New Cleveland Music: Big Hoke, The Shootouts, Truss and More
by Annie Nickoloff | Jun. 3, 2025 | 9:00 AM

Courtesy Robby Klein, Courtesy Truss, Courtesy Louis Kole, Courtesy Shelly Duncan, Courtesy The Dark Room Co., Courtesy Angelica Martinez
This summer, refresh your playlist with some selections from Northeast Ohio’s music scene. There's no shortage of new releases from artists of all genres — and we capture a sampling of it in our 30-track Cleveland Current playlist every month.
Tune in. You’ll hear:
- The Battle’s atmospheric rock EP Movements: Part One
- Big Hoke’s edgy blues-rock single from a forthcoming album
- DJ $crilla’s polished, funky album The Impact
- Jesse Jukebox’s upbeat, kid-friendly Jesse Jukebox Sells Out album
- Atlanta and Cleveland rapper Mondo Slade’s smooth flow on his Encyclopedia Slade album
- Mourning [A] BLKstar’s experimental soul album Flowers For The Living
- Nolan Cavano’s twangy A Couple Country Clovers album
- The Shootouts’ Rust Belt Americana sound on the band's Switchback album
- Theron Brown’s jazzy soundtrack to a stage production of The Remember Balloons
- Truss’s hard-hitting rock EP Numb
… and more.
Listen below:
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Annie Nickoloff
Annie Nickoloff is the senior editor of Cleveland Magazine. She has written for a variety of publications, including The Plain Dealer, Alternative Press Magazine, Belt Magazine, USA Today and Paste Magazine. She hosts a weekly indie radio show called Sunny Day on WRUW FM 91.1 Cleveland and enjoys frequenting Cleveland's music venues, hiking trails and pinball arcades.
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