Who’s in the mood for some jangly guitar pop with just the right mixture of optimism and melancholy in the vocals? You are, that’s who! The new Minor Toughs EP offers a nice bit of variety in just three short songs – jangly pop, introspective musings and big thick rock. Be sure to wait for “Way of the Knife” to really open it, its a great feeling.

Listen to the first track from the forthcoming Warm Harm album. Primary lylas creator Kyle Hamlett says the song came to him in a dream, fully formed. That’s a helluva dream.

How about a new, instrumental, soulful track from the Grips designed to play as the soundtrack to your summer BBQ? Yes, I will have some, thank you.

The new album from Los Colognes, Dos, will be released Sept 4th, 2015. That’s a long ways away but you can put “Backseat Driver” on heavy rotation until then.

Despite the numerous female references in both their band name and album title, there’s nary a girl involved in this undertaking. However, don’t let that sway you – there’s plenty of enjoyable upbeat garage rock in here. I particularly enjoyed the back half of the EP.

I am the first to admit that glitched out, experimental sound onslaughts such as this aren’t exactly pleasant to listen to but I just can’t help but appreciate that they exist at all within the Nashville music scene. 

Maybe it’s patronizing and slightly indulging in the same narrative that the rest of the world believes but Nashville really is so much more than just Music Row. You may not love a single sound coming from Error Prone 3,4 but you gotta admit it’s great that we really do have this kind of diversity.

A vibrant mix of club bangers executed with 8-bit tools. It’s not a combination you hear very often but it’s fascinating when you do. It’s basically the soundtrack to the most intense NES game you’ve never played.

A collection of self-described “jazz rock” instrumentals to help you breeze more easily through the summer heat.