Seriously, like very very seriously, that Spits show this weekend was the most fun we’ve had in a long time. We even saved everyone’s setlists so one day when we make a big Nashville’s Dead scrapbook all Martha Stewart stylee, we can put them in there. This week doesn’t look like it’s gonna disappoint either. We know most uh yous are going down to Tejas for some Chaos [we’re mondo jealous] but there’s plenty for the people sticking around here [Crusaders of Love, Ex Humans, Pentagram, and all your favorite locals]

Monday May 24

:: Blacklist Royals
:::: Diarrhea Planet
:::::: Matthew WK
:::::::: Coffee Project
::::::::: Greenland is Melting
@ The Rabbit Hole
$5 – All Ages – 8PM

:: Thee Silver Mt. Zion Memorial Orchestra
@ Mercy Lounge
$10 – 18+ – 9PM

Tuesday May 25

Denney & The Jets EP Release Show
:: Crusaders of Love
:::: Ex Humans
:::::: PUJOL
:::::::: Cy Barkley
:::::::::: Denney & The Jets
@ Glenn Danzig’s House
$5 – All Ages – 7PM

:: Justin Townes Earle
:::: Caitlin Rose
:::::: Derek Hoke
:::::::: Josh Hedley
:::::::::: Joshua Black Wilkins
@ The 5 Spot
$5 – 21+ – 8PM

:: Josh Rouse
:::: AM
@ The Belcourt
$22 – All Ages – 8PM

:: Tim Fite
:::: Wailing Wall
:::::: Simon Kerr
@ The End
$10 – 18+ – 8PM

Wednesday May 26

:: Karen Elson
@ Grimey’s New & Pre-Loved Records
$FREE – All Ages – 6PM

:: Emotron
:::: Powerbrrrd
:::::: Conestyle
:::::::: Frank the Fuck Out
@ Little Hamilton
$5 – All Ages – 8PM

Thursday May 27

:: Twin Stumps
:::: Kim Phuc
:::::: Sanctions
:::::::: Sky Burial
@ 1800 Porter Rd.
$TBA – All Ages – 8PM

:: Prizzy Prizzy Please
:::: Marj!
:::::: Deluxin’
@ Little Hamilton
$TBA – All Ages – 8PM

:: Converge
:::: Gaza
:::::: Lewd Acts
:::::::: Black Breath
:::::::::: Modern Hell
@ Exit/In
$15 – 18+ – 8PM

:: Ferraby Lionheart
:::: Sam Quinn
:::::: Niki Lane
$7 – 21+ – 9PM

Friday May 28

:: Pentagram
:::: Black Tusk
:::::: Armament
:::::::: I Am the Tower
@ The End
$15 – 18+ – 8PM

:: CCR Headcleaner
:::: Deluxin’
:::::: Terrorish
:::::::: Reid and Wright
:::::::::: Square People
@ Little Hamilton
$5 – All Ages – 8PM

A Candice Burnside Benefit
:: De Novo Dahl
:::: Tallest Trees
:::::: Fly Golden Eagle
:::::::: How Cozy!
@ Mercy Lounge
$5 – 18+ – 8PM

:: Clem Snide
:::: Heligoats
:::::: April Smith
@ The Basement
$8 – 21+ – 9PM

Saturday May 29

A Candice Burnside Benefit
:: The Features
:::: Courtney Tidwell
:::::: Hotpipes
@ Exit/In
$suggested 15 donation – 18+ – 8PM

:: Milktooth
:::: The Winter Sounds
:::::: Taxicab Racers
@ The 5 Spot
$5 – 21+ – 9PM

:: Flash Gordon
MIDNIGHT MOVIE
@ The Belcourt

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YOU REALLY THINK THERE'S ANYTHING BETTER GOING ON??

UPDATE ABOUT THE UPDATE

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IMPORTANT UPDATE

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We mean, ummmm…… uh oh. We’ll keep you posted.


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THE SPITS – BLACK KAR [mp3]
THE SPITS – BLACK AND BLUE [mp3]

Seriously babes, this is the best show that’ll probably go down this summer. Make sure you’re there.

Third Man Instore
:: Nobunny
:::: PUJOL
@ Third Man Records
$3 – All Ages – 6PM

The Real Deal
:: THE SPITS
:::: Nobunny
:::::: Symptoms
:::::::: Heavy Cream
:::::::::: Cy Barkley
@ The Springwater
$10 – 21+ – 8PM

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SCHOOL JERKS TONIGHT!

Yeah yeah we know it’s super last minute to spring this on you guys, but whatever. The Torontonians are back in Nashy tonight and playing over at The Parsonage with one of our favorite new Nashville bands, Syrian Nukes Over Disneyland. They played that Southside Stranglers show a couple weeks ago and blew everyone away. Just a bunch of high school kids that sound like D.R.I, no big deal.  Kind of a big deal. Anyways, get out there and hit it.

:: School Jerks
:::: Brainwreck
:::::: Spanish Candles
:::::::: Syrian Nukes Over Disneyland
@ The Parsonage [3803 Granny White Pike]
$5 – All Ages – 8PM

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IN THE AREOLA ARMY

Photo by Bekah Cope

We probably saw Puffy Areolas like 5 times in a period of a week back in mid-March [once during the FREAKIN’ WEEKEND] and we’re starting to pine again. Their new album In The Army 1981 just came out and it’s really good. Really, really good [not surprisingly, this one’s from the Siltbreeze babes]  Undoubtedly one of the more sadistic and raw records that’ll probably come out this year. It’s like The Stooges’ Raw Power but less hooks and more hate. If that doesn’t exactly sound like your cup of tea, we’ll go ahead and tell you that it really isn’t. Anyways, we think that Puffies are the best thing to come out of Toledo since Ben Swank and we hope to see them come Nashy-side soon.

Puffy Areolas -Dandy [mp3]

Scoop the new record here.

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NASHVILLE SUMMER SUMMARY

So earlier we mentioned a little bit about how Natural Child have a new 7″ coming out this summer and then we started thinking, “Oh man, there are a ton of releases coming out of Nashy in the next few months.” And then we decided to put on our biz pants and fill you babies in on all the upcoming stuffs that you should get stoked about. If we didn’t mention something that’s coming out — it’s probably because we just didn’t know. In that case, let us know what’s up and we’ll try and say something about it. Kapeesh? Is that how you spell that?

Photo by Bekah Cope

JEFF THE BROTHERHOOD

Let’s kick things off with the band putting out the most material in the next couple months: those Bogus Bros. With Heavy Days getting a release in Australia and New Zealand [where they’ll be touring this December] off Spunk records and most of their latest 7″s selling like candy, it’s no wonder they’ve got a lot more on their plate. A 7″ is coming out soon on Infinity Cat with the track “Diamond Way” and a cut from Ty Segall’s Melted sessions [not a track from the album, but a kickass track nonetheless] We’ve heard rumors about a couple other 7″s but we don’t think we’re quite at liberty to disclose that info just yet. Other than that, you can catch the bad boys all over the nation from coast to coast all summer — Bumbershootin’, poolin’, Chaosin’, wherever. Apparently a new full length next year? Maybes?

Photo by Bekah Cope

HEAVY CREAM

The Dream Creamers have officially finished recording their first full length LP, Danny, and their debut 7″ just sold out. There will more than likely be a repress of the 7″ for everyone who snoozed [you’re lucky this time] Danny clocks in at a little over 20 minutes and is one of the more solid releases we’ve heard this year. We’ll give it more of a review when it’s officially out — which should be sometime this July on Infinity Cat [duh] The babies gonn be touring with JEFF for bits and pieces this summer — on the way to Chaos in Tejas and then on their way up to NYC. Big things for the Creamers.

Photo by Bekah Cope

THE CANNOMEN

We don’t know if you bebes have been paying attention or not, but that Cannomen 7″ that came out earlier this year on Flat Black Records [the Black Hole EP] has been selling like crazy all over the world [Japan can’t get enough] We know the punk doggys have been recording and planning their next release – a full length LP. No word as to when we can expect it, but you can definitely expect it to totally destroy. Seriously, we heard a little bit of it the other day and can’t believe how sick it sounds.

Photo by Bekah Cope

THE LOOKING GLASS

This might be the thing we are the most stoked for. Since we first caught The Looking Glass back in October all we could think was “Oh my god I can’t wait to be able to own a recording of this band oh my god.” Their 60-minute EP is recorded and finished and should be ready to go soon. We’ve heard it’s going to be released on cassette through Infinity Cat, but we’ve also heard rumors of maybe another Nashy label dipping their fingers in the Looking Glass pond. We’d say you can probably expect to see a physical copy of this in the next month and you’ll probably be listening to it for the next lifetime.

Photo by Bekah Cope

DENNEY & THE JETS

A couple months ago Denney became Daddy and, understandably, he hasn’t been able to play too many shows. He has, however, found himself a new backing band and a whole slew of new jams. Which will all be on his new 6-song EP, Devil’s Harvest. It’s similar to the older tunes in that it’s the kind of music Nashville’s known for [country that doesn’t give a shit…. not Big & Rich stylee, think more George Jones “I’m an asshole and I don’t care” kind of vibe] but it’s a little more jukebox rockin’. The EP release show is May 25th at Glenn Danzig’s House with PUJOL, Crusaders of Love, Ex Humans, and Cy Barkley.

Photo by Bekah Cope

CY BARKLEY

This is another one we’re mondo stoked for. Cy Barkley’s played some of the best shows we’ve seen in the last 6 months and we’re always wondering when we’ll be able to pick up a physical release of his. Now, we finally have a timeframe to go off of. The cyborg will have his debut 7″ out sometime later this summer on Baby Don’t Records [they just put out that kickass John Barrett single and the Kintaro single] No official word regarding tours yet, but you can catch him soon at with the Spits and Nobunny, Ex Humans and Crusaders of Love, and with Disappears and Woven Bones. BOOM BOOM!

Photo by Emily Quirk

DIARRHEA PLANET

You probably won’t catch The Diarrhea Planeteers all that often this summer. At least not the lineup you’re used to. They’re in the final stages of piecing together their latest EP Loose Jewels [the follow up to this past year’s Aloha] When we asked the dudes when people could expect it, they said anytime between this summer and the fall. The little extra wait will be worth it though because they plan on releasing it for free [free is always worth the wait] We’ve also heard rumors of maybe a split 7″ with Mr. Pujol. Hopin’ that one’s true.

Photo by Bekah Cope

NATURAL CHILD

We know we already talked a little on some upcoming biznass from Natural Child, but we figured we’d recap: repressing of their first 7″ is coming soon [again, you snoozers better quit snoozing] new 7″ for their hit single “White Man’s Burden”,  rumors of a cassette release of their radio performance that we posted not too long ago, and even better news of a reissuing of BodySwitchers on vinyl. The natural childs will be touring on and off all summer long, so catch them everywhere. They’re also set to record their debut full length, 1971, this summer.

Photo by Bekah Cope

SO JAZZY

They’re just the jazziest, don’t you think? We’ve noticed a definite shift in the stylings of So Jazzy from kind of a lazy-pop-dream style to more of a heavy-driven-blow your mind style. If you’ve caught them at their last couple shows, then you know what we’re talking about. We’ve heard that the babies will be recording a full length this summer and releasing it on Infinity Cat Records. As to the format, that’s still a little in the air. More than likely it will be out on cassette, but don’t be too surprised if you hear it on wax too.

Photo by Emily Quirk

PUJOL

PUJOL PUJOL PUJOL… We know that is pretty much all you guys hear us talking about around here, but we just gotta give you the scoop on all the goodies the bad boy has planned for the next couple months. Fresh after his recently released 2010 7″, Daniel and crew are slated to do another 7″ called Alive At the Same Time [featuring 4 tracks] on Red Shirt Party Records [more on that label later] and is also supposed to be recording material for his first full length album this June. No word as to when it’ll see daylight, but you know what we’re talking about. The material’s there.

Photo by Bekah Cope

THE KINDERGARTEN CIRCUS

The Kindergarten Circus have been holding the goods pretty tight to their chest for the last bit. Since they released their debut LP last year [which you can still scoop around town] they’ve been playing out a bit and recorded a new 7″, Twin Evils,  over the winter season that should be out late June. If it’s not, we don’t know why. With some of the babies growing up and getting out of high school [we can’t wait ’til we graduate!] we don’t know the exact status of the band, but we’re stoked on this release anyways. Get on it.

Photo by Bekah Cope

THE SPANISH CANDLES

Nashville owes a lot to these bebes. You may not know it, but Spanish Candles are pretty much responsible for exposing lots of college kids to the idea of house shows [Weird, we know… and it’s true, so don’t contest it] After putting out their first EP last summer and putting out a remix EP a few weeks ago [yes, not kidding] we’ve heard that they’re planning on releasing an EP every month until the end of the year. Which has us pretty stoked.

Photo by Bekah Cope

BEN STEINE’S MONEY

Shut up. Ben Steine’s Money is the best band in the world right now. They are our favorite band to watch and be afraid of. The bad boy two-piece are going on a short tour this summer alongside JEFF the Brotherhood and Natural Child in late June [If you live in the northern-midwest region like Chicago-Milwaukee-Madison area, get ready to get weird] But before they hit the road they’re releasing a cassingle [cassette single] on Infinity Cat Records. It’ll have all the hits on it and will be at the top of the charts in no time. 8x platinum. Not that they need the money or anything.

Photo by Bekah Cope

THAT DARLIN

Oh Darlins, why you gotta be so crazy all the time? This past weekend just totally changed pretty much all of Those Darlins’ summer plans. Nikki broke her arm running up a hill [you know, that happens all the time…. right? Eh.] So their Australia tour’s been postponed and their Memphis-Nashville shows have been tweaked a little too. As far as releases go, they’re album just got a Japanese release and they’re set to put out a new split 7″ with Funstix sometime in the next few months. You know how we feel about Funstix. Doit.

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FRIENDS GOTTA BE FRIENDS

We’re pretttty sure that by now most of you have heard about Candice Burnside’s medical condition. It makes us super bummed. And we’re also probably pretty sure that you babes are aware that she’s had a significant amount of medical bills pile up in the last few months. So when your friends need you to be a friend, you gotta be a friend.  We figured we could help out by throwing together an awesome show and giving all the money raised to help her pay for those medical bills. Sound good? Sounds good to us. It’s going down at The End on Friday June 4th with JEFF the Brotherhood, Natural Child, PUJOL, So Jazzy, and hosted by everyone’s favorite — Ben Steine’s Money. It’s going to be a party. We’re working out the details right now with our buddy Battle Tapes to see if we can get some recordings of the show and make them available right here for you. Plus, it’s a $5 show. Scrounge through your couch or car or backpack or mom’s purse and bring it down to The End and feel good about yourself. LET’S PARTY

FRIDAY JUNE 4TH
:: JEFF THE BROTHERHOOD
:::: NATURAL CHILD
:::::: PUJOL
:::::::: SO JAZZY
HOSTED BY BEN STEINE’S MONEY
@ THE END
$5 – 18+ – 8PM

There is another benefit show for Candice taking place on May 29th over at the Exit/In featuring a killer lineup of The Features, Courtney Tidwell, and the thought-to-be-defunct Hotpipes. More info on that one here. Friends gotta be friends.

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LESS BOOZE MORE MILK

Those Darlins, when are you ever gonna learn? Cowboy boots and big hills don’t lead to good things. We’re pretty positive there was a third variable in this equation that probably had a little more to do with her fall than the cowboy boots, but whatever. Nikki Darlin took a little tumble and managed to break two bones in her left forearm last weekend [our mom taught us alot of the bones when we we’re younger and we think that means she broke her radius and her ulna… and that’s nuts] The babies have had to postpone their Australian tour and canceled that Memphis show we helped them setup [don’t worry, Saturday is still scheduled to go down] Until then, Nikki’s gonna have her surgery and we’re all gonna make sure she starts getting her daily recommended amount of calcium.

Saturday May 22
:: That Darlin?
:::: Natural Child
:::::: PUJOL
:::::::: So Jazzy
@ Mercy Lounge
$10 – 18+ – 8PM

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AU NATUREL AU THE TIME

Photo by Bekah Cope

If you’ve been to any of Natural Child’s last couple shows since they got back from tour, you know that there’s definitely something special going on with these guys. Like most Nashville bands, they’re saving rock and roll, but they are in so much more of a Stones meets Stooges meets weed kind of way, ya know? The babes have been working hard on some new material for a 7″ to come out soon on Infinity Cat called White Man’s Burden [might be our favorite song this year] They’ve also just confirmed a boat show with Black Lips on August 2nd in New York [we’ll be there] Just thought we’d keep you posted… Oh and we’ve got a whole slew of upcoming releases that we’ll drop on you in just a bit. Gettin’ blown up!!

Oh. And if you go to the Panache Booking website [now currently booking everyone in Nashville apparently] you can read what might be the greatest band bio ever.

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