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[Hump Day Diversion] Never Had A Friend Like Me
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It’s nearly impossible not to be impacted by the sad and sudden news of the passing of one of the true greats, the incomparable Robin Williams. Just scroll through your news feed in the last 48 hours and it’s full of sweet remembrances and wishes for a peaceful hereafter. Perhaps surprisingly, many local folks in…
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Nikki Lane Reschedules Today’s Grimey’s In-Store for Sept. 5 | Watch Her ‘Conan’ Debut
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Local songstress Nikki Lane had to reschedule her planned in-store performance today at Grimey’s for September 5, but we have her recent Conan performance below to tide you over until then. That late night stop-in and upcoming in-store performance are promotion for Lane’s recently released album, All Or Nuthin’, which was produced by Black Keys’ frontman Dan Auerbach, a…
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Shovels and Rope to Open for Old Crow Medicine Show, New Album ‘Swimmin’ Time’ Out August 25
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The Americana duo Shovels and Rope are set to open for Old Crow Medicine Show at the Woods at Fontanel on Saturday, August 23 and have a new album, ‘Swimmin’ Time’ coming out two days later. If you’re still sad over the not at all surprising announcement that the Civil Wars are officially calling…
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[Preview] Donna the Buffalo to play The Hatchery @ Acme | Thu, Aug 21st
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Donna the Buffalo. Photo by John D Kurc. Donna the Buffalo are coming to one of Nashville’s newest downtown venues, The Hatchery at Acme Feed & Seed on August 21st. If you haven’t made it out yet to see what’s popping at the corner of Broadway & 1st Ave, this will be a great…
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No Country Guide To Tomato Arts Fest 2014
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Tomato Art Fest is coming up this weekend (starting tonight, actually), and we decided to help you get acquainted with the musical aspects of this year’s event. Things get started tonight at The Crying Wolf with the King & Queen Costume Contest & Concert, and that rolls right into the “Block Party” tomorrow night in Five Points. Saturday…
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[Hump Day Diversion] Word Up
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So if you’re not living under a rock this week, you know that everyone’s busy fantasy-bromancing with Guardians of the Galaxy‘s Chris Pratt and having a total geek-gasm over this video of him spitting Eminem‘s guest verse from “Forgot About Dre.” But have you ever stopped to truly marvel at Marshall Mathers‘s mastery of…
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Peter Matthew Bauer (formerly of The Walkmen) To Open For The War On Drugs at Marathon Music Works on October 13th
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We are pretty damn excited about the upcoming Marathon Music Works date for The War On Drugs on October 13th, and Peter Matthew Bauer was recently announced as support for that show. Bauer was a founding member of the indefinitely-haitus-ing indie rock mainstays, The Walkmen. While the hiatus was definitely sad news in the…
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Don’t Miss STS9 | October 31 @ War Memorial Auditorium | Pre-sale info
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Here’s an important question for you: what are you doing for Halloween? We realize it’s still months away, but if you’re planning on going to a show, we’d like to humbly suggest it be the STS9 show at War Memorial Auditorium. Formally referred to as Sound Tribe Sector 9, STS9 plays an interesting mashup between electronic music,…
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[Preview] The Dirty Nil w/PEARS, HiGH, I’m An Island, Skoolgirl, Save/Quit
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Sometimes, a bunch of artists that know each other decide to throw one huge gig together. This would be one of those shows. With the exception of headliners The Dirty Nil, all of the bands have known each other from their original hometown of New Orleans. PEARS and HiGH decided to come and visit…
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[Preview] Nashville Dancin’ Week 8: Hard Working Americans, Turbo Fruits, Modoc, The London Souls
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Well, friends, we guess the old adage is true: all good things must come to an end, even the summer’s best concert series, Nashville Dancin’. Tonight will mark the end of the eight week showcase, and what a run it was. However, the free concert series plans to finish things in style with performances from…