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• Lookout Nashville

  June 25, 2008

• Pete Yorn to Play Cannery Ballroom July 16

  Anyone disappointed that Pete Yorn's stint as the opening act for Coldplay ends June 4--two days before the band hits the Sommet Center with Kaiser Chiefs in tow--can take solace in the news announced today that Yorn will come to Nashville and headline The Cannery Ballroom on July 16. Yorn will be touring behind his latest album Back and Fourth, due out June 23, and with the services of a new band: Joey Kennedy on keys, Scott Seiver on drums and Jonny Polonsky, Mark Noseworthy and Zak Schaffer o

  June 1, 2009

• Kings of Leon to Play Nashville Municipal Auditorium Nov. 19

  August 6, 2008

• In True Metallikatz Fashion

  August 13, 2008

• Silver Jews Play Exit/In October 12

  August 20, 2008

• Knock, Knock? Who's There? Banana-Seeker.

  A Houston, Texas, advertising agency called and emailed a couple of days ago. The art department somehow found a photo of slightly overripe bananas on my blog, Tupperware Avalanche, and wanted to use it. Turns out, they're an ad agency to the oil-and-gas industry with a client that buys assets off the books of such companies. My bananas were the ideal image for the copy, "Assets getting a little ripe? Maybe it's time to make some bread." It's true that I'm easily amused, but damn! That's a fu

  December 8, 2008

• SXSW 2009 Announces First Round of Bands

  Your favorite brain-fryingly oversaturated music festival has announced its initial lineup for 2009. Check the list after the jump. Of note, the only Nashville act on it is Madi Diaz, which is kinda funny since they just moved here a few months ago.

  January 8, 2009

• American Bang To Tour With The Pretenders

  I'm not sure if I'm the only one to notice, but it seems like as they both get older Chrissy Hynde and Tom Petty look more and more alike. Anyhow, the guys in American Bang are about to see the resemblance, if there really is any, first hand. Starting Jan. 29, they will embark on a month long tour with the rock 'n' roll hall of famers. The closest show to Nashville is on Feb. 13 in Cincinnati. If you want to see the American Bangsters without making that trek than you can catch them for free

  January 14, 2009

• Annuals to Play Exit/In Mar. 6

  Remember that hot minute-and-a-half when Annuals were the biggest deal in the history of the indie rock Internets since CYHSY? No? Maybe you were over them before you were into them; they were, after all, birthed into the public consciousness through the love canal we know as Pitchfork, which called them "some fantasy hybrid of Animal Collective, Arcade Fire, and Broken Social Scene," and had earned more stripes toward the exalted title of "most overhyped band ever" before their debut album was

  January 20, 2009

• Texas to Nashville: Ganja Wagon Busted

  Cops beware! There's been an escalation in the eminently sensible, entirely winnable war on drugs. See that old guy with the glasses and the receding hairline driving a Winnebago? Yeah, he's the newest vector.Cops pulled over 61-year-old Jakie Spencer and Jennifer Robinson, 27, on I-40 just west of downtown for tailgating. When a police dog named Mario's sniffer picked up the pungent scent of bud emanating from somewhere in the RV, a search turned up 336 pounds in bricks inside the luggage compa

  February 19, 2009

• Grandpa drug dealer, Killing the literate and more

  February 26, 2009

• Denitia Odigie finds her inner soul singer, rethinks artistry and community

  January 22, 2009

• In the Chambers of the Sea

  July 3, 2008

• Love-Hate Mail

  February 22, 2007

• Dr. Feelbad

  August 24, 2006

• Love/Hate Mail

  “Devil” worship

  August 8, 2002

• Fair Play on Death Row

  Capital punishment opponent argues for the rights of the guilty

  May 12, 2005

• Fight of the Week

  April 15, 2004

• Shared Ideas

  Husband-and-wife artists create installation pieces that interconnect while maintaining their individual distinctiveness

  January 8, 2004

• Obituary

  Floyd Tillman, 1914-2003

  August 28, 2003

• Dwindle-Down Theory

  Memorial Gym gets quieter all the time

  March 13, 2003

• Shoppers, Angels and Poets

  A few reading suggestions for holiday traveling

  December 26, 2002

• Back Into Obscurity

  The Obscure just might be Nashville’s best rock ’n’ roll band of the moment, only they’re about to break up

  August 15, 2002

• The Food of Love

  Taste of India offers quality fare, providing a sensual experience rich with flavors and aromas

  April 18, 2002

• Food Notes

  February 21, 2002

• Taking It to the Stage

  In a town saturated by music and pro sports, can Tennessee Repertory Theatre get Nashvillians to the theater?

  July 12, 2001

• God Only Knows

  June 21, 2001

• Following Their Destiny

  Recent releases from women singers affirm that R&B is still on a creative upswing

  May 31, 2001

• Turning It Up

  Newcomer represents Music Row's attempt to lure back male listeners

  November 30, 2000

• Human Comedy

  Local actors band together for stellar Chekhov production

  June 29, 2000

• Service with a Smile

  But what about the food at Carabba’s?

  March 2, 2000

• Breaking Chains

  Despite influx of corporate eateries, year still holds hope for inquisitive diners

  January 13, 2000

• The MiChs

  July 22, 1999

• Shakedown Cruise, part 2

  May 27, 1999

• Political Notes

  April 24, 1997

• Deleted Scenes to Tour, Play The End June 1

  Deleted Scenes leave their homes in the East tomorrow and make their way in our specific direction, as they head off on tour behind their album Birdseed Shirt. In addition to possessing one of the year's finest titles, the album scored an 8.0 on a particular website named after an agricultural tool. Here's a song, which serves as a pretty good demonstration of what the band does well: Deleted Scenes - "Fake IDs" [MP3] The songs seems to stumble forward over the repeating keyboard figure, the r

  May 20, 2009

• Kings of Leon Certified Platinum

  Two's a trend, right? First Paramore, now Kings of Leon rock open those platinum gates, for so long rusted shut for any rock act out of Music City. Perhaps it's time to consider the Nashville Curse broken forever. Who'd've thunk it? From the release: RCA Records is proud to announce the RIAA certified platinum status of Kings of Leon's fourth studio album Only By The Night. This is the first platinum record for the band in the United States. This fall, the Grammy Award-winning band will embark

  July 22, 2009

• Road Trip to Memphis: Built to Spill at Minglewood Hall Oct. 21

  ​Built to Spill's new album There Is No Enemy (their first in three years after 2006's You In Reverse) comes out Oct. 6. They've scheduled a fall tour that kicks off in Oregon in 10 days, taking these masters of bendy, heartfelt bombast down the West Coast and to states like Indiana, Ohio and Kentucky. States just like ours, only in cities that will make us feel like shit when we find out that they won't be playing in Nashville, but Memphis. What's Memphis ever done for anybody? I kid. Hey, wo

  August 10, 2009

• Fall Dates, Fresh Vid: Those Darlins, 'Red Light Love'

  Have a look at the new video for "Red Light Love" from Those Darlins. This one happens to be my favorite track from their eponymous debut record. Just, you know, for the record. It was illustrated and directed by Jessi Darlin, with additional artwork by fellow Darlin Nikki and male Darlin Sheriff Lin. Animation and editing by Teddy Gage. For a rousing game of "Name That Nashville Rock 'n' Roll Proponent," have a careful look at the 3:00 mark. I spotted illustrated depictions of Kindergarten Ci

  August 17, 2009

• Ralphie May at Zanies

  November 19, 2009

• At this year’s Nashville Film Festival, the movies could feature anyone from Kristofferson to Iggy Pop

  February 25, 2010

• Critics' Picks

  February 25, 2010