independent thoughts on indie rock, alternative, and indie pop music
Lightning 100, Nashville's bastion of independent radio, will host its annual Spring Block Party on Saturday, April 29th at Marathon Music Works. This year's lineup features Eo8 faves The Delta Saints, who will be celebrating the release of their stellar new album, Monte Vista, with the hometown crowd, along with Waker (formerly known as Koa), Luthi, Okey... Continue Reading →
While other kids were playing video games, Pennsylvania-bred Nashville-based cousins and musical partners Jonathan Capeci and Joey Beretta were playing music. The pair made waves in the Nashville indie pop scene over the last several years in their previous incarnation, Dinner and a Suit, who shared stages with the likes of Imagine Dragons. “When one... Continue Reading →
Nestled in a repurposed warehouse district, Nelson's Green Brier Distillery is a bit of a Nashville hidden gem. Within the classic-meets-modern bourbon maker is a wonderful concert space, the Oak Room, the exposed brick and concrete of which was the perfect match for a secret show for bluesy rockers, The Weeks. Just last week, the... Continue Reading →
Miller Made Music and Jessie Baylin, with additional support from LabelLive and Lightning 100, have come together in support of Baylin's December 7th show at The Basement East in Nashville to benefit Second Harvest Food Bank, a non-profit charity organization whose mission is to feed the hungry and work to solve hunger issues in our community.... Continue Reading →
In their childhood home in Albany, New York, Jocelyn and Chris Arndt would spend hours listening to their parents’ music collection in a book and CD-filled room they called “the library”; In elementary school, they learned to play instruments, and performed at local gatherings, fairs, and markets. “We’d been playing covers for a while, which... Continue Reading →
“It’s not enough to play for 9 hours straight, it has to be in a bunch of different locations,” says prolific songcrafter Alex Dezen of his plan to play his entire 115-song catalog all over Nashville on Thursday, February 11th. Dezen’s new self-titled solo album is set for release on February 12th via Rock Ridge... Continue Reading →
Des Ark, touring in support of their latest LP, Everything Dies, performed at 3rd & Lindsley as opening support for Saintseneca for Lightning 100’s Nashville Sunday Night series recently; I had interviewed frontwoman and founder Aimée Argote a week or so before the show, and was so excited to see her perform. Argote, whose songs are... Continue Reading →
Ohio folk-rock band Saintseneca delighted the crowd at Nashville’s 3rd & Lindsley for a recent installment of Lightning 100’s Nashville Sunday Night Series live radio broadcast. Frontman Zac Little began the show playing a high-slung, beautiful, black and white viola bass (we bass players notice these things); in atypical frontman fashion though, Little stands at... Continue Reading →
Charlie Abbott moved to Nashville a few years ago, as he says, by accident; the budding musician and Wisconsin native had been bouncing around for a a while, landing for periods in Minneapolis and Chicago. On a whim, Abbott made his way to Nashville, camped out at a hostel for a few nights, and fell... Continue Reading →
North Carolina indie folk outfit and coverer of awkward subjects, Des Ark, is touring in support of their new album out now on Graveface Records. Band mastermind and tattoo enthusiast, Aimée Argote, took some time off between albums to deal with family hardships; “During this record, my dad got sick, so there was reprioritizing and taking breaks to be... Continue Reading →
