Were you one of the lucky 500 or so who piled into the black rock box on Elliston Place on New Years Eve for that killer show featuring Diarrhea Planet, Protomen, Richie, and No Regrets Coyote? Those of you that were there know the energy in Exit/In that night. While we can’t fully recreate the…
Want to check out a show this Friday but aren’t too into the whole Americana thing going on right now? Well, we’ve got just the concert for you: a sweaty, upbeat, distortion heavy electronica show . While the rest of Nashville lines up to see some random folk artist, the real party will be…
Best Coast w/ Lovely Bad Things, Bully Exit/In; Nashville, TN May 29, 2013 Review and photos by Philip Obenschain (@pobenschain). I first saw Best Coast in 2010, at a small bar in a small town. Performing at Clementine’s, as part of the MACRoCk festival in Harrisonburg, VA, they were a distinctly different band back then. In a room…
Ill Patriot is bang-your-head, politics-on-your-sleeve punk/hardcore music that is reminiscent of the melodic in-your-face approach of punk rockers Propagandhi, although Ill Patriot certainly has an aggressive hardcore side that sets them apart. I can see the mosh pits forming in my mind, and I’m trying to avoid them until I can’t take it anymore…
Even though I’m not a modern country music fan, lately I’ve been a fan of musicians with tasteful and/or jaw-dropping chops that make their living playing offshoots of country music, which include bluegrass, Americana, Western swing, and rockabilly. Reverend Horton Heat has those types of musicians, and certainly could be called rockabilly. But they’ve taken the “rock” in…
Oh lord, lock up your inhalants, Jesco White’s coming to town. What can I possibly say that has not been said about (or by) the Dancing Outlaw? Some days you feel like Elvis, some days you’re Charles Manson, right? You feel it, too? Sure, we all do. Well, if you have no idea what…
Rumors started swirling last night that The Black Keys were going to jam with The Sheepdogs during their Exit/In gig. While, The Keys were supposedly in attendance, they did not take the stage. You can follow the very short, but momentarily thrilling, rumor mill via the tweets below. P.S. We were at Mercy Lounge for…
Apparently, yesterday was pretty boring in the world of Nashville Music with everyone all aflutter with the news of Daytrotter sessions by Natural Child, Birdcloud, and Jonny Fritz. I’m super stoked for them, but I’ll let The Cream tell the story on that one. I am seemingly (or apparently) only interested in talking about…
It’s been a long time coming for a new Pinback record. Their last release Autumn Of The Seraphs was a favorite of mine back in 2007 when it came out. News came this week that a mere 5 years later we’ll get another Pinback record, and it was announced with the release of the…
By Andrew Johnson When I listen to The Black Angels (Austin, TX), I can’t help but imagine that I’m concentrating really hard on a Magic Eye poster, trying to see the mysterious picture behind the psychedelic trance of an image. Then I get sucked into the image like a time warp portal and I’m…