Subject: Phish

• Forkified: Pitchfork Recap

  July 21, 2008

• Rumor: Springsteen (Greatest Living American!) & Phish (Who Gives a Phuck?) to Headline Bonnaroo

  So there've been a lot of rumors flying around the internets lately that this year's Bonnaroo headliners are going to be Bruce Springsteen and Phish. I've held off on blogging this thus far as these rumors have all been those "I know a guy who knows a guy who says..." kind of poppycock. Well now Rolling Stone magazine says they know some guys who know some guys who say that: ...reliable sources close to Phish [say] that the band will top the bill for two nights, restoring the fest to its jam

  December 17, 2008

• Dave Matthews (a.k.a. "Dave") and His Band (a.k.a. DMB) to Play Vanderbilt Stadium Apr. 25

  You know, sometimes the tendency for big artists to skip Nashville on their arena and stadium tours is a good thing. Take for example the Dave Matthews Band. They've only been here a handfull of times in the last decade, meaning they've skipped us on the majority of the gajillion tours that never seem to stop. For 10 years we've mostly been spared the cataclysm of bow-legged hacky-sack dancing, inharmonious throaty vocals that sound as if they're coming from a man with a particularly traumatiz

  December 18, 2008

• Miley Cyrus Plays Sommet Center Nov. 25

  I basically wanted to blog about Cyrus for this image alone.I know you've all been waiting with bated breath to find out the next opportunity you'll have to see Mi-Cy in her home town. Well, not her home town, exactly. But that's just because they don't have 20,000-seat arenas in Franklin. She'll be playing Sommet Center Nov. 25, and pre-sale starts here on June 8. Regular sales commence June 13, so make sure to have your laptop or smart phone handy while you're watching Phoenix's or Phish's mid

  June 3, 2009

• Cage the Elephant to Play Coachella

  At this very moment we are within 24 hours of an initial Bonnaroo lineup announcement. My fingers are still crossed that rumors of a Springsteen appearance will be confirmed and that something very bad happens to Phish. I mean, I don't want them to get maimed or killed or anything, but if one of them were to get a really bad hangnail or something, forcing the cancellation of their tour and eliminating the possibility of (both) their Bonnaroo appearances, then I wouldn't complain. One thing I

  February 2, 2009

• Springsteen, Phish, Beastie Boys, NIN, Byrne, Snoop, Wilco and More to Play Bonnaroo '09

  After months of speculation, the hour of revelation is now upon us. For all our bitching about bands not playing here it's a nice consolation to have the karmic payback of the largest concert event in North America being a mere 60 miles southeast of our--non-country--culturally-starved metropolis. So buckle the fuck up, Nashville, here is your 2009 Bonnaroo lineup--after the jump, of course. We weren't told which days or stages these artists are playing on, but that is likely to be on the Bonn

  February 2, 2009

• The Time Turns Elastic feat. Trey Anastasio

  September 25, 2008

• Smokin’ ’Grass

  For the jam-band set, Del McCoury’s music is a mind-altering substance

  December 27, 2007

• Our Critics' Picks

  September 20, 2007

• The Envelope, Please…

  Speaking of The Departed, here’s a satchel of backhanded statuettes for the SEC regular season

  March 1, 2007

• Department of corrections

  She's got a point

  August 26, 2004

• Our Critics Picks

  Beth Orton * Sunday, 16^th

  July 13, 2006

• What's So Funny 'Bout Peace, Love and Understanding?

  June 15, 2006

• Suburban Turmoil

  My Not-So-Hip ZIP

  June 8, 2006

• A Long Strange Trip

  Music City Journal: One Nashvillian's catastrophic journey to wish Phish pharewell at its Vermont send-off

  August 19, 2004

• The Spin

  December 15, 2005

• A Category of One

  The singular syncopation of Medeski Martin and Wood

  December 1, 2005

• Our Critics Picks

  UPSIDE DOWNTOWN ARTIST SHOWCASE * FRIDAY, 30TH

  September 29, 2005

• Orthodox Dirty Bastard

  Hasidic Jewish reggae rapper kicks it Old Testament-style

  June 9, 2005

• Deadly Accuracy

  Here's to Dark Star Orchestra—if you're going to try to sound like the Grateful Dead, why not go all the way?

  January 27, 2005

• Love/Hate Mail

  Jon Stewart would be proud

  January 29, 2004

• Outstanding in the Field

  A dispatch from Bonnaroo

  June 19, 2003

• Sunday, July 7 ♦ Tweet

  Film

  July 4, 2002

• Fast Out of the Gates

  Local teens’ skill, success defy their young ages

  September 6, 2001

• Still In The Picture

  Middle Tennessee’s independent movie theaters keep fighting to stay in business—and they just might win

  August 23, 2001

• “Modernism & Abstraction” ♦Opens Saturday, 7/21

  Music

  July 19, 2001

• OUR CRITICS' PICKS FOR FEBRUARY 22-MARCH 1

  African American Book Festival—Saturday, 2/24-Monday, 2/26

  February 22, 2001

• Greener Pastures

  More defections plague 1100 Broadway

  June 29, 2000

• Coming Into Focus

  NIFF balances the frustrations and successes that come with growth

  June 1, 2000

• Anarchy in the UK

  British rockers need more time to develop

  October 28, 1999

• Animal Attraction

  July 1, 1999

• Local View

  November 13, 1997

• A Moveable Fest

  February 13, 1997

• Going to Bonnaroo? Just remember to act your age

  June 11, 2009

• Maximize your Bonnaroo experience by sticking to what (and who) you know

  June 11, 2009

• Bonnaroo: Day 2, Pt. 2: Dude, Where is my Mind?

  The easiest excuse I have for not even trying to blog last night's events is to say, simply, I do not remember a damn bit of it. But actually, the opposite is the problem. I remember everything, but now 12 hours later (a span of time which unfortunately does not include sleep) it's far too much to process with the limited cognitive capacity in what's left of my brain at the moment. However, I'm still going to pretend I'm a professional and recollect it as best I can. After a two-hour Mai Lai of

  June 13, 2009

• Roo-minations: The Spin Rages On

  * Drunk people running to catch an artist they're late for = pure gold. Sorry. It's true. If you're going to shriek "Oakenfold!!" with your arms outstretched as you fall flat on your face, you should expect someone to laugh at you. Don't be so defensive. * Good turnouts for all of the Nashville talent this year. Heypenny seemed to attract some attention by stomping about in their marching-band uniforms in Centeroo. * Despite rumors of a cancellation, Phoenix started their set last night right

  June 13, 2009

• Bruce Springsteen and the E Street Band at Bonnaroo 6/13/09

  Steve Cross For more photos, check out the slideshow. Between all the drugs, lack of sleep and blisters on our feet we were taxed far beyond exhaustion by the time Bruce Springsteen's Saturday night set rolled around. Operating purely on adrenalin, we plowed ahead anyway and braved a crush to get in a What Stage pit that was downright scary. Luckily, it was all worth it, as from the count-off into a rousing version of "Badlands" that opened the set all the way through the closing run of "Rosal

  June 15, 2009

• Tripping Balls at Bonnaroo

  Despite all of the big-ticket artists playing Bonnaroo, the true headliner of the festival is hallucinogenic drugs. Judging by the number of human statues we saw in the crowd, and the people passed out in random spots after forgetting that when you take ecstasy all day and forget to drink water your body will fail you, we're pretty sure that more people saw LSD trails this weekend than any specific musical act. That being the case, late Friday night we took it upon ourselves to indulge in the

  June 15, 2009

• The Crowd Kills Indie Rock, Christopher Weingarten Kills It

  Here's music writer Christopher Weingarten holding forth at the recent 140 Character Conference. He's in the midst of reviewing 1,000 albums on Twitter (that's what the "140" is about in the conference title). Yes, he laments the death of traditional journalism. Yes, he makes fun of Phish, and indie rock, and NPR, and Fleet Foxes (especially Fleet Foxes). I'm pretty sure he contradicts himself a couple of times in there, but very well, he contradicts himself. The part where he says "everythin

  June 17, 2009

• Bonnaroo 2009: Bruce Springsteen, Animal Collective, Nine Inch Nails and more

  June 18, 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

• White Denim w/Brazos & And the Relatives at The Basement, 11/16/09

  Steve Cross Check out the slideshows for more photos: White Denim; Brazos & ATR. We walked into The Basement Monday night expecting what would surely be a healthy turnout for a double dose of Pitchfork-approved, Austin-based indie rock. What we got was a quarter-full room of obvious fans--an intimate and comfortable treat for them (and us), but maybe not so much for the bands, though they didn't necessarily play like the show was under-attended. We showed up a little too late to catch local op

  November 17, 2009

• Jay-Z, Heavy Cream, And the Relatives and more

  November 19, 2009

• Nashville 'Sex Gods' Make a Showing in Spin Magazine's Year-End Readers' Poll

  Behold! The awesome sexuality.​So we're not the only ones gearing up for all sorts of year-end countdowns and polls and whathaveyou. The folks at Spin are hosting a readers' poll, and in addition to having a fake but awesome metal band nominated for Metal Band of the Year (Dethklok) and a bizarre host of nominees for Most Welcome Return (Alice in Chains, Blink-182, Blur, Cranberries, Phish, Jane's Addiction, The Jesus Lizard [!], Leonard Cohen, No Doubt and Sunny Day Real Estate), they als

  December 7, 2009

• The Waiting is the Hardest Part

  www.naplesnews.com​A side effect of the rash of new chain restaurant openings in the past few months has been the queues of people lining up the day before to camp out and receive a shot at buffalo wings/burritos/chicken tenders for a year. Of course the chain's definition of "free _blank_ for a year" usually means a card good for a free portion once a week. Still, 52 freebie Chipotle burritos is not a bad thing...for your gastroenterologist. From what was visible on the early morning n

  December 17, 2009

• Umphree's McGee at War Memorial

  February 4, 2010

• "Please hear my cry," soul great Sam Cooke sang — and Peter Guralnick did

  February 4, 2010

• Trey Anastasio and Classic Tab at The Ryman

  February 25, 2010

• Critics' Picks

  February 25, 2010