Big party tonight at Little Hamilton for all the non-Mountain Goating Final Fantasy-ers with Bad Cop, Spanish Candles, Cy Barkley, Devil Eyes, The Cannomen, Deluxin’, Mother Whale Eyeless. It starts at 7PM sharp and is FREE! All the mamis and papis will be there. Oh, and Ben, tomorrow night’s Blues Control show is DEFINITELY AT BETTY’S NOT DINO’S! Welcome.
JUST A QUICK REMINDER
BEATERS
We guess it’s just a So-Cal kind of week [Ty, Splinters, now Beaters… yeesh] Anyways, Beaters are from San Diego, where lo-fi runs like rivers and the punks spring up like wildflowers. They’ve got one release to their namesake right now, the Fishage 7″ on Single Screen Records/Volar Records [Craig from Xmas Island’s label], but they’ve got a whole handful of others chalked up for the near future [Including another 7″ on Zoo Music <– run by a Dum Dum Girl and a Crocodile, a new cassette, and a CDR comp.] We haven’t heard word of a tour anytime soon, but we’re a-hoping and a-wishing and a-thinking a-bout it.
Pick up the Fishage 7″ here.
HEY EDDIE, THIS GUY, HE'S THE REAL DEAL
Ladies, we started writing our review for last night’s Bruce Springsteen show and after reading it a couple times we realized that it was riddled with personal sentiments to our childhood and how we should probably just call our moms and thank them everyday for raising us on The Boss. It also made us realize that there’s really not a reason to review the show last night. You know it was a great show. You know Bruce crowd-surfed and belted out Born To Run and took our “Merry Christmas Boss” sign and played “Santa Clause Is Coming to Town”. You know Tyler Glaser was there. And you know all the blue-collared Gods were dancing in the streets. So let’s leave it at that, right? Right.
And mom, thanks a ton. There’s no one else we’d rather be in the front row with [3 times]
THE WEAKENDS
The Weakends are from Atlanta, GA. Just kidding! They’re from France, but from listening to them you’d definitely think they could be an Atlanta band. In fact, our buddy Hondo from Atlanta was the one that directed our attention to the French beaus. Let’s put all the Black Lip comparisons in our pockets and just say that The Weakends do a great job of producing loud, catchy, 60s-garagey, sing-a-long-y, sorta punky, kind of Black Lips-y, kind of Demon’s Claws-y jams. I guess the Black Lips comparison slipped out. Whatever. Their debut LP was released earlier this year on Rob’s House [along with a 7″] and it’ll stay on your table for weeks. Not your kitchen table, your turntable. No word as to when the boys will return stateside for another tour, but hopefully sooner than later.
You can pick up their LP here. Do ittt.
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FRIDAY FRIDAY FRIDAY
Cy Barkley @ Glenn Danzig’s :: Photo by Bekah Cope
Guys, cool it down a bit, you’re original plans for Friday night might not come to fruition, but there’s always a silver lining. Well, maybe “silver lining” isn’t the right phrase. Is there a word for something that’s a second-option that’s actually better than your first-option? Maybe that’s just good luck. Anyways, there’s a HUGE show at Little Hamilton on Friday with 5 of your favorite local bands and one band from Montreal: Cy Barkley // The Cannomen // Deluxin’ // Mother Whale Eyeless // Spanish Candles // Bad Cop // Devil Eyes. Devil Eyes is the one from Montreal. Still not sure if it’s worth it? It’s free. See you there!!
:: Devil Eyes
:::: Bad Cop
:::::: The Cannomen
:::::::: Cy Barkley
:::::::::: Mother Whale Eyeless
:::::::::::: Deluxin’
:::::::::::::: Spanish Candles
@ Little Hamilton
$FREE – All Ages – 7PM
A little birdie told us there might be some free refreshments for the of-age crowd…. ?
WHAT ELSE ARE FRIENDS FOR?
Aside from being the best new place to catch all-ages shows in Murfreesboro, YEAH! is also the best new place for kids to hangout and be creative and super artsy-fartsy and stuff. And if you haven’t had a chance to check it out yet, this Monday sounds to be like a primetime opportunity. They’re throwing a Friends of YEAH! party this upcoming Monday [Nov. 23 from 7-9PM] to show off their new digs and to help raise money for the facility. If there was ever a good reason to shell out $20/month, this is it. What’s more important than teaching the babies how to record and screen-print and act and everything fun? Right? Well, visit this page right here if you’d like to read a little more about it or if you’d like to donate.
THE TRADITIONAL FOOLS
Before you get super stoked about a band who’s logo is a burger with shades, we need to go ahead and tell you that Traditional Fools don’t play no mo’. This is one of Ty Segall’s old bands out on the West Coast that, along with everything else Ty touches, is gold. They’ve had a couple of releases: an LP on Wizard Mountain, cassette on Burger Records, some live bootlegs, blah blah blah. They’re a little hard to find, but make the extra effort. Trust us. Are we allowed to do this? Should we be telling you guys about bands that don’t play shows anymore? I mean, if we’re doing that, we might as well talk about James Gang or The Move or something, right? OK, this is the last defunct-band post we will make [probably. Not gonna promise anything.]
That’s one of our all-time favorite vids. Makes us pine for summer. Hard.
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WE LOVE LETTERS
Oh, you babies are too nice. Our friend Cooper out in Murfreesboro went and sent us some mail reviewing Sunday night’s Looking Glass // Kindergarten Circus // Cheap Time show and we wanted to go ahead and share it with you. Maybe a regular contributor on our hands? Or atleast Nashville’s Dead’s ambassador to Murfreesboro? Yeah. And our bebe, Olivia Throckmorton, snapped some pics for us. Check them out after the letter.
Dear Nashville’s Dead,Whoa baby! Sunday night was a good night to be in Murfreesboro. When I heard The Looking Glass, Kindergarten Circus, and Cheap Time were playing at YEAH, I knew somebody somewhere had done a good thing.Anyways, I got there right before The Looking Glass started their set. Those kids play some sweet 60s psych-garage jams, and they look the part too. It wasn’t long before my feet were tappin’ and my hands were clappin’. I talked to the boys after their set and they said they’re working on a cassette right now that should be out soon. Can’t wait for that!After them, The Kindergarten Circus set up shop and, as always, they kicked out the gems. Dillon and the bad boys harnessed their teenage angst [or hormones?] and churned through song after song, mostly sampling from their debut LP. I went upstairs for a little while to play pool because I’m still a little sour about Dillon sticking his finger in my mashed potatoes the other day, but you should definitely check them out tomorrow night if you’re not going to see The Boss.Glam-bam-thank you ma’am-ers, Cheap Time, totally exceeded my expectations. And those were some HIGH expectations. This was the last show of a month-and-a-half long tour, so they were super tight. Novak and Steven blazed through their set, playing pretty much the entirety of their first LP and a handful of new songs [“Down the Tube” is THE JAM] I talked to Jeffrey after the show, and apparently that month-and-a-half tour included a pit stop to record the next LP! Stoked? Duh.Sincerely,CooperP.S. If you haven’t checked out the YEAH facility, you totally should. Cool things are happening there.
THE LOOKING GLASS
THE KINDERGARTEN CIRCUS
CHEAP TIME
Thanks again, Cooper and Olivia. You two kimosabes rule.
