•
Murfreesboro indie-rockers We Were The States are playing at The End in Nashville on Friday July 1st. Offering up a frenetic mix of punk-twinged-guitar-rock with pop hooks, these guys have been playing together since 2007. They released their first LP Believe The Theives in 2008 which received pretty widespread acclaim. Their sophomore release Rasa…
•
Tickets for !!! (chk, chk, chk) at The End on Friday are now for sale on the The End’s website. It should be a great show, if you can’t make it out to see them at Bonnaroo.
•
Tonight in Nashville…. Times New Viking will be rocking their way through Nashville tonight at The End with Big Surr and D. Watusi. Times New Viking is best known for their lo-fi approach to fast-paced, distorted rock n’ roll. If you are a fan of early Guided By Voices, Psychedelic Horseshit, or Eat Skull,…
•
In support of their recently released Born With Stripes (released on Dead Oceans), The Donkeys will be playing at The End in Nashville on June 1st. The band hails from San Diego, CA, and you can hear that in their laid back but uplifting, soothing but jangly version of rock n’ roll. Part pop,…
•
Rising Nashville starlet Tristen is getting a lot of press these days, from a review by NPR, a slot in this year’s Bonnaroo festival, and a mention by Spin Magazine as one of the 25 “must-hear” acts at Bonnaroo, and now a gig with 20 year veteran, Holly Golightly. Her new album, Charlatans at…
•
Is San Francisco rocker Hanni El Khatib a one-man Black Keys? Well, wait, he plays live with a drummer…. making him a two-piece… just like the Black Keys. Regardless, he has that hard driving, dive bar, whiskey drinking, shooting pool with your head nodding, kind of sound. I wish I could see this guy…
•
Seattle-based rockers Telekinesis will be making their way through Nashville tonight with a set at The End at 9pm. The Merge Records product gained a bit of attention with their feel-good song, “Coast of Carolina” last year, and they are riding the wave through Nashville on their current national tour. It’s fun, poppy music…
•
If you are planning to go to Bonnaroo (and care enough about music to have found this blog), I assume that everyone knows the first 10 to 15 lines on the bonnaroo artist lineup. So, my intention here is to give you a number of daily blog posts heading up to the festival introducing…