We’re long time fans of Magnolia Sons, and you’ve seen us talk about a number of singles that they’ve dropped, and you’ve probably seen them perform at various shows that we’ve put on around town including the SXSW Send Off, our Christmas Caroling show at The Stone Fox, or maybe you spent Cinco De…
Jason Isbell knows a sad song when he writes one, and God knows he knows how to do that. Once a member of the Southern rock band Drive-By Truckers, his career has blossomed since leaving them in 2007. In 2013, his album Southeastern was released to overwhelmingly positive critical review and promising sales, peaking at…
Heads up hip hop fans, there’s a new local outfit that you need to know about called Perceptive. Fronted by local rapper, Allen Wilkereson with beats by Mike Gicz, the project ranges through influences from David Wilcock to Three Six Mafia, and carries a mission statement to change the “perception” of one’s reality. Below…
A number of our team are heading north this weekend for Forecastle, but the rest of us are making our plans by scouring through a plethora of killer shows going on around town. We have the free two day Outlaw Roadshow that we have been telling you about for a couple of weeks, a…
We previously brought you Rayland Baxter’s first single “Yellow Eyes”, from his highly anticipated Imaginary Man album, which releases via ATO Records on August 14th, and he just drops another single, “Mr Rodriguez”, which you can stream below. The new single was inspired by legendary Detroit musician Sixto Rodriguez, and the poppy, laid back jaunt made us…
Brooklyn based experimental proggy math rockers Battles have announced a return to Music City with a date at Exit/In on October 17th. The enigmatic band is comprised of drummer John Stanier (of Helmet and Tomahawk), guitarist/keyboardist Ian Williams (of Don Caballero and Storm & Stress), and guitarist David Konopka (of Lynx). Together these guys culminate one…
Nashville based pop standouts Kopecky (formerly Kopecky Family Band) are currently touring in support of their most recent release Drug For The Modern Age, and just released a live video for their fantastically danceable track “Talk To Me”. You can check out the video below, and you can catch the band back in…
Minneapolis based 80’s throwback synth pop outfit On An On just released an awesome new video for their track “It’s Not Over” that features two lovers that will run through walls (and more) literally to not have to say goodbye. The track was just named a “video of the week” from Stereogum, and was…
Local virtuosos Steelism dropped their latest EP, The Drawing Room Volume 1, today, and it is rapidly climbing our best releases of 2015 (so far) list. The instrumental album expertly teeters between jammy rock and jazz interludes, but also fills a number of other niches that should make it immediately enjoyable for most any music…
Does the passing of the 4th of July holiday mean that summer is halfway over? Doesn’t it feel like just yesterday that we were battling through Icemaeggedon? Where does the time go? If you’re like us, a lot of it passes by with us in concert halls and clubs checking out the best that…