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Local indie label, and friends of the blog, Infinity Cat Recordings are up to their oooold tricks again, in the form of year two in their cassette series (read about a year one release here). Kicking of the second annual, limited edition cassette runs was Daddy Issues, who’ve been getting a lot of love…
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Big news for fans of funk, soul, and big band rock ‘n’ roll. The unparalleled Trombone Shorty and his behemoth backing band, Orleans Avenue, are returning to Music City to tear the roof of Marathon Music Works again. Just over a year ago (from show date) Mr. Shorty and his homies destroyed a set…
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Happyness, Michael Rault, & Butthole The End; Nashville, TN July 22, 2015 Words by Jacob Ryan (@GonzoWithGusto). Sometimes, it’s important to just trust your friends. So when my editor/compadre told me I needed to check out Michael Rault at The End, because he knows my tastes, I took his word for it. Throw in…
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Local multi-instrumentalist, singer songwriter Jas Patrick has a new EP, Inky Ovine, dropping September 25th, and we’ve been lucky enough to get an early listen. Let us assure you it’s wonderful; dancing between genres like jazz, blues, and even world music, while still staying true to it’s Americana/Rock core. Jas wrote, arranged, and produced…
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Future Thieves. Photo by Nolan Knight. Future Thieves, Pilot Rouge, Jake McMullen Acme Feed & Seed; Nashville, TN July 21, 2015 Words by Jacob Ryan (@GonzoWithGusto). Photos by Nolan Knight. We would like to continue to welcome all of you reading this out there in Music City and beyond to Acme Feed & Seed every Tuesday…
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Cult followed, psychedelic, garage rock shredder Ty Segall has reunited with his band Fuzz to release the power trio’s second record, a double disc at that, aptly entitled II, due out October 23rd (pre-order digitally here) on In The Red records. Seagall, a multi-instrumentalist best known for his solo body of work, where he destroyers listeners’…
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British indie rockers Happyness will be exploding ear drums tonight at The End with Canadian psych, pop rock ’n’ roller Michael Rault. This super tasty international bill is being brought to you for the one time, low, low price of just $8 (at the door), and you’d be hard pressed to find anything to…
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British blues/folk singing and songwriting crooner George Ezra is returning to Music City on Wednesday, Sept. 30, where he’ll be gracing the stage at The Ryman Auditorium for the second time this year. We told you all about his last Nashville visit, playing warm-up for Hozier (read this post) back in March, but now Mr. Ezra…
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Orlinda. Photo by Amber J. Davis. Orlinda, Willie and the Giant, Johnzo West Acme Feed & Seed; Nashville, TN July 14, 2015 Review by Jacob Ryan (@GonzoWithGusto). Photos by Amber J. Davis. We would like to continue to welcome all of you reading this out there in Music City and beyond to Acme Feed & Seed every…
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Friday just got even more bad ass for Wilco fans. Via their Facebook page, they announced a surprise new record today entitled Star Wars, which is reason enough to celebrate. The icing on the cake? You can currently download it for FREE at their site. Frontman Jeff Tweedy has been a busy man, releasing a…