Nashville’s rockcandy surf popsters, *repeat repeat, dropped a little Valentine in your earhole over the weekend. It’s a tease of their 2015 Record Store Day release featuring a cover of The Turtles’ “Elenore”. The single will be featured as part of a split 7″ with St. Louis indie rockers Sleepy Kitty. More details on *repeat repeat,…
Nashville rockers Luna Halo disbanded in 2012, but will reunite with a plethora of other local talents for the final show in the current incarnation of 12th & Porter on February 28th. The other acts on the bill include Newmatic, The Cavalry, Isaac Hayden, Lewis Brice, and more. The show will begin at 9:30pm, and info on tickets will be announced…
As of this morning, The East Room is still planning to host a solid rock show that should garner some consideration even on this cold and snowy winter eve. DC rockers Paperhaus are rolling through in support of their acclaimed self-titled debut. Local rockers, and blog faves, Tesla Rossa and Earl Burrows will round…
As we roll into Valentine’s Day weekend (groan all you want, fellas), there are a lot of artists and venues that are giving the love to YOU! This weekend is absolutely packed with events for couples or stags, men or women, young or old, there is a little something for everyone! Head below to…
Longtime Nashville music fans likely remember the good times, but also the ultimate demise of Vanderbilt’s student radio station, WRVU, in 2011. This blog started up mere months before the station was shut down, but, even in our short time in town, we fell in love with the free-form, truly independent station and their…
Umphrey’s McGee The Ryman Auditorium; Nashville, TN February 6, 2015 Review by Kevin Casler “An evening with Umphrey’s McGee” – such a pleasant way of saying you are going to receive a good old fashioned face melting. Who would have ever thought a “jam band” could sell out a Friday night show in Nashville, Tennessee,…
Banner by Plan Left Punxsutawney Phil thinks we have six more weeks of winter, but the heat of this weekend’s show calendar might beg to differ. We have a bevy of sold out shows that a lot of you lucky readers will be checking out, but, for those of you without golden tickets, fear not,…
We’ve been telling you about the impending return of the English explosion that is Alt-J since they first announced their Nashville return, and then we got an extra bump in our anticipation with the addition of Tycho to the April 6 bill at The Grand Ole Opry House. This one, amazingly, is not quite sold out yet. You can either go ahead…
Ding, ding, ding…. a toast, please. Would you believe that The Basement was one of the main catalysts of starting this blog? Upon my first visit to Nashville before deciding to officially relocate here, I obtained an obnoxious outfit (inspired by the many foolishly dressed folks from Steeplechase that were wandering the city) and…
It’s that time of year again. The time of year when bands lobby, beg, and plead for your vote to send them to Bonnaroo. The wildly successful (and fun) 8 off 8th variation of Battle Of The Bands, Road To Bonnaroo will retain the same format as last year. There will be ten bands in…