Nashville Music Calendar

  • Lera Lynn

    My Old Kentucky Blog tipped me off about Lera Lynn and her amazing covers.  Lera is an Athens Georgia based singer songwriter that was formerly the voice of the folk-pop band Birds and Wire.  Lera just released her debut album, Have You Met Lera Lynn?, and she will be in Nashville to perform at…

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  • tUnE-yArDs @ Exit/in on 9/30

    We talked about Merrill Garbus’ ransom note spelled musical project tUnE-yArDs back when we were talking about Thao and Mirah.  Well, multi-instrumentalist Merrill is taking her show on the road in support of her second record, w h o k i l l, and she will be rolling through Nashville with a stop at…

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  • Toro y Moi, The End, 7/16

    Chillwave indie-pop funkster Toro y Moi (a.k.a. Chazwick Bundick) is all the rage across the internet these days.  With the upcoming release of another EP, Freaking Out, to follow up his second LP, Underneath The Pine, released in February 2011, multi-instrumentalist Chaz (Can I call you Chaz?  what’s that?  oh, you didn’t answer, so…

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  • Arctic Monkeys and Smith Westerns pre-sale for War Memorial 10/5

    Today is “ticket day”, so dust off that credit card. Tickets for the October 1st and 2nd Wilco shows at The Ryman go on sale at noon.  Tickets for the October 16th Pains for Being Pure At Heart show at Mercy Lounge go on sale at 9am.  Tickets for the September 16th Girls show…

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  • Girls tickets on sale 7/15

    San Francisco based indie rock band Girls (not to be confused with the early 80’s English Glam Band, Girl, that was the precursor to Def Leopard and L.A. Guns) announced a fall tour today in support of their new album Father, Son, Holy Ghost (releasing on September 13th via True Panther).  Girls is often…

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  • Pains of Being Pure At Heart, Mercy Lounge, 10/16

    Pains of Being Pure at Heart are coming to Nashville’s Mercy Lounge on October 16th with support from Twin Sister.  This show is part of a MASSIVE 3-month tour that they are currently on which includes stops through numerous independent and festival gigs in Europe and North America.  Tickets for the Nashville date go…

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  • Real Estate, Sounds Like Summer, Hard Rock Cafe – Nashville 7/14

    Slightly-shoegazey, slightly-surfy, guitar-popster’s Real Estate are the next up in Nashville Scene’s Sounds Like Summer series this Thursday night (July 14th). Real Estate is a collective of New Jersey musicians including guitarist/lead singer Martin Courtney (formerly of lo-fi rockers Titus Andronicus) and lead guitarist Matthew Mondanile (who’s side project is Ducktails), as well as,…

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  • Wilco listed on The Ryman website

    Nashville’s Ryman Auditorium has confirmed that Wilco will be in town on October 1st and 2nd with shows starting at 8pm.  The pricey $40 tickets go on sale through the Ryman website on Friday July 15th at noon.  But, as we posted last week, pre-sale tickets might be available starting on July 13th to…

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  • Cass McCombs and Lower Dens, The Basement, July 13

    Cass McCombs is a bit of a wanderer.  Born near San Francisco, California, he has roamed the world seeking the experiences to fill the emotive songs in his catalogue.  He released his first EP Not The Way in 2002, and, beginning in 2003, he has dropped a new LP every two years with the…

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  • The Strange Boys at Third Man Records on July 9th

    Tonight in Nashville…. Garage-rockers The Strange Boys are back in town (they just played The End a few weeks ago) to make a live record over at Jack White’s, Third Man Records tonight (7/9) at 9pm.  Head over to the Third Man Records website to read a far better introduction than I could write…

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