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Catch Lieutenant w/ Yukon Blonde & Whisperer | TONIGHT @ Exit/In!
In case you missed our announcement last month, here’s the important thing you need to know about Lieutenant: it’s the new, solo musical endeavor of Foo Fighters’ and Sunny Day Real Estate’s Nate Mendel. Joined by breakout Canadian indie rock act Yukon Blonde and folky locals Whisperer, Lieutenant makes his Nashville debut following a successful SXSW outing. You…
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Lieutenant (Nate Mendel) Streams Debut LP Early; Catch Him March 23 @ Exit/In!
As we previously announced, Foo Fighters and Sunny Day Real Estate bassist Nate Mendel recently unveiled a new solo project dubbed Lieutenant, which, for the first time, puts him front and center on guitar and vocals. Lieutenant’s debut, If I Kill This Thing We’re All Going To Eat For A Week, isn’t officially slated to drop until next week,…
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Lieutenant (Nate Mendel of Sunny Day Real Estate/Foo Fighters) to Play Exit/In March 23
Apparently Jeremy Enigk isn’t the only former (er, current?) Sunny Day Real Estate member plotting a solo performance in Nashville in the coming months. SDRE bassist Nate Mendel (who you might also know from a little ol’ band called the Foo Fighters) unveiled a new solo project dubbed Lieutenant a few weeks back, which, for the first time,…
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Gary Clark Jr. to Support Foo Fighters at Bridgestone Arena; Tickets On Sale This Week!
Amidst all of the craziness of the Foo Fighters’ recent 2015 tour announcement, which brings them back to Nashville for an Oct. 5, 2015 show at Bridgestone Arena, one important detail was seemingly overlooked: who would support. This week, that question was finally answered, and we’re incredibly excited to announce that Austin based blues rocker Gary Clark…
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No Country in a Nutshell: The Weekly Recap | 11.17-11.23
As we dive into a holiday week, we look towards a somewhat slower season for shows. While there will certainly be no shortage of quality music throughout the remains of November and into December, the marathon pace at which we’ve been previewing, reviewing, and running giveaways will ease up a bit, until we kick…
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Foo Fighters to Play Bridgetone Arena Oct. 5, 2015
Well, it looks like we were right. Following an insanely high-profile Halloween performance at The Ryman in support of their brand new albums, Sonic Highways, one track of which was recorded here in Music City (listen to it below), rock and roll saviors the Foo Fighters have announced a 2015 return, this time to a venue more than…
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Foo Take 2: Is There a Potential 2015 Foo Fighters Stadium Show in the Works?
Despite playing Foo Detective, and accurately predicting the location and date of Foo Fighters‘ Sonic Highways Nashville show at The Ryman, we, like the vast majority of you, didn’t manage to snag tickets. So, perhaps, you could chalk this post up to wishful thinking, and, certainly, we have a bit less of a pattern to follow than…
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TWiN | This Weekend in Nashville | 10/31 – 11/2
The Foo Fighters and Halloween take Nashville by storm this weekend. We’ve run down a ton of scary holiday parties, and a bunch of other great shows going on around the city. Make sure you check local listings for availability as a lot of these will surely sell out with everyone looking to celebrate.…
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Grimey’s Presents Private Screening of ‘Sonic Highways’ at The Basement (hosted by Dave Grohl) on October 30th
Unless you have been hiding under a rock for the past 24 hours, you know that the Foo Fighters are playing a surprise show at The Ryman on Halloween night. Tickets for that go on sale this morning at 10am, and will most likely sell out at 10:01am. So, we know that a good…
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No Country in a Nutshell: The Weekly Recap | 10.20-10.26
Based on a review of our site traffic last week, folks in Nashville are clearly excited about the Foo Fighters Halloween show at The Ryman that we were speculating, but one show, no matter how special, does not make a Music City. We had plenty of news of upcoming shows, reviews, new music releases,…