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Limp Bizkit Summer Tour Canceled: D’oh, Yo!

Published May 19, 2010 at 11:57 a.m.

Limp Bizkit’s summer tour has been canceled — or, technically, postponed until fall — for now, though no new dates are available, and refunds are available at the point of purchase ... This includes the July 5 stop at Cleveland’s Time Warner Cable Amphitheater, which had Method Man and Redman scheduled as the opening act. (Check out above for a collaboration of all three in the Urban Assault Vehicle Remix of Limp’s “Rollin’,” a stone-cold hip-hop classic. Seriously.) ... Limp

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Wednesday Ticket Giveaway: Diane Birch

Published May 19, 2010 at 7:30 a.m.

We have five pairs of tickets to Diane Birch's show at the Grog Shop on June 26 ... Want a pair? All you have to do is send your name, e-mail address and phone number to freetickets@clevescene.com with the subject "Diane Birch." ... We'll pick a winner at noon on June 26 ... You can listen to "Valentino," one of the highlights from Birch's debut album, here: ...

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What to Do Tonight: Metric

Published May 19, 2010 at 7:00 a.m.
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See Emily play ... Metric sound edgier today than they did back in 2003, when singer and bandleader Emily Haines fiercely urged fans to “fight off the lethargy” in “Combat Baby.” The band has always popped out of the speakers with its stuttered percussion and growling riffs. But their fourth album, Fantasies , purrs with maniacal energy that’s as danceable as ever. The guitar line in “Sick Muse” looks back to classic Depeche Mode and adds some swagger to the mix, and, true to its

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YEATS REIMAGINED

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Published May 19, 2010 at 3:00 a.m.

An Irish folk hero stands tall in CPT's Open Mind Firmament ... by Christine Howey ... Asked to describe an apple, most of us would come up with "red" and "round." Ask a poet like William Butler Yeats the same question and he'd respond with something completely different. For poets, the truth is fractured, complex, and lies beyond the commonplace. This is why Open Mind Firmament, an Evening of W.B. Yeats at Cleveland Public Theatre can be stunning, confounding, and revealing — often at the

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Shell Shock

Published May 19, 2010 at 3:00 a.m.

Slowly but surely, Trampled by Turtles find their audience ... by Chris Drabick ... Minnesota's Trampled by Turtles play traditional music in a nontraditional way. Since the band moved from side project to full-time gig in 2003, its five records have split the difference between revved-up bluegrass and Townes Van Zandt-style ballads. The recently released Palomino debuted at No. 1 on Billboard's bluegrass chart. But the Turtles made their bones onstage, where the five members are the

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Playback

Published May 19, 2010 at 3:00 a.m.

The Black Keys Brothers (Nonesuch) Singer-guitarist Dan Auerbach and drummer Patrick Carney aren't brothers, but they might as well be. The Akron duo has been together since they were in their teens, and they work together like tuned-in siblings: The Black Keys finished their sixth album in a mere nine days at Muscle Shoals' famous studio. A visceral rawness radiates throughout Brothers, giving the album an attitude that reaches back to their basics — distorted guitars, pounding beats, blurry

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Still Going Steady

Published May 19, 2010 at 3:00 a.m.

The Buzzcocks revisit their classic albums with new reissues and a tour ... by Brian Baker ... Punk fans are well aware of the Buzzcocks' significance. Have been for years — ever since the band released its monumental singles collection, Singles Going Steady, in 1979. But unlike fellow punk icons the Ramones, Sex Pistols, and the Clash, they're not Rock and Roll Hall of Fame famous. Though they're getting there. "We played a festival in California in February, and it was quite a shock because

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Stay In!

Published May 19, 2010 at 3:00 a.m.

The Jayhawks lead this week's picks ... by Michael Gallucci ... CD The Jayhawks (Lost Highway) The alt-country pioneers' 1986 debut (which fans refer to as "The Bunkhouse Album") doesn't sound much like their classic Hollywood Town Hall. But the ancestors they quote — particularly the Flying Burrito Brothers — and the foundations they lay here became the cornerstones of their quarter-century career. It's finally on CD, so you can throw away your turntable. DVD Avatar (Twentieth Century Fox)

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The White Stuff

Published May 19, 2010 at 3:00 a.m.

Former Janglers frontman returns with a new album and local show ... by Jeff Niesel ... From 1987 to 1993, the Janglers were a staple on the local alt-country scene. But after they broke up, frontman Jason White needed a change of scenery. So he and guitarist Jack Silverman moved to Nashville and recorded some demos at Bradley's Barn, the studio run by legendary country producer Owen Bradley. "It just seemed like a good move at the time," says White. "It was either move to Nashville or move to

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Hopelessly Eroded

Published May 19, 2010 at 3:00 a.m.

Grease slides into mediocrity at Playhouse Square ... by Christine Howey ... So it's come to this? A live production of an insanely popular musical needs an actor from the company to come out before the curtain rises to warm up the crowd, like it's a Wheel of Fortune taping? As they say on SNL: Really?! The show is Grease at PlayhouseSquare, and it features well-known, bulletproof material — musical and otherwise — written by Jim Jacobs and Warren Casey. Fortunately, most of the cast can

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