THE RUNDOWN – 10.12.2015 – 10.18.2015
This week is really doing it for us. We’re treated to a live recording session in the Blue Room at Third Man with Coupler on Tuesday night, the first one of hopefully many live recordings there.  And the weekend, oh, the weekend is a big one. Ex-Cult plays a solid bill at The End with an aftershow at Betty’s. Then, Zach…
Paint the Picture
Our frens over at Third Man are giving us the goods this week all the way from Londontown. Ultimate Painting will be bringing their jingle-jangle, lackadaisical pops to the Blue Room. These Londoners would fit the bill during just about any stage of Flying Nun’s roster, even the current manifestation distributed by Captured Tracks. Equally fitting, Bill and Lisa Roe…
THE RUNDOWN – 9.14.2015 – 9.20.2015
Tuesday night brings the Chelsea Wolfe at the Mercy Lounge, then a choice between Titus Andronicus at Stone Fox and Black Lips at Exit/In on Wednesday. The Light and Sound Machine showcases Memphis filmmaker Lynne Sachs at the Third Man Blue Room. The blander than bland Americana Music Festival spans the whole weekend. What better incentive to hang with…
THE RUNDOWN – 08.17.15 – 08.23.15
Tuesday! Lionlimb plays at ye olde favorite easterly record shoppe Fond Object. Amanda X is in from Philly on Wednesday. Then Friday, wow, Willy T and friends Kurt Wagner, Jemina Pearl Swank, Joseph Plunkett and more are sure to pack out the Stone Fox. And Saturday is ridiculous. The Bellevue Mall will be demolished in the afternoon,…
THE RUNDOWN – 08.10.15 – 08.16.15
The week of the birthdays is here! Plenty of shows too! Study Hall opens for Tumblr-buzzers Girlpool and K Records indie poppers Frankie Cosmos at the Stone Fox. Tuesday is another big night with a biiig choice between State Champion and Slanted or Gel Set and Future Daze at Betty’s. Pick your poison, Nashville. We can’t even…
Toonie Loons
You probably already know West Coast hardcore label Iron Lung Records as a synonym for Total Control, but they are also building their roster easterly with Berlin’s Diat. The sound of the German trio is not too far off the pool of British punk and post-punk that Total Control draws from, ie. Killing Joke and Crisis. However, Diat explores a…
THE RUNDOWN – 07.27.2015 – 08.02.2015
In the all-too-apt words of Bill Watterson, the days are just packed. Wow, Ghostface Killer and Raekwon are at Marathon tomorrow, so that will be incredible. For those lamenting old Nashville, Friday is a classic Nashville night with our sweet queen Dolly Parton will be Ryman-rocking meanwhile our favorite mom-country artist Shania Twain will be stadium-rocking at Bridgestone. Not to mention, the same night heavyweights Hans…
Advent of Holy Wauter
Oh Juan. We love you. Last year’s “North American Poetry” was among our favorites — poignant, calculated, thoughtful, sweet — he’s the musical version of “good boyfriend material”. And did we mention hard-working? Juan has a new LP out with our friends at Captured Tracks titled “Who Me?,” already available in digital form and soon to…