It’s Tuesday, Cleveland, and you should have recovered from a fairly exciting weekend filled with great shows by now. Which could only mean one thing: time to start the week off right with more breathtaking shows. First up on your concert calendar this week should be Exitmusic at the Beachland Tavern tonight. Tickets are $8, doors at 8:30PM, and local support will be Cereal Banter and The Buffalo Ryders.
Exitmusic is the kind of band that is going to play to your emotions, and if you don’t keep yourself in check, you may find yourself overwhelmed. The New York City duo wants you to feel that intensely; they are purposefully confrontational about facing your feelings.
The goal of their music is to remind themselves, alongside the audience, of their humanity and embrace vulnerability.
Don’t take that the wrong way—this band is more therapeutic and freeing than anything else. Through the hazy, gritty vocals of Aleksa Palladino they will break you open with their lush orchestrations, exposing something soft beneath that hard exterior that binds you. Maybe you’ll cry, but you won’t be alone. I’ll be there, too, and I fully embrace being moved to tears by a band. Be sure to grab a copy of their newest album, Passage, while you’re out.
Supporting band, The Buffalo Ryders, calls Akron their home and have been together since 2010. They will provide a haunted rock sound that is less ethereal than Exitmusic, but gloriously embracing a classic rock sound with straightforward guitar, drums, and vocals that whine ten-cents off pitch, but sit comfortably in the ear anyhow.
Additional support, Cereal Banter, is an experimental duo out of Cleveland that juxtaposes electronic against drums. The band is big around the Youngstown area, and gaining speed up here, too. They’ll be releasing their next LP, Sunblur, in November.
Grab $8 and meet us at the Beachland Tavern. You won’t regret it!
