Wednesday, October 7, 2009
Cream Calendar Mother/Father to Open For Kings of Leon at Sommet Center
Posted by Adam Gold on Wed, Oct 7, 2009 at 11:43 AM
We're going to be playing with White Lies and Kings of Leon at the Sommet Center in Nashville on Oct 16th. Make sure you come out early so you can catch our set, as we're looking forward to connecting with our Nashville-and nearby-fans to share this Mother/Father milestone with them.That's as a big a surprise as I've ever encountered while covering local rock in this town. Whether or not you like M/F, you've got to admit they're underdogs in the Nashville rock scene. (Are they even playing Next Big Nashville?) So props to KOL for going the extra mile and picking a band that none of us would ever have expected. And congrats and good luck to Mother/Father--we hope you don't get pelted with nachos and homophobic epithets by 10,000 people. And be sure to bring lots of merch! Check out Mother/Father here and get your Kings of Leon tickets here.
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Thank You Cream,
For giving some press to a band outside of your friend circle. It's great to read about a band that's actually doing things past the Rivergate mall. Also, just a thought, but maybe they aren't playing Next Big Nashville because it's called NEXT BIG NASHVILLE ! I hope that we can continue to give this band and other bands like this from our city more and more press. Then maybe the rest of the music scene will finally follow.
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Today's nugget of exclusion indignation is brought to you by the letter "Me". Have to agree with them about the NBN name, though. Seems like they ought to consider a change after this year.
If you're not feeling NBN, come out to Norm's River Road House Saturday for the Late, Great, 2nd Team, All-State, Rock and Roll Jamboree for some of Nashville best rock bands!
All day music, food, beer, a bonfire and midnight pickin party, and it's only $5 for the WHOLE DAY!!
The Late, Great, 2nd Team All-State Rock 'n' Roll Jamboree
Sat. Oct. 10th, 2009
Norm's River Roadhouse
7695 River Road Pike
Nashville, TN 37209
615-356-6314
Need to Know Info:
Gates open @ 11 am
Music begins around 1 pm
Admission is $5 for the entire day
Camping is $5 per car
Bonfire/pickin' party @ midnight!
Norm's providing all the beer and food (bbq, hamburgers, hot dogs, veggie burgers, assorted fruits)
Lawn chairs welcome and encouraged.
Absolutely No Glass.
Please leave coolers at home.
Take exit #196 (old hickory blvd.) off I-40 W, go N, old hickory turns into river road just past hwy.70
FEATURING:
LES HONKY MORE TONKIES
NED VAN GO
HURRICANE MILLS
HURRICANE DOYLE
THE SHAKES
PERRY BAGS AND THE SHOTGUN CLUB
PORTERHALL, TN
THE SUPERFICIALS
and more...
i'm pretty sure M/F is being managed and produced by KOL producer Jaquire King, so it's not entirely random. Good luck to them, hope they kill it!
@familiar sideman:
In a story I wrote about the evolution of NBN for the issue out tomorrow, Jason Moon Wilkins speaks to that issue directly.
aha! indeed the Mother/Father EP is produced by Jaquire King. If you're not going to the enormodome show, Mother/Father will be playing a free instore at Grimey's the day before on Oct. 15. Amo Joy, an indie psych-pop band from Indianapolis will be "opening" for M/F at 5pm so double the fun for zero cost.
I wouldn't call Mother Father underdogs. I think they just keep a low profile around Nashville. There Myspace page says they did 2 East Coast/Canadian tours, 1 West Coast tour, and 1 southwest tour this year (2009) alone! Who else in Nashville that is unsigned is doing anything like that? I also agree you guys champion safe indie rock bands that you're friends with, and tend to cater to Scene writers personal musical projects, so don't act surprised when a hard working band catches a break... It should make us work harder to branch out beyond Nashville as well. I saw them open for The Pains Of Being Pure At Heart (My first exposure to M/F) and they killed it! I know great things are ahead for these guys. Good Luck!
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