: Sonic Youth may have indefinitely gone on hiatus, but guitarist Lee Ranaldo is still bringing the noise (Lee Ranaldo Band playing Friday, 18th at Mercy Lounge)
The Spirit of St. Vincent: Indie songstress Annie Clark tunes out the past, fine-tunes her scream (Playing Monday, 21st at Cannery Ballroom)
Smooth Moves: Trumpeter Chris Botti lends his golden tone to the Nashville Symphony Orchestra (Performing with the Nashville Symphony May 17-19 at Schermerhorn Symphony Center)
That’s Their Trademark: Nashville's bastion of vintage vinyl, The Great Escape, looks toward its future by selling the past
Between the Notes: For all his resistance to traditional tuning, veteran rock guitarist Steve Kimock makes exceptionally tuneful music (Playing Tuesday, 22nd at Exit/In)
In The Spin: Heavy Cream album release show and crawfish boil feat. Cheap Time and Fox Fun at The Zombie Shop, Lambchop w/The Altered Statesman at VFW Post 1970
Plus Critics’ Picks on the Radnor Lake benefit, Fool’s Gold, Lynn Taylor’s album release, Strange Feelings Analog Disco Spectacular, Miranda Lambert with Pistol Annies, Mayhem doing Prince’s Controversy feat. Dez Dickerson, Umbrella Tree’s album release show, No Regrets Coyote’s EP release show, Ty Segall with White Fence, The Darkness, Black Tusk, Split Lip Rayfield and more
