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Listen, you'd have to be a jerk to not want to support kids who wanna rock, so a good way to not be a jerk would be to go to The End tomorrow (Saturday) night and lay down a mere $5 to help out th... Continue reading "Tennessee Teen Rock Camp Tomorrow at The End, Feat. Fever Queen (Cortney Tidwell), How Cozy & More" >

Ah, Easter. What a wonderful amalgam of bizarre, antiquated traditions. Time to go help a gaggle of tiny relatives I don't recognize search for plastic eggs full of melted fudge in my grandmother... Continue reading "Weekend Round-Up: Cadbury Gold Style" >

Back in the day, we had this thing we called "kickin' it old school." I'm not just being facetious here. I mean, the kids these days "kick it old school," but they're usually just listening to the... Continue reading "These Are the Breaks: Kurtis Blow Playing Big T's on Dickerson Pike " >

So our resident incorrigible critical curmudgeon, Sean Maloney, caught wind of a bit of a '90s revival going down this evening at the Wildhorse Saloon. He wrote a Critic's Pick on the affair, and... Continue reading "Point/Counterpoint: Seven Mary Three, Marcy Playground & Sponge, Tonight at Wildhorse" >

The folks at Forecastle have just announced this year's initial lineup, and it appears as though the Louisville-based festival is continuing its trend of being pretty OK! You know, pretty solid, ... Continue reading "Road Trip to Louisville: Forecastle Fest 2010, July 9-11" >

Remember when Old Man Maloney poked fun at his alma mater for their lackluster PR, especially where an upcoming appearance by GZA was concerned? Well, emails to music writers or no, the day of the... Continue reading "GZA Tonight at MTSU [The Genius]" >

I didn't attend MTSU. There were, however, many times in my freshman and sophomore years of college when I felt like an honorary undergrad. You know, on account of the countless weekend and even... Continue reading "Dave Haslam Presents Joy Division Lecture and Film Screening, March 31 at MTSU" >

Steve Lee is a winner. He's also a comedian, so apparently the two aren't mutually exclusive. Lee entered that Hermitage Lighting Gallery jingle contest back in August, which -- partially thanks t... Continue reading "Steve Lee's Paul Simon 8 off 8th Tonight at Mercy Lounge" >

Hey look, here's Paramore's Hayley Williams playing Lady Gaga's "Bad Romance" -- Stefani Germanotta style -- on the piano. Watch out, Norah Jones! Ms. Williams' band Paramore will be headed back... Continue reading "Hayley Williams Covers Lady Gaga, Paramore to Play Merriweather Post Pavillion in Its Entirety" >

Yeah, health care's a big fuckin' deal. Totes a big deal. But in Internet time, Biden dropping the F-bomb happened like three years ago, and -- considering the fact that I thought altruism was a p... Continue reading "Weekend Round-Up: Big Fuckin' Deal Style" >

Here's a show we didn't hear about in time for this week's glossy, which we are telling you about now: Omaha stalwart Simon Joyner will be playing a house show over on the East side of town Satu... Continue reading "Simon Joyner to Play House Show Saturday Night" >

Well isn't this week just chock full of attendance-worthy, above-average rock shows? Tonight's another busy one, with West Coasters The Soft Pack at Exit/In (and earlier in the day at Grimey's), ... Continue reading "The Soft Pack vs. The Moaners vs. Black Cobra Tonight" >

I know what you're thinking: "Right ... but which New Pornographers? All of them? The good ones??" No worries! It's a solid cast this time. Neko Case, Carl "A.C." Newman, Dan Bejar and, you know,... Continue reading "The [Real] New Pornographers w/The Dodos & The Dutchess and the Duke, June 27 at Cannery Ballroom" >

If you're the kind of music fan who likes good news, then boy have I got some for you: The Ryman has just announced -- via their official site -- that Neil Young will make a solo appearance the... Continue reading "Neil Young to Play Solo at The Ryman, June 1" >

Oh, it's on. Big time. Steve mentioned me mentioning it before, but that was before we had a serious, big-time, moving-picture rivalry on our hands. Two of the bands participating in tonight's R... Continue reading "Battle of the Road to Bonnaroo Promo Vids: Shoot the Mountain v. MODOC" >

Well, shit. Normally, you'd say that too many highly attendable shows in one night would be a good problem to have, wouldn't you? And you'd be right, normally, this being Nashville, most skipped-o... Continue reading "Road to Bonnaroo Round Two, Real Estate, Woods & Miles Kurosky All Tonight" >

Hey, it's gonna be spring this weekend! Like, real, sunny, warm, nice springy spring. Like, pretty soon it's gonna be so damn hot all the time people can complain about that instead of complaining... Continue reading "Weekend Round-Up: Spring Chicken Style" >

So what about George Thorogood? (Not that anyone on Team Cream rolled his/her eyes in our pitch meeting when his name came up or anything.) He's gonna bluesify the shit out of Nashville tonight, a... Continue reading "George Thorogood Tonight at The Wildhorse" >

Folk punk fans, rejoice! Defiance, Ohio is bringing their brand of anarchist-leaning acoustic punk to the warehouse space at Little Hamilton tonight. Defiance, Ohio is one of the key bands in t... Continue reading "Folk Punks Defiance, Ohio Play Little Hamilton Tonight" >

​This week, both Adam Goldy-Poo and D. Patsy Rodgers are headed to Austin's annual taco-tastic, beer-laden "music" festival, SXSW. They are dudes in bands, dudes who've seen tons of shows, dudes ... Continue reading "Advice to the Graduate: SXSW Cherry Pop" >