Coming in hot with another compilation of great new music from the Nashville area, including a premiere from Quichenight off the forthcoming album, Cooler Heads. Lots of great musical diversity from the likes of Jordan Lehning, Soft Bodies, So Very!, drumonymity and more.
Much like the works of Animal Collective (or later era Flaming Lips), there’s an optimistic vibe seeping out throughout the album but each track is steeped in a darker tone.
Much like the heaviest offerings from bands like Mogwai, this is brooding, tension filled and DARK.
The title is fitting as the music within is a bombastic onslaught of fast paced songs and punkish snarls. I can only imagine the sweat filled rooms this gets moving when performed live with audiences yelping along with the choral refrains of songs like “On the Block.”
Hot on the heels of the official audio being released recently, Halfnoise (aka Zac Farro) has released the official video for the title track off the forthcoming EP. It’s a dizzying compilation of effects and patterns that fits very nicely with the warbly guitar running throughout.
In Episode Three, Vidalotry explores what happens when Gore Vidal is invited to work in Hollywood. Host Ryan Breegle looks at homosexuality’s network television debut, and we meet the man Gore chose to live with for more than half of his life.
Coco Hames supplies a confessional theme song this week for an early morning episode in which Ashley and Jamie diversify their crushes. Adoration is given to Trees (Deciduous and Coniferous), the cast of Preacher (Dominic Cooper, Joseph Gilgun, Ruth Negga), Harry Styles and Queen Victoria. Names pulled from the Bag of Hotties take a dark turn with David Bowie, Corey Feldman, and Kiran Culkin but recovers itself with Mary J Blige.
A slow walk into the void.
Dream Wave (aka Kelton Young) has a history of compelling collaborations out in the world. This Carmen Canedo EP is more great evidence of his ability to juggle genres.
For a band that has a fairly dark sound overall, they certainly know how to have fun with a music video.
Jordan Lehning is responsible for a lot of great music coming out of Nashville. His personal involvement in acts like Eureka Gold and The Non-Commissioned Officers would be plenty to have left a mark on the city but he’s also responsible for producing a great deal of other acts. His credits include Caitlin Rose, Jasmin […]
Bleary 2-24-2018 by Cities Under Cities on WXNA Cities Under Cities is a show on WXNA hosted by Kelsey Delaney that hosts a different band each week and has them perform in studio. The result is both a compelling chunk of radio but, also, a large repository of recordings of said sets. Many of those […]
