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Radiohead fills in tour after Coachella announcement… still an opening for Bonnaroo
With the announcement of the Coachella lineup yesterday, we can start to better predict the Bonnaroo headliners. Radiohead filled in their tour schedule today after the Coachella announcement, and they still have an opening around Bonnaroo. But, I started thinking… if you headline one massive festival (Coachella), can you still headline another massive festival…
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Get to Know: The Amboys
Lots of times you can peg where a band is from by their sound. When I first heard The Amboys, I thought… How have I not heard this Nashville band before? Alas, they threw me a curveball, they are from New Jersey. The Amboys are a band to keep your eye on. It is…
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Coachella releases their 2012 line up
We’ve been talking a lot about Bonnaroo headliner rumors here, so it might be a good gauge to see what Coachella did. Here’s the fresh off the press line up for you. What do you think? Would you spend three days baking in the desert for this lineup?
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The Black Keys announce more tour dates… still no Nashville
The Black Keys have announced the second leg of their North American tour, and there is still no Nashville date. The closest stop in this second leg is St. Louis. You can check here for ticket information if you want to road trip it. You can get pre-sale tickets with username “elcamino” and password…
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Hatch Show Preview: The Civil Wars at The Ryman
Based on our site stats, people like to see previews of Hatch Show Prints, so we’ll repost this little sneak peek that The Ryman tweeted a couple of days ago for (the very sold out) The Civil Wars show on Thursday January 12th. It’s pretty cool, but looks like it will be bitch to…
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Paste names Diamond Rugs “Artist of the Week”
It looks like I wasn’t the only music blogger to check out Diamond Rugs debut show in Atlanta last week. Paste Magazine met with the band members for a memorable interview before the show. You can check that out over at Paste. You can also see McCauley’s face-drawing DIY video for “Christmas In A…
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First News and Tracks of 2012
I have 63 tabs open in 3 different browsers, and my computer… is… officially… crawling. So, here’s another installment of news and notes. Actually, right before I hit publish, I decided that I should change the name to News and Tracks. What’s that? You don’t like that title? Well, opinionated one, you are free…
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The Anal Beatles destroyed (literally) The Basement last night
It was almost a joke for the packed house at The Basement last night. We had a last minute announcement about the “supergroup” called The Anal Beatles with members from Mumford and Sons, Old Crow Medicine Show, Apache Relay, and Matthew and The Atlas. It was billed as a “PunkAmeriAcapellaCana”, and I think most…
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Van Halen to play Bridgestone Arena on April 27th
Van Halen is getting back together for another record, and another tour of some good, fun, screamy vocal, driving guitar, arena rock. I have a very distinct memory of being 13 years old and LOVING Van Halen. I had tickets to the Nashville date for the OU812 tour, and distinctly remember my parents and…
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Ovvio Arte’s “Bleed The Ballroom”, Round 3, Tonight in Nashville
It’s 2012, and we have another installment in the Ovvio Arte parties called “Bleed The Ballroom”. These have to be some of the hippest parties going on in Nashville right now. Round 1 and Round 2 of these shindigs were a roaring success, and featured some of Nashville’s hottest rock acts. Round 3 tonight…