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Megan McCormick to perform on CBS Early Show, 9/4/10

Nashville singer/songwriter, Megan McCormick, will be making her national television debut this Saturday on CBS’s Early Show on the Second Cup Café Segment, where she will be playing live on the Plaza, featuring songs from her recent album, “Honest Words.” (Check your local listings to find out when you can watch her, although if you’re in Nashville, it will air at 8:00am (central time) on WTVF). Who cares if it’s early! Wake up!

The performance is one of many in a recent wave of opportunities and praise from the press for her release of, “Honest Words,” including reviews in USA Today, O, and Marie Claire. She recently taped a session for NPR’s Mountain Stage, and will be performing September 20 on the nationally syndicated Woodsongs Old Time Radio Hour.

Catch her this Sunday, Sept. 5th playing live at 3rd & Lindsley with Kingston Springs for Nashville Sunday Night, presented by Lightning 100.

Doors at 6, Show at 8, Tix are $8. See you there!—Erin Manning

 

Kyle Andrews EP Release Party @ Mercy Lounge, 9/3/10

Go check out Nashville's synth-pop kingpin, Kyle Andrews, at Mercy Lounge tomorrow night for his EP release party. "KANGAROO," which was released August 31st, has already received a recent abundance of interest, due to the opening track, "You Always Make Me Smile." Show openers will be Heypenny, Gold Motel, and Mother/Father. Talk about a good time! 

The show is FREE, 21+, Doors @ 9, Go here for additional information.--Deli Editor

Check out the music video for "You Always Make Me Smile," which supposedly sought to set the Guiness world-record for largest water balloon fight!

 

Max and The Wild Things Album Review

Max and the Wild Things self-titled album is indescribable. The full-length 12-track album offers solid rhythms, catchy guitar riffs, an array of different sounds, and a variety of genres from track to track. Songs like “You Got Your” and “In Tune” present a cleaner guitar sound with standing-bass riffs, while the lyrics reflect their Southern roots, offering listeners more of a folk feel. The band markets themselves as New Wave, Americana and Post Punk, although it is difficult to make any sort of genre classification with this band. (The label of post-punk may be used to denote the brass used in some of the songs, which offers a unique twist to a familiar sound). The band sounds more like a mix of rockabilly with a dab of sound from songs by artists from the 60s, like “Goin’ Down the Road,” by Woody Guthrie. The track “Enough” sounds like a countrified Bob Dylan without the harmonica, as the vocalist sings about having a pack of cigarettes and a lot of sin.

Bringing back the rockabilly sound is a courageous endeavor for Max and the Wild Things. It’s questionable whether the album provides a new sound for eager ears to listen to, because there is a lot of infusing going on throughout each song, which can sometimes detract from originality. In the band’s defense, they admirably try to offer something old and something new. Though the sound of the album as a whole is almost overly retro, and the tracks are reminiscent of a lot of “older- style” music, the talent is indisputable. Download the entire album at their bandcamp page.—EJ Hirsch

 

Girl In A Coma @ The End, 9/4/10

Here's a Labor Day Weekend treat for ya...San Antonio rock trio, Girl In A Coma, who has toured extensively with Tegan & Sara aaannnddd Morrisey, will be stopping in Nashville on their tour to promote their upcoming album release.

Before they lay the smackdown, there will be sets by Sacramento-based band Agent Ribbons, whose sound has been described as "garage-rock-meets-three-penny-opera." Local acts will be The Billy Goats, and Erin Manning. Dooooon't miss it!--Deli Staff

 

Brandon Jazz & His Armed Forces "Radical Luv" Release, 8/31/10

Come to the 7" release of "Radical Luv," the new EP by Brandon Jazz & His Armed Forces. It takes place next Tuesday, August 31st, at Mercy Lounge. You can go here for more info! Dig it!--Deli Editor

 

Heavy Cream LP Release Show, 8/24/10

Go here for details! Par-taaaayyyyy!--Deli Editor

 

Taxicab Racers @ 8 off 8th

Nashville local band Taxicab Racers blew the crowd away last week at 8 off 8th. The high-energy power pop band brought heavy rhythms and heartfelt lyrics, which the girls seemed to love as they lipped their own version of the songs. The band, which moved to Nashville from Chattanooga, seem to have found their nook among the Nashville music scene. Their instrumental sound has a lot of the familiar sounds of Paper Route and for good reason. Taxicab Racers worked with Chad Howart (of Paper Route) to produce their new EP “Hunter/Beggar,” set for release in October. Although a lot of the sounds are almost overly familiar and at times it becomes hard to differentiate between what is Taxicab Racers and what is Paper Route, the new EP sounds phenomenal. The heavy use of synthesizers and rhythms allows for listeners to actually feel the band. Vocalist Michael Roddy sounds a lot like those from Owl City with a twang. Brittany Painter of The Bridges also did some guest vocals on the EP. The new album is loaded. The band knows their target audience and knows that the EP has a mainstream appeal. “We’re commercial. It kind of hurts us and it helps us,” Roddy says. The commercialism of the band doesn’t hinder the sound these artists offer; they offer something the audience can move to, something the crowd can relate to and something fun to listen to. This band is fast on the move and well worth the time it takes to go see their next show. – EJ Hirsch

 

Turbo Fruits w/ Colour Revolt @ Mercy Lounge, 8/19/10

Nashville band, The Turbo Fruits, are playing at the Mercy Lounge tonight and opening for Colour Revolt. Tickets are $8 ($15 if you want a CD), and the show starts at 9:00pm. For all other info, go here!--Deli Editor

 

BMI Names Heypenny as "Pick of the Month"

Congrats to Heypenny!--Deli Editor

 

Reno Bo w/ The Dozen Dimes @ The Basement, 8/15/10

“Neo-Classic Rock” is an apt way to describe Reno Bo’s style. Their music follows in the footsteps of those great groups from the 1970s, never aping a particular band, but every once in a while you can hear echoes of the likes of Boston ringing from their amps. Their lyrics also have a sort of old-school feel to them: on one ballad, the singer croons the saccharine-sweet line, “I see stars when I’m looking into your eyes.” Keeping with the retro theme, the outfits could have been borrowed from the closet of Steve Miller or Van Halen – lots and lots of denim. The bassist was wearing moccasins (perhaps a ‘60s throwback?), and I hope the other guitarist/singer was aware that, with his long dark hair and basic tee/jeans combo, he had quite a Mike Myers from Wayne’s World thing going on. (I also hope that he doesn’t still live in his mother’s basement and date a psycho hosebeast.) Reno Bo ended one of the best Basement line-ups I’ve seen in a while, and in my honest opinion were not the most interesting act that took the stage Sunday night. (With their updated take on the British Invasion—powder blue suits, light-up mike stands, and raw boogie-woogie rock played on gorgeous vintage instruments—Dozen Dimes stole the show for me.) However, I will say this: Reno Bo’s drummer looks a bit like Steve Buscemi with a Jesus haircut, and plays like a cross between Animal and a very rhythmic octopus.--Christine Smith

 
Which of These Local Acts Should Be Our Next Nashville Artist of the Month?


12th and Porter
3rd and Lindsley
Belcourt Theatre
Bluebird Cafe
Cannery Ballroom
City Hall
Exit/In
Five Spot
FooBar
Mercy Lounge
Robert's Western World
Rocketown
Ryman Auditorium
Springwater
The Basement
The End
The Muse
The Rutledge
The Station Inn
Cafe Coco
Gibson Showcase
B.B. King's Blues Club
Grand Ole Opry
Sommet Center
Tennessee Performing Arts Center
Out the Other...
Nashville Cream
Hard to Find a Friend
We Own This Town
Grand Palace
Page 300
Music City Bloggers
The Other Side of Nashville
Indie Ghetto

Grand Palace
Lost Highway
Theory 8
Infinity Cat
Mean Buzz
Cephalopod
Heinous
Liquid Panda
Spat!
 
 
Kelly Kerr & The Distractions
Chronological Disorder: How To Pass History In 13 East Steps

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In May of this year, Kelly Kerr and the Distractions proved they like to look back, sometimes centuries back, when they released their new album Chronological Disorder: How to Pass History in Thirteen Easy Steps. The last time you heard someone explain a historical event through song may have been around third grade, but it probably didn’t have the residual effects that Chronological Disorder does. Kerr lays down the basic facts and offers his own tongue-in-cheek critique of events and figures including Eli Whitney, Bob Dole and the Whiskey Rebellion, while instrumentally, some of the mid-tempo melodies and jangly timbre mirror the style of the grandfathers of college rock. Yes – surprise, surprise – the Distractions’ smooth alt-rock brings to mind the good times of 1984 and R.E.M.’s Reckoning. Even the sound of Kerr’s voice – low, amused, even – mimics Michael Stipe’s.

The Distractions show how they can be sweet and smart-assed, combining the elements of a rock album with those of a middle school play about American history. An album with such a concept could easily be ruined with indie snarkiness, but Chronological Disorder takes the high road, delving into the different facets of history with playfulness. The stage is set with “Election: 1800,” the melodic, cheery first ode to Reckoning in which Kerr proclaims a mouthful: “maybe we should rethink this/our system has a glitch,” and from there, the band chronicles decades of rock music like they chronicle America’s timeline. ’50s rock riffs structure “Groomed to Lead,” while a surfy, ’60s melody drills in “Bring Out Yr Dead.” The 13 tracks progress easily, even when things get grittier with tracks like the guitar-heavy “Gold Rush” which sets a frenzied pace while Kerr proclaims, “It’s a gold rush, baby.”

A favorite could be the amusingly embittered tone of “Bob Dole,” a story told from the former Senator’s perspective, comparing his life to that of his SNL impersonator, Dan Aykroyd. “Know It All” makes room for some bookish romance before the entire album is recapped in the final “Central Incompetence Agency.”

Simultaneously poking fun and offering up the facts, Chronological Disorder is simply infectious rock with sing-along appeal and an educational foundation if you’re paying attention. An album so strictly built around a history theme isn’t so commonly come by, and the Distractions could have gotten really smug with it, but instead they opted for clever and fun.--Jessica Pace

SEPTEMBER
09.03Springwater
9pm Xpia
9pm The Brothers Gross
9pm The Downtown Struts
09.07Exit/In
9pm The Grayces
09.10Casablanca Coffee
7pm Junkyard Girls
09.175 Spot
10pm The Grayces
09.17Alleykatz
8pm Mistakes Were Made
OCTOBER
10.0212th and Porter
8pm The Kingston Springs
10.30Melrose Billiards
10pm The Grayces