Nashville Music Calendar

  • Soundland filling out its schedule…

    Soundland (formerly known as, Next Big Nashville) is continuing to fill out the line up for the September 21-24 festival in Nashville.  We first brought the news of the initial Soundland lineup to you a few weeks ago.  Well, the lineup continues to grow with the addition of Foster The People, Yelawolf, Big K.R.I.T.,…

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  • Moonface at 12th and Porter, July 30th

    Are you into experimental, electronic, synthey-rock music?  Then you might have just figured out your plans for Saturday night in Nashville. Moonface is the moniker of Spencer Krug who you might know as the lead man of his other projects Wolf Parade (Sub Pop), Sunset Rubdown (JagJaguwar), and Swan Lake (JagJaguwar).  This doesn’t include…

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  • Avett Brothers and Social Distortion pre-sale

    Avett Brothers and Social Distortion are playing at the Bridgestone Arena in Nashville on Friday, October 28th.  A presale is going on from Wednesday, July 27th at 10am through Thursday, July 28th at 10pm.  Click here to link to Ticketmaster.  Use the “Venue Presale Tickets” and enter the password KICKDRUM. Two great acts playing…

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  • The Features on Kimmel

    Nashville indie-rockers The Features played on Jimmy Kimmel last night, and you can watch that performance over at Nashville Cream.  The appearance is to support of their new LP, Wilderness (which released yesterday, 7/26).  It is also due to an increased awareness after some hyping by Nashville’s “we made it” rock band, Kings of…

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  • Decemberists’ Colin Meloy Releases Children’s Book

    I guess having seen a broke mother turn her children’s subway entertainment into the world-wide phenomenon of Harry Potter made an impression on indie-rocker Colin Meloy of the Decemberists.  Well, now that Harry Potter is over, Meloy, along with his wife, has released a children’s book entitled, Wildwood.  You can read a quick little…

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  • J. Roddy Walston & The Business, 12th and Porter, 10/8

    If you aren’t a fan of J. Roddy Walston & The Business, then you are probably getting tired of hearing me talk about them.  I was excited about them before Bonnaroo, and then they thoroughly blew me away during their set at Bonnaroo.  I was so excited that I started stalking them, and found…

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  • Delicate Steve, The Basement, July 22

    Delicate Steve (a.k.a. Steve Marion) is an enigma who is described in his press release as a 40 piece multi-instumentalist, who sounds like My Bloody Valentine without the guitars, and is destined to be a wordless, new jersey, U2.  NPR did a great story about unraveling the truly hysterical and totally fake press release…

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  • Way to drop a 4:20 bomb!!!

    So, FILTER, Mercy Lounge, Cannery Ballroom, and Toyota (I think they are in there too), just dropped a free concert announcement bomb.  Saturday, August 20th from 6pm to midnight, you can head over to the parking lot outside Mercy/Cannery for free (let me repeat that last part, FREE) for a block party featuring Delta…

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  • Bobby Bare Jr’s Nashville house party on July 23

    Bobby Bare Jr. is a staple of awesome music for many of us in the Nashville area.  Yes, he is the son of Bobby Bare, but the music is definitely his own.  Steeped in musical tradition having grown up in nearby Hendersonville, BBJr’s musical influence can be attributed to his neighbors (George Jones and…

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  • The Zoltars, Free at Grimey’s, 6pm, July 20

    Austin-based rock band The Zoltars are on their first tour right now, and they will be in Nashville today (7/20) playing FOR FREE at Grimey’s Record Store at 6pm.  These guys are another perfect example of the psychadelic rock that is brewing out of Texas these days. What else do you have to do…

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