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Adult Material by Jewly Hight Hayes Carll pines for lost youth differently than Tom Waits or The Ramones. (“Pine” isn’t really a verb you’d apply to the latter two.)

Asylum Seekers by Michael McCall John Hiatt’s upcoming album, Same Old Man, focuses largely on the comforts and struggles of the things that endure, especially love and the memorable experiences, large and small, that make up one’s life.

SceneCast: Episode 131 by Collin Wade Monk To celebrate the day dedicated to our birth-givers, Scenecast Episode 131 has a real mother for you, with Rooney, De Novo Dahl, The Moaners, Mr. Gnome, The Bravery, The Sword, DeVotchKa, Basia Bulat, Rachael Sage, John Prine, Sierra Hull and sounds from the Ice Cold hip-hop night at The Rutledge.

Peer as Folk by Jewly Hight Talking about Robby Hecht’s musical experiences in Nashville is like playing six degrees of Lex Price.

Sad Soul by Edd Hurt Steve Poulton’s songs play like prematurely abandoned picaresques of the urban, down-at-heel variety, and he sings his lyrics in a damaged croon that’s actually soulful.

The Spin The Spin couldn’t pass up a chance to see local favorites The Privates come out of hiding at Mercy Lounge last Thursday.

Episode 130
by Collin Wade Monk
Scenecast Episode 129 is your perfect Arbor Day companion, complete with carbon dioxide-sucking perennials like Bon Jovi along with The Nu-Sonics, Film School, Patti Austin with the Count Basie Orchestra, Cory Branan, Pelican, Teitur, Clutch, Earth, Lil' Ed & the Blues Imperials, Destroyer and a few words from Pulp Fiction.

The Spin
When we pulled onto Cannery Row last Thursday night, the lot was swarming with cars—turns out there was a big Nashville Film Festival to-do downstairs and not, unfortunately, a big turnout for L.A. rockers Film School.

True Tales From San Francisco
by Jason Bennett
Ask any songwriter—and this is Nashville, so you can probably turn to the person next to you—to rattle of a list of the greatest, most influential practitioners of songcraft and you’ll probably get a predictable mix of famous names.

The Original Wrapper
by Aaron Jentzen
“Without question, the most Advanced figure of all time is Lou Reed,” wrote pop culture critic Chuck Klosterman in a 2004 Esquire column.

Stick to Your Guns
by Saby Reyes-Kulkarni
Twenty years into the extreme-metal era, it takes a hell of a lot for a band that relies on the now-familiar arsenal of blast beats, frantic guitar riffing and death-metal screams to stand out.