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Get to know: WILD FLAG
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Who is/was a fan of Sleater Kinney? Are you one of the many of us that wondered what happened to them? One of my favorite music bloggers, Chris from Gorilla versus Bear, hosts a two hour blog radio program on SiriusXMU radio, and he had vowed to play a Sleater-Kinney song every week until…
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What’s going on with the Gibson Guitar raid?
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As many of you might have heard, Gibson’s guitar plants in Memphis & Nashville were raided last week by the US Fish and Wildlife Service and US Customs for possible violations of the Lacey Act, which is an environmental regulation that prohibits the import of specific species of wood from country’s with regulations against…
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JEFF The Brotherhood has been busy…
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Trying to keep up with JEFF The Brotherhood is getting harder and harder. Mostly gone are the days of finding the Nashville brothers jamming at a house party, or at some beyond tiny dive bar. They just finished a tour with Pentagram (that you might have seen at Nashville’s Exit/In), they just played a…
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Did you miss Bon Iver at The Ryman?
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Did you miss Bon Iver at The Ryman last week? If so, don’t fret, NPR recorded last night’s show at The 9:30 Club in Washington, DC. You can head over to NPR’s website to listen or download (for free) the entire show. I listened to about half of the live feed, and the sound…
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Best New Music: Cults
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All-mighty and all-knowing Pitchfork has granted Cults new album with a “Best New Music” tag and they scored the album with an 8.5 rating. We talked about Cults here a while ago, and provided the link to NPR for a first listen of the new album. So, check it out if you missed it. …
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NPR First Listening Party: Cults, Death Cab for Cutie, and My Morning Jacket
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If you head over to NPR’s website, you can stream a first listen of the new records by Cults, Death Cab for Cutie, and My Morning Jacket. We’ve already talked a bit about the upcoming release of MMJ (and, of course, their upcoming set at Bonnaroo). Well the entire album (which is awesome) is…