Lone Official. Photo by Tonya Wright.
For more photos, check out the slideshows at nashvillescene.com: Altered Statesman; Lone Official; Small Axe.
A sizable and pleasantly diverse crowd shook off their tryptophan-induced comas and braved the gloomy weather to join Altered Statesman and Lone Official for their 7-inch release at The Basement Saturday night. We entered to the hyper-funk sounds of Small Axe, a slick five-piece armed to the teeth with sticky chops and a smooth-ass frontman. Seei
Last time we heard from Lone Official, they were releasing a 7-inch split with Altered Statesman. Lone Official are responsible for a record called Tuckasee Take, an album which, to quote myself, "was one of the most noteworthy local efforts in the past five years...and frontman Matt Button's conversational inflection and thoughtful lyrics bear more than a passing resemblance to Jim O'Rourke and Stephen Malkmus." Yes, I just quoted myself.
LO plays all-too-rarely, but they'll be performing Sa
