We told you earlier this summer that French rockers Phoenix would be bringing their fall tour to our very own Marathon Music Works on Oct. 4. Amazingly, you can still buy tickets to the show, which is downright intimate by Phoenix standards, but we don’t expect them to last. Still need some convincing? Wonder where Phoenix have been for the past four…
Yuengling and Lightning 100 team up for another impressive Nashville Sunday Night over at 3rd & Lindsley this week. Matthew Houck (dba Phosphorescent) is bringing his emotively raw songwriting and beautiful composition to Music City, and, throw in The Lonely Wild, for a night of music awesome enough to justify going out on a…
Saturday at The Basement was an evening of single releases. We previewed that event for you guys last week, and were blown away by Saturday’s crowd. What made it even more special than getting new singles from three of Nashville’s best pop groups? Dancing. People were dancing! Wow… you just don’t see that very…
Emotive Canadian indie rockers, the Arcade Fire will release some new music today under the moniker The Reflektors. Pitchfork broke the news this morning (including a photo from our very own Grimeys Twitter account), announcing the release of a 12-inch vinyl of original Arcade Fire material. It is likely that this 12-inch will contain a…
Italian multi-instrumentalist Mauro Remiddi (dba Porcelain Raft) is coming to The Basement tonight, and we’ve been brimming with excitement all weekend for this Monday night treat. We last caught Porcelain Raft as the opener for Yuck! in 2011, and they stole the show. If you like atmospheric, dreamy pop music from an incredibly talented…
Review by Jared Godar. Photos by Shawn Jackson. Labor Day weekend was time to pack up the tent and head east to Cookeville for a few nights of camping and music. Several of my friends have been going to the Muddy Roots Music Festival for years, but this was my first pilgrimage. We made camp…
Banner designed by Holley Maher, H. Maher Creative It already feels like fall over here, and the touring schedules are starting to pick up around town. Single releases, album releases, benefits with free beer, and a few blockbuster national acts are just a few of the decisions that you will have to make this…
LIVE ON THE GREEN w/ Robert Randolph & The Family Band, St. Paul & The Broken Bones, Joe Robinson Public Square Park; Nashville, TN August 29, 2013 Review by Jared Godar. Photos by Shawn Jackson. We’re now two-thirds of the way through Live on the Green season. As we approach the final two weeks, with Local Natives then Moon Taxi headlining,…
by Olivia Fay Nashville’s Astrochimps‘ new, self-titled EP is up on Soundcloud for free download! The Brit pop rock-influenced record is a tight composition of bubbly keyboards, jazz percussion, a strong bass backbone and guitar melodies that tie everything together in a pretty Union Jack bow. There are strong instrumental influences from The Beatles and…
Some of our favorite local acts are releasing new music for us this weekend. Surf popsters *repeat repeat, worldly indie pop band El El, and synth pop group Ponychase have caused a lot of chatter over here during the past few months, and they are teaming up to throw a killer show at The Basement…