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In an apparent attempt to promote their current tour of Europe, local grunge pop darlings Bully teamed up with tourmates (and site faves) FIDLAR this week to cover The Magnetic Fields’ “Absolutely Cuckoo,” the opening track from 1999 concept album 69 Love Songs. Trading in their usual penchant for loud, angsty, punk, the two groups actually take on a…
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The Lonely Wild’s new album, Chasing White Light, opens with the track “Snow,” for which they just released a retro, 1970’s game show themed video. The record plays great from start to finish, with no filler tracks holding it back. The band will be in town soon playing The High Watt on Nov. 14, along…
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Road and Roo tested local rock powerhouse Chrome Pony have been in the “kicks ass” column for a long time now, which makes the release of their new single and accompanying music video all that much sweeter. Check out “Eugene” after the jump, annnndd be sure to catch Chrome Pony live this Sunday, Nov.…
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Local blues rock duo Natural Forces are set to release their second full length, It Takes All Kinds, on Black Friday, Nov. 27. Andrew Kahl (drums/vocals) and Josh Washam (vocals/guitars), as so many in Nashville did these days, grew up on opposite ends of the country, and began melding their unique backgrounds into Natural Forces at…
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In recent months, we’ve brought you a handful of tracks from indie pop songstress Vanessa Carlton, who just released her fifth full-length, Liberman, on Oct. 23 via Dine Alone Records, after teasing some fresh material over the summer with an EP, Blue Pool. Newly a resident of Nashville (and wife to Deer Tick’s John McCauley), Carlton filmed her…
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Following in the footsteps of *repeat repeat, Bradley Warren, Jr., Vinyl Thief, Guthrie Brown, Phin, Daniel Ellsworth & The Great Lakes, Parlour Tricks, Phox, BZRK, Moseley, and CAPPA, buzzworthy local hip hop artist Jung Youth, who you’ve undoubtedly seen us rave about over the last several months, partnered up with our pals at local apparel and lifestyle brand DCXV to participate…
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Since her acoustic set at Mercy Lounge with Anthony Raneri in August, Laura Stevenson has recorded and just recently (Oct. 30) released her forth studio album, Cocksure, which is out now on Don Giovanni records. Now, she is on tour with a full backing band (The Cans) and ahead of her Nov. 13 show at The High Watt with Matt Pond PA, she…
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This has clearly been a year to remember for local rockers Colony House. Since releasing their debut full length, When I Was Younger, last summer, they rode the success of hit single “Silhouettes” into a tour supporting Needtobreathe, stops in to Seth Myers’ and Conan’s late night shows, not to mention a memorable slot at Live On…
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Ahead of their Halloween night performance at War Memorial Auditorium with JEFF the Brotherhood and Ranch Ghost, which we’ve been telling you about for months, local party rockers Diarrhea Planet recently stopped by Alt 983 to perform “Warm Ridin’” from 2011’s Loose Jewels and “Platinum Girls” from last year’s Aliens in the Outfield EP in the station’s Direct Auto Insurance Garage. A co-sponser of the show…