The National Association of Music Merchants (NAMM) have descended upon Nashville for their summer trade show. They are showcasing the cool, innovative, future of music technology. You know the musicians are going to be paying attention, and I know a lot of musicians of all abilities read this blog. Unfortunately, the full event isn’t…
You remember us going all batty about the Old Crow Medicine Show at The Grand Ole Opry last weekend? Well, we’ve been checking out some interesting tweets this week from Grimey’s about a “kind of” secret show going on in town. If you head down to the store on South 8th, and preorder the…
I guess getting a big label (Warner Brothers) on your side can get you more publicity. After the rousing success of their 2011 LP We Are The Champions, the Nashville party rockers are now streaming their new record Hypnotic Nights on NPR in the wake of their official release next week. Long gone are…
Well, you’ll have to sign up and pay for it, but here is the release from Third Man Records. It might be worth it for you to shell out on this one! —————- Deciding to pull out all the stops for Vault package #13, Third Man Records has dug deep into the archive and…
If you are a fan of Band Of Horses, then you must be over the moon with news that they finally have a date to release their follow up to Infinite Arms. You can listen (or watch) the first track below. Tour dates are sure to come along soon, but I doubt they will…
We get a lot of submissions over here, and try my hardest to listen to as many as I can. And then, of course, I spend a lot of time trying to find some new music to share (or just dig on personally). So, it was pretty great to finally spend some time this…
We’ve already talked about Lightning 100’s Live On The Green that is bound to swallow a bunch of Thursday’s for you this fall. In even more Lightning 100 news, the owner, Lester Turner Jr., magically penned (and recorded) a vow to put Nashville’s independent music first. This in the wake of the news that…
If you like live music, then you obviously like free live music too. Lightning 100 had quite a bit of news yesterday, and more of that to come in a follow up post. But, the highlight was their stellar Live On The Green lineup announcement. We have a couple of more spots to fill,…
Pitchfork got the scoop on Nashville’s party rock duo Jeff The Brotherhood’s official video for the (very fitting for this ridiculous weather) new song “Sixpack” from their upcoming Dan Auerbach produced LP Hypnotic Nights (due out July 17th, cover art below). The video was directed by Elise Tyler and Michael Carter, and takes us…