So I was doing my daily combing of YouTube, as always, trying to find some hidden and/or new gem to distract me from my general directive of data entry. When combing I'll look out for one of two things, the first being something uniquely awesome or hilarious, the second being something that's relevant Nashville. Rarely do I find something that meets both criteria. But it's a new day and a new year, and you know what? Yahtzee! As a gracious user by the name of tinycorkscrew has uploaded two videos of the criminally under-appreciated '90s indie outfit Brainiac performing at Lucy's record shop in Nashville on Jan. 31, 1991.
It's hard to believe the golden era of indie-rock is nearly 20 years past. Brainiac was a seminal band whose cutting angular guitars, fractured rhythms and possessed vocals were the panoply of rock 'n' roll's final gasps of creativity in the '90s. Their career was cut short, tragically, by the death of lead singer Tim Taylor in 1997. This video pre-dates their debut release by two years and not only captures the formative stage of the band, but in Music City nonetheless.
