As I've been saying again and again, we've got a show coming up on Friday that's going to be an excellent chance for all you Nashvillians to catch a slew of local bands that you may or may not have had the chance to see yet, all with quite different esthetics. Read below to see the treats we've got in store for you.
In addition to the music, don't forget I'll be giving away a pair of tickets to the totally sold-out Wilco show at the Ryman on 3/2. TOTALLY SOLD OUT. Read the post below for the details, but you've gotta call into the radioshow this Friday (4-6pm) or be one of the first twenty people at the End that night to get your name entered! We'll be doing the same thing for the Fiery Furnaces show, which, while not sold out, is going to be a great one.
Plus, I'll be dancing. And sometimes when I get all dancy, I start buying strangers drinks. No promises. But it happens.
And now, the music.....
*In my quest to get music together for this show I had the pleasure to meet the entire Happy Birthday Amy crew (who confessed that they're fans of the radioshow, which is terrific) in the crowded mess of Cafe Coco, where they charmed me entirely and I got ahold of their latest EP, a bouncy, jumpy ball of piano-wit wailed by Amy Smith (of The Protomen & Jared Micah & Hats) bowed by her husband Dillon (of The Ascent of Everest, Noir Test, & Jared Micah & Hats) and banged by Miles Cramer (of...well okay, he doesn't have any side projects, give him a break). Spiraling cymbal crashes and boundless energy. Delightful.
HBA: "Bait", "Mystery Scars"
**Out of Murfreesboro, Velcro Stars are playful, nostalgic, heartfelt, sometimes haunting. A sound that is undoubtedly youthful, but not without skill. These songs are from Hiroshima's Revenge, the latest full-length, out on our very own Grand Palace Records. The title track is sweeping, basic rhythms overcome by the energy of chins up, fists up, eyes to the sky.
Makeup & Vanity Set boomed into my life when he opened for The Protomen (see the connections being drawn? no? see above.) at The End. Complete dance-electro mixes, all vocal-less, techno influence best played in a dark basement packed with beer and sweat. (Okay, I'm biased, but I've seen him play in such a setting and my dance moves have never been so inspired.) His shows are always full of energy, done mostly on the spot, mixed by Matthew Pusti donning a ski mask and helped along by "MTV, crack cocaine, and JC Penney catalogs", along with whatever friends he's got on hand.
Bonus: Makep & Vanity Set take on The Protomen--"Vengeance?"
*Photo by Jonathan Kingsbury Photography
**Photo by Laura Leigh Smith, www.acebangup.com
2 comments:
Hey darlin! Actually, Miles does have a side project...Gunslinger. Also he sometimes plays with Adam and the Couch Potatoes. They make songs for kiddies. Thanks for writing such a cute blog!
See, the internet's no good for that sort of information. You all will have to come on the show soon to sort that out!
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