Posts Tagged ‘review’

Lennon biopic ‘Nowhere Boy’ opens 2010 Nashville Film Festival

The Nashville Film Festival opened last night, kicking off its 41st year celebrating independent film at Regal Green Hills 16. Over the next week, from Apr. 15 to Apr. 22, movies like “Clash of the Titans” and “Hot Tub Time Machine” will share a space with less familiar films with titles like...

April 16th, 2010 | A&E | Read More

John Mayer plays Sommet after interview controversy

Words and the things John Mayer does with them have earned him a place in the hearts of countless teenage girls over the past decade or so. They’ve also gotten him into trouble along the way, as introspective, imagery-laden lyrics turn into uncomfortable, sometimes offensive ramblings from a musician...

February 14th, 2010 | A&E, Music | Read More

“The Tempest” impresses in Troutt Theater

The Nashville Shakespeare Festival took the Troutt Theater by storm January 15 with their rendition of “The Tempest.” Blue, violet and sea green pieces of cloth dangled from the rafters. Two “rock” formations took up most of the stage. When the lights dimmed, the audience was taken on a fun...

January 21st, 2010 | A&E | Read More

Paramore rocks the Ryman

The historic Ryman Auditorium in the heart of Nashville is accustomed to housing some of the biggest names in country music. Previously the home of the Grand Ole Opry, it serves to let an artist know they have both made it and officially arrived. But on Sunday night, Franklin-based group Paramore brought...

November 5th, 2009 | Music | Read More

Christie Neull’s Odyssey

On the walls of the Leu Gallery hang a selection of works by the local contemporary artist Christie Nuell. The exhibition, titled Odyssey, is a fascinating display of unique pieces guaranteed to intrigue the curious who wander inside. Neull’s complex assemblages of paint, stains and inks on mounted...

October 29th, 2009 | Art | Read More

Sharon Jones is the queen of Live on the Green

Nashville has a tenuous relationship with free shows and outdoor concert series, especially when the two are combined. Live on the Green is only the latest in a series of events dating back years which has included the good (Uptown Mix), the decent (Dancin in the District) and the ugly (the incredibly...

October 5th, 2009 | A&E, Music | Read More

Rites of Spring 2009: Day Two

Day two on the Alumni Lawn was a decidedly different atmosphere– fewer hippies, fewer frats, a slightly upward shift in the age demographic. The Vision braved mosh pits, crowd surfing and rain in the hopes of seeing The Flaming Lips’ Wayne Coyne climb in that giant inflatable hamster ball...

April 19th, 2009 | A&E | Read More

Rites of Spring 2009: Day One

The 2009 Rites of Spring Music Festival officially kicked off around 3:20 p.m. Friday. The Vision arrived around 6 p.m. to document the ensuing 6 hours of thundering bass, bright lights, diminishing elbow room, and collective catharsis. K’NAAN K’NAAN took the stage opening with “In...

April 18th, 2009 | A&E | Read More

Americana Music Festival firmly roots itself in tradition

Less than a week after Next Big Nashville’s grand finale, Nashville played host to another music festival sprawled across a handful of local venues. The Americana Music Festival and Conference kicked off on Wednesday Sept. 17 and ran until Sept. 20 in five venues—Mercy Lounge, Cannery Ballroom, The...

September 21st, 2008 | A&E | Read More

Next Big Nashville Day 4: Nashville’s Heavy Hitters

Brooke Waggoner (9:30 p.m., Cannery Ballroom) In last month’s issues of Paste Magazine, an article declared that, along with fellow Nashville singer/songwriter Katie Herzig, Brooke Waggoner was one of 25 artists to watch. Waggoner, a classically trained pianist, has the incredible ability to pull apart...

September 15th, 2008 | A&E | Read More

Next Big Nashville Day 2: Grand Palace and others rule Thursday

The Kindergarten Circus (8:45 p.m., The End) It’s been a year since I first saw the youthful dynamo that is Kindergarten Circus at last year’s Next Big Nashville and, if anything, the band has only gotten louder and more impressive. Kindergarten Circus funnels a clear influence from blues rock bands...

September 12th, 2008 | A&E | Read More

‘Make-Out with Violence’ opens Next Big Nashville

It wasn’t too long ago that The Non-Commissioned Officers were opening for The Protomen at The End and explaining the concept behind their band to a bewildered audience—every song they played would eventually comprise the soundtrack for an ambitious film about a zombie and the boy who loves her....

September 11th, 2008 | A&E | Read More

William H. Macy’s ‘Deal’ opens 2008 Nashville Film Festival

The 39th Nashville Film Festival opened on a joke that we’ve all heard in some permutation. “Did you hear the one about the rabbi, the movie producer and the studio executive who walk into a bar?” “The Deal,” starring Meg Ryan and William H. Macy (who also co-wrote and produced the film), extends...

April 24th, 2008 | A&E | Read More

Pumpkins not quite ‘smashing’

When Billy Corgan announced that the Smashing Pumpkins would be getting back together after their break up in 2000, I responded with immediate chagrin. I knew from the get-go that James Iha would never return to the band and that D’arcy Wretzky had disappeared into the ‘90s rock ‘n’ roll abyss...

November 29th, 2007 | A&E | Read More

Mute Math: Catch ‘em live

Mute Math is one of those bands that I just have never paid much attention to. I listened to their album a couple of times when it came out earlier this year but quickly tossed it aside for bigger and better things. It’s not that I thought that their self-titled debut was bad, but I didn’t hear anything...

November 8th, 2007 | A&E | Read More

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