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Jeff Tweedy Announces Album with Son, Streams New Single Ahead of June 24 Ryman Show
Ahead of his June 24 show at The Ryman, Wilco frontman Jeff Tweedy has announced that his first-ever solo album will actually be a new project with his 18 year old son Spencer, simply called Tweedy. Their debut will be dubbed Sukierae, and has been tapped for a Sept. 16 release. Tweedy are on the road now, joined…
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Jack White Debuts at #1, Sets Vinyl Sales Record, Appears on ‘Conan’
While we were watching Nashville’s own Jack White absolutely rock Bonnaroo, the singer was busy setting a few impressive records. First, and unsurprisingly, his brand new album, Lazaretto, debuted at number one on the Billboard charts, selling 138,000 copies (all the more impressive when you consider that his debut, Blunderbuss, sold that same amount two years ago, and…
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Taking Back Sunday, Frank Iero to Play Cannery Ballroom Oct. 7
As you may or may not recall, last fall emo/post-hardcore outfit Taking Back Sunday were set to perform at Marathon Music Works, when frontman Adam Lazarra was forced to leave their tour to tend to a family emergency. Rather than cancel, the group opted to try something special: they brought in former Underoath (and…
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[TEASER PHOTOSET] We’re Back From Bonnaroo!
The 13th annual Bonnaroo Music and Arts Festival has ended, Manchester, TN has, overnight, turned back into a quiet farm town, and, while we count down the six or so months until we start speculating hard about the 2015 lineup, we have plenty of incredible memories (as well as some sunburn and muscle aches) from this…
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Bonnaroo Band of the Day: Main Stage Roundup, Part 8
Just like last year and the year before, we’re making it our mission to help you get acquainted with every single band on Bonnaroo‘s impressive 2014 lineup. We started from the bottom and have been working our way up, paying special attention to the smaller and lesser known acts on this year’s bill with daily, dedicated…
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Bonnaroo Club Stage Band of the Day: Meghan Tonjes
Bonnaroo Artist | Meghan Tonjes Bonnaroo History | Newbie Stage & Time | Sunday | New Music On Tap Lounge | 1:20pm Just like last year and the year before, we’re making it our mission to help you get acquainted with as many bands as we can from Bonnaroo‘s impressive 2014 lineup. In addition to main stage acts,…
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HalfNoise Premieres Music Video for “Mountain”
HalfNoise, the solo vehicle of Nashville-based ex-Paramore drummer Zac Farro, recently debuted a new single, “Mountain,” and accompanying music video. Filmed partially in New Zealand, where the singer spent seven months writing and recording his upcoming album, Volcano Crowe, the video was directed by Aaron Joseph, and boasts epic, sweeping landscapes and artistic performance shots. Farro…
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Wild Cub Covers Beyoncé for A.V. Club’s “Undercover”
If you’re not familiar with the A.V. Club’s “Undercover” series, you should check it out. Basically, the site makes a list of songs each year, and invites various bands to come in and pick one to cover, crossing them out as they go (forcing later bands to select from fewer choices). In their most recent…
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Jack White Premieres New Music Video, Appears on ‘Fallon’
Nashville transplant Jack White stopped by The Tonight Show Starring Jimmy Fallon last night to chat Lazaretto, his sophomore album, which hit stores today (stream it at the bottom of the page). The former White Stripe appeared on the program just a few weeks ago, along with Neil Young, to demonstrate Third Man Records’ Voice-O-Graph booth and promote Young’s…
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Bonnaroo Band of the Day: Main Stage Roundup, Part 7
Just like last year and the year before, we’re making it our mission to help you get acquainted with every single band on Bonnaroo‘s impressive 2014 lineup. We started from the bottom and have been working our way up, paying special attention to the smaller and lesser known acts on this year’s bill with daily,…