Nashville's Dead

Man, we just got back from The 5 Spot. We weren’t even planning on going out tonight, but, you know, sometimes it just happens. We decided to check it out when we heard that Heavy Cream had jumped back on the bill and were treated to great sets from both Kintaro and Heavy Cream. Heavy Cream kept it real cool. Then the JEFF boys took the stage [along with Wez on bass] They played a quick Heavy Cream cover [Lava Lamp] and then played “I’m a Freek” If that wasn’t treat enough, Wez and Jake decided to grace us with their latest band, SHREDDERS. It ruled. The babies in that video up there would’ve loved to have been at this show.

P.S. We said “Heavy Cream” like 4 times in that one paragraph. Crush much?

Two great shows today. We’re only posting the playlist from A Bit Stranger, but I can tell you that there was some Hollies, The Fall, Box Elders, Hornet Leg, whatever just listen to the show. If you listened in today, you got to hear a special rendition of Bad Brains’ “Pay to Cum” done by your’s truly and DD. Be glad you missed it.

Jay Reatard // Blood Visions
Michael Jordan // Mudslinger
Useless Eaters // Action
DYS // Wolfpack
Urinals // Ack Ack Ack
Crystal Castles // Insecticon [unreleased]
Elvis Presley // Mystery Train
Personal & The Pizzas // Nobody Makes My Girl Cry Except For Me
White Wires // I Remember How
Ty Segall // I Got Stoned
Jacuzzi Boys // You Should Know
Hall & Oates // Say It Isn’t So
Heavy Cream // Lava Lamp
Juiceboxxx // Thunderjam #3
JEFF The Brotherhood // Mind Ride
Bad Brains // Pay to Cum [sorry for ruining that to whoever requested it]
Wipers // Youth of America

Hey babies, we’re super busy today between radio shows and printing some tee shirts [not for Nashville’s Dead, for soon-to-be-touring Natural Child] But! We do have a few things to make you aware of: 1. Heavy Cream is NOT playing the show at The 5 Spot tonight. 2. Lazy Magnet is also NOT playing the show this Saturday at Little Hamilton [they didn’t have the funds] but Deeyay will be filling in before he heads back out to Tampa. 3. Go to Little Hamilton tonight to catch Satan’s Youth Ministers, The Humms, and Lil’ Daggers. Three really great touring bands for $5. Doy!

[Those are some Carmen Sandiego lips if we’ve ever seen them.]

Hey babies. Don’t forget to tune in today [Thursday] to 91.1FM WRVU from 11-12PM and from 4-5PM. The earlier show [11-12] is actually The Curse of the Drinking Class, but Forever Young will be sitting in with them for the next few months. And that show rules anyways. And then be sure to tune in for A Bit Stranger later on. There might be a surprise guest on the show, you’ll just have to listen in to see who! Sleep tight…

Daniel Pujol is one busy dude. Between touring, writing, and grad school, we don’t see how he has time to eat or sleep. He recently just put out his new zine, Rich Dick’s Almanac, and it’s pretty groovy. If you’ve read METAMOTORSPEEWAY: The Bristol Sessions [which you can pick up here] then you’ll have an idea of the sorts of things that Daniel writes about. This new zine though, is supposed to be about “if Benjamin Franklin’s Wario centrally planned an economy.” One of the great things about Daniel’s latest zine is that it’s free! You can just send him an e-mail at danielsdreamdepo[at]gmail[dot]com and he’ll send you a PDF version. What a babe, right?

Daniel also brought to our attention that the Richmond Zine Fest is right around the corner! It takes place this year on November 6th and 7th at Richmond’s Gallery 5 [they also do some shows there] We’d describe to you what a zine fest is like, but it’s pretty self explanitory: trading zines, selling zines, reading zines, zine-ing zines. If you’ve got the chance, definitely go check it out.

Daniel Pujol – Jimmie Rogers [mp3]

Daniel’s got a few shows coming up soon [Oct. 5 w/ Dan Deacon, Oct. 10 Infinity Cat Night] and a bunch of out-of-town dates following that. Check it out here. He’s also got a revamped lineup, watch out!

Sorry, but, we just have to say something. JEFF the Brotherhood is not a garage-rock band. Please, if you hear/see someone referring to them as “garage-rock” give them the old one-two. Don’t get us wrong, we enjoy plenties of garage bands, we just don’t like to see the boys get pigeon-holed into a genre that they’ve never fit into. So yeah. We’re not exactly satisfied with Wiki’s definition of garage-rock [not at all really] but we are definitely on board with this guy’s idea of grunge…

Now that it’s Fall and not a sloppy mess outside, we’ve been paying a lot more attention to the folkier section of our music collections. Mostly Dylan and Harlan Howard, but also a good bit of this guy. Kurt’s been putting out records for a couple years now with labels like Mexican Summer, Woodsist, and Richie Records [they’re kind of hard to come by on vinyl these days, but you might get lucky here] And just about everything he’s done so far [with The Violators or without] has been pretty golden. It’s something to definitely look into this week with the weather being how it is. There’s just something about psychadelic-folk-rock and cold breezes that really get our lady wet. Kurt’s got a new album, Childish Prodigy, coming out next week on Matador. You can stream the entire thing here.

Kurt Vile – Freeway [mp3]
Kurt Vile – Red Apples [mp3]

Kurt’s on tour now and going all over the place [No Nashville, but we’re down to go to ATL on Nov. 3 if you guys are] check out the dates here.

[We looked for a screenshot of Bruce in High Fidelity, but couldn’t find it. Deal.]

Dude, Boss, what’s the deal? We thought Nashville was getting the special treatment because you had to bail on us last minute? Don’t get us wrong, we’re totally stoked that you’re coming back and playing Born To Run in it’s entirety, but now you’ve decided to give all your Giants Stadium stints the same pleasure and it’s a little unfair. They get two nights of Born To Run, two nights of Born In The USA, and one night of Darkness on The Edge of Town? Come on. Not fair. We should atleast be able to vote on which one we get, right? No? OK, fine [Just in case you’re reading, we would probably vote for Nebraska] You ARE the Boss and we will take what you give us. See you in November.