Author Archives: doug

Cortney Tidwell in Rolling Stone

The debut from this Nashville native sometimes sounds like Bjork Lite, which isn’t a bad thing: On cuts such as “Pictures on the Sidewalk,” Tidwell works up slo-mo prettiness via fairly restrained vocal swoops and swoons and absorbing electro-folk arrangements. And though snooziness creeps in, her tune sense stays strong throughout. [read]

Nashville Bands in Spin

The December issue of Spin magazine has an article on Nashville bands. The online edition is a “guide” to the city. The print edition has this piece.

Nashville Blog Roundup

(Here’s a post i wrote awhile ago just in case i got lazy and didn’t have anything to post.) Though WOTT is probably considered a blog, there are alot of people here in Nashville that do it alot better than we do. (i would consider WOTT breaking barriers and blurring the lines between blog, podcasts, […]

News Roundup

my infonet is down and i’ve been busy. here’s a bunch of tidbits that weren’t posted but should have been: You can’t complain the Scene doesn’t care about local bands anymore: (well, i guess you can, and probably will) a profile and recap of the Features vs. Universal. a piece on De Novo Dahl the […]

“and the southern girls with the way they [rock]”

oh to be young and female. The Southern Girls Rock and Roll Camp kicks off next week. (July 31st – August 5th) Remember when you were young and your parents sent you to some crappy camp with a fake Indian name? (kids today…) SGRRC is exactly what it sounds like, instead of making ceramic ashtrays, […]

Forget Cassettes on cover of Southeast Performer

Read article… “There’s something original going on in Nashville with a group mastering the arts of dynamic contrast and dissonance. On stage, Cameron exemplifies the music being made: fragile constructions that move from a single riff or cyclic lyric into downbeat heavy explosions.”

Video Roundup…

Everyone these days has one of those video recording devices, exactly how big brother wants it: Slack posts their first videocast. view it on their site, or youtube. also check out Slack’s video for Teenage Zombie. (more videos after the jump)

indianashapolisville

Indianapolis seems to have a very nice local scene. They also seem to be a little smitten with Nashville bands. Musical Family Tree serves up free mp3s of Indiana music, but i noticed a number of our own: Hands Down Eugene – 6 live recordings and an E.P. The Carter Administration – 4 live recordings […]