Nashville

  • 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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  • Nirvana tributes and Deervana

    This is the 20th anniversary of Nirvana’s historic Nevermind album (damn, I feel old).  Lots of tributes and concerts are going on to commemorate, and probably the best tribute mix is the one that Spin Magazine will be releasing tomorrow for free.  The Spin tribute includes covers by Meat Puppets, Vaselines, Telekinesis, JEFF the…

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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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  • The Black Keys finish recording new album

    The Black Keys have finished recording a new album according to Spin Magazine.  This will be the duo’s seventh full length, third album produced by Danger Mouse, and the first to be fully recorded in Auerbach’s new Nashville recording studio.  Though temper your expectations for an Attack & Release/Brothers part III.  Auerbach says the…

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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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  • Two Previously Unreleased White Stripes Tracks

    Two previously unreleased White Stripes tracks were posted on the internet today.  The songs are White Stripes covers of Love’s “Signed D.C.” and Otis Redding’s “I’ve Been Loving You For Too Long”.  The 7″ is available for purchase to vault members over at Third Man Records.  You can read some simple reviews about the…

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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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  • New Jack White Collaboration

    It has been reported all over the internet today about Jack White’s new collaboration with Detroit MC/producer Black Milk.  If this continues, maybe we will be checking out “White” Milk at some upcoming festival.  Sorry, I couldn’t help it. Black Milk (aka Curtis Cross) came to Nashville back in April for a show at…

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