Watch Butch Walker’s Video for “Synthesizers”
Watch Matthew McConaughey reprise his Dazed and Confused role and sing along to Butch Walker’s lyrics while cruising chicks and playing the trumpet.
Sleigh Bells Premiere Video for “Comeback Kid”
Alexis Krauss slips into something more comfortable and jumps around on her bed while wielding a rifle, and Derek Miller just keeps looking cool
Cass McCombs Plays the Doug Fir
It’s a practical supposition that– if one were not yet a fan of his music– to see Cass McCombs play live for the first time would turn a person into one.
Butch Walker Plays the Exit/In
With his newest album, The Spade, completed and available to the masses, Butch Walker has taken his sweaty pop-rock circus back on the road. Over the weekend, Butch Walker and the Black Widows hit the stage at Nashville’s Exit/In to commemorate the third stop of their tour, and the singer/songwriter unofficially challenged his fans to [...]
Musicfest NW 2011
MFNW 2011
by Alan Justin Patterson and Joshua Cooke
Though we left Puddletown this summer in search of drier pastures, our love for Portland, Oregon remains intact. Old hat Alan Justin Patterson and newcomer Joshua Cooke hit the streets to venue hop throughout our former homebase, covering the Musicfest Northwest lineup, featuring bands like The Kills, MSTRKRFT, [...]
Parachute Musical Hit 5 Spot For Kill It Cut It Down Release Show
Parachute Musical chose the 5 Spot as the venue to house the Nashville edition of their Kill It Cut It Down album release and they brought fellow Nashvillians, Eastern Block to open the show.
Like Parachute Musical, Eastern Block navigate their rock-based soundscape by alternating between keys and guitars, and their heavy guitars and full [...]
Will Hoge Takes the Stage For Nashville’s Live On the Green
After years of seeing singer/songwriter Will Hoge play in cities and venues across the country, we finally got our opportunity to catch him live in the birthplace of his music and his career, Nashville, TN.
Butch Walker Debuts Video For “Summer Of ’89″
Butch Walker and the Black Widows premiere the Shane Valdez-directed music video for “Summer Of ’89,” starring Seymour Cassel and lots of ’80s references.
HYPE: Kill It Cut It Down, Parachute Musical
After a Kickstarter project (fueled and funded by their ardent and devoted fanbase) and months of free downloads, Nashville’s Parachute Musical officially release their third full-length studio album, Kill It Cut It Down.
Festivals: Outside Lands 2011
Outside Lands Festival, 2011
by Joshua Krage
Summertime– it’s festival season, and for any Northwestern U.S. residents (or really committed and globetrotting fans) this year’s Outside Lands Festival provided food, festivities, and (most importantly) a wide array of popular music artists to allow the 100,000+ attendees to cram half a year’s worth of shows into a single [...]