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Conveyor w/ Sol Cat, What Up, English, & Utah Moon, The High Watt, Tonight In Nashville
It’s been a minute since we checked in with Sol Cat, and what a better way than with a show announcement. Sol Cat is playing the High Watt tonight with a very interesting Brooklyn based band Conveyor. Sol Cat has been tempting the Nashville scene with their R&B tinged pop sounds that could make…
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Communion Nashville – August 2012 session on Thursday at The Basement
Lacking a solid have-too-see Monday night show in Nashville. I thought I would look ahead, and tell you about one of the best things I see on the calendar for this week. Communion was born in the Summer of 2006 at London’s Notting Hill Arts Club. Founded by Ben Lovett (Mumford and Sons), former…
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Passion Pit Reschedules & Crystal Castles w/ Health
After the debacle that left the blogosphere buzzing last week, Passion Pit has rescheduled their Nashville date at Marathon Music Works. The new date is September 17th. If you were holding tickets, those have been refunded, and you’ll have to grab another batch. Tickets go on sale next Friday (8/3), and you can grab…
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Ariel Pink’s “Baby”
I’ve been meaning to put this post up for a couple of months, but I never did it because I have the ability to totally ruin a song for you. It’s like when my Uncle Bruce told me about the reason he couldn’t listen to Led Zepplin’s “Kashmir” anymore. RUINED IT for me. I…
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Pre-sales today for Ben Folds & The Who
Lightning 100 has a couple of TODAY ONLY pre-sales going on. Ben Folds Five is coming to The Ryman on Monday, September 17th, and the password for those tickets is “FIVE”. The Who are also embarking on a worldwide tour, and have a date at Bridgestone on December 2nd. The password for that one…
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Ticket Giveaway: Guided By Voices at Marathon Music Works, Tomorrow Night!
This is one of the shows that I have been waiting with baited breath for all summer, and it’s finally here tomorrow. I mean, it’s freaking Guided By Voices, and the only time I’ve seen them was as a drunken college sophomore. I didn’t know who I was going to see, but I had…
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East Nashville Underground’s Summer Season Looks Stellar!
Remember us telling you about that East Nashville Underground Festival a few months ago? Well, it’s a new season, new bands, new beer, new crib…. same awesome! It’s unbelievable amounts of hard work that has given this house party a life of it’s own. They have left the sometimes cramped confines of the house…
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Listen to Spiritualized cover Junior Kimbrough’s “Sad Days, Lonely Nights”
Justin over at Aquarium Drunkard dropped this little nugget the other day, and reminded all of us that Junior Kimbrough covers are always great. Check out this fuzzy rock cover of “Sad Days Lonely Nights” by Spiritualized from the 2004 tribute compilation titled Sunday Nights – The Songs of Junior Kimbrough. I’m still waiting for…
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Jeff The Brotherhood Clocks In On The Download 15 and Talks Major Label Love with Spin
Jeff is continuing their major label publicity tour for the now week old Hypnotic Nights LP. They cruised in at a cool number four beating out the likes of Frank Ocean (is it OK that I just don’t get Frank Ocean?), Passion Pit, Tame Impala, Lana Del Rey, and more. You can see the…