the death of Harvey Pekar July 12, tributes to the Cleveland writer have poured in from all over the country, most of them highlighting how his often morose work embodied the dilemmas of the average working stiff’s life in a down-on-its-heels town like Cleveland. Pekar wrote occasional jazz reviews…
Morning Brew: Fattest Woman to Give Birth Getting Fatter, Cleveland Teacher Behaving Badly, Kasich’s First Commercial, and Dan Gilbert’s LeBron Lessons
Her website has pictures of her in bra and panties. You know you want to see them. Good morning, Cleveland. Here’s some stuff to read while you reconsider that doughnut you were going to have for breakfast. — A 600-pound woman already has the record for being the heaviest person ever to give birth. As…
The Aftermath of Bobbing for Hamburgers Exactly As Ketchup-y As You’d Imagine
The winner of the bobbing for hamburgers contest at the 5th annual National Hamburger Festival in Akron this weekend. (Image via @flee2thecleve.)
New stats show East side shouldering housing pain
No one really expected otherwise, but Northeast Ohio hasn’t cleared the foreclosure crisis yet, as new data indicates. The Plain Dealer has a story this morning on a round-up of mid-year stats complied by the data-mongers over at Case’s Center on Urban Poverty and Development, and the news ain’t pretty: there’s been a 12 percent…
Watch Out, Some Place in Illinois: The Juggalos Are Coming
Word cannot begin to do justice to the 17-minute infomercial for the 11th annual Gathering of the Juggalos, the annual three-day bash for the Insane Clown Posse, friends, and family. According to the clip, it’ll be held August 12-15 in Cave In Rock Ferry, Illinois, with “fresh and exciting shit to do all around the…
Columbus too obese for ambulance stretchers
Really, Columbus, two ice cream cones? This kind of news story is always amusing at first, then kind of unsettling . . . Apparently, according to the Columbus Dispatch, some residents in that city are so overweight they’re too much for paramedics to handle, literally. The Columbus Division of Fire has armed up over the…
Morning Brew: RIP Lou Brown, Preventing Bridge Suicides, Hugo Boss, and a Tucker Dumps a Dead Body
She’s actually talking specifically about Jhonny Peralta. Good morning, Cleveland. Here’s some stuff to read while you pop in that DVD of Major League. — James Gammon, who played cantankerous and wise skipper Lou Brown in Major League, has passed away. Here’s our favorite Lou Brown quote from the movie: Charlie Donovan: How would you…
Introducing Our New Facebook and Twitter
We here at the Cleveland Scene music section have a shiny new Facebook account. Please be our friend. You can find us at Cleveland Scene Music. And while you’re at it, we got us a new Twitter for you to follow. You can find that at @clescenemusic. Please like, follow, and pass along. Thank you.…
The ‘Witness’ Car is For Sale on Craigslist, $23,000 and It’s Yours
Everyone is burning their LeBron James gear, and those that aren’t burning it are trying to unload it. Take Austin Briggs — a.k.a. A Gully — the Kent rapper/marketer/mediawhore whose Witness car became quite the sensation during the last two year. First it was black, then it was white, then it was for pleasedontleave23.com complete…
Police get a new toy to read your license plate
Look out, Cage. Remember that Nick Cage/Angelina Jolie flick Gone in 60 Seconds? It’s the one where Cage works his best thespian chops as a master car thief, jimmying open all sorts of delectable luxury autos before shooting off on wild car chases with the five-o, a sultry Jolie sitting shotgun. Yup, made all the…
Cleveland Has Lost at Least 78,000 Production Jobs Since 2000
We could have gone with a unicorn flying through a rainbow, but this picture seems more appropriate. Sometimes you need to hear the numbers to make a point hit home. Take the perilous state of employment in Ohio: We all know it sucks, we don’t need to be reminded that is sucks, but when a…
Your LeBron James Pendant eBay Roundup
The LeBron James pendant story gets crazier and crazier by the day. If you don’t know the whole story, here’s the short version: Woman buys LeBron pendant for $5 at garage sale. Turns out the trinket is made of real diamonds and is worth $10,000. She puts it up for sale on eBay. Then, Maverick…
“We Are LeBron” Video Pulled After Threats From Lawyers
This is technically old news but it’s new to me: the “We Are LeBron” video is gone from the internets. Not that anyone will truly miss it, especially after The Decision. And the very fact it’s been gone for a little while now and no one has really noticed means people aren’t looking for it,…
The ‘Witness’ Car is For Sale on Craigslist, $23,000 and It’s Yours
Everyone is burning their LeBron James gear, and those that aren’t burning it are trying to unload it. Take Austin Briggs — a.k.a. A Gully — the Kent rapper/marketer/mediawhore whose Witness car became quite the sensation during the last two year. First it was black, then it was white, then it was for pleasedontleave23.com complete…
Jimmy Dimora, Uncut and Unfiltered
Cuyahoga County Commissioner and noted fan of corndogs Jimmy Dimora went off on another one of his trademarked tirades this week. At a meeting to review an audit of the county’s finances, Jimmy took a moment (or seven minutes) to let everyone know this has been, is, and will continue to be all about him.…
Morning Brew: Bowling Alley Funeral, LeBron Pendant Update, Unemployment, and RTA in the Warehouse District
Maverick Carter would like his expensive necklace back. Good morning, Cleveland. Here’s some stuff to read while you turn the air conditioner up to 11, or something like that. — That LeBron James pendant that’s been in the news? Well, there’s another update. The woman who bought it for $5 at a garage sale and…
Karen Novak Benefit Tonight
Novak Photographer Karen Novak was a tireless documenter of Cleveland’s booming ’90e underground/club rock scene, amassing photos of countless bands coming through venues like the Euclid Tavern and the Grog Shop. Last month, her house in North Collinwood’s Waterloo District burned down, and though she was able to salvage a few things, including some of…
Concert Review: Wolf Parade at the Beachland Ballroom
Just by looking at them, would you guess these guys are in a band? I’ve never climbed a mountain, but I imagine it would be something like a Wolf Parade show. When you’re making your way up the steep incline, you meet various topography along the way. On your way up, you reach flat planes,…
Ear to the Ground: Cleveland
If you put your ear to the sidewalk, you can hear all these bands LimeWire Store, Cleveland Scene and the wonderful TV Land show “Hot in Cleveland” are teaming up to present Ear to the Ground: Cleveland, a digital sampler of 19 up-and-coming indie bands from right here in Cleveland, put together by our very…
Will Lady Gaga’s Next Hit Rhyme “Karma” and “Parma”?
“Must … hold … back … wall …” Before her concert at the Q last night, Lady Gaga wrote a song. A couple hours before showtime, she tweeted: “Emerging from studio coma. Voted no visit to RockNRoll Hall of Fame, rather write a hit that puts me in it.” During the show, she told the…
The Tale of the Perfect ‘The Price is Right’ Bid
That’s feigned surprise, in case you were curious. A story about The Price is Right is a story about Drew Carey and thusly a story about Cleveland. Even if we didnt’ have that tenuous connection to Northeast Ohio, we’d still point you in the direction of this piece from Esquire. Chris Jones tells the tale…
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M.I.A. Makes a Mess of Letterman’s Stage
M.I.A.’s new album, Maya (which came out on Tuesday), has divided fans. Some people like the abrasive sounds made by one of our most significant artists (then again, those fans would probably follow her anywhere). Others can’t stand it (then again, those are the people who probably picked up Kala after “Paper Planes” became a…
Cleveland Clinic is Really Sweet, Says U.S. News and World Report
Yeah, I’m the fourth best hospital in the country, no big deal As we all know, Cleveland gets ragged on quite often by the national media. Worst winter city in the U.S., continuous jokes about our flammable river, and now with LeBron leaving, the jokes continue to fly. But there is something our city has…
Ohio the Subject of NBC’s Feature on Poor People in America
Poor people hamming it up for the camera. When NBC wanted to document the poor and struggling in America in the wake of the “Great Recession” and the achingly arduous lives they lead, they packed up their cameras and went to Ohio. Ann Curry and associates recently spent nine months in Southeast Ohio, where jobs,…
Morning Brew: Clevelander Cashes in at World Series of Poker, Woman Finds LeBron Treasure, Immigrants Welcomed, and a Card Game Gone Bad
The green skin should have tipped the other players off that something was fishy. Good morning, Cleveland. Here’s some stuff to read while you try to convince your wife to use $10,000 on an entrance fee to the World Series of Poker instead of fixing the roof or saving the money for your kid’s college…
Megadeth’s Dave Mustaine Wrote a Book, and He’s Signing It in Cleveland
Maybe Mustaine’s book will explain that smarmy grin Megadeth frontman Dave Mustaine will sign copies of his upcoming autobiography, Mustaine: A Heavy Metal Memoir on August 18 at Joseph-Beth Booksellers from 12:30 to 2:30 p.m. The book recounts Mustaine’s life as an early member of Metallica to party fiend to acclaimed guitarist to born-again Christian.…
Surely This Will 1) Convince LeBron to Come Back, and 2) Help This Guy Sell His House
There’s a lovely neighborhood on Amberwood Court in Broadview Hts. — manicured lawns, neatly kept shrubs, beautiful brick homes that are the embodiment of all that is safe and suburban and decent. Then there is this sign in front of a house on the corner of Amberwood and Akins Rd. Lovely, tasteful, understated, wouldn’t you…
Concert Review: Real Estate/Kurt Vile/Cloud Nothings at Beachland
New Jersey’s Real Estate, in their element When the reverb gets cranked up on the guitars, you know you’re about to experience some serious business. Everyone who was at the Beachland Tavern last night can attest to this. Cleveland solo-act-gone-live-band Cloud Nothings opened the three-artist bill and played a set of their signature low-fi pop.…
Don’t Worry Cavs Fans, LeBron Will Be On Miami Heat in NBA Jam
Boomshockafuckkkkkkkkkkk A couple of months back, as this whole free agent mess started to tilt into first gear, I asked Chris Littmann over at First Cuts whether the new NBA Jam game that will be released later this year would reflect updated NBA rosters. My main concern: I didn’t want LeBron on the Cavs in…
Painesville’s Party in the Park
Devon Allman of Honeytribe becoming one with his guitar Painesville may be small, but they are about to host a pretty big festival. For three days Painesvile will host Party in the Park, a free music festival that features more than 40 acts on three different stages. There will be local acts from around Cleveland,…
A Picture of the Monkey That Climbed a Pole in Medina Yesterday
There’s the monkey. Happy now? Surely you read about the pet monkey that escaped from his owner’s truck — a truck that was carrying animal carcasses from a meat processing plant — after a crash yesterday morning in Medina. Right? (If not, read our account here.) The most famous pet monkey in the world at…
Vatican Extends Final Decision on St. Patrick’s Until Nov. 30
The Vatican has until Nov. 30 to make its final decision With the closing of many of Cleveland’s Catholic churches now in full effect, many parishioners have been asking for an appeal. One group of activists will be receiving their wish…sort of. News Channel 5 reports that the Vatican’s “Congregation for the Clergy,” the group…
Ohio State Wins 2011 National Championship According to NCAA Football Sim
In the future, the Ohio State Buckeyes go 13-0, win the Big Ten, then take down Alabama in the National Championship Game 36-24. Here’s the rest of the conference winners from ESPN: # ACC: Florida State (13-1) # ACC (Atlantic): Florida State (13-1) # ACC (Coastal): Georgia Tech (11-3) # Big Ten: Ohio State (13-0)…
The Future of Harvey Pekar’s Unpublished Works
Harvey Pekar was always thinking and writing and working, so everyone knew there was large stockpile of unpublished Pekar work out there. How many graphic novels was he working on? What about “The Pekar Project”? MTV caught up with Jeff Newelt, the editor of “The Pekar Project,” and Newelt sheds some light on when we…
The Five Best Burgers in Cleveland
We want to make love to you, Mr. Hamburger. This weekend Akron will host the 5th annual National Hamburger Festival, a delicious celebration of that most American of American foods. Hungry, hungry revelers will bathe in a smorgasbord of red, ground, succulent beef topped with anything and everything you can imagine. Who has the best…
Alternative Press Turns 25
Apparently, none of the “Super Sweet 16” kids wanted $30,000 paintings at their parties Cleveland’s own Alternative Press opened up shop 25 years ago as a four-page fold-over punk rock fanzine. Since then, it has expanded with a significant upgrade in production value, international distribution and a number of other branding techniques. So, the people…
Even Iron Maiden Have Something to Say About LeBron
Iron Maiden know what fans hate. Yes, LeBron is on the list It seems everybody has something to say about LeBron’s Decision (is that copyrighted, by the way?). Even old, pasty English guys fronting old, pasty metal bands. Iron Maiden’s Bruce Dickinson brought up the former King at his band’s concert Monday at Madison Square…
People on Mail Carrier’s Route Can’t Stop Endangering Themselves
Wait, I have to save someone else? I quit There is something about the Nesmith Lake area in Akron. Whether it’s diving into a lake before remembering you have no idea how to swim or passing out in the back of a pickup truck, residents there seem to be in extreme danger quite frequently. The…
Great Lakes Brewing the Bitterness In LeBron’s Wake
Umm… Where do we put the ring? After the reprehensible, much-maligned and even more discussed “Decision,” many Clevelanders have been left feeling rather bitter. And undoubtedly, more than a few people on the North Shore have tried to drown their sorrows. So one championship squad in Cleveland is determined to show its love for the…
Morning Brew: 100 Years of Air Shows, Indestructible Pooch, Another Hospital Shooting, and the First Guy Fired by George Steinbrenner
An early air show. Too exciting. Good morning, Cleveland. Here’s some stuff to read while you fast in preparation for that National Hamburger Festival this weekend. — Another shooting at a Cleveland-area hospital. This time a guy drove himself to Hillcrest then pulled out a gun and shot himself twice. Upside: He saved the taxpayers…
A Lesson in Comic Sans
My 14-year-old niece disagrees. The font normally reserved for 14-year-old girls’ gossip emails and chain letter forwards from your mother got a new celebrity endorsement last week when Cavs’ owner Dan Gilbert fired off an open letter to the NBA world using Comic Sans. Naturally, Gilbert took some heat for his font choice. I’ve exchanged…
Vince Russo, Frank Russo’s Son, Nabbed in Corruption Probe
So the dominoes begin to fall. This morning the Plain Dealer alerts us to the recent indictment of Vince Russo, the 31-year-old son of Cuyahoga County Auditor Frank Russo. His crime? Trying to grease the wheels with a pair of TVs. As just about everybody knows by now, the Feds have been gunning hard for…
CD Review: M.I.A
Big beats, big personality, and big statements define M.I.A. She’s never been one for subtleties, and on her third album she’s brasher than ever. Sound effects are loaded on top of almost all of Maya’s 16 tracks — from electric screwdrivers and typing keyboard to crying babies and barking dogs. But at times, the noise…
CD Review: Sun Kill Moon
Mark Kozelek is straight out of a Nick Hornby book. The Sun Kil Moon frontman (who used to lead the equally enigmatic Red House Painters) inspires deeply personal connections with his listeners. Here, he muses wearily about his travels and daily life, all set to one of the loneliest tones in indieville. Through it all,…
CD Review: Tracy Bonham
It’s been 14 years since Tracy Bonham scored a hit with the angsty “Mother Mother” and five since her last album. On her fourth LP, she’s all grown up, setting aside her anxieties and settling into a languid record about falling in love and getting in touch with nature. And with such leisurely themes guiding…
The Tao of Goo
>WHEN JOHNNY RZEZNIK began writing the new Goo Goo Dolls album, he wasn’t working from a blueprint. He just knew that he wanted Something for the Rest of Us to address some of the discontent and anxieties that have gripped the planet since the economic downturn. “I’m not the kind of writer that’s going to…
Steady Eddie
IRON MAIDEN’S MUSIC IS beloved by generations of headbangers. In 2010, don’t be surprised if you find yourself sitting between a 17-year-old kid and a 47-year-old vet at one of their shows. But if you ask fans how they first came to the band, chances are pretty good that most of them will tell you…
Around Cleveland’s Art Galleries
JOE AYALA: MMIV-MMX Joe Ayala doesn’t mess around when it comes to subject matter: Rather than split intellectual hairs, he goes for the big and time-honored themes: history, beauty, humor, and death. Without a solo show here in five years, Ayala has been busy lately as one of the organizers of Wall Eye Gallery. This…
AMERICAN BOY
IF YOU’VE EVER BEEN TO A Tom Petty concert, you know that the parking lot is Party Central. Drinking there before the show is half the fun. You also know that leaving the lot after the concert is one of the most excruciating experiences known to man. We’re here to get you ready for the…
Bites: Crop on the Move
Since opening three years ago, Crop Bistro (1400 W. 6th St., 216-696-CROP, cropbistro.com) has operated out of a space on W. Sixth Street that was, for all intents and purposes, an extension of Johnny’s Downtown. Launched in the former home of Johnny’s Bistro, Crop acquired one of the most attractive dining rooms in town. This…
Hear Music, Hear it Live, Hear it This Week
It’s probably just an unfortunate coincidence that New Jersey surf-poppers Real Estate released their self-titled debut album in the same month that Jersey Shore premiered on MTV last fall. Then again, a melodic, introspective work of art and a mind-numbing reality TV show, both from the Garden State, may not be as diametrically opposed as…
Neoclassical Revival
Mel Rose, the Taverne of Richfield and the old Coliseum will forever be linked by an ill-fated love triangle that ultimately resulted in the death of all three. For nearly 20 years, Rose operated the historic restaurant that feasted on the business spilling out from his high-profile neighbor. But when the Cavaliers split town and…
Derailed
IMAGINE GETTING ON A TRAIN in Cleveland and arriving in Columbus for a meeting — relaxed, rested, and prepped for your presentation. Or your football game, or your night on the town. No more staring through the windshield at long, dreary stretches of I-71 in Richland and Morrow County. That’s already a reality for travelers…
Goldberg’s Way
The California transplant was seen by some as a golden ray for a paper with a cloudy future. The newsroom had just been dealt major cuts. Its website looked like an afterthought, circulation was dropping, and morale had been ebbing for years. Unlike her predecessor, Doug Clifton, a stern Vietnam veteran and New York native…
What’s On Stage This Week?
The Foreigner — Brit Charlie Baker arrives at a supposedly rundown fishing lodge in rural Georgia all depressed because his wife, who has been indulging in a constant series of affairs with any man available, is now suffering from a terminal illness. He really doesn’t want to speak to anyone while he’s at this rathole…
Messin’ With Your Head
Christopher Nolan has already directed one of the all-time greatest movie mindfucks, 2000’s Memento. Prepare for more WTFs? on Friday when his latest film, Inception, opens. Leonardo DiCaprio plays a corporate-sponsored thief who enters people’s dreams to steal valuable info from their subconscious. Not only can he pry around inside their minds, he and his…
We Get Letters
SATAN LIVES Satan has not come to Ohio — he has been here for a long time, flourishing within the factory farms where innocent animals suffer every day [“Having a Cow,” June 16, 2010]. The Wiles pig farm and the Conklin dairy farm are not just isolated cases of animal abuse; if they were, there…
Wizard of Blahs
LAST SUMMER’S SUPER-AGENT guinea-pig adventure G-Force was an OK convergence between the mighty Disney studio and attention-deficit-action-movie producer Jerry Bruckheimer. This summer’s Disney blockbuster, The Sorcerer’s Apprentice, is another Bruckheimer collaboration, but it’s not nearly as fun. Conceived to make your eyeballs feel like they’re bouncing through a pinball machine for 90 minutes, The Sorcerer’s…
Inception Is One of the Year’s Best Movies
Inception (PG-13) Christopher Nolan has already directed one unquestionable mind-fuck masterpiece: 2000’s Memento. He can now add a second to his résumé. Inception goes so deep, so often, you’ll want to watch it again immediately just to see if all the pieces add up. Even if they don’t (but I bet they do), it’s a…
At the Arthouse
Still Bill Pop music is filled with assholes: Axl Rose. Kid Rock. Those guys in 3OH!3. Bill Withers is not like any of them. The humble singer-songwriter was 32 years old when his first single, “Ain’t No Sunshine,” became a hit. By the end of the ’70s, he reached the Top 10 three more times,…
Harry Bacharach, Rick Ray Band, and More
Makin’ the Scene Singer-songwriter Harry Bacharach recently quit his day job at On the Rise Bakery to devote himself to his musical career fulltime. He now plays around town six nights a week. His biggest show of the summer happens at 7 p.m. Tuesday at Cain Park’s Alma Theatre, where he’ll perform with the Mojo…
Film Capsules
The A-Team (PG-13) — Like the ’80s TV series it’s based on, The A-Team is incredibly simple-minded. The saving grace of both show and movie is the four likable main characters: Hannibal Smith (Liam Neeson), B.A. Baracus (Quinton “Rampage” Jackson), “Face” (Bradley Cooper), and Mad Dog Murdock (Sharlto Copley). Copley (District 9’s Wikus) and Neeson…
Get Out: Pez Dispensers, Hamburger Festival, Taste of Tremont and More
WEDNESDAY, JULY 14 The Rock Hall’s Summer in the City The Rock and Roll Hall of Fame has been hosting summertime concerts on its plaza for years. Sometimes they’ve been heavy on local acts, while other years they’ve featured big-name stars. This year’s four-concert series showcases bands that appeal to multiple indie-rock factions. The Carolina…
Stay In!
TOP PICK Family Guy Volume 8 (Twentieth Century Fox) There are some hilarious lines in this three-DVD box, which includes 15 eps from the show’s latest season. The greatest of them star Stewie (who dresses like a girl to snag a role in a play) and Brian (who runs over another dog while driving drunk).…
Girl Gone Tame
BITCH, FISHWIFE, SCOLD, battle axe — it seems there’s never a failure of imagination when it comes to coining words for females of a somewhat ill humor. Meanwhile, men with similarly unpleasant attitudes tend to be described as aggressive, focused, or not suffering fools gladly. Hey, they’re all potential assholes, and one of the most…
CD Review: School of Seven Bells
When School of Seven Bells formed three years ago as a side project for Secret Machines guitarist Ben Curtis, the idea was to focus on lyrics, with the music as a secondary feature. But the trio’s 2008 debut, Alpinisms, was a triumph of electro dream-pop, an ethereal wash of sound punctuated by occasional guitars and…
