Who’s excited that it is Friday? This weekend features some of our favorite local and touring bands. And, while the weather is finally behaving like August, the music scene this weekend is just as hot. Things get started with Lightning 100’s band of the week at Soulshine, and they end with the 30th anniversary…
LIVE ON THE GREEN w/ Matt Nathanson, The Mowgli’s, Erin McCarley Public Square Park; Nashville, TN August 15, 2013 Review by Philip Obenschain (@pobenschain). Photos by Jake Giles Netter. If you’ve been an avid Live on the Green goer this season, you’ll have already checked out the latest installment, headlined by Michael Franti & Spearhead. We’ve…
Back in June, we raved about Rayland Baxter‘s performance at Bonnaroo. The Nashville native, who released his debut album, feathers & fishHooks last year on ATO Records, recently debuted a few new things we think you oughta know about. First off, the folky singer-songwriter just released his brand new EP, ashkeLon, which he recorded live at East…
Nashville country pop princess Taylor Swift recently invited Canadian indie pop duo Tegan and Sara to perform their hit “Closer” with her at the Staples Center in Los Angeles. Surprise guests are not an unusual occurrence at T-Swift concerts, but this one is especially of note because both artists, albeit separately, are coming to Nashville in about…
Just like they did back in June with “Wishes,” Nashville rockers Tesla Rossa have dropped a brand new single, “Vacation,” as a 7″, available today on limited-edition clear gold vinyl and as a digital download. A video for the track is forthcoming. And, like before, the band are set to headline a release show, set to take…
Nashville electro-rockers Vinyl Thief recently released a music video for “Faces,” a track which appears on the group’s 2012 Rebel Hill EP. The video, which was shot and filtered using Instagram, is unique in that it was crowd-sourced. The band employed the help of 30 different fans to film all at once on their…
Back in June, we named Ohio synthpop duo twenty | one | pilots one of the Best 5 Bands at Bonnaroo About to Blow the ‘Eff Up, and blow the ‘eff up they have. Our former Bonnaroo Band of the Day rocked not only rocked that fest (to a massive crowd no less), but also…
We’ve certainly talked about Nashville rockers Diarrhea Planet on plenty of occasions before, but perhaps haven’t fully stressed enough just how incredible a band the once-noise-project has become over the past couple of years. The six-piece outfit, which includes a whopping four guitarists, crank out huge, bombastic, energetic jams with elements of punk, power…