The Nashville Feed

This is one hell of a rock & roll weekend! And Earth Day none to less! I have to say that I am pretty thrilled about the Rites of Spring lineup. I am not, however, thrilled about tonight's weather forecast...

And there is so much good stuff going on at the Belcourt. The weekend classic this week stars two of my favorites: Cary Grant, James Stewart and Katharine Hepburn in The Philadelphia Story. On Sunday you can check out the 4/20 Film Fest presented by NORML. They'll be playing Reefer Madness, Grass, Busted (a 1 hr PBS Frontline special) and the world premier of Super High Me. The cost is $20 for one or all of the films and they are getting started at the appropriate time of 4:20 p.m.

Friday!

• Rites of Spring at the Vanderbilt University Alumni Lawn: Spoon*, Colbie Caillat, DJ Kool, Lady Antebellum, The Avett Brothers*, Jeremy Lister & Wild Sweet Orange. Starts at 4pm
• Pat Buchanan at 3rd & Lindsley. 7pm ($7)
• The Moody Blues at the Ryman. 8pm ($55.50 - 75.50)
• The New Pornographers w/ Okkervil River at the Cannery Ballroom. 9pm ($22 - 25)
• Les Honkey More Tonkies w/The Victrolas and Lauderdale at 3rd & Lindsley. 10pm ($7)

Saturday!

• Spring Festival at Grimey's featuring Tim O'Brien, The Soulphonics, Wild Sweet Orange, Old Ceremony, Bon Sollee, Drakkar Sauna, Dan Wilson & Mike Farris and Roseland Rhythm Revue. Starts at 10am (Free!)
• National Record Store Day at the Groove featuring JEFF, Sanchez and the Shockers (Check out Sanchez and the Shockers in the Nashville Feed podcast episode 4), Eureka Gold, The Nobility, Panty Raid, Space Capone, Biscuits and Gravy, Aaron Robinson, Disappointed by Candy, Wes Charlton, Meemaw w/DJs Wick-it, Kidsmeal & Coolout. Starts at 11:30 (Free!)
• Rites of Spring at the Vanderbilt University Alumni Lawn: Lil Jon*, Feist*, Old Crow Medicine Show*, Grace Potter and The Nocturnals*, Randy Rodgers Band, Hill Country Revue*, Lord T and Eloise, Alana Grace & H Beam. Starts at 3pm.
• Pale Blue Dot w/ Brian Ritchey & Welcome to Ashley at the 5 Spot (Want to sample Brian Ritchey before deciding? He was the first artist to appear in our Nashville Feed Accoustic Series of podcasts. Check out the Nashville Feed Episode here.)

Sunday!

• Lovenoise at the Place. 9pm

Hot Nashville Music Sales of the Week

Because of a website snafu we haven't had Grimey's list in two week but we're back. I'm happy to say one of our favorite artists De Novo Dahl is on the list. If you want a sample of their music check out the Nashville Feed podcast episode 2 for which we were lucky enough to have two songs on from the Cats and Kittens album. Also I'm happy to say that every artist on the list is available for download in the Amazon MP3 DRM free store which means I don't have to add separate links to downloads. The digital downloads work with any MP3 player including iTunes and usually cost several dollars less than the CD version. Meaning if your not sure of an artist to pay full price for the CD you can dip in one single at a time. Enjoy and support our local record retailer.

Grimey's Best Sellers for April 4 - 13, 2008

1. Nick Cave & The Bad Seeds - Dig Lazarus Dig!!!
2. The Black Keys - Attack & Release
3. The Raconteurs - Consolers Of The Lonely
4. De Novo Dahl - Move Every Muscle, Make Every Noise
5. The Breeders - Mountain Battles
6. R.E.M. - Accelerate
7. Fleet Foxes - Sun Giant EP
8. Sun Kil Moon - April
9. She & Him - Volume One
10. Colin Meloy - Sings Live

We only list the top 10 for the rest of the top 50 visit Grimeys.com. (Please note that Amazon.com links are provided for those not in Nashville, if Grimeys had an online store we would link there.)

Get out and have fun! Be safe!
Cheers,
j.

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