In conjunction of releasing their second full-length via Carpark Records on January 24th, Cleveland Ohio’s Cloud Nothings just announced a full 3-month tour in support of their new record which kicks-off right here in Chattanooga February 16th at JJ’s Bohemia!
The new LP is called ‘Attack on Memory’ and you can download the first single ‘NoFuture/No Past’ (via SPIN) below as well as check out their full US tour dates:
2/16 Chattanooga, TN – JJ’s Bohemia
2/17 Atlanta, GA – The Earl
2/18 Birmingham, AL – Bottletree
2/20 Orlando, FL – Backbooth
2/21 Tallahassee, FL – Club Downunder
2/23 Houston, TX – Fitzgerald’s
2/24 San Antonio, TX – Ten Eleven
2/25 Austin, TX – Red 7
2/26 El Paso, TX – Lowbrow Palace
2/27 Tucson, AZ – Club Congress
2/28 Phoenix, AZ – The Crescent Ballroom
2/29 San Diego, CA – Soda Bar
3/1 Costa Mesa, CA – Detroit Bar
3/2 Los Angeles, CA – Echo
3/3 San Francisco, CA – Bottom of the Hill
3/5 Portland, OR – Holocene
3/6 Seattle, WA – The Crocodile
3/7 Vancouver, CA – The Media Club
3/8 Boise, ID – Neurolux
3/9 Salt Lake City, UT – Kilby Court
3/10 Denver, CO – Larimer Lounge
3/12 Kansas City, MO – The Riot Room
3/17 McAllen, TX – Simon Sez
3/20 Nashville, TN – The End
3/21 Louisville, KY – Zanzabar
3/22 Cincinnati, OH – MOTR Pub
3/24 Montreal, QC – Casa del Popolo
3/25 Boston, MA – Brighton Music Hall
3/26 Providence, RI – Fete Lounge
3/30 Philadelphia, PA – Johnny Brenda’s
3/31 Washington, DC – Red Palace
4/1 Baltimore, MD – Ottobar
4/2 Buffalo, NY – Ninth Ward @ Babeville
4/3 Pittsburgh, PA – Brillobox
4/4 Detroit, MI – Magic Stick Lounge
4/5 Cleveland Heights, OH – Grog Shop
4/6 Chicago, IL – Schuba’s Tavern
4/7 Columbus, OH – Outland Live
Nashville’s Tristen needs our help! She has just launched a Kickstarter and is taking donations to help press a 7-inch which features her favorite holiday songs. The record, titled ‘Deck the Halls,’ will include Tristen covers of 3 holiday classics: Blue Christmas, Winter is Blue and Frosty The Snowman. Pledges can start as low as $5, which will get you a copy of the 7-inch… other packages include handmade articles from Tristen such as knitted scarfs and journals. Shell out the big bucks and have Tristen & the Ringers come to your house to play a show for you and your friends! You can donate and see full details HERE and check out the video below:
Also, if you are in the Chattanooga area this Saturday, you have TWO changes to catch Tristen live! She will be playing at NormalPalooza Saturday afternoon at 12:15pm along with several other great acts including Moonlight Bride, New Binkley Brothers, Machines Are People Too, How I Became the Bomb and Uncle Lightning. Music is FREE and starts at 10:00am! Click HERE for details… And later Saturday night, swing by JJ’s Bohemia for another round of Tristen along with Kingston Springs, Long Gone Darlins.
Tristen’s debut full-length, ‘Charlatans At The Garden Gate,’ is out now… pick up a copy HERE or in person
Alabama Shakes are coming back to Chattanooga this Saturday, October 15th, but this time dropping by JJ’s Bohemia… and we had the pleasure and privilege of interviewing lead singer Brittany Howard about their debut EP, the band’s future and more:
Alabama Shakes finished a brief tour opening for Drive-By Truckers last month, which stopped by Track 29 here in Chattanooga… From where the band was at this time last Fall, when known as just The Shakes, 2011 has been quite the break-out year! How have the past few months of increased acknowledgment and appreciation been treating you and the band?
“Let me say first and foremost, I am humbled by how people are responding to our music. I love you folks, too. You get it, which in a by-and-by way, means you get us as people. That’s pretty awesome and I wanna say thank you…
The past few months have been adventurous to say the least. We’ve gotten a lot of welcomed attention and we now have a lot of important decisions to make… I think that all of this may be a wonderful dream with everybody I know walking around in it. We’ve been writing songs and we’ve been anticipating coming to your towns and sharing them with you. It’s what we’ve always done, but now — people are coming out to hear them — and they know the words. Feels good. It’s encouraging.”
[Video: ‘You Ain’t Alone’ filmed at Track 29, Chattanooga, TN]
We’ve noticed on Alabama Shakes’ Facebook page, the band has traveled to New York City, Los Angeles and have been recent Nashville regulars, even playing a gig at Jack White’s Third Man Records. There is also a picture posted that features bassist Zac Cockrell wearing a Fat Possum Burnside Style hat. [see pic below] Smells like a record deal is in the work to us… Would you like to elaborate? And if so, any idea of when we should expect the first full-length?
“Well, the way I see it, if you wanna share something with everyone you’re going to need help reaching those people. We’re looking for the best partners to help us do this. I’ll tell you this much, we’ve been eating good.
I would compare our first full length to a woman who is 10 months pregnant: Our baby is huge and fully formed , but it’s just not ready to come out yet…. could be any time… and you’ll definitely know about it.”
The band just dropped their debut EP last month featuring 4 jaw-dropping tracks that were recorded at Bomb Shelter Studios in Nashville earlier this year. Will we be hearing any more recordings from these sessions in the near future?
“We decided to put out this four song EP when we realized people were wanting this music. The true design of these sessions was to have something to show for ourselves. Those few tracks are just a taste of what this album is going to be like. Keep an eye on Third Man for a 7-inch surprise!”
One of many things we love about Alabama Shakes is the energy that is felt between the 4 of you during a live show. You can tell every single member has such a strong association and role in the band, something you don’t see very often. Could you please give us an interpretation of the creative inspiration and band-enthusiasm that your fans observe and receive during these live performances?
“I can’t speak for everyone on this, but I’ll tell you about myself: When I get to play with Zac, Heath and Steve, I feel invincible. I love them as musicians and I love them as people. It’s like, I get to sing into this microphone about whatever I want and I got a 42 decibel rock ‘n roll band that’s gonna give me courage and back me up on it. I feel free and easy. I don’t care what someone is thinking, I forget if I’m hurting, I’m not worrying about bad news, and I don’t care for that little while about those bills I have to pay back at home. I’m just reveling in my own world.
So, I guess what they’re witnessing is us all thriving in our own little space — we just happen to be on the same page.”
Chattanooga was fortunate enough to get a taste of the Alabama Shakes at Track 29 and we are flattered that you are performing once again in Chattanooga, but at a smaller venue, JJs Bohemia. What do the Alabama Shakes expect from Chattanooga this Saturday, and is there anything else you’d like your fans to know?
“Wear your dancing shoes.
Bring a sweat rag.
Leave your fear.
It’s gonna be a different kind of night…”
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Alabama Shakes debut self-titled EP is out now! Download a copy HERE or pick-up a physical copy in-person this Saturday (10/15) at JJ’s Bohemia… and we are giving away a pair of tickets to one lucky reader for that show! Click here to enter!
This Saturday, October 15, Alabama Shakes return to Chattanooga! This just after dropping by Track 29 with Drive-By Truckers last month… and we have a pair of tickets to give away to one lucky reader for the show featuring headliners Alabama Shakes along with 2 local-Chattanooga bands, Bohannons and Cadillac Saints!
TO ENTER: Just email us at thesouthrail@gmail.com with the subject ‘ALABAMA SHAKES’ along with your full name in the message… and that’s it, you’re entered! We will select one lucky reader at noon Saturday October 15th (the day of the show). So if you do enter, please make sure to check out your email before-hand around that time. See below for official rules and GOOD LUCK!
Contest Rules: Contest ends Saturday, 10/15/11 at 12:00pm. One winner will be selected randomly and notified via email on Saturday afternoon (the day of the show). The winner’s name (+ guest) will be at the the door the night of the show. There are no actual tickets, just admission.
Jeni and John of JJ’s Bohemia are having a birthday bash this Sunday, October 9th featuring J. Roddy Walston and the Business and Gringo Star!… and we have a pair of tickets to give away to one lucky reader!… This is all you need to do:
TO ENTER: Just email us at thesouthrail@gmail.com with the subject ‘SUNDAY SHOW AT JJ’S’ and your full name in the message… and that’s it, you’re entered! We will select one lucky reader at 3:00pm Sunday October 9th (the day of the show). So if you do enter, please make sure to check out your email before hand around that time. See below for official rules and GOOD LUCK!
Contest Rules: Contest ends Sunday, 10/9/11 at 3:00pm. One winner will be selected randomly and notified via email on Sunday afternoon (the day of the show). The winner’s name (+ guest) will be at the the door the night of the show. There are no actual tickets, just admission.
Times New Viking will be dropping by JJ’s Bohemia September 7th along side Chattanooga’s own Moonlight Bride! This Columbus, Ohio lo-fi 3-piece are currently on tour promoting their latest LP ‘Dancer Equired,’ which hit stores earlier this Spring via Merge Records (instead of their previous label, Matador)… and if you don’t already own it, you should go do so HERE! Well, while your at it, pick up their Matador release ‘Born Again Revisited’HERE too. Both great albums.
One thing we thought was interesting about teaming-up these 2 bands together is the fact that both had performed live at Paste Magazine sessions in Atlanta — The only difference was Times New Viking’s performance was recorded at Atlanta’s The Earl during a sound check.
Catch both bands’ PasteMagazine.com Sessions below and see why we’re fired up for September 7th!
It’s been a few years since these Knoxville boys dropped by Chattanooga, but since then, their sound has only grew while at the same time, they narrowed down to a 3-piece! If you haven’t heard their latest LP, Flux Outside, which was recorded at former Sparklehorse member Scott Minor’s Knoxville home studio last year, you are truly missing out. And to get a vibe of what their live act is sounding like lately, check out their Letterman performance featuring the LP’s first single ‘Fireball’ below:
Also, download some killer Royal Bang remixes… The first is Royal Bangs’ remix of Warpaint’s ‘Bees’ and the other is Deerhoof’s remix of the Royal Bang song ‘TV Tree’ which is from their latest LP:
We’ve said it before, and we’ll say it again, If you haven’t seen The Dirty Lungs live, GO DO SO! With that said, we are huge fans of Birmingham, Alabama’s The Dirty Lungs, who will be taking the stage this Thursday at JJ’s Bohemia along side Tony Wayne and the Chain, another great band which features members of Fastboys/Giant Tiger/Black Painter.
We spoke with Lungs’ frontman Carson Mitchell this weekend who informed us the band has dropped from a 5-piece, to a band of 4. “Our sound has morphed a bit, a lot heavier on the Garage/Surf influence, a little more aggressive as well.” We can’t wait! Check out why this is a must-see band. The video below for ‘Your Wrong’ was recorded as a 5-piece and was a South Rail video of the week earlier this year, but it truly shows one of this band’s strong points: a great live sound! Check it out, along with The Dirty Lungs’ full EP catalog… and see you Thursday night!!!
In conjunction of releasing their second full-length via Carpark Records on January 24th, Cleveland Ohio’s Cloud Nothings just announced a full 3-month tour in support of their new record which kicks-off right here in Chattanooga February 16th at JJ’s Bohemia!
