It seems like every week we get word of another record release show or two from northeast Ohio bands of every variety — jazz, blues, punk, jam, hip hop, neo-soul, garage, punkabilly, noise, folk, indie-style, Americana, singer-songwriter, bluegrass, and straightahead rock.
We’ve been tracking them throughout the year, and we’re posting the list we’ve assembled below. Let us know if you spot any omissions and we will add them. They should be at least EPs; we’d go crazy trying to track down every single. However, this list does contain a mix of CDs and vinyl, with more and more bands opting for the latter.
We’re not going to even attempt a “top ten local releases” list because the offerings are so diverse, and a top ten for one person might not interest another. And with an exceptionally strong group of bands now out on the local scene, dozens of these releases are worth someone’s listen. And many of them would make great Christmas presents for a musically adventurous friend if you’re into shopping local.
Along Came a Spider IF WE WERE NORMAL MEN
Amprays BRAND NEW STRANGE
Apres Vous YOUTH’S BRUISE
Autumn of Aeons FESTIVAL OF THE FLESH
Baird, Avin CHASING THE MUSE
Bankhurst, Dan AT FIRST SIGHT
Bethesda THE REUNION
Black, Cletus VOODOO SHADOW
Black and Broke HOT JAMS FOR THE PEOPLE TO DANCE TO
Blaka Watra CHURCH OF INSOMNIA
Broccoli Samurai YOU HAD TO BE THERE
Brown, Rachel & the Beatnik Playboys JUST LOOK MY WAY
Burning River Ramblers TO COLOR A FOOL
Carrick, Anna EP
Cereal Banter SUNBLUR
Cereal Banter STIES OF PIGS FLYING WITH FLOWERS, FIELDS OF GREEN WATERED BY SHOWERS
Commonwealth, the URBAN SOUL
Dark Arena ODE TO THE ANCIENTS
Eternal Legacy SEEKING NO PEACE
Exploding Lies A SLOW DEATH
Farther Shore, The ORANGUTANS
Gavin the Third GAVIN THE THIRD EP
Gill, Jim BLUE
Goodmorning Valentine HEY WASHINGTON
Goodnight Tonight WATCH THE RAIN
Green, Alan THE ALAN GREENE BAND
Harvey Pekar UPWARD, NOT NORTHWARD
Hey Monea! CHEAP SOUVENIRS
Hill, Josh Band THE JOSH HILL BAND
Honeybucket HONEYBUCKET
Hey Mavis HONEY MAN
Hey Monea CHEAP SOUVENIRS
Holt, Dan RESONATOR
Impending Lies UNTIL THE LIGHTS BURN OUT
Inglish, Steev LIVE & KICKIN’
Jones, Nate EP
Kaminski, Jason ODD, PECULIAR BRAIN
Kidney Brothers COAL TATTOO
Kocher, Brandon & Fireside Symphony
Koslen, Jonah STRUM
Kourakina, Polina WANDERLUST
Krypton Monkeys CRUSH
L.A. Project ANTHONY LOVANO — INSPIRATIONS & THE L.A. PROJECT
Light Years I WON’T HOLD THIS AGAINST YOU
Loehrke, Scott & the Ticket SCOTT LEOHRKE & THE TICKET
Machine Gun Kelly BLACK FLAG
McKeivier, James STARRY SKIES OF HOME
Meridian AGING TRUTHS
Midnight Syndicate MONSTERS OF LEGEND
Miraldi, Dan DEVIL AT OUR HEELS
Mosbrook, Charlie SOMETHING TO BELIEVE
Muamin Collective SO BLUE IT’S BLACK
Murderedman LOVE IN DANGER
Natives, The BRING DOWN BABYLON
Night Sweats NEW SOUNDS
Nights WHISPER
Nomads NOMADS
Ohio City Singers A TOWN CALLED CHRISTMAS
Platter, Thor LOOKING FOR SUNSHINE
Pout POUT
Powers, Jeff JUKE JOINT JAM
Primal Rhythm PRIMAL RHYTHM 3
Promise Hero DEJA VU
Rachel & the Beatnik Playboys JUST LOOK MY WAY
Ride CURTAIN CALL
Royal Vasa EP
Rustbelt Sons EP
Sancat SUPERNATURAL
Seafair PAINTINGS
Seafair PHOTOGRAPHS
Shitbox Jimmy DELIVERANCE
Signals Midwest LIGHT ON THE LAKE
Skitzki, Matthew DO WHAT YOU’RE GOOD AT
Smoke Noises SMOKE NOISES
So Long, Albatross SO LONG, ALBATROSS
Speedbumps, the THE HARBORS WE SEEK
Sputnik RISING
Stanley, Michael THE RIDE
Stereo Workers Union GET DOWN WITH THE WAY DOWN
Stoned & Beautiful STONED & BEAUTIFUL
Strange Familiar, the SURRENDER
These Knees THE YOUNG & THE BRIGHT
Trumpet Genesis TRUMPET GENESIS
Two Hand Fools TWO HAND FOOLS
Vanity Crash YOURS, JUSTICE
Various CELLAR DOOR RENDEZVOUS IV
Welshly Arms WELCOME
Whiskey Daredevils WHISKEY DAREDEVILS III
Winslow LEFT OF THE RIGHT DIRECTION
Yosemight YOSEMIGHT
Zach & Friends PROVENANCE
Zach & the Bright Lights THE ANTIDOTE
Zora METAMORPHOSIS
One Response to “2013 Brought a Bumper Crop of Local Record Releases”
Lisa Parsons
Really should include Armstrong Bearcats “Stronger than Ever”. Featuring local guitar legend Butch Armstrong, Mike Barrick (also part of Bad Boys of Blues) and Billy Coakley. Three of the most skilled musicians in Cleveland.