Third Wave of SXSW Artists Announced | Nashville’s Still Reppin’ Hard!

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SXSW is looming on the horizon. In just under two months, the entire indie scene will descend on Austin. We brought you news of the first wave of Nashville artists announced back in November, the second in December, and now we’ve got the third (and, I believe, last) big group announcement. Once again, there’s plenty of Nashville love, and this just might be the most eclectic group of bands yet! The lineup gets even more exciting with each announcement, and we’ve posted music from all the new bands below. Congrats to all of the talented bands and friends of the site who will be performing this year, we know you’re going to make our city proud!

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Bad Cop

Bobby Bare (Sr.)

The Cadillac Black

Andrew Combs

The Dynamites & Charles Walker

The Ettes

Steve Forbert

Jonny Fritz

The Limousines

Luella and the Sun

Mona

Leigh Nash

Night Beds

Reverend Peyton’s Big Damn Band

Julie Roberts

Useless Eaters

Western Medicine

The Wild Feathers

Also from announced from Tennessee, Memphis artists Adam WarRock and Jason D. Williams, and Knoxville band The Black Lillies have been added to the bill!

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You can check out the full artist announcement on SXSW’s site. As I said, I think this is going to be the last big group announcement, but expect plenty more artists to still be added to the bill between now and March.

Hit “Continue Reading” for the full list of Nashville artists now confirmed for SXSW. To hear music from each artist, don’t forget to check out our First Wave and Second Wave announcement posts!

This Weekend In Nashville, August 17-19

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We’ve spent quite a bit of time getting you ready for this weekend already.  Remember that whole East Nashville Underground wristband giveaway that we were running.  Well, that’s over with, but there are still full-weekend, free-drinks included wristbands available for $20 at the door.  I’m still blown away everytime I say that.  It’s two nights of free drinks and bands for only $20.  I dare you to beat that deal.

Anyway, per usual, I digress.  You have some other real eye catching shows if you are looking for something else to do this weekend.   Just get out and see some live music.

Friday

Our contributor, Andrew Johnson, wrote up that little ditty about Heypenny, Umbrella Tree, and Daniel Ellsworth & The Great Lakes happening over at The High Watt.  You know that is another highlighted opportunity for a mere $7.  Things get started around the 9pm hour.

We also dropped a hint yesterday about The Jompson Brothers, The Cadillac Black, & A Thousand Horses over at 12th & Porter tonight.  They were selling those two-day passes last night for $15, but, unless you got one of those, this ticket will cost you $12.  9pm first band.

And, last, but certainly not least, you have a solid lineup over at The Basement with Caitlin Rose, Andrew Combs, and Dirt Heavy.  Things get started at 9pm, and tickets are $10.

Saturday

Saturday night you are looking at Archers of Loaf over at Mercy Lounge.  It’s that 90′s indie rock dinosaur tour still banging strong through Nashville this summer.  Remember Guided By Voices back in July?  And Sebadoh just played Mercy earlier this week (I’m still tired).  And Dinosaur Jr. is at Mercy on October 1st!  Well, Archers of Loaf are in that same category of late 80s/early 90s lo-fi rock pioneers that have steamrolled through this ever burgeoning land of car commercial tunes.  The only difference with Archers is that they are simply touring to support the reissue of their discography through Merge Records.  Whatever man… none of you have seen them here since at least 1998 (damn I was young then!).  You may think this is dad rock at this point, but I’ll tell you that both the Dinosaur Jr. and Sebadoh shows were loud and fun as hell.  Of course, lot’s of my friends have kids, which means, I guess, I’m old enough to be a father.

Sunday

You still awake out there?  At least, you don’t have to put on a day party today.  You can rest up for Shonen Knife, White Mystery, & Heavy Cream at Exit/In starting at 8pm.  Tickets for that puppy are 10 bones.

Also, I’ve heard a rumor about a free “Sunday School” event, that will be displaced to The End due to the show above, with Honey Locust, The Hardin Draw, and Copper Into Steel.  I don’t see it up on the website at The End, but here is the facebook event page that says everything that I did above.

Kopecky Family Band, The Cadillac Black, & Colorfeels, Free at Mercy Lounge, Tonight In Nashville

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There’s not a whole lot going on tonight, and you practically need a canoe to get out of your house.  But, I bet you can get the best spot at the bar and front row to any show you chose tonight.  Sometimes you have to brave the elements to have a good time.  So, let me give you something to do tonight In Nashville…

I talked about the Kopecky Family Band when I was running down Bonnaroo artists (that seems forever ago), and briefly touched on The Cadillac Black during our coverage leading up to Soundland.

Kopecky Family Band is a Nashville based folk/pop band that has garnered national attention over the past few years especially after their CMJ set which caught the eye of NPR Music’s Bob Boilen.  I guess that was enough for Bob and co. to bring the Kopecky Family in for one of their acclaimed Tiny Desk Concerts.  You can check the TDC video along with their 2008 debut EP Embraces below.

This free ASCAP presents show gets started at 9pm with openers The Cadillac Black and Colorfeels.  The Cadillac Black just sound ALL NASHVILLE.  I didn’t get the chance to see them at Soundland this past year, but I heard from a quite a few that they put on one hell of a show.  If you are into some good old fashioned Southern rock, then you’ll want to make sure you are there in time for these guys.  Check out their Soundcloud page to hear a bit.

I think the Colorfeels might have a chance to make some waves outside of Nashville soon.  A project of Brentwood, TN fellas Parker Cason and Justin Maurer, Colorfeels has recently released their debut record SYZYGY, and have been opening for various sets around town.  I’ll be honest, this is the first time that I have had a chance to sit down with SYZYGY, and I must admit… I’m intrigued.  I really dig the sounds that are coming out of these guys, and will be interestested to see where they end up.  I’ve attached a bandcamp player below with the entire SYZYGY record.  Check it out.

It’s gonna be a fun night out in Nashville, even if you have to swim to the venue.  Get out and see some live music.

 

Here is Kopecky Family Band’s five track EP Embraces:

 

Here is Colorfeels’ debut LP SYZYGY:

 

Kopecky Family Band, Tiny Desk Concert

Soundland filling out its schedule…

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Soundland (formerly known as, Next Big Nashville) is continuing to fill out the line up for the September 21-24 festival in Nashville.  We first brought the news of the initial Soundland lineup to you a few weeks ago.  Well, the lineup continues to grow with the addition of Foster The People, Yelawolf, Big K.R.I.T., Cults, The Low Anthem, Cheer Up Charley Daniels, The Apache Relay, Pujol, Carl Broemel, Ben Sollee, and many more.

We’ll be talking about each of these bands in the weeks leading up to the festival to get you acquainted and to help you make your decisions.  So stay tuned.  But, for now, you should buy your $55 all-music wristband which will get you into all of these shows.  If you plan on going to more than two, then it is a deal.

There’s a 35 song playlist below with a track from most of the artists in the lineup so far.  (Chancellor Warhol, Uncle Skeleton, My So Called Band, The Cadillac Black, Erick Baker, and By Lightning! aren’t in Grooveshark).  Also, beware that not all of these tracks (especially the hip-hop) are exactly safe for work.  Anyway, Enjoy.

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