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FORECASTLE 2013 | FRIDAY’S CAN’T-MISS 5: FORECASTLE FESTIVAL kicks off in just a few hours in Louisville. This morning, we brought you a playlist of the entire lineup, to make sure you don’t miss out on anyone when making your schedule. Now, we’re taking it a step further, and wading through the top-notch bill ourselves,…
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We named Paper Route‘s latest album, The Peace of Wild Things, one of the Top 10 Nashville Records of 2012, and for good reason! The synthy, indie rock trio are one of our favorite local acts, and their shows in Music City have been fairly intermittent lately (we last caught them back in November), so we…
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In case you haven’t heard, FORECASTLE FESTIVAL kicks off TODAY, in just a few hours, right up the road in Louisville, KY. The eclectic fest will run until Sunday, and weekend passes and single day tickets are still available right here. Throughout the day, we’ll be rounding up our picks for the must-see bands of the weekend, but, in the meantime, give our…
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Attention gear heads… NAMM is returning to Nashville this week, and will set up shop in the new Music City Center. There’s a spot in there for everyone too. One day a year, NAMM opens its doors to all musicians and pro-light, sound and staging professionals from Music City and beyond. Meet the artists…
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The Killer Mike and El-P connection stretches much further back than their new, collaborative project Run the Jewels. Both artists have had a significant impact on the underground and alternative hip hop scene, Mike primarily as a rapper and El-P primarily as a producer. They’ve been working together off and on for years, notably with El-P producing Mike’s 2012 critical smash R.A.P. Music and Mike…
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Red Bull is no stranger to bringing some awesome music to you for little to nothing from your wallet, and the trend continues with an awesome event that is coming up on Saturday July 27th at Marathon Music Works. The bill for the night includes The Airborne Toxic Event along with locals The Electric…
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Heads up artists!!! Call it awesome, infamous, or overcommercialized, but you can’t deny SXSW as an opportunity to get discovered by the biggest congregation of music industry peeps. Austin’s South by Southwest has brought more than just a few Nashville bands into the national spotlight over the years, and you, dear amigos artisticos,…
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Alternate Post Title: “I spent 12 hours* watching MTV (in case you didn’t)” *This is a lie. Ok, an exaggeration. It was more like 6 hours, but it could have been 12, because MTV actually played half a day’s worth of music videos from throughout the channel’s near 32 year history (feel old yet?).…
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In an effort to bring more music to East Nashville’s wildly popular Tomato Art Fest, promoters and artists have joined forces to bring a stellar lineup for the tenth anniversary of the mid August street festival. We’ll have more info and band previews as the time draws near, but, in the meantime, mark your…
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Nashville’s Third Man Records has confirmed their involvement in handling the vinyl release of Jay-Z‘s brand new album, Magna Carta… Holy Grail. Check out a statement from label, below: “Third Man Records is pleased to confirm their involvement in the vinyl release of JAY-Z‘s long-anticipated new album, Magna Carta… Holy Grail. While the album was released in standard formats this…