Nashville Indie

  • Listen to Jamie XX’s Two Hour BBC Radio Set

    Jamie XX (the drummer and producer of the band XX) is becoming quite the celebrity with his solo DJ work.  The first track of his that I heard was the mesmerizing remix of Gil Scott Heron’s “New York Is Killing Me” earlier this year.  Well, over the weekend, Jamie XX took over BBC Radio…

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  • The Appleseed Cast, The End, Tonight in Nashville

    What does a music blog write about today?  Apparently, everything that you care about happened last night during the the MTV Video Music Awards.  Not interested, thanks.  Instead, let’s talk about getting out to see something different tonight in Nashville. Since forming in 1997, Lawrence, KS based band, The Appleseed Cast has morphed from…

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  • Get to know: PS I Love You

    Wasn’t this the name of some romantic comedy film?  It was definitely the name of a catchy early pop song by The Beatles.  It is also included in the name of South Park’s (Rick Rubin produced & Isaac Hayes sung) classic, “Chocolate Salty Balls (P.S. I Love You)”.  None of this is necessarily conjuring…

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  • New Ettes Video with bad director Patton Oswalt

    Have you seen the new Ettes video?  It is a CGI masterpiece directed by Tom Scharpling (played in the video by Patton Oswalt).  You have never seen special effects like this.  We all knew the Nashville trio were blowing up, but c’mon…. no one expected this! Bring the pride back to Nashville, you guys!…

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  • The Features, Mercy Lounge, Saturday

    I intended to post this on Saturday with the “tonight in nashville” tag, but i’m afraid that you won’t get tickets if you wait.  So, tomorrow night in Nashville…. What are you planning to do this weekend?  How about hanging out with one of Nashville’s hottest bands?  The Features are having a record release…

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  • Soundland is soon, do you have your wristband?

    Nashville’s version of the famed Austin music festival South by SouthWest (SXSW) is right around the corner. While on a smaller scale, the 4 day, 11 venue, 100 artist festival will take Nashville by storm starting on September 21st with a kickoff performance by Jonny Corndawg, Dawes, and M. Ward at the War Memorial…

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  • Smoke Fairies, The Basement, Tonight In Nashville

    Tonight in Nashville… Smoke Fairies is a two piece British folk and blues band consisting of Katherine Blamire and Jessica Davies.  The gals met in the late 90’s and began playing and exploring music in Europe and North America.  The duo began recording in 2007 with the release of the single “Living With Ghosts”. …

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  • Jeff Tweedy leaks more new Wilco songs….

    …. in preparation for the upcoming, sold out two night stint at Nashville’s Ryman Auditorium on October 1st and 2nd, you should check out this leaked track “Dawned On Me”.  It was performed acoustic by Tweedy in Saint Louis’ Peabody Opera House, and is presented by St. Louis Magazine.  It’s worth checking out along…

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  • Tom Waits Announces New Record, New Track leaked

    Press releases are abound this morning, as Tom Waits has announced the 10/25 (now that’s a birthday present for me!) release of a new record Bad As Me on Anti (reported by Stereogum & Pitchfork).  You can head over to Tom Waits website for more information about this American Legend, and for a pretty…

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  • Sigur Ros Inni Update

    I posted last weekend about the Sigur Ros teaser video that was circulating the internet and prompting all sorts of speculation.  Pitchfork has since reported that Sigur Ros will be releasing a live album and a live concert video from the last show that they performed in 2008 (it better just be a hiatus)…

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