New Music For July 27th and Beyond

Pop

The Script - "Nothing"



Rihanna - "Cheers (Drink To Death)"



Alexandra Stan - "Mr. Saxobeat"



Country

Sonia Leigh - "My Name Is Money"



Justin Moore - "Bait A Hook"



Hali Hicks - "Last Night Of Spring"



Rock

Bush - "The Sound Of Winter"



Nine Left Dead - "Put Your Guns Down"



Middle Class Rut - "Busy Bein' Born"

Cool Concerts During a Hot Week

Monday 7/25

Hinder, with My Darkest Days
House of Blues, 7:30 PM

Tuesday 7/26

Britney Spears, with Nicki Minaj
Quicken Loans Arena, 7 PM

Pat Benatar, with Robin Stone
House of Blues, 8:30 PM

The Decemberists
Jacobs Pavilion at Nautica, 8 PM

El Ten Eleven, with Tera Melos, The Globes
Beachland Ballroom, 9 PM

Frightened Rabbit, with Bad Veins
Grog Shop, 8 PM

Wednesday 7/27

New Kids On The Block, with Backstreet Boys
Quicken Loans Arena, 7:30 PM

Poison, with Warrant
Jacobs Pavilion at Nautica, 8 PM

"All Stars Tour"
Agora Theatre

Johnny Winter
Beachland Ballroom, 9 PM

The Swellers, with Fake Problems, Daytrader
Musica (Akron), 7 PM

Obscura
Peabody's, 7 PM

Anvil
Grog Shop, 8 PM

Thursday 7/28

Flogging Molly, with Clutch
Jacobs Pavilion at Nautica, 6:30 PM

Carbon leaf, with The Giving Tree Band
The Kent Stage, 8 PM

Mean Tangerine
Musica, 7 PM

Gentleman Hall
House of Blues - Cambridge Room, 7:30 PM

Friday 7/29

Cold, with Volbeat
House of Blues, 7:30 PM

Bucktown Kickback
The Winchester, 9 PM

Impending Doom
Peabody's, 6:30 PM

Los Straightjackets, with Hi Risers
Beachland Ballroom, 8:30 PM

The Dear Hunter
Grog Shop, 6 PM

Saturday 7/30

Taylor Swift, with Needtobreathe, Hunter Hayes
Quicken Loans Arena, 7:30

Puddle Of Mudd, with Rev Theory
House of Blues, 8 PM

Chris Robinson Brotherhood, with Band Of Heathens
Beachland Ballroom, 8:30 PM

Sunday 7/31

Steve Earle, with Allison Moorer
The Kent Stage, 7:30 PM

The Downtown Fiction, with Action Item, The Summer Set
Musica, 7 PM

Phantogram, The Glitch Mob, Com Truise
Grog Shop, 8 PM

Music/Entertainment Rundown

It's been a hot one this week, ladies and germs. I'll cool you off with some of this week's music headlines.

It wouldn't be Friday without Rebecca Black, right? RIGHT?

Bette Midler accuses Lady Gaga of plagiarism. Lay off her, Bette. She was born this way.

Katy Perry has been nominated for nine MTV VMA awards. This just in, the VMAs are newsworthy?

What songs make you cry?

Rihanna is doing her best Ke$ha impersonation.

Happy 64th birthday to Don Henley. Let's hang a little "Dirty Laundry."

J-Lo and Marc Anthony split this week. How the universe hasn't crashed down upon us is one of life's biggest mysteries.

Ja Rule to live it up in jail for the next 28 months.

Weird Al disappointed over lagging album sales. Is Coolio returning his calls yet?

Avril Lavigne has a pizza named after her. I wonder if the pizza is overrated and has no substance, as well.

Guilty Pleasure Song of the Week

Willa Ford - "I Wanna Be Bad"

Willa has since hung up her microphone, and apparently her clothes, as she has taken it off for Playboy and two movies. I can safely say I prefer her post-music career, but that's just me.

Hump Day Tunes

Uh oh, it's Wednesday again. That must mean it's time for some new music suggestions.

Pop

Kelly Rowland - "Motivation" (ft. Lil' Wayne) (NSFW)

I wonder if the writing process for Kelly here was a Dilemma.



Demi Lovato - "Skyscraper"



Ke$ha - "Shots on the Hood of My Car"

Ke$ha will do shots on the hood of a car...and in a bar...and in a home...and in a church vestibule...



Country

Marlee Scott - "Beautiful Maybe"



Jason Cassidy - "Honky Tonk Heaven"



Kristin Chenoweth - "I Want Somebody"



Rock

Red Hot Chili Peppers - "The Adventures Of Rain Dance Maggie"



Staind - "Not Again"



Blink-182 - "Up All Night"

Summer Shows

Monday 7/18

Interpol, with The Soft Moon
House of Blues, 8 PM

Truckfighters, with Valley Of The Sun, Venomin James, Forged In Flame
Grog Shop, 8 PM

Tuesday 7/19

Jimmy Buffett
Blossom Music Center, 8 PM

Stone Temple Pilots, with Rose Hill Drive
Classic Park (Eastlake), 6:30 PM

Buckcherry, with Duff McKagan's Loaded, Taddy Porter
House of Blues, 7:30 PM

Jesse Malin & The St. Marks Social, with The Biters
Beachland Ballroom, 8:30 PM

Dala
Evans Amphitheatre (Cleveland Heights), 8 PM

Wednesday 7/20

Vans Warped Tour
Blossom Music Center, 12 PM

Thomas Dybdahl
Grog Shop, 8 PM

Thursday 7/21

Keith Urban, with Jake Owen
Quicken Loans Arena, 7:30

Koji, with Jeff Pianki
Musica (Akron), 8 PM

The Life And Times
Grog Shop, 8 PM

Friday 7/22

Lil' Wayne, with Rick Ross, Keri Hilson, Far East Movement, Lloyd
Blossom Music Center, 7 PM

"Blues Caravan", with Samantha Fish, Dani Wilde, Cassie Taylor
The Winchester (Lakewood), 9 PM

Broccoli Samurai
Beachland Ballroom, 9 PM

Saturday 7/23

Taking Back Sunday, with Thursday
House of Blues, 7 PM

Southside Johnny & The Asbury Jukes
The Kent Stage (Kent), 8 PM

Rockapella
Evans Amphitheatre, 8 PM

Kenny Zimlinghaus
The Winchester, 9 PM

Torche, with Big Business, Helms Alee
Grog Shop, 8 PM

Sunday 7/24

"Closer To My Dreams Tour", with Tyga, Mindless Behavior, Diggy Simmons, Lil Twist, Jawan Harris, Trevante
House of Blues, 7 PM

Callers, with Nat Baldwin
Beachland Ballroom, 8:30 PM

Gotta Gotta Gotta...

...Get down, as Murray Saul once said.

Once again, it is Friday. Time for some headlines and the like.

The Top 23 Fake Bands of All-Time. Apparently, Spinal Tap was a real band?

Bush plans to make a comeback. I thought there was a two term limit?

Again, Morrissey, please reunite with Johnny Marr. You have officially lost your mind.

Dave Grohl calls out an audience member, and promptly tosses him out of the concert. (NSFW-ish language)

Oh, good, I was afraid I was the only one.

Joe Satriani celebrates his 55th birthday today. Here's a little "Satch Boogie".

A different take on country music. Do you agree, or is the article a little biased?

And Nick Oliveri wonders why he is banned from Queens Of The Stone Age?

How is Lynne Spears, 56, in better shape than her pop star daughter?

The most overused songs in movies. Can they throw in "Don't Bring Me Down" by ELO, as it was used in the horrible new Adam Sandler movie?

Guilty Pleasure Song of the Week

Deadeye Dick - "New Age Girl"

Truthfully, this may be one of the worst songs ever created. However, because I'm an enormous Dumb and Dumber fan, I will not change this song when it appears on my iTunes.

Sorry This Is A Day Late...

Time for some new music suggestions. Got a good crop this week, I tell you.

Pop

Beyonce - "Best Thing I Never Had"



Selena Gomez & The Scene - "Love You Like A Love Song"



Andy Grammer - "Keep Your Head Up"



Country

Taylor Swift - "Sparks Fly"



Craig Morgan - "This Ole Boy"



Blake Shelton - "God Gave Me You"



Rock

Incubus - "Promises, Promises"



Falling In Reverse - "The Drug in Me is You"



The Nightwatchman - "It Begins Tonight"

This Week's Show Schedule

Monday 7/11

Gang Gang Dance
Grog Shop, 8 PM

Tuesday 7/12

Aaron Lewis, with Alexa Carter
House of Blues, 8 PM

Wednesday 7/13

Ambrosia
The Winchester, 8 PM

Lizzy Borden, with Shok Paris
Peabody's, 7 PM

Mary Chapin Carpenter
The Kent Stage, 8 PM

Thursday 7/14

Insane Clown Posse
Peabody's, 7 PM

Kurt Vile & The Violators
Grog Shop, 8 PM

Lubriphonic
Beachland Ballroom, 9 PM

Friday 7/15

Toby Keith, with Eric Church, JT Hodges
Blossom Music Center, 7 PM

Insane Clown Posse
Peabody's, 7 PM

"7 Bridges" - The Ultimate Eagles Experience, with Blue Lunch
Rockin' on the River

Free Energy
Beachland Ballroom, 9 PM

Iain Matthews
The Winchester, 8:30 PM

Saturday 7/16

Lucinda Williams, with Amos Lee
Jacobs Pavilion at Nautica, 8 PM

The Flip Side
The Winchester, 8 PM

Sunday 7/17

Tech N9ne
Agora Theatre, 7 PM

Roger Clyne & The Peacemakers, with Sons Of Bill
Beachland Ballroom, 8:30 PM

Easy Like Friday Morning

Oh, look, it's Friday again.

Yes, I would like to know what celebrities are saying about the Casey Anthony verdict. Ugh.

Hanson is allowing their fans to choose the set list for their upcoming tour. The setlist will be "MMMBop", "MMMBop", "MMMBop", and will have an encore medley of "MMMBop".

Jamie Cook, guitarist for the Arctic Monkeys, celebrates a birthday today. Here is "I Bet You Look Good on the Dance Floor".

Justin Timberlake's mother once caught him making whoopee. With the amount of women he's been with, the odds of that happening are pretty good.

Muse wants to record an album in space. Didn't Zager & Evans try to do that?

Maybe Lenny Kravitz was right that rock n' roll is dead.

Bow Wow is troubled that his daughter lives so far away, and I am troubled over his poor grammar.

Ben Folds recruits fifteen thousand people to sing for him.

Milli planning a comeback without Vanilli. Or is it other way around?

Hey, Katy Perry, about your hair...

Guilty Pleasure Song of the Week

Monica - "Angel of Mine"

New Road Trippin' Tunes

I am heading out to Cedar Point today, and I was looking to put some new tunes onto my iPod Touch.

Then it dawned on me. "Dummy, you write a music blog! How about taking your own advice?!"

So here are some songs that I'll be listening to as I make the drive to Sandusky, Ohio.

Pop

Javier Colon - "Stitch by Stitch"



Katy Perry - "Last Friday Night (T.G.I.F)"



Mann - "The Mack" (ft. Snoop Dogg and Iyaz)

Being a huge fan of "Return of the Mack" by Mark Morrison, this song makes me sad.



Country

Phil Vassar - Let's Get Together



Justin Haigh - "All My Best Friends (Are Behind Bars)"

If all your friends are behind bars, then maybe it's time time find some new friends. Unless Justin means they're all bartenders, which may be a good thing!



Thompson Square - "I Got You"



Rock

Every Avenue - "No One But You"



3 Doors Down - "Every Time You Go"

My apologies for the poor quality. I could not find anything clearer. Sue me.



Seether - "Tonight"

Fourth of July Concert Calendar

Tuesday 7/05

Katy Perry, with Marina And The Diamonds, Skeet Skeet
Quicken Loans Arena, 7:30 PM

David Gray
Akron Civic Theater, 8 PM

Taj Weekes & Adowa
Beachland Ballroom, 8:30 PM

Wednesday 7/06

R. Kelly, with Keyshia Cole, Marsha Ambrosius
Wolstein Center, 7:30 PM

Urge Overkill
Grog Shop, 8 PM

Origin, with Hate Eternal
Peabody's, 6:30 PM

Thursday 7/07

Delicate Steve
Musica, 7:15 PM

Liturgy, with Dope Body
Grog Shop, 8 PM

Chris Webby, with Matrimony
Beachland Ballroom, 8:30 PM

Friday 7/08

Rascal Flatts, with Sara Evans
Blossom Music Center, 7 PM

New Found Glory, with Third Eye Blind
Clay's Park Resort, 6 PM

100 Monkeys, with The Kissing Club, The Bleeding Horse Express
House of Blues, 7 PM

"Almost Queen" - A Tribute to Queen, with Skinny Moo
Rockin' on the River

"Wounded Hand" - A Tribute to Stone Temple Pilots
The Winchester, 9 PM

Hawthorne Heights
Peabody's, 6:30 PM

Another Hero Dies, with Sleep City, Spies Like Us
Roc Bar, 8 PM

Saturday 7/09

Sade, with John Legend
Quicken Loans Arena, 8 PM

Three Days Grace, with My Darkest Days, Saving Abel
Clay's Park Resort, 5 PM

Caravan Of Thieves
The Winchester, 9 PM

Sunday 7/10

Wiz Khalifa
Jacobs Pavilion at Nautica, 3 PM

Blame Sally
Beachland Ballroom, 7 PM

Phenomenal Phriday

And so we begin a holiday weekend. I hope everyone will enjoy their three-day weekend, and if you have to work (like yours truly...all weekend long...), then I hope you can make it to Tuesday without blowing your fingers off with a firecracker.

Just a quick note, I will still post my concert calendar on Monday. I will not be taking the day off from you, my loyal blog-viewers.

Now I'm rambling. Here are the top stories from the week.

Michele Bachmann was denied usage of a song by multiple Grammy Award winning group Katrina & The Waves.

Danzig was forced to cancel their South American tour. Sadly, it's not because he plans on rejoining The Misfits.

This is the revised transcript of The Boss's eulogy to the Big Man.

Happy 48th birthday to Roddy Bottum, keyboardist of Faith No More. Here's "Midlife Crisis".

Vince Neil gets a lifetime achievement award. For what? Breathing heavily on stage? Not being able to hold a note since the '80s?

Hey, Morrissey, how about a Smiths reunion already???

Chuck Berry has a statue erected in his honor, presumably for being Goode.

Ooh, look at Lenny Kravitz. How avant-garde of him! What a rebel!

Dave Grohl and Krist Novoselic play "Smells Like Teen Spirit" for the first time in seventeen years. In those seventeen years, 72,000 musicians have tried and all have failed.

Justin Bieber says he will not 'limit himself' on his next album, and says he just wants to make music. Okay, so what has he been doing the past two years, then?

Guilty Pleasure Song of the Week

The All-American Rejects - "Gives You Hell"

I first saw The All-American Rejects back in 2003, and again in 2005. And both by complete accident (Warped Tour). Not saying they put on a bad show, mainly because the screams of teenage girls drowned out the music.