Last night at our show featuring Milktooth, The Gills, and Vinyl Thief, Apple Road and The Deli Nashville teamed up to give you the chance to tell us your thoughts about the Nashville music scene and take over the blog for a day! With the ballots tallied, we give you… The Deli Nashville and Apple Road Present… Take Over the Press!
In our third category, we gave you the mic to hype your most-anticipated upcoming local show. East Nashville Underground seems to be on everyone’s mind this week (can you blame them?), but there are some exciting shows coming up, and you guys told us what to keep an eye on:
Last night at our show featuring Milktooth, The Gills, and Vinyl Thief, Apple Road and The Deli Nashville teamed up to give you the chance to tell us your thoughts about the Nashville music scene and take over the blog for a day! With the ballots tallied, we give you… The Deli Nashville and Apple Road Present… Take Over the Press!
In our category for "Favorite Local Artist," we had an overwhelming number of fans vote for Vinyl Thief, The Gills, and Milktooth, which is both expected and deserved. (Shout out to The JAG, who also had an solid turnout!) But the full list is impressive and spot-on, so check out which favorites are hitting radars throughout the local music scene:
Last night at our show featuring Milktooth, The Gills, and Vinyl Thief, Apple Road and The Deli Nashville teamed up to give you the chance to tell us your thoughts about the Nashville music scene and take over the blog for a day! With the ballots tallied, we give you… The Deli Nashville and Apple Road Present… Take Over the Press!
In the first category, we present to you your choices for the "Favorite Song By Local Artist" category, complete with a Spotify playlist* of your choices.
Spotify playlist: The Deli Nashville & Apple Road: Take Over the Press
The Young International, "Vampire"
*repeat repeat, "12345678" [stream here]
Natural Blonde, "30th Street"
Justin Kalk Orchestra, "Pancakes & Syrup" [stream here]
The Gills, "Let’s Get Together"
The JAG, "White Horse"
The Features, "Golden Comb"
Peter Terry & the City Profits, "Stripper Song"
Milktooth, "In My Blood"
The JAG, "Talk At Me"
Mikky Ekko, "Pull Me Down"
Daniel Ellsworth & the Great Lakes, "Shoe Fits"
The Gills, "Summer Lovin’"
Milktooth, "The Gate"
Milktooth, "O Laredo!"
The Joy Of Painting, "Dontchu Wanna" [out May 21st on Tender Age EP. Stream here.]
Sexx, "Top Down" [stream here]
The Gills, "Keep Holding On"
COIN, "It’s Okay"
Milktooth, "Billie Jean"
Cherub, "Roxxy"
*Songs not available on Spotify are featured in the links provided.
Milktooth have been on fire this week. In addition to gearing up to debut a new song at our show at the Stone Fox tonight, the band released the latest (and possibly best) episode of their Stay Home America series. Just when it seems there’s no topping the last episode (in this case, their gorgeous interpretation of Beck’s "Eyes That say I Love You"), they go and do it again. Episode six finds the band covering Mumford and Sons’ "Whispers In the Dark" in a refurbished mechanic shop in Germantown and, in keeping with the theme of the series, this latest cover may be their best one yet.
Born from bassist Zac Stred’s idea to start a video series to complement the band’s Tour America series, Milktooth began work on the first episode of Stay Home America last summer as a way to generate new content between their own releases. With only six episodes under their belt, each cover is a fantastic and re-worked rendition of a song by a known artist. The latest clip may be Milktooth’s most abstract yet, so we decided to get to the bottom of things.
The Deli Nashville: What moves you to choose the songs that you choose? David Condos: We choose songs based on a number of factors. First, we need to like the bones of the song. Once we have the song stripped down to its basic elements, we can change the instrumentation and arrangement however we like. Sowe are always thinking about what might make an interesting subject for our little experiment. But ultimately, I need to like the original lyrics and melodies enough to sing them because those are the least changeable parts of the equation.
DN: What are the pictures of in the video for "Whispers In the Dark"? DC: For this song, we wanted the visuals to play off the emotion invoked by the closing lyric, "While we are young." The song struck us as a retrospective story of nostalgia or regret. So we gathered a collection of photos from the 1940s and 1950s that showed a variety of nostalgic memories from people’s long lost youths (vacations, dances, family celebrations, classrooms, etc). We were really excited about how it all ended up working together, especially since this was the third different visual idea that we explored for pairing with this song. We originally wanted to shoot it at a taxidermy shop or an antique mall but couldn’t find a location that would allow our shoot. Third idea was the charm.
DN: Where was this episode filmed? DC: Another aspect of this series that we’ve tried to change with each episode is the location. Shooting both video and audio on location can present a number of challenges, but it’s fun to explore different possibilities and let each location shape the video to a certain extent. For this video, we wanted an open area that would give the projections enough space to have their impact. So we recorded it at a refurbished mechanic shop in Germantown, which is where the church I’m a part of meets.
DN: Who directs these videos? DC: We started out directing the first few episodes ourselves; this meant that we would set up a handful of stationary cameras around us, press record and start playing the song. Then I would edit the footage together. Fortunately, we’ve had some talented help with the past two videos. For Beck’s "Eyes that Say I Love You," direction and editing was provided by Jace Freeman of the Moving Picture Boys, who just premiered their new documentary "Nashville 2012" at the Nashville Film Festival. Jace not only improved the look of the video but he also brought a storyline, which worked perfectly with the song’s lyrics. This episode was shot and edited by our friend Caleb McLaughlin. The projector element complicated the shoot more than I anticipated, so I’m not sure how we would have done it without him. Strangely enough, our Beck video was shot at Caleb’s home, so this isn’t the first time he’s been a champion of Stay Home America.
DN: How do you get your brain around your arrangements of each song? DC: Breaking down a song and writing a new arrangement is one of our favorite things about what we do. We’ve loved doing this to our own songs for special occasions too, so it seemed like a natural transition when we had the idea to start this video series. For Kavinsky’s "Nightcall" we wrote the arrangement together in our practice space, just like we would when writing a new song. I had the idea for this Mumford cover late last year so I pieced together a demo a while back, and then we got together to finesse the details earlier this month.
For the Stay Home America arrangements, we try take each song in a different direction than the original artist did. We loved stripping down The xx’s "Fiction" and turning it into a unplugged song for Zac’s back porch. So I thought it would be cool to do the opposite thing to a Mumford song, taking their old-time thumper and giving it a minimalist groove based on a string synth. I’ve become a bit of a synth geek, so I was especially excited to get to use a new piece that I bought earlier this year.
Examining "Whispers in the Dark" taught me that the song was much more interesting than I believed on first listen. I think that the original arrangement has so many uptempo instrumental elements going on that it distracts from how dark and beautiful the lyrics are. By slowing down the tempo and exposing the vocals, I think it allows the focus to shift to the song’s story, which describes loss and regret before landing on the final stanza’s "Carpe Diem" proclamation. So this arrangement was influenced both by our understanding of the original lyrics and by our desire to take the song into new musical territory. Hopefully, our take can be appreciated by Mumford fans and non-Mumford fans alike. –Brianne Turner
Yesterday electro-pop four-piece, COIN, released their newest single a day early as a gift to fans for getting the band to 1992 likes on Facebook, a numeric tribute to their new album, also titled 1992. "Atlas" marks the first release from the album and is, according to the band, a song about Y2k.
You can add "Atlas" as well as the rest of the songs from 1992 to your music library one week from today on May 2nd at 12th & Porter, where the band will host their album release show. The gig will be COIN’s first live performance since February and marks our first chance to hear some of their newest songs live.
If you’d like a shot at getting the record for free, rumor has it that showing up to the show early will work to your favor. You can catch all of the show details here. In the meantime, you can grab "Atlas" as well as COIN’s fantastic debut EP, Saturdays, over at NoiseTrade. –Brianne Turner
There’s still time to mark your calendars for the show we’ve put together with Apple Road, featuring Milktooth, The Gills, and Vinyl Thief! The show is taking place this Friday at the Stone Fox and we can’t wait to see you. In fact, we are so excited to see you that we’ve added a special twist to this show…
In addition to our rad lineup, we’re giving you the floor here at The Deli Nashville. All you have to do is come to the show and grab a ballot, use it to tell us what you think we’re missing out on in our local music scene, and we will use those ballots to update The Deli Nashville! Easy peasy.
Come out, have fun, support local music, and raise the bar on how we return the favor.
Details about the show are here, and we will see you there!
If you’re looking for a new girl to fall in love with, Natural Blonde‘s video for "30th Street" is a good place to start. Shot entirely on an iPhone using Vine, the clip follows Lauren Eicher as she merry-go-rounds, melts hearts, and hopscotches her way through the streets of Boston.
For more from Natural Blonde, you can grab the album Young Man/Young Womenon NoiseTrade or just swing by DCXV and grab a t-shirt from singer/songwriter/store owner, Adrien Saporiti. –Brianne Turner
Have you ever wanted license to knock over convenience stores, play stickball in junkyards, and drink 40’s while riding in the back of an antique pickup truck? The permission for these activities and more will be granted to you, but only if you’re able to score some of that sweet, sweet Kings of Leon fundage. No fundage? OK, maybe you can just live vicariously through Mississippi ramblers The Weeks, who now call Nashville home. Have a look at their new video for “Brother In the Night,” and if you want to talk to them about some fundage in the form of 40’s or their new record, Dear Bo Jackson, visit them at Mercy Lounge on April 26th. –Jonathan Parrish
Tomorrow is Record Store Day, marking the sixth anniversary of one of the biggest holidays in the world of independent music. Celebrating independently-owned record stores and LP culture throughout the country, the celebration begins in just a few short hours, and Saturday is packed with some pretty exciting events to fill your itinerary:
Third Man Records
Jack White is the 2013 ambassador for Record Store Day and an overall champion for the medium, so it’s safe to assume that Third Man will be a hotbed of activity tomorrow. In addition to live performances, food, booze, and exclusive releases, White’s record store will also host the Third Man Record Booth, the "only working vinyl record recording booth open to the public in the world."
For more information on what will be going down at Third Man, click here.
Grimey’s/Grimey’s Too Grimey’s has released their full list of activities for the day so we’ve lifted the rundown directly from them to post here:
10:00 – Store opens
11:00 – djb (DJ set)
11:30 – Poplar Grove Middle School Ensemble (performs selections from Beck’s "Song Reader" album of sheet music)
12:00 – Daniel Bachman
12:30 – Pimpdaddysupreme (DJ set)
1:00 – Paramore
1:15 – MINDUB (DJ set)
1:45 – Alanna Royale
2:15 – The Record Wranglers
(DJ set)
2:45 – Josh Rouse
3:15 – DJ Hammelandeggs (DJ set)
3:45 – PUJOL
4:15 – Janet from Out The Other (DJ set)
4:45 – Hotpipes
5:15 – D-Funk (DJ set)
5:45 – The Features
Between and during sets, you can grab yourself some food, exclusive releases, and drop your name for the chance to win concert tickets and other sweet prizes.
Warning: Even if you’re not pumped for the Paramore set, you definitely know someone who is, so be sure to show up early if you plan to even get inside the store tomorrow. It will be a madhouse.
Get the full Grimey’s schedule here.
The Great Escape The Great Escape will be opening two hours early tomorrow at 8 am, when they will kick off the celebration by offering 20% off all used music and music supplies, giving away free merchandise, and premiering exclusive Record Store Day releases from the likes of The White Stripes, The Black Keys, and more.
Get all of the details for their event here.
The Groove The Groove will open tomorrow at 10 am, also offering exclusive RSD releases, raffles for prizes, and hosting performances by DeRobert & the Half-Truths, Tristen, Forget Cassettes, Cooper, Penicillin Baby, Western Medication, and more. Sam Fogarino of Interpol and Duane Denison (Jesus Lizard, Tomahawk) will be there for a meet-and-greet, and Fogarino will take up post behind the turntables in the afternoon.
Check out what else The Groove has planned for you here.
Additionally, be sure to swing by Ernest Tubb Record Shops for performances by Leon Rhodes and Anita Stapleton (beginning at 3 pm) and hit up the east side for the grand opening of Fond Object, featuring performances from Cheap Time, Promised Land, JP5, JP Harris, and the Tough Choices.
Currently gearing up to spend some time in the studio, Peter Terry & the City Profits are offering new and old fans the chance to hear their new tunes before they’re released to the masses. Describing the sound of the new material as "electric whiskey," (which is strangely accurate) the band is turning up the heat for their forthcoming release and inviting you to check out some of their new songs tomorrow night via Stageit. Of their new songs, Peter Terry says, "We’re capitalizing on our blues sound but getting into more of an electronic and electric feel, veering away from folk rock. You can dance to this new stuff."
Tomorrow’s Stageit show begins at 8 pm and can be viewed here, from the comfort of your couch. Or if you prefer an in-person live music experience, you can catch Peter Terry & the City Profits Thursday night at the Tin Roof for the Lightning 100 On Tap Series. (Recommendation: Ask them to play "Hard Rain." That song is such a jam and will hit you right in the chest.) –Brianne Turner
Following last year’s release of Flowers Of the Broken Hearted, "Say Anything" is the newest offering from singer/storyteller Anderson East. Simultaneously soft and powerful, the song features the fantastically talented Jill Andrews matching East’s soulful timbre as they both pour their hearts out and sing their pleas to a lover to just say whatever it is they’re thinking.
"Say Anything" has already found one home in the most recent episode of ABC’s Suburgatory and is currently available for free or donation over on Bandcamp.
In light of yesterday’s tragic events in Boston, Anderson East postponed last night’s scheduled live online show until tonight to give everyone a chance to spend a little more time with their families. If you’d like to stream tonight’s free show, you can visit East’s official website at 8 pm.
Welcome to Monday, Nashville! Though there’s not much a place can do to make the first day of the week feel less awful, Music City does its best to try. If you haven’t caught Lightning 100’s The615 in its new time slot, you can tune in this (and every!) Monday evening at 6:15 to hear Wells Adams and Justin Hammel spend an hour giving away prizes while highlighting local music.
Shortly after The615 wraps up on your radio, 8 Off 8th will host the third and final installment of Road To Bonnaroo. Alanna Royale and Ranch Ghost won rounds one and two, respectively, and tonight’s winner will be the last to be added to the lineup that will represent the Nashville indie music scene onstage at Bonnaroo 2013. Tonight’s competitors are:
Billy Swayze
Cy Barkley and the Way Outsiders
Jacob Jones
Meth Dad
Ponychase
RI¢HIE
Tipper Whore
The Wans
Music kicks off at 9, and the venue will fill up fast, so get to the Mercy Lounge early and grab a ballot to submit your vote!
