The Chattanooga 4-piece Moonlight Bride are one of our favorite local bands. With that said, we were honored when the band asked us to premiere their latest release, ‘Dead Language,’ a week before the official release date!
The new 5-song EP is dropping December 4th, and is holding us over as the band finishes up their full-length record that will be out later next year (2013). As frontman Justin Giles explains, “It’s a group of songs we recorded and always liked, but just didn’t seem to fit with the material that we’ve been putting together for the new album.”
In detail about the EP, Giles continues, “Our generation is obsessed with the flash and flare of some pawn dancing around and pressing a couple of buttons and calling it electronic or dub-step. ‘Dead Language’ is anti that.”
Stream ‘Dead Language’ in its entirety below and download your copy via iTunes, Amazon, Spotify and Rhapsody Tuesday, December 4th:
Local boys Machines Are People Too are hittin’ the road for the next couple weeks in support of their brand spankin’ new single ‘Do What You Love.’ Not only that, but in celebration of the tour, this track is FREE for a limited time! Download and stream the track below and catch MRP2 in a town near you!
And if you haven’t already, download the band’s EP ‘Dreams’ (for free as well) HERE:
MRP2 Autumn Tour:
10/30/12: Oxford – The Lyric Oxford
10/31/12: Tuscaloosa – The Bama Theatre
11/02/12: Auburn – War Eagle Supper Club
11/03/12: Athens – Georgia Theatre
11/04/12: Tallahassee – The Sidebar
11/07/12: Birmingham, AL – BottleTree
11/08/12: Nashville, TN – The High Watt
11/09/12: Knoxville, TN – Ciderhouse
11/10/12: Athens – Georgia Theatre
The kind folks at Chattanooga’s The Pulse Newsweekly wrote one heck of an article on us! Written by Sarah Skates from an interview with The South Rail’s founder Rich, the feature is hot off the presses and is available now! So get off your can, go to your favorite local location and pick yourself a copy today!.. Not in Chattanooga? No worries, read the full article HEREor below.
We would like to thank Track 29, the amazing bands, Joshua Shoemaker, High Class Hillbilly and everyone who came out to our very first The South Rail Presents! The show was a great success and we can’t wait to do it all again!
Many people asked us about the music playing before and between the bands’ sets. Here is the full playlist from Friday night’s hand selected tunes. Hopefully you not only enjoyed amazing live music and scored some killer gear from Nikki Lane’s High Class Hillbilly, but discovered additional bands you will see and support in the future.
Just a brief reminder Chattanooga: Deer Tick will be in town tomorrow to play a FREE show at downtown’s Nightfall Summer Concert Series! And come early to catch local boys Behold the Brave! Show starts at 7pm and is located on the River City stage at Miller Plaza! Click HERE for details:
Fellow blogger (Nashville’s Dead) Ben Todd’s band D.Watusi is stopping by Chattanooga this Sunday, July 15th along with Nashville’s Paperhead at Barking Legs Theater! And just like the PUJOL show last month at Collective Warehouse, this sucker is presented by the Mise En Scenesters (MES) Film Club!
MES are giving us their 2nd installment of their Teens In Trouble series showing the film Over the Edge. Movie starts at 8:30, bands play afterwards (our guess 10-ish). Admission is only FIVE BUCKS at the door! For details, go HERE.
Check out the track ‘Brother & Sister’ from D. Watusi’s debut LP ‘Dark Party,’ which is dropping later this Summer via Infinity Cat Records. The 7-inch which features the B-side ‘No Love Lost’ will be available at the show… Enjoy and see you there!
Also, check out Paperhead and download the track ‘Pictures of Her Demise’ from Paperhead’s latest Trouble In Mind Records 7-inch release:
This is your chance to score amazing vintage gear handpicked by Nikki and her team without the drive to Nashville!… PLUS you get to see 4 amazing bands all for only $5! How cool is that?
Click HERE for full details of the bands and check out some of HCH’s gear below… oh, and of course, (if you haven’t already) get your tickets for HERE:
UPDATE (7/10/2012) – Nikki Lane’s High Class Hillbilly joins for the evening. See bottom of article for details. We are very pleased to announce our very first music showcase which will be held at Track 29! The South Rail proudly presents: Fly Golden Eagle (Nashville, TN), Banditos (Birmingham, AL), Clear Plastic Masks (Brooklyn, NY), and Eight Knives (Chattanooga, TN) on Friday, July 27th!
Tickets are only 5 bucks and will be available at Track 29’s box office and website this Friday, June 29th at noon… So buy your tickets early, not only to help support us by hopefully making this a reoccurring music series at Track 29, but coming out to hear and support outstanding music from great up-and-coming artists!
Not familiar? Well, get that way. See below for samples from all the bands and check back to this page for any further updates. See you July 27th!
Fly Golden Eagle
‘Psyche’s Dagger’ is one of our favorite singles to were birthed in 2011. Just seconds into the 2nd track of Fly Golden Eagle’s debut LP ‘Swagger’ and you’ll understand where we’re coming from. A priceless album that the band respectively gives away as a free digital download. Stream the full album below, download ‘Swagger’HERE and pick up a physical copy from the band in-person:
In the past few months, this Brooklyn 4-piece have won our hearts as one of our favorite discoveries of 2012. We have never had the opportunity to see them in-person and are excited to bring these guys back down South for their Chattanooga debut. The boys have an EP and 7-inch available now with more in the works. Check’em out below:
Banditos are no strangers to Chattanooga… Our last encounter with this Birmingham, Alabama crew was earlier this year at JJ’s Bohemia, where they shared the stage with locals Strung Like a Horse. And ever since, we’ve been thirsty for more! Check out a killer live take and stream their latest full-length ‘The Filthy Sessions’ below:
Local band Eight Knives are definitely the newest of the 4 acts, but will fit in just nicely, kicking things off at 8pm. By the time July 27th rolls around, this will only be the band’s 5th show. So far 8K has opened up for national acts Terry Malts, Ultras S/C and most recently, Those Darlins and Houndmouth.
UPDATE (7/10/2012) – Nikki Lane‘s High Class Hillbilly mobile boutique will be joining us Track 29! She will be setting up shop inside giving you a chance to score amazing vintage gear handpicked by Nikki and her team without the drive to Nashville! Click HERE for details and check out her traveling HCH horse trailer below:
The Chattanooga 4-piece Moonlight Bride are one of our favorite local bands. With that said, we were honored when the band asked us to premiere their latest release, ‘Dead Language,’ a week before the official release date!
