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Charles Bradley, Exit/In, Tonight In Nashville
Do you miss the soulful singing of Marvin Gaye, Al Green, or Bill Withers? Yeah, Me too. What about all those soulful horns of the 60s, do you miss those? Yup, me too… Get out to relive some of that tonight with the modern day “screaming eagle of soul”, Mr Charles Bradley tonight at…
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Fly Golden Eagle wins the final Road To Bonnaroo competition!
Congrats to Fly Golden Eagle who rose above during the final Road To Bonnaroo competition last night. According to the vote counters, it was a very close call last between all eight bands, but Fly Golden Eagle was able to squeak it out. After supporting Alabama Shakes on a recent mini-tour, they are now…
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Stream Jack White’s ‘Blunderbuss’ in Full
One week before the release of Jack White’s first solo record Blunderbuss, the now-Nashvillian is streaming the record in it’s entirety over at iTunes (and, if that doesn’t work just click on your iTunes store and you will see it). So, go ahead and wear out iTunes before you wear out that record next…
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Umbrella Tree Record Release and a free gig at Grimey’s tonight
Have you heard about Umbrella Tree? They tossed me a copy of their new record (actually mp3), and it has been rolling around the record player (actually iPod) for a few weeks now. As a music blogger, I typically listen to about 30 seconds of a record, and move on if it doesn’t grab…
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Bringing Coachella to Your Computer
I’m not sure if you noticed last weekend, but Coachella is streaming pretty much their entire festival through YouTube. You can sort through the full lineup over here, and you can watch the entire 2 hour Radiohead set below. That should get you ready for Bonnaroo… [youtube_sc http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=OZEb0ZQKaMY&w=560&h=315]
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The Final Road To Bonnaroo, Mercy Lounge, Tonight In Nashville
It’s the final night for you to send a band to Bonnaroo. By Lightning won the first round, and the Wild Cub locked down the second competition. So, let’s take a look at who will be vying for the title tonight. If you don’t remember the details, lemme refresh your memory. Each band gets…
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Kevin Costner and The Modern West, Exit/In, Tonight in Nashville… C’mon, Cream!
Ok, I usually don’t feel the need to write up a rebuttal to anything anyone else in town has to say, but I have to do that regarding Nashville Cream’s diss to Kevin Costner and The Modern West. Sure, it’s contemporary country, and I’m not really into that stuff. And, regardless of our love…
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Enter To Win Free Tickets to Morning Teleportation, Sol Cat, & Schools, The High Watt, Tonight In Nashville
It’s another Friday night in Nashville, and I have just the thing for you to celebrate the Predators winning game two in the Stanley Cup Playoff. Carry your drunk and reveling ass over to The High Watt to check out Morning Teleportation, Sol Cat, & Schools. WE ARE EVEN GIVING AWAY A PAIR OF…
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Get to know: Honey Locust
I just got an advance of an EP from Nashville based folk outfit Honey Locust, and I listened to it three times in a row. That NEVER happens. I don’t know much about them, but I know they sound like Andrew Bird covering Beirut with the lead singer Alexander from Edward Sharpe at the…
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Massive Attack & Scarlett Johanson team up on Gershwin’s “Summertime” for a Soundtrack
It’s Massive Attack, It’s Scarlett Johanson… And, It’s right after Arcade Fire blew up the blogosphere with their soundtrack contributions for The Hunger Games. I don’t know what this Days Of Grace movie is all about (I don’t really know what The Hunger Games are about for that matter), but I do know that…