New Music, Emerging from your Local Scene
The ferocious but cuddly men of Quiet Company are on a roll…they just cleaned house in our recent Artist of the Month poll, and they’re gearing up for an 11/27 "Twitter" show at ND/501 Studios, which will feature all live time tweets projected on the movie screen wall. Your 140 are welcome. They’ll be joined by Love at 20, Moving Castles, and Guns of Navarone.
Arcade Sound Ltd. is home to inventive bands like Blackbird Blackbird, Memoryhouse and Teen Daze, and next month they will be releasing the debut album from Rainbo Video. The album will be called Shadow Relics and will include five new tracks including the beautifully funky "Crystal Glaciers".
Shaking Through Vol 1 Ep 10: Party Photographers from Weathervane Music
If you’ve ever wished you could go back in time and go to underground music and art shows in New York City during the late 1960’s, I suggest listening to The Black Apples. They sound like a cross between The Velvet Underground and The Seeds or The Germs. They have that Johnny Thunders stage presence going on, and their shows are where it’s at. Which leads me to their November residency at The Echo…you can catch them there the next two Mondays, so grab your leather jacket, put on some flair and get your act together!
Go check out some new local artists at Hard Rock Cafe, this Friday night, including my new personal favorite, B.et.a. She does dance/electro-pop kinda in the style of Gwen Stefani or Lady Gaga. Super dramatic, super catchy, super different, super entertaining, super danceable. Her dancers/backing band are called "The Neon Panthers." They have only played a handful of shows in Nashville but they’re incredible to watch and get better every time. Other artists that evening include Amanda Price, John Flanagan–(this feller here was recently made the spokesman/face for the Foxwood Casino! HEYOH!)–The Dirty Holidays, and Dom Liberati. You can check here for more details, and here to watch this kooky little stop-animation video just for fun.–Erin Manning
Bosico by Grimace Federation
Tough Shits swing from old-time, nostalgic rock ‘n’ roll that might just kickoff the sock hop or induce a spotlight dance in an episode of Happy Days, but you’ll also find them slumming it with the type of garage rock from below the waist found in seedy bars that Richie Cunningham would never enter (well, not without Fonzie). I know. Ah, what’s Happy Days? And who’s Richie Cunningham? Well, they’ll be surrounded by plenty of grrrl power tonight at KFN with our dirty dames of rock from Slutever and Atlanta’s The Coathangers. I have a feelin’ these “ladies” are “below the waist” kinda gals. Kung Fu Necktie, 1250 N. Front St., 8pm, $8, 21+ (Photo by Jughead) – H.M. Kauffman
Young Magic is the newest addition to the Carpark family. Hailing from the east coast of Australia and currently residing in New York, Young Magic is Isaac, a portable studio, and friends. These songs were recorded over the last six months in various places around the world: old spy bases near Berlin, empty rooms in Iceland, kids’ playgrounds in Melbourne, and no water flats in New York. These various locales are sampled and integrated into the fabric of Young Magic’s sound: the fluidity and songwriting of late 60’s psychedelic soul combined with modern-day beat making. We dig, dudes!
After spending the last two years in and out of the studio, Acrylics will be releasing their first full-length on January 25, 2011 on Hot Sand Records. The band has been on tour with A Sunny Day In Glasgow, Morning Benders and The Smith Westerns, through SXSW and beyond, and just performed at this year’s CMJ. Acrylics will perform live Glasslands on Friday 11.19 and Cameo Gallery the day after, awesome opportunities for a first date – the band’s mellow and intense tune can help spread love in the air.
Personal relationships are the endgame for most people. The search to connect your innermost feelings with another person is what Elika‘s new album “Snuggle Bunnies” often hints at. At the core of the lyrics are emotional ties that revolve around the struggle of the human being’s fight for happiness on earth, and the band’s wide palette of sounds complements these lyrics. Released on Peruvian label Automatic, classic Elika resounds on the 1st single “Summer”. Shoegazer-style soundscapes are scattered throughout the album, but it’s a simple plaintive side that finally emerges in the highlight song “Death and Avalanches”. Pure talent and a bare acoustic guitar set in motion resounding, deep feelings when singer Eva relies on just her voice and her metaphors. “The Darkside” musically reflects its lyrical counterparts, revealing 2 songs in one and releasing its somber verses instantly into an uplifting arpeggiated chorus. The closer “Tidal Wave” is a complete musical movement based on a simple progression, with drums that wash around each other in synch. When it all comes crashing down, you are left to roll in the emotional feedback they create: a symbiotic tie making you wonder what is there left when you’ve relied everything on someone else. – Simon Heggie
Premiered on Pitchfork the other day, simple but pretty cool I say… Les Savy Fav is currently touring Europe, heading to Australia in the winter of 2011.
