WHAT A SHOW: NBN INFINITY CAT SHOWCASE [IN PICS, DUH]

Oh man. If there were ever any question as to whether the Infinity Cat Showcase was the best showcase of Next Big Nashville, you better believe no one’s wondering about it now. That was the best show this town has seen all year [regardless of local or touring acts] You’re a lucky city, Nashville. Very lucky. Check out photos from Bekah Cope below [We only employ photographers that can get down in the gritty. Sometimes this leads to the flash getting knocked around and light leaks. But, whatever, those JEFF pictures look like they’re playing in Hell]

Wright’s Jambliyeah Fest


Cy Barkley

The Cannomen



Denney & The Jets


Daniel Pujol & His Beaus


Natural Child






Heavy Cream






JEFF the Brotherhood




You don’t have to take our word that this show ruled balls. The pictures justify that enough. The night ended with a surprise set by the one and only Sound Tribe Sector Cy, who successfully croudsurfed his keyboard and himself while playing his song. Oh shit. Thanks for choosing Infinity Cat.
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BAD NEWS DUDES

Forever Young is about to leave to go on tour with some retarded Rolling Stones tribute band the Scene really likes, so now you’re stuck with me. You might notice a sharp decline in the quality of posts around here for a few days, but my links are waaay better.
– DD 666
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HEAVY HEAVY

Today has been officially proclaimed to be Heavy Day. The mayor and everyone said so. JEFF’s Heavy Days does drop today though, and they’re celebrating with two great shows. The first of which is at Grimey’s Records at 6PM today [You know the drill: get there early, snag a couple beerz if you’re of age, try not to knock the CDs everywhere] But there’s a special little treat for everyone who decides to attend the release show at Glenn Danzig’s tonight… Man, those JEFF boys sure know how to get our lady wet… JEFF THE BROTHERHOOD WILL BE PLAYING HEAVY DAYS IN IT’S ENTIRETY TONIGHT!! Seriously. ALL of it.
:: JEFF the Brotherhood [PLAYING ALL OF HEAVY DAYS]
:::: Grooms [Brooklyn]
:::::: The Looking Glass
:::::::: CY
@ Glenn Danzig’s House
$2 – ALL AGES – 8PM
Nashville, you don’t know how lucky you are. See you tonight!
EDITOR’S NOTE:
If you didn’t happen to make it out to Grimey’s for the in-store, here’s a video of JTB playing “Heavy Damage”

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TV GHOST COAST TO COAST

These Hoosier-daddys [Get it? They’re from Indiana] are wrapping up their recent tour with a stop here in our fair city at Betty’s on Friday night. It’s been a pretty impressive tour, too. They recently played both Pop Montreal and the WFMU Fest and have been playing shows with Wizzard Sleeve, FNU Ronnies, Thee Oh Sees, and Teenage Jesus & The Jerks. We’ve heard they’ve been blowing ’em all out of the water. Their debut LP, Cold Fish, came out in August on In The Red and it rules like most everything that they put out. Oh, and the show on Friday is with our favorite party-boaters Dude Cruz and Frosty. We can’t really think of a better Friday night…. unless there’s another Infinity Cat night.
You can pick up their LP right here, and you can try at die Stasi for past 7″s.
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THE-RUNDOWNAy yi yi babies, we are still so sore from the other night. But it was totally worth it. We’ve got some photos that we’re going to try and get up today [Don’t be upset if they’re not though. We already took them to get developed once but the developers got at our goats with their shoddy workmanship. It’s what we get for using film I guess.] Lots of good shows this week for you, including the Heavy Days release show. THE HEAVY DAYS RELEASE SHOW.

Monday October 12
:: Drums Like Machine Guns
:::: Nervous Sex
:::::: Leslie Keffer
:::::::: More TBA
@ Little Hamilton
$3 – All Ages – 8PM
Tuesday October 13
:: JEFF the Brotherhood in-store
@ Grimeys New & Pre-Loved Records
$FREE – All Ages – 6PM
HEAVY DAYS RELEASE SHOW
:: JEFF the Brotherhood
:::: Grooms
:::::: Cy
:::::::: The Looking Glass
@ Glenn Danzig’s House
$2 – All Ages – 7PM
:: Wright’s Jumbliyeah Fest
:::: More TBA?
@ The 5 Spot
21+ – 8PM
:: Screen Printing Party
@ Little Hamilton
$FREE – All Ages – 7PM
:: Viv Albertine
:::: Daniel Pujol
:::::: Bad Cop
@ The End
$6 – 18+ – 9PM
Wednesday October 14
:: Unstopable Death Machine
:::: MLU
:::::: 2 More TBA
@ The Muse
$5 – 18+ – 8PM
:: Creed
:::: Staind
@ Sommet Center
$7.79 – All Ages – 7PM
:: The Allman Brothers Band
:::: Warren Haynes
:::::: Widespread Panic
@ Riverfront
All Ages – 8PM
:: Will Shortz [Your favorite puzzlologist]
@ Vanderbilt
He’s giving a lecture sometime?
Thursday October 15
:: Deertick
:::: Ill Ease
:::::: Justin and The Cosmics
@ The Basement
Friday October 16
:: TV Ghost
:::: Dude Cruz
:::::: Frosty
@ Betty’s B&G
$TBA – 9PM
:: Beg Me Opstriche
:::: Put Her There <— These guys rarely play shows, but we caught them once and it ruled!!
:::::: Demeanor
:::::::: TBA
@ Little Hamilton
$4 – All Ages – 8PM
:: Kings of Leon
:::: White Lies
:::::: Mother/Father
@ Sommet Center
$36-$46 – All Ages – 8PM
Saturday October 17
:: Monotonix
:::: JEFF the Brotherhood
:::::: Turbo Fruits
@ Exit/In
$12 – 18+ – 9PM
:: High Life
:::: Pizza Damnataion
:::::: Brainwreck
:::::::: Dawn
@ Little Hamilton
$5 – All Ages – 8PM
Sunday October 18
:: Ttotals
:::: Railcars <—- San Francisco
:::::: Taiwan Deth
@ Little Hamilton
$5 – All Ages – 8PM
Elliott Smith Tribute Show
:: Caitlin Rose
:::: Brian Ritchey
:::::: Josh Foster
:: Betty Rats
:::: The Little Fish
:::::: Styches
:::::::: The Spooky Qs
@ 5 Spot
$5 – 21+ – 9PM
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NB-END


What a show. Last night’s Infinity Cat Records showcase was the best show we’ve seen this year [That’s saying alot, we’ve been to a ton of shows this year] We’ll have a full onslaught of goods for you tomorrow documenting the chaos that was last night. If you were there, you know what we’re talking about. I mean, I did 4 stage dives during “Dogbite” alone [And that song is only like 1:30 long] If you’re not too hungover or in the hospital, go to Little Hamilton tonight to catch Atlanta’s Coathangers, it’s gonna be a party. What a show.

Thanks Infinity Cat.
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HITTINTHEWAVESWe know, we know… It’s not Thursday anymore. We had to go straight from our radio show to babysitting. Seriously. Don’t knock us for it. We only babysit for the raddest kids though. Anyways, here’s this week’s playlist.

A BIT STRANGER [10/08/09]

  • M. Ashraf // Good News For You
  • Turbo Fruits // Want Some Mo’
  • Lullabye Arkestra // Icy Hands
  • Velvet Underground // Heroin [request]
  • Kraut // All Twisted
  • Big Boys // Fun Fun Fun
  • JEFF the Brotherhood // The Tropics
  • Birth Control // Futile Prayor
  • Christmas Island // Nineteen
  • The Almighty Defenders // All My Loving
  • The Traditional Fools // Get Off My Back
  • The Spits // Tonight
  • The Ramones // I Wanna Be Your Boyfriend
  • Michael Kamen // Brazil
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CHRISTMAS ISLAND


A couple years ago our buddy Nathan Vasquez showed us this really rad band from San Diego and we’ve been listening to them non-stop since then. Christmas Island are a two piece [but Chris steps in for the live band] that make some great jangly beach jams. But don’t be tricked, Brian’s words could break your little heart. We were lucky enough to finally catch them this past SXSW since they rarely ever leave the West Coast. We’re working on fixing that though. They’ve put out a couple of 7″s, most recently the “Nineteen” single on Captured Tracks and their debut full-length, Blackout Summer, just came out on In The Red. And is that not the best band-logo ever?

The babes have a couple other releases slated for the near future with Sacred Bones and Woodsist. Alright guys, put out releases with Infinity Cat, Rob’s House, and Marriage and you’ll have officially hit all our faves. Pick up their goodies here.
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