Nashville Music Blog

No plans for tomorrow afternoon? You were just going to get baked and eat a breakfast burrito, weren't you? Well I don't want to throw a wrench in the works or anything, but perhaps you could incorporate one or both of the following events into your schej. There's Grimey's and The Basement's Rocktoberfest Outdoor Sale feat. The Shazam, Oblio, Noot d' Noot, Brooke Waggoner, Heavy Cream & WARBAND. Starts at 10 a.m. Tell us about it, Mr. Gold:

There used to be a time when Saturday afternoons were all about indulging one's self with a jazz cigarette (or two), going to your local record store to talk shop, and acquiring some hot wax. Despite the neverending proliferation of online file sharing and the crippling economic depression that record stores nationwide have suffered as a result, Nashville is fortunate enough to still have a healthy record store or two. Grimey's is a Music City institution that really needs no introduction, and if the pastime of the record-store parking-lot sale isn't enough to entice you to spend your Saturday trolling for a rogue copy of The Beatles' butcher cover in the hot sun, then how 'bout performances by Brooke Waggoner, Oblio, The Shazam, Heavy Cream, WARBAND and Atlanta's Noot d'Noot. The coup de grace: Jimmy Carl's Lunchbox--The Station Inn's epic daytime BBQ joint--will provide the eats. So roll up that spliff, rock out to some bands, peruse some cheap vinyl and stuff your face with ribs, pulled pork, beans, hot beef and slaw.

And then, of course, there's The Concert to Celebrate the Life of Stacy Fleeman over at The End. It starts at 3 p.m., and a "bevy of bands associated with [Fleeman's] Spat! Records label will take the stage, including a reunited Silent Friction, Fall With Me, The Billy Goats, Inglewood, Creeping Cruds" and more. Read Steve's feature on that one.