A Few Good Shows: 6/1/12
June 1, 2012
Good shows abound this weekend in Nashville! Seriously, you have no excuse to sit around on your bum. Here’s what sounds good to me-
FRIDAY:
What Up, English?, Fox Fun, and Calicocat @ the High Watt. 9pm $5
Miller Made Music Showcase ft. The Gills, Easter Block, The Future, and Josh Foster @ Mercy Lounge. 9pm $FREE
SATURDAY:
Brick Factory presents the After Crawl ft. Scale Model and By Lightning. Art opening at 7pm, bands start at 9:45pm. Free admission, free wine, free beer. (Shameless self-promotion here, but seriously, how can you say no to that much FREE? That’s right, you can’t.) FYI Brick Factory is in Cummins Station and at night the best way to get in is the side entrance by the loading dock that faces the Mercy Lounge/Cannery building.
Green Wagon Summer Block Party ft. Oh Dang Lo Mein, Denny & The Jets, Blackfoot Gypsies, Kat Smo, The Future, Two Bit Charlie and more. Noo-10pm, FREE. 1100 Forrest Ave.
Epic Ditch, Hurts To Laugh, and Cooler Kings @ Zombie Shop. 9pm $5
Paper Bird w/ T. Rust @ The High Watt. (Early show! Doors at 7:30pm/show 8pm) $5
FOLLOWED BY:
Y2K ft. my boy Fan Fiction (of Nashville Nights fame), along with residents Coach, Hands off Sam, and Revenant @ the High Watt. $FREE 11pm.
SUNDAY:
Corrosion of Conformity w/ Torche, Black Cobra, and Gaza @ Exit/In. 8pm $15
That’s all I’ve got. Have a great weekend!
A Few Good Shows: 5/25/12 (Memorial Day weekend)
May 25, 2012
There are plenty of great shows to catch on this extended weekend around Nashville. I’ll be out of town but if you’re around and need some good shows to see, look no further than here.
FRIDAY:
Pierced Arrows, Bad Cop, Ghost Dance, and Don’t @ The End. 9pm $7
How I Became the Bomb, Colorfeels, and NORM @ the High Watt. 9pm $7
A Re-release party for Chris Crofton’s first comedy LP “Pearls Before Swine: Live at the Springwater” @ Springwater. 10pm $5
Jeremy Lister, By Lightning, Oh Dang Lo Mein @ Mercy Lounge. 9pm $8 adv/$10 DOS
SATURDAY:
Nobody’s Vault But Mine: Dex Romweber Duo, Black Belles, Jane Rose & the Deadend Boys, Jeff Zentner, and Elin Palmer @ The Basement. 9pm $15
OBN III’s, Useless Eaters, Cy Barkley & the Way Outsiders @ The End. 9pm $5
The Boom Bap @ the 5 Spot. 9pm
SUNDAY:
Nobody’s Vault But Mine: PUJOL, Brian Olive, Boogaloosa Prayer, The Ultras S/C @ The Basement. 9pm $15
That’s all I have. Have a great 3 day weekend!
A Few Good Shows: 5/18/12
May 18, 2012
I can’t believe it’s already Friday! It’s been a busy week but it’s time to figure out what shows to catch, but before the listings I must mention that Mercy Lounge has a brand-spakin’ new website designed by the talented Michael Eades. He’s done some pretty impressive stuff with video clips in the background of the main page. If you have an older, slower system like I do, it may take a second to fully load, but overall it’s worth it.
Now for what’s shakin’…
FRIDAY:
Lee Ranaldo Band w/ PUJOL and Wooden Wand @ Mercy Lounge. 9pm $15
Fool’s Gold w/ Fly Golden Eagle @ The High Watt. 9pm $10 adv/$12 DOS
Queer Dance Party (QDP) @ The 5 Spot. 10pm $1
SATURDAY:
Umbrella Tree album release party w/ Uncle Skeleton and Poly @ Exit/In. 9pm$5
MAYHEM Perform’s Prince’s album “Controversy,” ft. Dez Dickerson @ Mercy Lounge. 9pm $7
Everyday Fest presents: Fox Fun, Reid Magette, Dirty Dreams @ Brick Factory. 8pm SHARP! Show should be over by 10pm-
THEN, Everyday Fest presents: No Regrets Coyote EP release w/ Oh Dang Lo Mein, MOM, and Linear Downfall @ Zombie Shop. 10pm SHARP!
SUNDAY:
Ranch Ghost, The Ultras S/C, King Karl, Double Barrel, and DJ David Bermudez @ Drifters. NOON DAY SHOW and it’s FREE Y’ALL. I believe this is the annual vintage bike show, so there’ll be tons of cool bikes too.
Have a great weekend!
A Few Good Shows: 5/11/12
May 11, 2012
Another busy weekend is getting started. Not much time today but here’s a quick rundown of what I find interesting.
FRIDAY:
Cherub, Ghosthouse, DWNTWN @ Mercy Lounge. 9pm $10 adv/$15 DoS.
Honey Locust, Cuddle Magic, Paper Lantern @ The High Watt. 9pm $5
Heavy Cream album release show w/ Cheap Time and Fox Fun @ Zombie Shop. 8pm $7
Fancytramp and Kill Baby Kill @ Dino’s. 9pm Free
SATURDAY:
Natural Child, Birdcloud, Ri¢hie, King Karl @ Zombie Shop. 8pm $5
Rock for Kids Benefit & Art Show @ 12th & Porter ft. local art and 7 bands: Auto Defiance, Scale Model, Frances & the Foundation, Lazar Lazar, Static Revival, The Notion, and Tell Tale Nights. Proceeds go to Project Help MTSU and Pediatrics Division of Neonatology at The Monroe Carell Jr. Children’s Hospital at Vanderbilt. Check out the facebook event page for more!
That’s all I’ve got- have a great weekend!
A Few Good Shows: 5/4/12
May 4, 2012
There are some amazing shows happening this weekend in Nashville. Seriously- get off your ass and go see some good bands. Here are my picks.
FRIDAY:
PUJOL, King Arthur, The Joy of Painting @ Wall Street (in Murfreesboro). 9pm $5
Courtney Jaye, Birdcloud, and Denny & The Jets @ The Basement. 9pm $8
Uncle Skeleton album release show w/ How I Became the Bomb and Nahnee Bori @ Mercy Lounge. 9pm $5 gets you in, $15 gets you in + the album.
The Melvins w/ Unsane @ Exit/In. 9pm (Sold out but had to mention it!)
Quatro de Mayo Cancer Benefit Dance Party @ The Brick Factory. Straight from the horse’s mouth (aka Facebook): “Celebrate the release of Makeup and Vanity Set’s Vinyl while helping raise money for The American Brain Tumor Association’s Breakthrough for Brain Tumors 5K and possibly being the first person in Nashville to bust up a piñata at the stroke of midnight! Plenty of Dancing and Robots and Booze…what more could you ask for?” I also hear there might be a special guest appearance…
SATURDAY:
Royal Bangs w/ Fly Golden Eagle and ??? @ The End. 9pm $10 (There will be at least one more band on the bill but I can’t find it anywhere online…)
SUNDAY:
Screaming Females w/ PUJOL and Cry Baby @ The End. 9pm $7
The Biters, Diarrhea Planet, Stallion, and Rock City Birdhouse @ The High Watt (adjacent to Mercy Lounge). 9pm $7
Have a great weekend!
Doug and Steph (frontman and drummer from the Clutters) have a new side project called Mystery Twins. It’s just the two of them, stripping rough, unsophisticated garage-pop down its bare elements: rhythm and melody. Essentially it’s a different approach to songwriting than The Clutters’ material, but if you like The Clutters you’ll like Mystery Twins. Their debut EP “Love Is Strange” comes out May 8th, and you can stream it below. They’ll be celebrating the release with a show at the High Watt (adjacent to Mercy Lounge) on May 10th, along with Jasmin Kaset, The Ultras S/C, and Codaphonic.
You may be wondering, “are The Clutters on hiatus? What’s up with them?” A quick email to Doug revealed that The Clutters are in fact still quite active, have another record up their sleeve, and are planning a summer tour. So worry not, Clutters fans, this really is a side project in the most traditional sense- they just wanted to start something new and different. Stream the entire EP via a clever video put together by Doug below:
Buy the EP at their bancamp– if you pre-order you’ll get 2 of the tracks immediately, and the full package on May 8th.
Another local release I’ve mentioned a few times before is Uncle Skeleton’s new album All Too Human, which is out today via YK Records. Their official website is your one-stop shop to buy or stream the album. I promise the double LP will be worth it, as the talented Michael Eades is behind the artwork and design. His work never disappoints.
A Few Good Shows: 4/27/12
April 27, 2012
Busy weekend in store for Nashville- be sure to watch out for road closures this Saturday morning for the Country Music Marathon. Show-wise we have a good selection, as usual. Here are a few that I find worthy of mention.
FRIDAY:
Yacht Rock Revue @ Cannery Ballroom. 9:30pm $12 adv/$15 DoS
The Lumineers and Kopecky Family Band @ The Basement. 9pm $10 21+
SATURDAY:
Brendan Benson, Young Hines, and Howling Brothers @ Mercy Lounge. 9pm $15
Lightning 100 presents: The Apache Relay, Colorfeels, and Nikki Lane @ Exit/In. 9pm $10
Y2K at the High Watt ft. special guest Sammy Bananas. 10pm $3 for 21+, $5 for 18-20. Sammy Bananas is on A-Trak’s famed label Fool’s Gold and is also one half of electro pop duo Telephoned. Props to Coach for scoring this one!
Have a great weekend!
A Few Good Shows: 4/20/12
April 20, 2012
Hey it’s 4/20! As I mentioned yesterday, this Saturday’s big deal is Record Store Day and the associated festivities. But if that’s just a slice of the action this weekend. Here are a few other things worth checking out:
FRIDAY:
Ranch Ghost, Dirty Dreams, T.Rust, Denny & The Jets @ The High Watt stage in Mercy Lounge. A benefit for Rob Wood and Paul Turek. $5 min. donation. 9pm
KDSML Review Vol. 5 featuring Sam & Tre, Peripheral, Ziggurat, Audeon, and Creative Control @ Exit/In. 9pm $5
Rwake, Look What I Did, Stallion, and Rintrah @ The End. 9pm $10 adv./$12 dos.
SATURDAY:
Anchor Thieves, Scale Model, Century Club, The GoldRoom @ The End. 9pm $5 Free RSD iPhone 4 cases and CD singles from Anchor Thieves.
Space Capone w/ special guest Alyssa Bonagura @ Mercy Lounge. 9pm $10 adv./$12 dos.
Queer Dance Party @ the 5 Spot. $5 (I think…) 21+
Bear In Heaven, Blouse, and Doldrums @ Exit/In. 9pm $10
That about does it. Have a great weekend and buy some records!
As you should know, this Satuday is National Record Store Day. Record stores (you know, the places you can actually walk into and touch a real album and buy it… imagine that) across the nation will be having huge special sales, and labels and artists across the nation have pressed limited edition vinyl releases, usually 45s, that will only be available at a record store, on Record Store Day. There are tons of awesome happenings here in Nashville, the biggest being Grimey’s “big ass outdoor sale.” They have a killer lineup of live music slated for the parking lot, and they always have tons of used records and CDs on sale for super cheap. Check out grimeys.com for the full lineup and schedule. East Nashville’s The Groove also has a killer lineup of bands playing on their backyard stage, and you can get most if not all of the official RSD exclusive releases there as well. Check their website for the full lineup and schedule. Those are the only two doing performances that I know of, but The Great Escape might be doing some sort of sale. There’s no mention of it on their website, however. Third Man Records will of course have lots going on in the way of sales and limited releases, etc… however they do not have live performances this year. (How can they possibly top Jerry Lee Lewis last year?)
Secondly, the flyer above is for a show that includes my band, thus a bit of shameless self promotion:
Come see Scale Model, Anchor Thieves, Century Club, and The Goldroom at The End Saturday night after all your RSD shopping/festivities! Anchor Thieves are releasing a free CD single, and Nashville’s own Griffin Technology will be giving away free RSD themed iPhone 4 cases. Find out more about Scale Model, the Goldroom, and Century Club (ex-Carter Administration) at their respective bandcamp pages. RSVP on Facebook here. Cover is only $5, show starts at 9:30pm, and the beer is cheap. Come party with us!
A Few Good Shows: 4/13/12
April 13, 2012
This fine Friday the 13th weekend is shaping to be a good one for shows in Nashville. Take a gander at my picks:
FRIDAY:
Colour Revolt and Sleeping Bulls @ The 5 Spot. $8 9pm 21+
Diarrhea Planet, Couched, Guntherdoug, Linear Downfall @ The End. 9pm $5
RR Release party ft. D. Striker, Little Bandit, The Tendoor, and Roy Ira @ The Basement. 9pm $5 21+
SATURDAY:
Night Beats, D. Watusi, and Ranch Ghost @ The End. 9pm $5
Sparkle City DJs at the 5 Spot. 9pm $5 (Ft. Jonas Stein, David Bermudez, and some others… I think…)
Tour De Fun, Murfreesboro. This thing was totally kick ass last year, so I hear. Kinda wish I could go this year but I’m an old man. You ride your bike around Murfreesboro going from house show to house show, seeing a bunch of bands and drinking a lot of beer. Pretty cool idea! Bikes! Bands! Houses! Beer! FUN! Check out Lance Conzett’s critic’s pick on it in the Scene.
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