Author Archives: Michael Eades

Volume 96: Halloween

In celebration of the ghoulish season I asked local music photographer and journalist / man-of-good-taste / Halloween aficionado Lance Conzett to curate an episode of the podcast brimming with his choice of local music spooky tunes. The resulting hour of selections is a delightfully surprising mixture of acoustic gothic tales, dark electronic and indie rock. […]

Datenight - “Too Good”

There’s not a lot of details around Datenight’s forthcoming album, Comin’ Atcha 100MPH, but if “Too Good” is any indication of what to expect, it’s going to be a blast of punk-rock energy with some memorable guitar licks.  Doing a tiny bit of research on the band reveals this two song Basement Sessions performance that, indeed, […]

Kim Logan – Pseudoscience: Chapter 3

Kim Logan continues her stream of Pseudoscience releases with Chapter 3, pairing new tracks “Ladyboy” and “Hitch your Wagon” together. The lead track has a rock swagger and layered chorus Sleater-Kinney would be jealous of. “Hitch Your Wagon” is a bit less in-your-face but highlights Logan’s slow-burning psychedelic side. 

Various Artists – Mondo Zombie Boogaloo

With contributions from Los Straitjackets, Southern Culture On The Skids and The Fleshtones, there’s a healthy amount of surf-rock meets Southern Rock meets ghoulish good times to be had in this 2013 compilation. I think I’m partial to the new take on The Monster Mash in “Que Monstruos Son” or the oddly peaceful “Theme From Young […]

Ace Quaalude – Heat Death Electric

The debut full-length from Ace Quaalude, aka Lucas Fedorko, is filled with explosive, thrashing, moments. The title track, “Heat Death Electric”, is the primary example of the pounding drums and distorted vocals found through much of the album but there’s more nuance to it if you allow yourself a full top to bottom listen. Tracks like “[ectoplasm]”, “Sunstepper” and […]

Kandyland now available

You likely remember back in February of 2016 when Thelma and the Sleaze set out on their Kandyland tour, 31-shows in 29-days all over Nashville. They played everywhere from proper venues to a McDonalds to a laundromat. Seth Graves documented the entire thing and debuted the film at the Nashville Film Festival.  Now the film […]

Volume 95

Serendipity led me to place Yon Ort and ONLY back to back – a track that claims “What you feel, isn’t real” followed by a track that claims “we all die!” It’s a haphazard goodness that I can’t take credit for but I’m happy to bring to you. No theme in this Volume of the […]

Bully – “Losing” (First Listen)

Bully – Losing (First Listen) Ahead of their official October 20th release date, you can now stream the entire sophomore LP from Bully, Losing, over on NPR Music. It is, as you’d expect from the singles that preceded it, a grunge-inspired, tension-filled, extremely honest blast of rock music. Best experienced at the highest volumes.

Shaboi – Curse Walk

I’m biased but Curse Walk from Shaboi is still my favorite Halloween record; particularly coming out of Nashville (sorry Boo Dudes!). It’s only timely a few weeks out of the year, so get on it.

Margo Price – All American Made (First Listen)

You can hear the entire Margo Price album, All American Made, streaming over on NPR’s First Listen ahead of it’s Oct. 20th release date. Take note of the collaboration track with Willie Nelson, “Learning to Lose”, and the title track that closes out the record as particular highlights. There’s a lot to enjoy here and multiple […]

Ardis Redford – “The Willows (Waxcats Remix)”

There are many projects and pseudonyms for the works of Ardis Redford; Tetsuo, False Colors, USENET and The Kinky Gentleman among them. He mined his flash drives of work and put together a 40-minute presentation at the Springwater, performing as his female alter-ego Mandy Stewart.  The video of the performance is a glitched out, frenetic, […]