Author Archives: Michael Eades

266: Not Devoid of Personality

Revival Season, Slow Pass, Erin Rae, Bats, Christina Tripp, Jessica Breanne, Boo Syrup, Khari G, Petty, Bea Troxel, Connor Gilmore, The Mango Furs, Patzy, With Clouds in Mind

Thirdface – “Villains” (Official Video)

If you couldn’t tell from the embed thumbnail, the following video contains some intense imagery. Hardcore outfit Thirdface released their full-length record Do It With a Smile back in March of 2021. It’s twelve heavy and foreboding tracks delivered with intensely delivered vocals that explode with a cathartic ferocity. The band recently released the official […]

Quez Cantrell – “Creepin’ At My Window” (Official Video)

Quez Cantrell released “The Black Today” back in mid-2020 and garnered a good deal of critical acclaim for the frankness and vulnerability of the track regarding the Black Experience. If you’ve not seen the video for it, do give it a spin. The song was part of a larger release entitled 9 that contained a […]

Deep Sea Vegan seeking permanent port

If you aren’t aware, Deep Sea Vegan is a bi-weekly pop-up offering at Hunter’s Station featuring all plant-based foods with a focus on recreating marine based offerings. Put another way, they cook up Crab Cakes, Fish Sandwiches, Calamari Po’Boys and more all with their own house made recipies using only edible flowers, plants and vegetables […]

Da Real A1yo – “Take It Der” (Official Video)

There has been an influx of highly prolific hip-hop recently. Petty has been releasing a new single every single week, Gee Slab has been cranking out tracks, podcasts and videos, Negro Justice had a run on EPs and videos and now Da Real A1yo is stepping up. In 2021 alone he’s released Thugs Need Love […]

Amanda Stone – “Candy Baby”

Occasionally the description of a song sounds so outlandish it’s hard to believe it could ever be pulled off successfully. Amanda Stone‘s new single “Candy Baby” is a fusion of garage-rock, classic doo-wop girl groups, modern pop percussion and a little dash of squelching bass. One would assume those disparate influences could never fit together […]

Sour Ops – “Now You’re Gone” (Official Video)

Sour Ops latest album X was released in April and contains ten tracks of bombastic rock songs, unfurling with loads of big riffs from start to finish. Their latest single for “Now You’re Gone” takes a different tact, showcasing the bands diverse songwriting abilities. The track is gentler than anything on X but, paired with […]

Defy Film Fest returns for sixth iteration

If you’re unfamiliar, the Defy Film Festival is an independent film festival put together “by filmmakers for filmmakers” that takes place over in East Nashville at Studio 615 with a film list that spans horror, experimental, drama, comedy, dramady, sci-fi and thriller. That is to say, it’s an eclectic offering of films put together by […]

264: The Boggling of Minds

Anchor Thieves, Virghost, Terry Presume, AJ and the Jiggawatts, Wallis Allen, Tayls, Da Real A1yo, Sweet Poison, kidDEAD, Bea Troxel, Mercy Bell, Jordan Lehning, Your Gaze, More Ghost Than Man