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15 Bands You Can’t Miss at Beale Street 2015
Are you heading west this weekend for the annual Memphis in May Beale Street Music Festival? You should be. Priced at only $40 a day or $120 for the weekend, the annual fest, hosted at Tom Lee Park in Memphis, seems to bring the most bang for your buck year after year, especially of the major events…
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Lineup for Inaugural Sloss Fest in Birmingham Announced; Modest Mouse, Cage the Elephant, & More!
There’s a new festival in town, and it’s a doozy. Joining the countless regional options that already seem piled on thicker than ever this summer, the inaugural Sloss Music & Arts Festival in Birmingham, Alabama, presented by AC Entertainment (who also have a hand in Bonnaroo and Forecastle) and Red Mountain Entertainment, has unveiled its 2015…
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2015 Beale St Lineup Announced; Paramore, Pixies, Cage The Elephant, More to Perform
Hot on the heels of Bonnaroo, Hangout Fest, Shaky Knees, New Orleans Jazz Fest, CounterPoint, Iron N Ink, Forecastle, Muddy Roots, and other local and regional summer extravaganzas, Memphis in May’s annual Beale St Music Fest has unveiled its 2015 lineup, and it’s a doozy! The three day event, which takes places May 1-3 at Tom Lee Park in…
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Watch Cage The Elephant Perform “Cigarette Daydreams” on ‘Conan’
Local-ish rockers Cage The Elephant stopped by Conan earlier this week to perform “Cigarette Daydreams,” a downtempo track from their Grammy-nominated 2013 album, Melophobia. As you may recall, the group dropped a music video for the song last summer, right before they rocked Live On The Green. Watch the Conan performance below, and catch Cage in April at Atlanta’s SweetWater 420…
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2015 Forecastle Lineup Announced; Modest Mouse, Cage The Elephant, Sam Smith, My Morning Jacket, More to Perform!
Hot on the heels of Bonnaroo, Hangout Fest, Shaky Knees, New Orleans Jazz Fest, CounterPoint, Iron N Ink, and other local and regional summer extravaganzas, Louisville’s annual Forecastle Fest has unveiled its 2015 lineup! As in prior years, it’s eclectic and pretty damn awesome, boasting Sam Smith, My Morning Jacket, Widespread Panic, Modest Mouse, Cage The…
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2015 Grammy Nominations Announced, Lots of Nashville Artists Included
Nominations for the 57th Annual Grammy Awards were announced this week (without the fanfare of a live nominations show, as in previous years), and, unsurprisingly, Nashville artists are strongly represented. In addition to big nods for local rock faves like Jack White, The Black Keys, Cage the Elephant, and Paramore, and occasionally Nashville based pop artists like…
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[Review + Pics] Live On The Green Weekend Finale
LIVE ON THE GREEN WEEKEND FINALE Public Square Park; Nashville, TN August 28, 2014 Review by Matt Hall & Wes Davenport. Photos by Sundel Perry and Mary Beth Blankenship. Despite threats of inclement weather, the three day finale for Live On The Green went off without a hitch. We were there for all three days…
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No Country in a Nutshell: The Weekly Recap | 9.1-9.7
If the first week of September was any indication, it’s going to be another great fall. Between Live on the Green’s first three day weekend, tons of exciting show announcements, some great releases, our own Acme showcase, and more, it was quite a busy week. We wouldn’t blame you if you missed something, so…
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Cage The Elephant Drop New Video For “Cigarette Daydreams”
Cage The Elephant, who are performing tonight at Live On The Green, have just dropped a new video for “Cigarette Daydreams” from their 2013 release Melophobia. The video is a bit on the noir side, and is nothing like the live performances that Cage puts on. But, as Albert King once said, “sometimes you…