September 2011 Archives

A.K.A. Rudie at The Muse 1-21-11. Photo credit: Sandrene Mathews

Can’t miss: a.k.a.: RUDIE celebrates 18 years on Oct. 8 at the final Second Saturday Ska show of 2011

Ska is known for its short-lived bands and a fickle scene.  That’s why it’s extremely rare for a ska band to release multiple albums or survive a full decade, much less make it 18 years. Nashville’s own a.k.a.:RUDIE has reached that benchmark…

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An interview with Polar Bear Club

Polar Bear Club Interview

Hailing from upstate New York, Polar Bear Club is one of the most talked about bands in their respective scene. Since signing to Bridge 9 Records in 2009, they’ve toured on both the AP Tour and Van’s Warped tour. Their new album, Clash Battle…

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Ty Segall at Exit/In 9-21-11. Photo credit: Micah Caputo

Ty Segall, Mikal Cronin, Heavy Cream, D. Watusi, and Slammers at Exit/In 9/21/2011

All photos by Micah Caputo

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R. Stevie Moore at at Betty's (Leslie Keffer's last show) 9-17-11. Photo credit: Suzanne Smith

Photo gallery: R. Stevie Moore, Action! and Natalie Prass at Betty’s (Leslie Keffer’s last show) 9-17-11

All photos by Suzanne Smith

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Nick Hardy is an artist manager out of Nashville, Tenn and Social Media Strategist for Infinity Cat Recordings.  Reach him at nickjhardy@gmail.com & www.harrrdy.com

2-Stroke: Audrey Spillman and Patrick Lochridge capitalize on overnight success of “Part Of Me” video (Interview)

    Lately, I’ve been thinking a lot about the concept of “Less is more”. As business people, we are expected to push and push and push, sell, sell, sell.  It’s a constant fight jockeying for the position to be heard.  As an…

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Ty Segall at The End  Photo credit: Ashley Curtis

Can’t Miss: Ty Segall & Mikal Cronin make “weird” sounds with Heavy Cream, D. Watusi and Slammers at Exit/In tomorrow

Weird is a word tossed around a lot in word bubbles regarding Ty Segall and Mikal Cronin.  Their singular boat make sense because they’re long-time cronies and collaborators.  The word “weird” though, is so subjective, but it came up even in…

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Drew Wilson, formerly the man behind the curtain of WRVU’S “Loud Love” Show, is a punk rock connoisseur from New York City and one of the last of a generation who can say they grew up going to CBGB's. He moved to Nashville to get into radio and found a spot at the Vanderbilt station in 2008, where he put his training to use and took over the waves of Music City with the only punk rock show on the radio at the time. Now, in 2011, he's still playing the best of new and old punk, hardcore, and garage rock, and he's a fixture at the local shows as well as booking and promoting local bands, and keeping the volume turned to loud.

Loud Love: Tips on show-going in Nashville

  Now that everyone is up to speed on where you’re going out to see all the killer shows coming to Nashville nowadays, we felt like we needed to take the next step, and let all you readers in on some of the tips and tricks we’ve…

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Evan P. Donohue and Natalie Prass on Live & Reel

New video series, Live & Reel, launches with Evan P. Donohue and Natalie Prass

We’re beyond excited to present Nashville’s newest monthly video series Live & Reel!  We’ve partnered with our good friends Mark Galup and Erik Walter Thompson at Reel Recording in Berry Hill to bring you this series, which offers…

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Chancellor Warhol album release show at Mercy Lounge with The Honeymood Thrillers 9-13-11. Photo credit: Micah Caputo

Photo gallery: Chancellor Warhol album release at Mercy Lounge with The Honeymoon Thrillers 9-13-11

All photos by Micah Caputo

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JEFF the Brotherhood in the New York Times' Style Magazine "Really Big Bands". Photo credit: Sebastian Kim, New York Times

JEFF the Brotherhood and The Grayces earn Nashville love from coast to coast

That star is showing brighter over Nashville on the independent music map.  It seems like every day, the wattage sets new records. In the last week, from both coasts, we saw a couple of huge spikes thanks to perennial bar-raisers JEFF the…

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