Subject: Elvis Costello

• Private Motions

  April 2, 2009

• Can You Deg It?

  April 2, 2009

• Lambchop: Torrent of Tour-Only CD

  November 10, 2008

• The Spin: The Virgins at 3rd and Lindsley

  Photo by Tanya Wright Check out the slideshow for more photos. The impossibly catchy chorus to The Virgins' very first song last night stated, "Teen lovers don't wait / Vacation is over." Or something like that. As best we could decipher the song seemed to be the band's mandate for teenage doin' it, so clearly these guys aren't the virgins they advertise themselves to be. Must be that irony stuff we've been hearing so much about. Debauchery was sort of the running theme of the set: cocaine b

  January 27, 2009

• Creamin' Over The Privates: Album Release April 3, Redesigned Website and More

  Even more news from The Privates: They've just re-launched their website, and they've made Motion available for download (for only $5) via Bandcamp. From my Critic's Pick for tomorrow night's release show at The Basement: The Privates' appreciation for the cream of the indie-rock crop is well-documented: Their performance as the backing band for Walkmen frontman Hamilton Leithauser on a song at The Basement last October received national coverage. Their latest EP Motion, however, is rife with n

  April 2, 2009

• Elvis Costello Records With T Bone Burnett, Loves Nashville and Likes Starbucks

  Sittin' and Thinkin'. About extra caramel.So here's some news that nearly made Jim Ridley pass out in my cubicle: Elvis Costello recently recorded a three-day session with T Bone Burnett at Nashville's Sound Emporium Studio. The fruit of their labors is Secret, Profane & Sugarcane (produced by Burnett and recorded by Mike Piersante), and it will be released June 2 by Hear Music. According to a terribly smartly written press release, a handful of legendary session players--Jerry Douglas among t

  March 24, 2009

• Monday Morning Mystery Haikus

  It is far too often that we open ourselves up, let down our guard, create or participate in something completely questionable or ridiculous and then blame it on boredom. I make no excuses for what you are about to read, nor am I offering any explanations. Simply put, I have taken the concepts and my opinions of 15 local rock bands and described them in haiku. I'd say most of them are pretty easy, some have multiple interpretations, but all pertain strictly to local bands. Feel free to "solve

  March 30, 2009

• Elvis Costello to Play The Ryman June 16

  D. Ricky Rodriguez One artist we can always count on showing an annual allegiance to Nashville is Elvis Costello. Last week, we told you about Costello's forthcoming record Secret, Profane & Sugarcane--recorded with T Bone Burnett over a three-day Nashville session. Today he announced a June 16 appearance at The Ryman, during which he'll be backed by a new group of imposters called The Sugarcanes. The band features Jim Lauderdale, Jerry Douglas, Jeff Taylor, Mike Compton, Stuart Duncan & Dennis

  March 30, 2009

• Diamonds, No Rust

  February 26, 2009

• Chiodos w/Motion City Soundtrack

  October 2, 2008

• Our Critics' Picks

  April 17, 2008

• Dazzling Debut

  NSO puts its new organ pedal to the metal—and then swings with Elvis Costello

  September 13, 2007

• Our Critics' Picks

  September 6, 2007

• Sex and the Country

  On his latest, Trent Willmon dives into relationship muck

  August 10, 2006

• Our Critics Picks

  Thursday, 15th-Sunday, 18th * Bonnaroo Music & Arts festival

  June 15, 2006

• The Spin

  February 23, 2006

• The Spin

  January 12, 2006

• The Spin

  March 17, 2005

• The Soundtrack of Our Lives

  Pick of the Week ♦ Saturday, February 21

  February 19, 2004

• The Ryman Test

  January 27, 2005

• Live Shot

  King of America holds court in Oxford, Miss., as warm-up for a trio of Southern recording sessions

  April 15, 2004

• The Year in, Well, Everything

  Scene writers survey 2002’s notable moments in music, TV, books, movies and more

  December 19, 2002

• City Lights

  Country singer Laura Cantrell updates traditional country music with urban, contemporary concerns

  October 24, 2002

• Reflections & Remixes

  New releases from Elvis Costello, Tom Waits and more

  May 9, 2002

• Saving Private John Doe

  August 9, 2001

• Living Large

  A year of terrific shows—even counting the ones that got away

  December 16, 1999

• Sweatin' to the Oldies

  Local R&B stations battle it out

  November 11, 1999

• Stay Tuned

  December 17, 1998

• Review4

  December 17, 1998

• For Mature Audiences

  November 26, 1998

• Notes

  December 18, 1997

• Rock of Ages

  October 23, 1997

• A Moveable Fest

  February 13, 1997

• Intensities in One City

  December 19, 1996

• Second Childhood

  August 15, 1996

• Woolgathering

  February 22, 1996

• Bonnaroo 2009 Schedule Announced

  A quick FYI: Bonnaroo.com has announced the official schedule and set times for this year's festival. Aside from Elvis Costello, Wilco and of Montreal playing at the same time on different stages, I think it looks pretty swell. The fact that Bruce Springsteen has been given a three-and-a-half-hour time slot makes my heart smile.

  May 7, 2009

• Bonnaroo 2009: My Conference Call with David Byrne, Elvis Costello and Steven Van Zandt

  D. Ricky RodriguezOn Wednesday I was pleasantly surprised to receive an invitation to participate in a press conference (via phone) with David Byrne, Elvis Costello and E Street Band consigliere Steven Van Zandt--three Bonnaroo artists who I'd probably fellate if only they'd ask. Byrne, Costello and Van Zandt each, in succession, did 30 minutes of Q & A (all questions Bonnaroo-specific) with music writers across the country. As any one of my Scene co-workers will tell you, I have an attention

  May 15, 2009

• Elvis Costello Speaks of his Music City Affinity in Rolling Stone

  D. Ricky Rodriguez The current issue of Rolling Stone magazine features an article titled "Elvis Costello's Music Marathon," in which the golden-voiced delivery man speaks of his affinity for Nashville, mentioning a nine-day drinking binge with Greg Allman at an unnamed Music City "rock 'n' roll hotel" during the recording of his first country endeavor--1981's Almost Blue. I was shocked to hear--considering his prolific career--that two years ago he doubted his will to continue recording. Thank

  June 5, 2009

• Elvis Costello and the Sugarcanes at The Ryman

  June 11, 2009

• Elvis Costello Interview at Country Music Hall of Fame

  Loyal Cream readers already know that Elvis Costello will play The Ryman on Tuesday, June 16. (Considering the way the Bonnaroo weather is going, sitting on a dry pew sounds like an infinitely better deal than seeing him in Manchester. But that's just me.) In other awesome news, Cream just received word that Costello will also be giving an interview at the Country Music Hall of Fame the day before his Ryman performance. From the press release: Costello will discuss his ongoing relationship t

  June 12, 2009

• Bonnaroo: Day 3: A Hard rain's a-gonna fall

  Saturday may have been, arguably, the best weather in the history of this whole damn festival. A slight overcast lasted nearly all day, enabling me to sneak a tiny nap inside what would otherwise be sweat lodge of a tent. In between seeking bouts of rest in cool, dry places, I did manage to see some bands as well.

  June 14, 2009

• Dead Set at the Mercy Lounge

  July 9, 2009

• How I Became the Bomb, Deadly Art

  ​How I Became the Bomb have never made any bones about their affinity for '80s aesthetics. While many bands aspire to comparisons with Bob Dylan, The Rolling Stones or The Beatles HIBTB are perfectly fine evoking the likes of Talk Talk, A-Ha, Culture Club or Duran Duran. Over the last few years, their keen sense for a new wave hook and idiosyncratic quirkiness have captured the attention of Middle Tennessee. Since the band's rise to local prominence fans have eagerly awaited the release o

  August 7, 2009

• White Rabbits w/Fiery Furnaces at Mercy Lounge

  August 13, 2009

• The Rabbit Release Party at Cannery Ballroom, 9/11/09

  Uncharacteristically earnest and excited about Friday night's Rabbit release party, The Spin rolled up on Cannery Row extra early. But our timing was bad. We arrived at the peak of a drastic, monsoon-style downpour of absurd proportions. We mean, srsly, September? We truly felt for the parking guy, who handed us a saturated fistful of wadded bills for our change. We abandoned our typically fashionable, self-assured saunter from the car to the club for a genuine, flat-out run. Say what you will,

  September 14, 2009

• Evan P. Donohue at The End

  September 24, 2009

• Bonnaroo 2009 on DVD: So You Can Remember the Good Times

  Ah, Bonnaroo. Was that really four months ago already? I remember walking in circles around Centeroo one night and seeing the same fried dough/shish kebab vendor over and over again...or was it?

  October 14, 2009

• Road Trip to Atlanta: Stephen King and John Mellencamp's Ghost Brothers of Darkland County

  Here's Johnny...Cougar!​I know what you're thinking: "Rodgers, you must have stumbled across some sort of fake blog-post title generator and created the above nonsensical headline." Guess again. This shit is most definitely real, my friends. The King of Horror Fiction has teamed up with the King of Having an Awesome Animal for a Middle Name and Sounding Like the Boss in order to create a roughly two-hour musical theater collaboration. In addition to premiering in Atlanta in September of t

  January 6, 2010

• Elvis Costello Is in Nashville. What's He Up To?

  Turns out, as shit was getting real last night over at The Mercy Lounge, shit was getting really real down at the Station Inn, where Elvis Costello was sitting in with The Time Jumpers (see video above or check out this news item, courtesy of Tune In Music City). In other spectacular news, legendary Attractions/Imposters drummer Pete Thomas was spotted eating lunch earlier this afternoon at PM. That fucking rules. Now, we all know that Costello has a pronounced affinity for Music City, and

  February 23, 2010