House Pride, Murfreesboro

House shows come and go on my radar all the time, many factors playing a role in actually attending them (and by that I mean I make it out a lot fewer than I would like)- yet after the other nite, I've found a spot I will be making it to plenty more times.

The guys in Zombie Bazooka Patrol just moved into a new house in the Boro (previously the Go Show's house), the new House Pride. It comes complete with a stage, killer tree house, huge yard and a location with less likely hood cops will break up shows.

Monday nite the house was christened with a smaller acoustic night, Cody Blaine and Kent Goolsby (of Ribbonpigeon) along with two other traveling acts playing short sets. After the sets were over, most of the people who were in attendance for the show skirted outside to the unseasonably warm February nite around a bonfire. If all shows ended with a bonfire, just talking to all kinds of people you know & don't know til you start chatting, the world would be one amazing place (until then it's pretty nice, though).

This Friday there's another show over there, featuring the Zombie boys, The Middlemen & Today the Sun, Tomorrow the Moon [Atl, I do believe]. Alas, check out the flyer, come out to House Pride, have a good time & help the local scene continue growing.

More Dance Parties!

1) Left Can Dance :Just dug up on the internet: Left Can Dance is djing at Aerial on Feb. 27th at a Happy Valley party... that's all it says, but you can see it for yourself at the LCD myspace

Also found a video of the Robot Rock II Left Can Dance party at the End a few weeks back..it's mainly an interview with the folks that run it and doesn't feature me dancing stupidly (thankfully).

Check it out at NashvilleCream.

2) Jensen Sportag, Fly Golden Eagle, Make-up and Vanity Set & Fan Fiction: Performing at Mercy Lounge Wed. Feb. 18th. It is hump day, but that doesn't mean you have to take a break from dancing...given the line up it will definitely be worth the trip up to Nashville- plus it's cheap! Only $2 for 21+. More info on the facebook event.

3) The 5 Spot Monday Nite Parties: If anyone knows me at all, they will know how much I LOVE the 5 Spot- it has inspired me to move to East Nashville at some point [next summer if my life went ideally]. It's just a nice, cozy venue with awesome people who don't ever seem to look down on people, moreso just smile at them invitingly (seriously, one nite this guy just smiled at me and didn't give me the "what are you doing here?" look). Every Monday nite they have dance parties & I hear they're getting pretty big these days...I've yet to get up there for one, but any place I can run into some friends who moved out of the Boro & where they play songs I actually own inbetween bands (not crap, that is), plus see awesome bands and shake my booty, that's my place.

Songs of Spring

Thanks to global warming & some not so usual weather effects, middle TN is experiencing a gorgeous stint of weather (case in point: today's high is 70!). I hear it's supposed to rain some tomorrow, but after riding around, windows down, tunes turned up yesterday, I got to thinking of spring/summer songs.

We only rode out to the Cracker Barrel across town, but the trip rocking out to the Protomen and all their epicness made me want to really hit the road and enjoy all that nature & the pavement have to offer together. Alas, here's some of the folks I have a feeling will be dominating the stereo & ipod during the warmer months:


1) Vampire Weekend: They just make me think of beach, happiness, sun and fun.


2) Matt & Kim: They exude happiness, sunshine & make me dance. I mean, the single off the latest record is called "Daylight" and opens with the words:

"We cut the legs off of our pants

Threw our shoes into the ocean

Sit back and wave through the daylight"

3) Dent May & His Magnificent Ukulele: Light, airy, springy & includes a song titled"Meet me in the Garden". Plus he's just adorable and the album art whips me into a vintage spring afternoon mood...

4)MGMT- I might be late to jumping on this train, but I'm alright with that. Mainly the possibility of seeing them at Bonnaroo & the fact I came into the song "Kids" after the rest of the world played it out, I like what they're going for (minus the totally shtick of the tribal paint deal).

5)Ribbonpigeon- The boys have a new record coming out via the interwebs, for free, fairly soon. They recorded it up at Grand Palace here in Murfreesboro & I have a feeling it's going to be another really good release for windows down, driving around. More info when it is posted...

What are your summer artists/songs? Hope the sun comes out & warms you wherever you are!

How I Became the Bomb [comings/goings/videos/records]

After seeing some videos on youtube, the guys in How I Became the Bomb have been on my mind again. Forget the fact that they've released 2 eps in the last 6 months to the internet for free [the newest installment hitting the pages of the interwebs at the Ides of March], I was thoroughly entertained by a video of them at a festival in Madrid from 2007. That's not really the news that matters though, so just check it out here.

(photo yanked from the band's site)

More recently, it came to light that everyone's favorite curly coiffed guitarist is leaving the band, a replacement on their way asap but I have a completely different concern: that photo right behind Denis.

Yes, you might have to look closely, but it's there. Everytime I've seen the band around Murfreesboro/Nashville it has been there and I am concerned that I may never get to see it again.

However trivial that is, I know I am not the only one with this thought, so here's to hoping if the photo does indeed go something else comes to take its place with the new guitarist.

And for making it through what might be deemed an unnecessary post [which I find to be totally necessary], check out their newest video for "Mothership" HERE (sorry my linking/html/blogspot skills are lacking...I'm working on this).

Kid Chicago [Nashville Dance]

Kid Chicago is a dj duo from Nashville & they know what's up. Granted, I am a little biased in knowing one half of the venture, but the mixes they post to their blog make it impossible to stand still and that is the calling card of a good dj [I highly suggest going back to January's mix. It's great for an hour long car ride]. They were part of a dance party that went down a week or so ago and I hear it was a sweet time [it's awesome being sick when good things are going down] and there's another shindig happening on Valentine's day. Personally, I think that it sounds like a good anti-vday party just for the fact of a kissing booth & free break ups. Good times.

So if you like to dance, make sure to come out for that one at Little Hamilton in Nashville...you can get a little more of a feel for these folks via their myspace.

Few quick notes...

Three quick things:


1) 4th Anniversary party @ The Basement- FREE, 8 PM

The line up has changed some and here's what's going on, according to Nashville Cream:

• Howlies
• Madi Diaz
  Miles Nielsen
• Ricky Young
• Those Darlins
• Jason Jones and the Shelby Street Revival
• The Ettes

The Ettes are heading overseas to tour with Kings of Leon, so come out to the show and see them for free instead of having to shell out $20 or something pricey to see them live when they get back to the states...

And in regards to the show being free: if you went to any of the shows the week that Mercy Lounge celebrated 6 years old a few weeks back, you'll know to come early and stay late (Mercy had to stop letting folks in around 11 on that Friday nite & it's a bit bigger than the Basement, if that gives you any idea...)

2) Howlies instore at Grimeys- 6 pm, Free (of course)

I know, I can't shut up about how awesome these guys are, but they're one of my favorite live bands in the entire southeast. Their surf-punk sound is catchy to the max and easily provokes thoughts of the 50's rock...don't listen to me though- the band has been the Band of the Day on spin.com & also band of the week on Paste magazine's site, so just check out what they have to say about the boys from Atlanta.

Their record dropped on Tuesday (with vinyl coming in March- def. worth the wait after hearing their "Sea Level" 7" ) and a brand new video for the track, "Angeline" is up on their youtube page, along with a few other gems worth checking out.

More info/shows on the band's myspace.

3) Bonnaroo 2009

The line up is here- I know you've probably seen it already, but just incase check it out...

Not sure how the hippie crowd feels about it, but this indie snob finds it to be a very good line up with a few of my favorite bands [Okkervil River, Decemberists, Jenny Lewis, etc] on the roster. Hopefully it'll work out and I can go this year...we'll keep our fingers crossed!

Thoughts on these events coming up?