Subject: Radiohead

• NoiseTrade: the Virtual Tip Jar

  July 14, 2008

• Who's Getting Their Ass Kicked by Lollapalooza?

  July 28, 2008

• The Spin: Paloozin' Part One: Like Bonnaroo With More Obama T-shirts

  August 4, 2008

• Mates of State Tonight at Exit/In

  Mom and Dad rock. Kori Gardner and Jason Hammel are married. They have two daughters, Magnolia and June. They're also in a band called Mates of State. (Their first album, My Solo Project, is still one of my favorites. I once carried the LP around all night just so that when I eventually met up with a friend, I could play it for her.) I mention the kids because even though MoS aren't exactly Radiohead, income-wise, they bring their little ones on tour with them, a fact that is both adorable an

  November 17, 2008

• We Jam Econo: More Local Rock Bargains

  In this increasingly brutal economic climate, a good bargain is getting harder and harder to find. And who has the time to look for deals when you're out there busting your hump for another paycheck? Well, I do. Which is why I'll continue to report the best local rock-related deals and steals I catch wind of. Local love-to-be-hated, self-described "soul punk" outfit The Armed Forces are feeling the crunch as much as anyone, which is why tonight, during their show at The End with Eastern Block

  January 22, 2009

• Twestival: Donate a Song, Give a Tweet

  As you may already know, Nashville is one of 175 or so cities around the world hosting a Twestival, which is either a worldwide tweet-up or a lot of simultaneous tweet-ups, depending on how you look at it. The purpose of the Feb. 12 event, aside from the social aspect, is to raise money for charity: water, a "non-profit bringing clean and safe drinking water to people in developing nations." Musicians, there's also a chance to get your music out in front of an audience and also do a good turn.

  February 4, 2009

• Annuals, Jessica Lea Mayfield at Exit/In 3/6/09

  Photo by Steve Cross See slideshows for more photos: Annuals; Jessica Lea Mayfield. The Spin was disappointed that we were feeling under the weather last Friday, one of the first nice days of the year, mostly because we decided to be a grown-up about it and forgo drinking as we hit up Exit/In to see hard-touring and precocious North Carolina popsters Annuals. We walked in as opener What Laura Says were finishing up, so we had only one impression: harmonicas. Great timing! The spring-like war

  March 9, 2009

• Coldplay Play Sommet Center June 6

  If I'd included the real pictures of the real band members would you have known the difference?Guess where the Spin is going to be on June 6. Being that we want to make trade fair, more than likely we'll be at the Sommet Center. That's where England's not-so-newest-anymore hitmakers Coldplay will be performing on their--now extended--Viva La Vida tour. Despite my undying love for recent Cream punching bag U2, I am NOT a Coldplay fan--although it's nice to know that Radiohead could have been the

  March 18, 2009

• Jamie Foxx v. Miley Cyrus: Verbal Gangbang on the Foxxhole

  In case you haven't already heard it, above is a clip from Jamie Foxx's Sirius show, Foxxhole Radio, in which serious shenanigans are called on Cyrus's little pout about getting snubbed by Radiohead at the Grammys.Anyway, The Tennessean's got an indignant little story from the AP characterizing the exchange between Foxx and fellow hosts as a "crude rant." Crude it may be, but also pretty funny. And it's on Sirius, so what do you expect?Foxx points out the gummy nature of her smile. "Let me get

  April 14, 2009

• Next Big Nashville at the Exit/In

  September 11, 2008

• Next Big Nashville at the Rutledge

  September 11, 2008

• Next Big Nashville: Thursday

  September 11, 2008

• Free Range

  Murfreesboro stalwarts continue to make glorious noise, and this time it’s free

  October 25, 2007

• The Spin

  June 21, 2007

• Be Ready For The Worst

  June 14, 2001

• Flame Worthy

  Hotpipes are slyly subversive on their latest

  February 8, 2007

• Face the Music: Holden Sproul

  April 15, 2004

• The Spin

  June 22, 2006

• Our Critics Picks

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

  June 15, 2006

• Our Critics Picks

  Death Cab for Cutie * Friday, 28th

  October 27, 2005

• Weekend Updates

  All-nite radio, all-right audio, and all the entertainment options you could desire

  June 23, 2005

• Sounds Like...

  The Hotpipes are indie-rock alchemists...but can they make gold?

  February 10, 2005

• The Return of Pop

  Two new piano trio records reclaim the Great American Songbook for jazz

  March 18, 2004

• Face the Music: Kelly Pardekooper

  October 28, 2004

• Mid-Year Report

  A roundup of noteworthy record releases from Fountains of Wayne, The New Pornographers, Clem Snide and more

  July 3, 2003

• Pick Of The Week

  June 5th-8th ♦ Fan Fair

  June 5, 2003

• Old and Boring

  Help! Generation X is turning into the new wave of Baby Boomers

  June 6, 2002

• Gonads and Heart

  List-making be damned, here’s some cool stuff from the past year, all with style and substance

  December 20, 2001

• Smooth Operators

  Liverpool’s Clinic stitch together gritty, inventive, and catchy sonic pastiches

  October 11, 2001

• Deep Cuts

  Brilliant Nuggets II box looks outside U.S. to unearth a wide array of hidden rock classics

  October 4, 2001

• Air of Mystery

  Radiohead and Tool continue to rely upon mystique

  June 14, 2001

• Nerds in Paradise

  Weezer’s third veers away from the darkness of their last album in favor of pure pop pleasures

  June 7, 2001

• Pop Life

  Oops...they did it again

  January 11, 2001

• Medium Cool

  2000 was a year of sometimes dubious, sometimes noteworthy achievements

  December 14, 2000

• Backwards Tracking

  The year in reissues

  December 14, 2000

• On the Cusp

  Nothing earth-shaking in music this year

  December 14, 2000

• Laboratory Results

  Radiohead return with new album; Britpop acolytes Coldplay follow in their wake

  October 26, 2000

• Popzilla

  Local pop-music fest returns for third year

  October 5, 2000

• Follow the Script

  Lyrics help enliven generic modern rock record

  August 17, 2000

• Lasting Echoes

  Two bands—one British, the other American—release enduring rock albums

  May 4, 2000

• Anarchy in the UK

  British rockers need more time to develop

  October 28, 1999

• Records

  December 18, 1997

• Billy Joel & Elton John at Sommet Center

  May 14, 2009

• The Brown Note: Spring Hill Spider Party's Derrick Brown Addresses Monday Night's Fiasco

  Photo by Lance ConzettSHSP's Derrick Brown​By now you've all either put together or witnessed first-hand that the secret guest of Monday night's 9 off 8th at Mercy Lounge was notorious tongue-in-cheek body-pop troupe Spring Hill Spider Party. Not Kings of Leon. Not Radiohead. Not Creed. Spring Hill Spider Party. For fans of SHSP and regulars at Mercy, it was basically just a pretty funny little surprise. For others...well, we'll just say not everyone was doubled over with laughter. Spider

  August 20, 2009

• Hail to the Brief: Radiohead to Possibly Release Only Singles. Others to Follow Suit?

  Talk to the hand, conventional album formats.From The New York Times comes the announcement that fearless pioneers of future music Radiohead are rocking the boat once more. According to the Times, Thom Yorke's interview with The Believer (full interview only available through purchase) indicates that they'll no longer be recording LPs, instead focusing on the Modern Internet User's favorite bite-sized consumable: the single. So, when Mr. Yorke announced a change of course for the band, saying i

  August 26, 2009

• Kings of Leon Remixed, Plus Live DVD, New Album and Iron Chef

  Sweaters!What Nashville band is having their songs remixed by Justin Timberlake, Pharrell, Mark Ronson, Kenna, Linkin Park (!) and Lykke Li? I guess this isn't a blind item, so you already know. Still. Lykke Li? "It's amazing to hear your song played by these people who are so creative," says he of the tins and skins, Nathan Followill. Must be. The brothers F are also releasing a live DVD this fall, which was filmed--where else?--in England, land of superior musical taste. Unlike a certain oth

  August 27, 2009

• Sonos at Next Big Nashville

  October 1, 2009

• A rock snob buyers' guide for the 2009 holidays

  November 19, 2009

• But How Popular Are Muse, Really?

  Look, I don't walk around this world pretending to be some kind of genius about music. I'm not Chuck Klosterman. But most days I feel like I have a pretty decent grip on good vs. bad, popular vs. unpopular. Not today! Today all I can think about is the weird truth that Muse is going to play at the Sommet Center next March. Am I only person confused about this? John Mayer and the Black Eyed Peas playing the Sommet Center, I get. Those acts are so famous, even my mother knows what a will.i.am is.

  December 17, 2009

• 2009: Grimey's Top Sellers and Staff Picks

  ​If you're one of the few people who actually paid for records in 2009, then you likely paid for them at Grimey's New & Preloved Music--Nashville's favorite record shop. If there's one group of geeks in this town who trump us with their music knowledge, then it's easily the staff at this beloved local establishment. Hell, Doyle Davis probably knows more about Guided by Voices than Mr. Miyagi knows about karate--Bee Thousand is the crane kick of indie-rock, BTW. This morning, Grimey's "indi

  January 4, 2010