OTNES came on the WOTT radar with “Light as a Feather” – a contemplative ballad rooted in pop sensibilities containing plenty of intriguing arrangements and performances. However, with “BLU3” it’s clear that OTNES has a lot more to offer than just your run of the mill song snacks. There is a clear Imogen Heap homage going on here (from the vocoder to the video format) but it’s not a derivative work; only a familiar feeling. The track absolutely crushes with an unexpected outburst of beats and glitches, all led by OTNES forlorn vocal line. Well worth watching once or thrice.
Far Out Fest `666 Emerges
Far Out Fest – Nashville’s “festival for all things psychedelic” – returns July 13th through July 15th. If you’re unfamiliar with Far Out Fest, you’re in luck because this year looks to be a fantastic lineup of activities. The overall event is part music fest, part marketplace, part film fest and all extremely well curated.
Thursday night, July 13th, at The Groove will be a free film festival curated by Dycee Wildman of the DEFY film festival featuring two hours of films and a live multimedia performance from Gardening, Not Architecture.
Friday and Saturday night take place at The East Room with multiple stages and a ton of incredible artists – including Afrokokoroot, Mouth Reader, Caroline Cronin, Cassette Stress, Jacuzzi Suite, DE3RA, General Trust, sugar sk*-*lls and many more. The full lineup is below but I gotta hand it to the festival for booking two solid nights of music but not booking so much that it feels overwhelmingly impossible to actually enjoy it. You can, and should, partake in as much as they have to offer because it’s actually a reasonable amount!
Throughout the festivities there will be DJ Sets and a Marketplace to enjoy featuring plenty of psychedelic, occult and generally “far out” wares. From my experience; it’s a positive gathering and a load of good music. Win win all around.
Day passes are available at the door or you can pick up a weekend pass for Friday and Saturday on their official site.
Friday, July 14 (all Main Stage)
7:00-7:30 PM Argus
7:45-8:15 PM Cassette Stress
8:30-9:00 PM Place2Scream
9:15-9:45 PM Soltour
10:00-10:30 PM sugar sk*-*lls
10:45-11:30 PM AFROKOKOROOT
7:00-7:30 PM Argus
7:45-8:15 PM Cassette Stress
8:30-9:00 PM Place2Scream
9:15-9:45 PM Soltour
10:00-10:30 PM sugar sk*-*lls
10:45-11:30 PM AFROKOKOROOT
Saturday, July 15
6:15-6:45 PM Jacuzzi Suite (Market Stage)
7:00-7:30 PM Caroline Cronin (Market Stage)
7:45-8:15 PM Bermudah (Market Stage)
8:30-9:00 PM De3ra (Main Stage)
9:15-9:45 PM Naan Violence (Main Stage)
10:00-10:30 PM General Trust (Main Stage)
10:45-11:15 PM Mouth Reader (Main Stage)
11:30-12:00 AM Harleigh Colt (DJ Set) (Main Stage)
6:15-6:45 PM Jacuzzi Suite (Market Stage)
7:00-7:30 PM Caroline Cronin (Market Stage)
7:45-8:15 PM Bermudah (Market Stage)
8:30-9:00 PM De3ra (Main Stage)
9:15-9:45 PM Naan Violence (Main Stage)
10:00-10:30 PM General Trust (Main Stage)
10:45-11:15 PM Mouth Reader (Main Stage)
11:30-12:00 AM Harleigh Colt (DJ Set) (Main Stage)
Sarah Saturday (Gardening, Not Architecture) – “Like You”
Over on Instagram, Gardening, Not Architecture (aka Sarah Saturday) recently revealed that they were the recipient of the TN Arts Commission Individual Artist Fellowship for 2024. If you’re not familiar with the fellowship, it’s a conduit for the government to enable artists across a variety of categories such as Visual Arts, Media, Dance, Music, Theater, Interdisciplinary Performing Arts and more. If you’re unfamiliar with the works of Gardening, Not Architecture, I can enthusiastically inform you that she manages to create art in every single one of those categories; exemplified by her latest multimedia show Voyage.
Combining live music, pre-recorded short films (with collaborator Dycee Wildman), choreography (by Joi Ware), spoken word and more, Voyage has a little bit of everything all woven together as a singular piece. GNA will perform the entire experience at the Darkhorse Theater on August 3rd through the 5th and we highly recommend attending. We were fortunate enough to catch a pre-show exhibition of the show and can confirm it is a compelling sight worth seeing.
Along with the live performances in August, the accompanying album – Voyage – will be released on August 4th. The seven tracks contained on the release are a prominent element of the live show but stand on their own as a collection of infectious, vulnerable, pop songs. The latest single, “Like You,” opens as a sparse and hypnotic rumination before unfurling into a cathartic and joyous dance anthem (with just a pinch of melancholy). The accompanying video, taken from Voyage, captures GNA in a single shot running towards the camera, dropping her burdensome coat and exhaustively sparkling in her newly revealed jumpsuit. It’s an excellent slice of the entirety of Voyage because the metaphor clearly works on it own but takes on greater meaning within the context of the whole.
The work involved to put together an album, a series of short films and a choreographed routine that all works together seamlessly is difficult to comprehend but GNA has executed an impressive confluence of crafts. Get your tickets to Voyage, listen to the latest single and follow along on Instagram. The 2024 fellowship will fuel the fires of the next project but, fortunate for us, there’s a ton of GNA to indulge in right now.
S02.E14: Jennifer’s Body
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Has your BFF ever been sacrificed for the fame and fortune of a lousy one-hit wonder, only to return as a demon with well delivered puns, beautiful skin and a hunger for the blood of teenage boys? On this episode, the boys review and discuss Karyn Kusama’s 2009 film Jennifer’s Body, starring Megan Fox, Amanda Seyfried, Adam Brody and Johnny Simmons. Penned by Academy Award Winner Diablo Cody, the film wittingly tackles the hardships of a possessed teenage girl in high school and the wrath she leaves behind.
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Luke Schneider – “Gloria”
Happy to share “Gloria,” the first single from the sophomore Luke Schneider album, It Is Solved By Walking. The album will be co-released by Centripetal Force Records and Third Man Records; with the former releasing the physical LPs and the latter rolling out the digital streams.
Schneider’s body of work is well known to anyone following the local music scene. His prior solo album Altar of Harmony was critically acclaimed, his live show is captivating to say the least and his collaborations with William Tyler, Margo Price, Orville Peck, Peter One, Kyle Hamlett Duo and many others have been enjoyed throughout the years.
This lead single, “Gloria,” is an immersive and meditative piece. Schneider notes the title choice is meant to evoke the “overwhelming awe and peace” of being in nature; be it a forest, a beach or a cityscape. Furthermore, he states:
My hope is that this music will facilitate meditations on how we can best allow these living settings to grow wild, undisturbed, and, if needed, nurture them with thoughtful care. The more perfect they become, the more passionately we and all creatures may feel connected to the glory and eminence of this divine universe.
You can tell just by looking at the cover of It Is Solved by Walking, Schneider is inviting you on a journey to gaze into the world ahead of you. Hopefully, with a little bit of reflection, we can all elevate beyond the petty and find some peace. Sure, that’s a lofty goal for a pedal steel record but it’s entirely possible if you let it happen.
Snooper – “Powerball” (Official Video)
“Powerball” is the third single from the forthcoming Super Sn?õ?õ?per record and it somehow manages to be more ramped up than the prior two – “Pod” and “Fitness.” If you’ve not listened to those first two tracks yet, go ahead and queue them up to give yourself some context on the frantic, driving pace that Snooper delivers.The magic of Snooper lies in their perfect combination of gritty punk influences and Pee-Wee Herman style playfulness (Pee-Wee’s work having plenty of it’s own subversiveness, obviously). The video that accompanies “Powerball” – Directed/Edited/Shot by Blair Tramel – matches the energy of the track in terms of the editing pace but keeps it light by frying up some pool balls for some tacos. To put it succintly, Snooper is a perfectly balanced blast of punk and playful.
Trying to intellectualize it is not the most productive way to go. If you get it, you get it. The influences at work here are fascinating and incredibly enjoyable to seem them all work together so nicely. I’d advise rewinding the minute long track a few times to soak in the lyrics; they aren’t fluff by any means and only add to the power of what the band is doing.
The record will be released on July 14, 2023 and you can order the vinyl right now. The splatter color variant has already sold out, so you’ll wanna pick up your copy stat!
S02.E13: Seed of Chucky
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The boys review and discuss Don Mancini’s 2004 film Seed of Chucky, starring Jennifer Tilly, Brad Dourif, Billy Boyd and Redman. Our resident expert on Jennifer Tilly joins us yet again to compete for “best impersonation.” We’ve got a hard-on for Jennifer Tilly, can’t you tell? All jokes aside, the fifth installment in the Child’s Play series introduces the first non-binary serial killing doll, bringing laughs and blood galore!
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Dadcult: Father’s Day Special
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Joy & Sarah are joined by their husbands for this year’s Father’s Day special!! The girls tag team questions to each other’s husbands about fatherhood including what dad guilt looks like for them, if they feel a need to make dad friends and how the role of “dad” has changed for their generation.
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S02.E12: Hellbent
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The boys review and discuss Paul Etheredge’s 2004 film Hellbent, starring Dylan Fergus, Bryan Kirkwood, Hank Harris and Andrew Levitas. This movie is super gay. (That’s it. That’s the description.) Rightfully so, since it’s dubbed the first ever “gay slasher.” Perfectly set in West Hollywood, this film quenches the thirst of gay horror nerds everywhere!
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Hera Lindsay Bird: What Do Poets Do?
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Hera Lindsay Bird is one of the most widely heralded (pun intended) poets of the modern era. Her poetry is full of dazzling wordplay, rich observations, and insanely hilarious jokes. Her work has been published by Victoria University Press and Penguin UK, and she’s been profiled in Vice and The Guardian. Her poems have even gone viral! But what do poets do, exactly? How do they pay the bills? What is the importance of poetry in today’s world? Hera Lindsay Bird has the word for this and so much more. And none of it rhymes!
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Official Site: heralindsaybird.com
Instagram: @heralindsaybird
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Strawberry Season
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Host Mike Wolf is joined by Adam Sloan of Soundtrack My Drink to talk all things strawberries. They discuss culinary-influenced cocktails, making strawberry shrubs, the many things that go well with strawberry, and why using the strawberry tops is the ultimate hack. Also discussed: layering acid in cocktails using shrubs, pairing music and cocktails together, and are we living in the times of Peak Cocktail?
Mike Wolf’s new book Cheer: A Liquid Gold Holiday Drinking Guide is available now! Pick up a copy ASAP!
Music by Upright T-Rex Music.
Logo by Jess Machen
S02.E11: High Tension
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The boys review and discuss Alexandre Aja’s 2003 film High Tension, starring Cécile de France, Maïwenn and Philippe Nahon. We’re kicking off the early-2000’s with a bang, y’all! Love can make a person do crazy things, especially when you’re repressing your homosexuality in dangerous ways. Whether you watch with subtitles or English dubbing, there’s no escaping the blood and gore of this oddly romantic story!
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