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Full disclosure: I was a gigantic “Weird Al” Yankovic fan as a kid. Al was my first concert. Bad Hair Day was my first CD purchase. I loved “The ‘Weird Al’ Show.” I own UHF on DVD. Point is, I’m probably a bit more biased than usual on this show recommendation. Bias aside, I’ll be the first to admit…
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One-time-Nashvillian (but born in Nebraska) turned expat, Josh Rouse, released his latest full length effort, The Happiness Waltz, last month prompting many long time fans to celebrate a sort of “return” to his earlier stylings not revisited since last he lived in our midst (à la 2005’s Nashville). 2006 saw the release of Subtítulo,…
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Tomorrow, fellow bloggers at Cause a Scene are hosting a house show featuring Lulu Mae, The Local Strangers, and Jessee Lafser. If you had the chance to catch Lulu Mae last Saturday at Lightning 100’s Music City Mayhem finals you already know that this will be a show well-worth the $6 price of admission,…
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Bonnaroo Artist | Ri¢hie Bonnaroo History | Newbie (Road to Bonnaroo winner) Stage & Time: | New Music On Tap Lounge | Thursday | 1PM Richie Kirkpatrick, who performs under the moniker Ri¢hie, and lately has taken to calling himself “Sweet Baby Richie,” is the third and final Road to Bonnaroo contest winner, and the latest edition to…
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Bonnaroo Artist | araabMUZIK Bonnaroo History | Newbie Stage & Time: | The Other Tent | Thursday | 6:15PM We’ve already featured several DJs and electronic Bonnaroo artists, each with their own slightly different sound and approach. Many of those artists have been rooted in the more contemporary trends of EDM and dubstep, which has become a…
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We have tickets coming out of our ears over here. We just congratulated the winners of our contests for tickets to Wavves/Fidlar/Cheatahs at Mercy Lounge and to Cold War Kids at Cannery Ballroom. We also just sent a couple of folks over to check out The Milk Carton Kids and Aoife O’Donovan and Galactic…
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I know a lot of you already know about the shows on Cannery Row tonight, because we had quite a few submissions in our recent giveaways for Cold War Kids at Cannery Ballroom and Wavves w/ Fidlar & Cheatahs at Mercy Lounge. Congrats to all of our winners on that one, and, if Rock…
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Nashville electro-pop outfit Vitek released a new single today titled “Sunbird”, and we are offering you a chance to download that for free below. If you don’t know Vitek, it is the danceable pop project of Gabrahm Vitek. With the release of their debut LP Kaleidoscope last year, we’ve kept an eye on Vitek, and were…
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Bonnaroo Artist | Cults Bonnaroo History | Newbie Stage & Time: | Which Stage | Saturday | 12:30PM New York band Cults are the classic tale of boy meets girl, boy falls for girl, boy and girl start writing indie dream pop in their spare time, 3 demos on Bandcamp get noticed and resonate throughout the blogosphere, and bam, the band…