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Mutemath Team Up with twenty one pilots for “TOPxMM” Live Video Sessions
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Following a huge run on the “Emotional Roadshow” tour earlier this year, breakout alt/indie/rap/electropop duo twenty one pilots recently tapped tourmates and pseudo-Nashville based group Mutemath to help reimagine five of their tunes for a live, video broadcast and subsequent EP they’re calling TOPxMM: The Mutemath Sessions. Available on YouTube, as a free download, and in audio form on major…
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The Music City Toppers Get Soulful With ‘Silent Night, Funky Night’
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Those of you that have spent time at Acme Feed & Seed, likely have seen the talented troupe known as The Music City Toppers that the venue has assembled as the house band for their funky tonk nights. The name came from the talents of the band’s members, who are often called upon to “top off”…
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Thelma & The Sleaze Get In The Holiday Spirit With ‘Christmas Sampler’
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Photo by Jake Giles Netter It’s been a hot minute since we last reported on Thelma and the Sleaze when they were in the midst of an amazingly awesome month long intra-city tour, but that surely doesn’t mean that they haven’t been hard at work since. The well honed, punk influenced, sludge rock trio are…
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[TICKET GIVEAWAY] Drew Holcomb and the Neighbors | May 12 @ The Ryman Auditorium
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Last year, beloved local singer-songwriter Drew Holcomb and his band The Neighbors performed an epic show at The Ryman Auditorium in support of their seventh studio album, Medicine. The show spawned the group’s first live album, appropriately titled Live at the Ryman, which was released earlier this year and marked a milestone in their long-running career. Now,…
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‘Nashville Indie Spotlight’ Returns with Fifth Annual Compilation
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Looking for holiday gifts? The Nashville Indie Spotlight compilation album may be the perfect present for music lovers, particularly for far away friends who still think that Nashville is all country music. The compilation, now in its fifth year on Tone Tree Music, features twenty two tracks from twenty two of Nashville’s hottest commodities, and regular readers…
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Catch Fly Golden Eagle, Blackfoot Gypsies, Lasso Spells & more! | TONIGHT @ Mercy Lounge
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Local psych rockers Lasso Spells have released their much anticipated debut record, Stuck In A Shape, which dropped today via Cold Fantasy Records, and they are celebrating with their second curated “High Noon” event tonight at Mercy Lounge. Like minded brethren Fly Golden Eagle will be filling the headlining spot, with blues rockers Blackfoot Gypsies, psychedelic post…
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Nikki Lane Gears Up for New Album with “Highway Queen” Video, Tour Dates
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Gearing up to release her highly-anticipated new LP Highway Queen, the followup to 2014 Dan Auerbach-helmed All or Nothin’, on Feb. 17 via New West Records, local alt/outlaw country meets southern rock starlet Nikki Lane recently unveiled a new video for her forthcoming record’s title track. Co-produced by Lane and Jonathan Tyler, and recorded in Nashville and Texas, the album…
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Hear Woods’ “Suffering Season” Ahead of Dec. 9 ‘Live at Third Man’ Release
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As we previewed earlier this year, Brooklyn psych folk outfit Woods stopped by Third Man Records’ Blue Room in May, for a special performance in support of their latest, City Sun Eater in the River of Light. As is tradition for the bulk of Blue Room shows, the whole intimate affair was captured live, and is set…
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No Country’s Guide to Black Friday Record Store Day 2016
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While most every vinyl enthusiast should be well aware of Record Store Day, which has occurred annually for nearly a decade every spring, it might be easy to overlook the indie record store celebration’s bonus, fall counterpart: Black Friday Record Store Day. Held the day after Thanksgiving, this year Nov. 25, the mini version of the vinyl-driven…
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The Wild Feathers to Perform Dec. 1-3 in Support of Ernest Tubb’s Record Shop
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Back in June, Nashville rock and rollers The Wild Feathers made their sold-out Ryman Auditorium debut. The entire performance was recorded for their first-ever live album, Live at the Ryman, which is due out on Record Store Day’s Black Friday, Nov. 25. In celebration of the release, the group will perform a special three-night stint at Ernest Tubb…