• Home
  • News
  • Shows
  • Playlist
No Result
View All Result
  • Home
  • News
  • Shows
  • Playlist
No Result
View All Result
No Result
View All Result

[REVIEW + PHOTOS] All Deeds Done, Aura, and Jennifer Sullivan | 5.19.15 @ Acme Feed & Seed

Jacob Ryan by Jacob Ryan
May 22, 2015
in Reviews, Shows
1
Share on FacebookShare on Twitter

NCFNN_JGNP-AllDeedsDone-ACME-05-19-15-8562

All Deeds Done, Aura, and Jennifer Sullivan
Acme Feed & Seed, Nashville, TN
May 19, 2015

Words by Jacob Ryan (@GonzoWithGusto). Photos by Jake Giles Netter

We would like to continue to welcome all of you reading this out there in Music City and beyond to Acme Feed & Seed every Tuesday night, for the weekly showcase from our live events wing, No Country Presents! This past Tuesday’s bill featured genre bending singer-song writer Jennifer Sullivan, powerful alt-rockers Aura, and indie pop up and comers All Deeds Done. Read on for a recap, and for some great shots from photographer Jake Giles Netter.

If you live in Music City for long enough, you’re are bound to make some friends who are musicians. If you write for a music blog in your free time, the chances of this happening increase exponentially. So it only seems natural that I would eventually wind up covering a band that I was well aquatinted with as people first and performers second. Also, for the same reason really, it ended up being a pretty wild/crazy night for me at Acme Feed & Seed!

JenniferSullivan-620
Jennifer Sullivan. Photo by Mick Leonardi
.

Kicking things off on a high note, local (via NYC, originally TX), singer songwriter Jennifer Sullivan’s sound is hard to tie down. Equal parts blues and jazz with Americana/folk undertones; a sound all her own. The band and her danced through genres effortlessly, and even spiced in some heavy circus organ at times for good measure. We loved her live performance of her latest single “Proof”, which we recently premiered, and she owned the stage in her sultry, possibly Catwoman inspired, minus ears/tail, outfit. She’s been no stranger to No Country coverage. We hyped her set at Bonnaroo 2014, look forward to seeing her around town, and hearing more music from her in the near future.

NCFNN_JGNP-AllDeedsDone-ACME-05-19-15-8576
Aura. Photo by Jake Giles Netter.

Next up were power punch packing alt-rockers Aura. Lead singer, and co-founding member Maura Murphy, is a former co-worker of mine, and we got along smashingly before I’d ever seen her perform. Now I couldn’t be more stoked to see her putting it down live and in person … in a showcase I’m directly involved with none-the-less! Her and lead guitarist, Nick Johnson, got their start performing together around Berklee College of Music, moved to LA for several years, but now call Music City home.

This new incarnation of their project together, with a new bassist and drummer, was an even bigger sound than the recorded work I’d heard. Loud in all the right ways for their new, less ballady, more early ‘90s pop grunge leanings. Nashville has a way of changing all band’s sounds, usually for the better. Her booming, powerful, and clear voice, with Nick’s extremely technical and polished guitar work, is something to behold. Highlight’s included their radio ready single “Chosen,” a cover of Radiohead’s “Creep” that nearly brought the house down, and closing out on super groovy extended jam session. This new version of the band is really cooking live, and as they perfect their sound, tweaking it as they play together more, there seems to be no limit to what they can accomplish.

NCFNN_JGNP-AllDeedsDone-ACME-05-19-15-0168
All Deeds Done. Photo by Jake Giles Netter.

After some job well done shots of Jameson with my pals in celebration of their finished set, it was time for the All Deeds Done to close out the night of free tunage. The Bowling Green, KY, natives brought a super likable, familiar indie pop sound that immediately reminded me of Arctic Monkeys, minus the ultra-Brit accents. It was fairly obvious that they are pretty young dudes, ready to make a big splash on the a growing collaborative scene between Nashville and BG (see Cage The Elephant, Sleeper Agent, Buffalo Rodeo, Morning Teleportation, etc). They blasted through their set, which it appeared they spent a lot of time practicing, carrying themselves like professionals. Old souls, who seemed to have experience that didn’t match their years. They keep playing shows like that here in town, and you’ll be hearing them on Lightning 100 soon enough.

As the guitar fuzz faded, and my buzz got cranked to 10, it was time to head back east. Another success from No Country Presents at Acme Feed & Seed.  Enjoy the spread from Jake Giles Netter, and join us next Tuesday, when we do it all over again with Lauren Strange and the Pretty Killers, CAPPA, and Trenton.

 

1 of 21
- +

1. Aura, Photo by Jake Giles Netter

2. Aura, Photo by Jake Giles Netter

3. Aura, Photo by Jake Giles Netter

4. Aura, Photo by Jake Giles Netter

5. Aura, Photo by Jake Giles Netter

6. Aura, Photo by Jake Giles Netter

7. Aurae, Photo by Jake Giles Netter

8. Aurae, Photo by Jake Giles Netter

9. Aura, Photo by Jake Giles Netter

10. Aura, Photo by Jake Giles Netter

11. All Deeds Done, Photo by Jake Giles Netter

12. All Deeds Done, Photo by Jake Giles Netter

13.

14. All Deeds Done, Photo by Jake Giles Netter

15. All Deeds Done, Photo by Jake Giles Netter

16. All Deeds Done, Photo by Jake Giles Netter

17. All Deeds Done, Photo by Jake Giles Netter

18. All Deeds Done, Photo by Jake Giles Netter

19. All Deeds Done, Photo by Jake Giles Netter

20. All Deeds Done, Photo by Jake Giles Netter

21. All Deeds Done, Photo by Jake Giles Netter

Tags: Acme Feed & SeedAll Deeds DoneAuraJennifer SullivanNashville Indie Music BlogNashville Music Blog

Related Posts

Re:SET Concert Series Coming to Centennial Park June 23-25 with LCD Soundsystem, boygenius, Steve Lacy, & More!
News

Re:SET Concert Series Coming to Centennial Park June 23-25 with LCD Soundsystem, boygenius, Steve Lacy, & More!

While we've seen many new festivals emerge (and several vanish) in recent years, there's hasn't been a whole lot...

by Philip Obenschain
February 1, 2023
[TICKET GIVEAWAY] Diplo Presents: Thomas Wesley w/ Paul Cauthen | March 13 @ Wildhorse Saloon
Contests

[TICKET GIVEAWAY] Diplo Presents: Thomas Wesley w/ Paul Cauthen | March 13 @ Wildhorse Saloon

Inarguably one of the most prolific and influential DJs and producers of the last 20 years, Diplo has credits...

by Philip Obenschain
January 18, 2023
Kendrick Lamar, Odesza, Foo Fighters, Paramore, & More to Play Bonnaroo 2023
News

Kendrick Lamar, Odesza, Foo Fighters, Paramore, & More to Play Bonnaroo 2023

After two years of pandemic and weather related postponements and cancellations, the region's preeminent music festival, Bonnaroo, made its...

by Philip Obenschain
January 10, 2023
Paramore Announce New Album ‘This Is Why,’ Debut Title Track
News

Paramore to Play Grand Ole Opry House Feb. 6 in Celebration of New LP ‘This Is Why’

It's only been a couple months since Paramore gave us their first new music in nearly five years, the...

by Philip Obenschain
December 6, 2022
Next Post

[Review + Photos] J Roddy Walston & The Business w/ Avers & The Black Cadillacs | 5.21.15 @ Exit/In

Comments 1

  1. Tom brown says:
    8 years ago

    Aura is the shit!! Loved seeing Maura sing in la.

    Reply

Leave a Reply Cancel reply

Your email address will not be published. Required fields are marked *

We cover the best of Music City's local and touring artists. All Nashville and no country.

Get No Country In Your Inbox

No Result
View All Result
  • Home
  • News
  • Shows
  • Playlist