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Lonesome Shack, The Bones of J.R. Jones, Candle Kid Little Lights, Nashville, TN October 22, 2014 Review by Beth McAllister Little Lights, first of all, is not so much a venue as it is a group of people striving to bring live music into the comfort of your own home – literally. This is…
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We’ve been jabbering plenty about the upcoming Cannery Ballroom show on November 4th with The New Pornographers, but we’ve been mostly focused on the headliners. Why not take moment to exemplify just how awesome this show is going to be by giving a shout out to “special guest”, The Pains Of Being Pure At Heart.…
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The East Room and local art collective Hong Meow have an evening packed with the most activities you’ll find anywhere for $5 planned this Friday, including music all night from local surf-punks Sexx, dark blues trio French Lips, singer-songwriter-pianist fauna halo, rock band Home & Away, and electronic duo Vestiges. Come hungry and early, as…
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What are your plans for Halloween this year? Sometimes making the plans is more of a hassle than coming up with that unique costume that all your friends will fawn over. What if we told you that there was the Midtown Monster Mash happening on Division Street that features access to Soulshine Pizza Factory, Slider…
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It’s been a minute since we’ve heard from local rockers Fly Golden Eagle around town, but that’s just because they’ve been busy touring around the country supporting some of the hottest acts on the road, signing with ATO Records, oh… and they just dropped an epic 26 track, 2 hour LP, Quartz (released physically…
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The Cunning. Photo by Michael Brooks. The Cunning, Emily Wolfe Acme Feed and Seed, Nashville, TN October 21, 2014 Review by Jack Smith Photos by Michael Brooks Every Tuesday for the last couple of months, we’ve had the honor of working together with the fine folks at Acme Feed and Seed to put on a…
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Go ahead and bust out that 2015 calendar, because it’s time to start planning. One of our favorite and most accessible festivals, Forecastle, has announced that the 2015 edition will go down from July 17th to 19th next summer. If you want to see what we thought about last year (and the year before)…
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It’s the first chill of the year, but SXSW is when we finally get to run down to Austin to defrost after another Nashville winter. Too early to think about that? Not when they start teasing us with the first round of official showcased artist selections! As we’ve been doing for the past couple…
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The local post rock instrumental jam band JenHodges and Spurge are celebrating the release of their first EP by giving away free copies of it at The East Room tonight and putting together a release party featuring a diverse lineup of bands in genres that you don’t commonly stumble upon at local shows. If…
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Local musician A.C. Thompson quietly released a gem of an album back in September. I’m Alive features the darkness of Leonard Cohen amist 60’s tropical pop arrangements. The collection features a glimpse into Thompson’s life as a psychiatric hospital employee. An undercurrent of pain runs throughout the release, but it’s balanced out by optimistic…