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It’s a shame we can’t call Chicago’s Angel Olsen our own. Picture her country yodel echoing in the dismal catacombs of East Nashville where Dino’s (now under new ownership) and Edgefield (currently for sale at $1.8 million) are laid to rest. English Scholar Robert Burton, most known for his book, The Anatomy of Melancholy…
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Noah Gundersen. Photo by Matt Cairns. Ready for the best show of the year? Noah Gundersen is back in town TONIGHT for a SOLD OUT show at the Mercy Lounge with openers Owen Beverly and Nashville locals The Vespers. Last March, we caught Noah’s incredible performance at Mercy Lounge and have since been haunted by its…
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Los Angeles-based songstress Madi Diaz made waves while living here in Nashville from 2010 to 2012. With mesmerizing and quirky songwriting packed into albums Plastic Moon and We Threw Our Hearts in the Fire, Diaz caught the attention of Paste Magazine, American Songwriter, and Nettwerk Music Group. Diaz changed up her game with September…
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Happy Monday. How many of you spent the weekend with Infinity Cat and JEFF The Brotherhood at The End? We certainly did, but the fun with the local rocker label isn’t over. They’ve teamed up with BMI to bring you a Halloween Spooktacular 8 off 8th tonight featuring some scary good rock jams featuring…
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Shakey Graves. Photo by Sundel Perry. Shakey Graves, Joe Sundell, and Esme Patterson Mercy Lounge, Nashville, TN 10/16/14 Words by: Jacob Ryan (@GonzoWithGusto) Photos by: Shawn Jackson (Sundel Perry Photography) Nothing kicks a Thursday night into high gear like getting in to a SOLD OUT show, and this past Thursday at Mercy Lounge was…
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True to the Halloween season, California alt-rock quartet OK Go have just dropped their new album Hungry Ghosts this past Tuesday, and they are wasting no time! Only 3 days after the album release, they will be taking it to Nashville themselves at the Mercy Lounge; 9 PM TONIGHT! OK Go are creative pioneers…
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If you’ve been waiting for the followup to alt-folk hero and one-man-band Shakey Graves’ epic debut album, then you will wait no longer! Today, the Austin, TX native released And The War Came for us all to enjoy. The man himself says “This album is the trials and tribulations of becoming domesticated, letting people into your…
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Great news Music City: Austin troubadour and alt-folk one-man-band Shakey Graves is coming back to town, after some Americana Fest performances, for a Mercy Lounge engagement with fellow Texas folkster Joe Sundell on Oct. 16. Tickets are currently available for just $12, or, if you’re feeling lucky, you can try to win a pair for FREE,…
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Loretta Lynn. Photo by Sundel Perry. 2014 Americana Fest Nashville, TN September 2014 Review contributions by Jeff Moody [JM], Shawn Jackson [SJ], and Matt Hall [MH] Photos by Shawn Jackson of Sundel Perry We are finally catching our breath after one of the largest and most impressive Americana Fests in the event’s nearly decade…
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Ty Segall. Photo by Michael Brooks. Ty Segall w/ Wand, Circle K Mercy Lounge; Nashville, TN September 8, 2014 Review by Jacob Ryan (GonzoWithGusto). Photos by Michael Brook. Psychedelic, garage punk-rock guru Ty Segall and his band pretty much crushed their SOLD OUT Mercy Lounge performance this week, so we’ll apologize in advance if you missed…