My good buddy RW lives in Cleveland and he will be telling us about shows that he sees and other observations from his job at the Beachland.
That is all I am going to put out as an introduction because I hope my faithful readers that don't already know RW will get to know him and the Cleveland music scene through his writing.
Thursday 21 November 2013 at the Beachland
Saw Mono. For some reason they didn't do it for me tonight.
I've always liked their approach to songs: quiet beginnings that lead to
cacophonous walls of sound.
But tonight the quiet beginnings struck me as
precious. They didn't grab me, and I found myself twiddling my fingers, waiting
for the feedback.
I remain a fan.
The surprise of the evening was Mick Turner, who opened. I
wasn't familiar with him at all. In fact, I thought I'd missed the opening act
completely. I thought the older guy on stage was sound-checking Mono's
instruments.
He was doing the one-man band act, creating drum rhythms,
loops, all with a lyrical and sometimes blistering guitar over the top. It was engaging
and beautiful. I think I saw a member of Mono watching admiringly from behind
the sound booth.
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