Rock choices abound tonight, and it's a tough call.
The Crawfish Boil at Riverfront Park?
The Hives at the Wildhorse?
David Vandervelde and Ghostfinger at Exit/In?
Billy Block Presents the GrandVista Music Club at Limelight?
David Dewese at Edgefield Studios?
Sleep Study at the Basement?
Velcro Stars at Tomato, Tomato?
Check our Critics' Picks for more info, or additional listings here.
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While the Wildhorse Saloon is taking break from the usual washed-up faves of decades past with a show from The Hives tonight, the Mercy Lounge is sticking with its penchant for swingin' after parties that are often as bumpin'—if not more so—than the event that precedes them. The official Hives after party tonight was scheduled to include a live performance by Har Mar Superstar, but according to Har Mar's website, due to a "prolonged battle with the flu and laryngitis" the tubby, scantily clad Ron Jeremy look-a-like won't be blessing us with his sexually charged R&B and electroclash fusion. Organized by Har Mar bassist and Nashville native Denver Dally, the party is still scheduled to go on and features an unspecified number of DJ sets by some still unspecified DJs. Things kick off at 10 p.m. and admission is free.
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Thanks to YouTube, you can hear just about any song for free—if it has a video. It's created an unexpected interest in the once-revolutionary medium again, and now MCA TV9 (that's Comcast cable channel 9) is starting to rock videos in its programming, and plenty of 'em local.
"We'd like to provide an alternative after-school television option to the existing trashy reality TV and mind-warping crap that's currently being shown on the other cable channels," says a channel spokesperson, and with a local lineup including videos from The Clutters, Carter Administration, Paul Burch, Avett Brothers, The Features and more, we can't think of a better way to entertain ourselves after school.
Music videos are shown weekdays 4-6pm and 9-11am every Saturday morning.
Lineup after the jump.
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Bell X1: "Rocky Took A Lover"
Menomena: "Evil Bee"
"Wet and Rusted"
Cortney Tidwell: "Missing Link"
the Clutters: "Fire"
the Carter Administration: "Downtymers"
the Bubblegum Complex: "I'll Take the South"
Liam Finn: "Second Chance"
Sloan: "I've Gotta Try"
Rock Plaza Central: "My Children, Be Joyful"
Golden Dogs: "Construction Worker"
Chris Walla: "Sing Again"
Jim Noir: "A Quiet Man"
Nada Surf: "Whose Authority"
What Made Milwaukee Famous: "Sultan"
Stateless: "Prism 1"
The Duhks: "Out of the Rain"
The Avett Brothers: "Paranoia In B Flat Minor"
Defense Wins Championships: "Defense Wins Championships"
Kristen Cothran: "Dangerous"
The Features: "Leave It All Behind"
"The Way Its Meant To Be"
"Theres a Million Ways to Sing the Blues"
"Blow It Out"
The Cake Sale: "Some Surprise"
DJ Vadim: "Black is the Night"
"Talk to Me"
Bobby Bare Jr: "Flat Chested Girl from Maynardville"
Ryan Adams: "Amy"
The Detroit Cobras: "Cha Cha Twist"
Wayne "The Train" Hancock: "Thunderstorms & Neon Signs"
Old 97s: "Over the Cliff"
The Sadies: "Empty the Chamber"
"Flash"
Jon Langford: "Nashville Radio"
Paul Burch: "Life of a Fool"
Jon Rauhouse: "Widowmaker"
The Riptones: "Rebel Rock Armageddon"
MGMT: "Time to Pretend"
Art in Manila: "Set the Woods on Fire"
Georgie James: "Need Your Needs"
The Good Life: "Heartbroke"
Maria Taylor: "A Good Start"
Neva Dinova: "Clouds"
Tokyo Police Club: "Tessellate"
Two Gallants: "Despite What You've Been Told"
Edison Glass: "Let's Go"
Tangiers: "A Winter's War"
Malajube: "Le Crabe"
Moby: "Alice"
Battles: "Tonto"
Chris Thile: "Dead Leaves and the Dirty Ground"
Elizabeth Cook: "Sunday Morning"
The Afters: "Myspace Girl"
Annuals: "Sore"
Sea Wolf: "Winter Windows"
"You're A Wolf"
De Novo Dahl: "Shout"
The Gossip: "Standing in the Way of Control"
Does It Offend You, Yeah?: "We Are Rockstars"
Born Ruffians: "Hummingbirds"
"I Need A Life"
Kathleen Edwards: "The Cheapest Key"
Robert Plant & Alison Krauss: "Please Read the Letter"
Les Savy Fav: "Patty Lee"
Holy F*ck: "Lovely Allen"
Cavesingers: "Dancing"
Film School: "Dear Me"
Long Blondes: "Guilt"
Tapes N Tapes: "Hang Them All"
Matmos: "Excite"
The Dodos: "Fools"
Mc5: "Kick Out the Jams"
Al Di Meola: "Rhapsody of Fire"
Devo: "Gates of Steel"
Public Enemy: "Public Enemy No. 1"
Hey kids, don't forget to submit your hot local rock heat for consideration to play Next Big Nashville 2008, which spreads all over our fair city Sept. 10-14. Deadline is June 5, so stop killing prostitutes on Grand Theft Auto for five seconds and apply.
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Global Citizens: From their lineup and sound to their diplomatic functions, there’s probably no other group on earth like the Sparrow Quartet (Playing Tuesday, 20th at Station Inn.)
Tick Tick Tick: The Hives continue to paint rock in black and white.
True Believer: Matthew Ryan vs. the Silver State is Ryan’s strongest collection in a consistently good catalog (Playing Saturday, 17th Mercy Lounge w/Jon Dee Graham.)
Scenecast Episode 132 is a furious explosion of wildflowers on the strip-mined musical landscape of your soul with David Wilcox, Bradley Walker, Ghostfinger, David Vandervelde, The Coal Men, Jon Dee Graham, Liam Finn, Laura Viers, Ricky Young, Ladyhawk, Neva Dinova, George Jones, Heroine Sheiks, Bill Frisell, and Will Kimbrough at Dragon Music Sunday.
In The Spin: AutoVaughn, DND, The Pink Spiders, Wizardz, Japanther, The Pharmacy, Combined Visions' Ice Cold Hip Hop Night.
Our Critics' Picks: Ricky Young, Jon Dee Graham, Quote, Ladyhawk, Liam Finn, Bill Frisell, KT Tunstall, Heroine Sheiks & more.
From our Summer Guide: How to record an album for under $600.
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Be Your Own Pet recently hit the road for a Nylon-sponsored tour that paired them with The Virgins, She Wants Revenge and The Switches. They've just announced that they're also on the Warped Tour for dates in July and August. None of these shows will grace the 615, so put your dusty Vans back in the attic.
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Ghostfinger, your favorite smart-assed mustachioed local rock band, are finishing up a new record due out in August, and they've given us permission to post a little preview for Cream readers. The few tracks I've heard continue to marry their affection for Stonesy swagger and epic, protean rock. Check out standout "Let it Ride Real," a sweet little gallop of a number. (This ain't the final mix.)
And, if we haven't plugged it enough, they play Friday, 16th at Exit/In with recent transplant David Vandervelde and Caitlin Rose.
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Thanks to local blog Indie Ghetto (run by Joe Baine Colvert, who has a local-rock focused WRVU show of the same name, works at Lake Fever Studios and plays in Stories That Live) for tipping us off to the new Superdrag song floating around. Called "Filthy and Afraid," the song was recorded at Lake Fever and is a power-pop return to the band's secular days (musically speaking). It's currently being hosted on Gibson.com. Apparently there's no release date for the new record, but the band is playing Bonnaroo and will be previewing new songs there.
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Ohio garage-rockers The Griefs sometimes sound like The Kinks and sometimes like The Who. Tonight they channel it at The Basement for the first show on their tour outside of the Buckeye State. And look, they're just regular-lookin' dudes! Nothin' to hate here.
Check out "Whenever You're Around" for a taste.
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Add another transplant to the list. Supposedly, Chicago artist David Vandervelde (who recently lived in Brooklyn) is moving/has already moved to Nashville (just for the summer?). It's no coincidence that he has a local connection—Richie Kirkpatrick from Ghostfinger played bass with Vandervelde on tour last year. Check out Vandervelde's glittery glam-tinged tune "Nothin, No," off his Moonstation House Band record.
You can see Ghostfinger and David Vandervelde play Friday, 16th at Exit/In. Be sure and show 'em that Nashville hospitality.
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