MP3: My Morning Jacket – Holdin On to Black Metal Well hot damn! I was feeling all bad about missing Neko Case in Louisville this upcoming Monday, but it turns out that she’ll be accompanying My Morning jacket all around this summer — including an August 17 stop in Cincinnati! My Morning Jacket Tour Dates [...]

[Read more →]

If KEXP is giving away the MP3 then I figure it must be fair game to post at this point. MP3: My Morning Jacket – Holdin On To Black Metal I don’t know why it surprises me, but My Morning Jacket’s R&B-by-the-way-of-classic-rock track “Holdin On to Black Metal” is just fantastic. It’s less about black [...]

[Read more →]

MP3: Of Montreal – I’m So Tired (Beatles) After a generous donation of five covers by E6 Townhall member Freek, the Of Montreal Covers Archive is a little closer to being complete. Everything from the Beatles and Jackson 5 to Buffalo Springfield and Bat for Lashes. Check it out! Grab all 80+ covers at the [...]

[Read more →]

Two days ago I liked Fishboy’s Classic Creeps. Then I saw the video and it rose a bit in my esteem. The big breaking point was when I finally visited ClassicCreeps.com and read the whole album explained in comic form. Now I love Classic Creeps. Eric is a wildly talented dude and it shows in [...]

[Read more →]

The sprightly little folkster, Samantha Crain, is returning to Lexington after a bit of a (two-year) hiatus from our beloved town. Check out some of her acoustic, unplugged stylings in the video below. I believe that she will be accompanied by a band at the show tonight. Earnestly honest local singer-songwriter, Reva Williams, will open, [...]

[Read more →]

One of the best things you can do in life is to get familiar with Nick Cave and the Bad Seeds. His is a talent that is just about unrivaled. So that’s why I’m very excited to be giving away CD/DVD reissues of four of his classic albums (in decent stores everywhere May 17). If [...]

[Read more →]

MP3: Saskatchewan – Dreamboat You guys have no idea how happy I am that there’s finally a popular trend in not-that-popular music that I’m behind 100%. All this dream pop, nostalgic/retro stuff like Cults, Oregon Bike Trails and Saskatchewan is so right up my alley that it basically is my alley. And Saskatchewan seems like [...]

[Read more →]

I am continually impressed by the bands and artists that Louisville’s Z-Bar keeps bringing in. This week they have a special two-night treat lined up with Jonathan Richman playing both Wednesday and Thursday night. Zanzabar hosted the former Modern Lovers’ front-man for a deuce last February as well so I assume that it went well [...]

[Read more →]

After teaming up with AC Entertainment (the minds behind Bonnaroo), Forecastle decided to have a year off in order to really knock it out of the park for next year. In its place we get the Halfway to Forecastle festival moved up into the summer. Big Boi and Pretty Lights are headlining with RJD2, BoomBox [...]

[Read more →]