Today is the final round (or "Final Exam", as they like to say) of the Cleveland High School Rockoff at the Cleveland House of Blues (previously mentioned here). While The Distractions unfortunately didn't make it to the finals, the band formerly known as Dr. Salt, now The Modern Electric, will be there representing my hometown and alma mater. Normally a four member group, the band will be performing as a two-piece - Garrett Komyati on guitar and regular bassist Matt Childers on drums - since the other members are no longer in high school and are thus ineligible. In the semi-final round they played a few original songs, plus an acoustic cover of Slade's "Come on Feel the Noise", and received some of the most positive reviews of any band in the tournament. The finals will be webcast live at Cleveland.com (direct link), with The Modern Electric set as the 2nd group to perform, around 3:20pm.
In other Rockoff news, The Distractions have posted a live recording (from last week's semi-finals) of their song "4th Time's a Charm" on their Myspace.
Dr. Salt/The Modern Electric - "Untitled" (mp3)
A clip from their semi-final set is about 3/4 of the way through this video.
From the Vault: Willoughby South Drumline - "2000 Cadence" (mp3 @ zShare)
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