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Remember me telling you about the “math rock” supergroup Battles a while back? Do you remember me telling you that Battles was one of Spin Magazine’s top 30 fall tours of 2011? Well, I am going to remind you about it today, so you will know what you should do tonight in Nashville. Battles…
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All the music world has been going nuts over the CMJ Festival in New York this week. CMJ is a smorgasbord (yeah, I had to spell check that) of up and coming musicians that take over various clubs in New York for the week with innumerable parties hosted by all the powers that be…
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I am sure this is big enough news that I don’t really need to tell you about it… My Morning Jacket is playing at Vanderbilt’s Memorial Gymnasium tonight. We have talked about My Morning Jacket in the past with the release of their new record Circuital, and their awesome set at Bonnaroo this summer.…
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It’s hump day, and I can’t think of a better way to celebrate than with some music. Blitzen Trapper & Dawes are set to rock the Mercy Lounge tonight, and you shouldn’t miss it. I’ve been talking about this show for a while now because Blitzen Trapper is one of my favorite bands, and…
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Do you know what progressive bluegrass is? Who am I kidding? You’re from Nashville, and you can probably tell me about chill-grass, post-grass, new-grass, firstwave-grass, shoe-grass, and that funny smelling “grass” that people bring to music festivals. So, let me be more specific… if you are down some high tempo bluegrass action, then I…
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Ok. You never know where Tonight in Nashville is going to lead you… is it going to be a shoegazey night of sipping cheap beer? or maybe you are going to get caught in a frothy moshpit while holding up stage divers? Yeah, those were both last night… Well, tonight you need to get…
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I know. It’s Monday. That sucks! You are still drinking coffee trying to get in the spirit of the work week, aren’t you? Well, while you are pretending to work while sipping that coffee, let me tell you about what you should do tonight in Nashville. I’ve talked quite a bit about Wye Oak. …
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Do you remember us talking about that local electro-rock outfit, Vinyl Thief? In local release news, Vinyl Thief has released their first new single since their 2010 Control EP. If you want it, I’m sure the band will give it to you too over at their website. It’ll give you a little bit of…
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Do you like hip-hop that is skewered with funny samples, heavy beats, and crack-you-up lyrics? Then I definitely have something for you tonight in Nashville. Das Racist blew onto the scene a couple of years ago with their epic “mixtape” called Shut Up, Dude. They followed that up with Sit Down, Man. Lauded by…
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Do you remember me talking about that new record by Youth Lagoon? It has been on very heavy rotation over here, and I was as thrilled as the next guy to hear that they are coming to the Basement on November 10th. Too expensive for ya? I don’t think so, you can go see…