
(Photo taken by Daniella Maria .) Some great bands have come out of Murfreesboro in recent years. Among my favorites is Velcro Stars , who's album I was turned onto when stopping at Grand Palace Records (en route to Bonnaroo). Here's their set from this year's PopFest. Velcro Stars 8.14.2008 Athens Popfest The 40 Watt Club, Athens, GA Source: Microtech Gefell M300's > Lunatec V3 (opti-mod) > Nomad JB3 > Firewire > CoolEdit Pro > CDWave > Flac16 Taped by: [...]

When the schedule for Next Big Nashville came out, my first thought was how front loaded it was. It seemed that most of the bands I really liked were all playing on Thursday. This made for some tough decisions, but my goal for the weekend was to try to focus as much as possible on seeing bands that I wasn't as familiar with, or at least hadn't seen live yet. Unfortunately this meant passing up an obscenely awesome lineup at The Rutledge, but as great as the night turned out it was hard to be disappointed. [...]

Thursday feels like the real first day of the festival, which is no surprise really, considering the fact that there are fifteen different showcases for you to choose from, or hop in between. Yes, FIFTEEN. It's enough to make your head spin, which is one of the main reasons I decided to do these showcase-by-showcase preview posts in the first place. This is going to be a night of tough decisions no matter what your tastes in music veer towards - you've got several different brands of rock and singer-songwriter stuff to choose from. [...]

Happy Friday! Still looking for something to do tonight? There's no better way to celebrate the kickoff of the weekend than with your favorite radio station - WRVU. Tonight at the End WRVU presents Happy Birthday Amy , Velcro Stars , Makeup + Vanity Set and Another Side of Bob Jasmin - an excellent lineup of localness set up to support local radio. The 18+ show starts at 9 p.m. and the cover is [...]
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Since I am currently in Murfreesboro, Tennessee and will not return to New York City until late August, I thought I'd give you guys a listen to one of my favorite local bands, the Velcro Stars . This Murfreesboro quintet makes music to dance to (my personal favorite), so if you ever find yourself in a rut and need an audio pick-me-up, play "Just Where My Time Goes" (from their 7 Song EP) and bounce. Come to think of it, anything from their EP is guaranteed to get stuck in your head. [...]