Updated Tuesday, July 1, 2008

Grimey's Says Declare Your Independence!

Happy Independence Day/Week!

GRIMEY'S WILL BE CLOSED ON FRIDAY, JULY 4th, FOR THE HOLIDAY.

However, we've got a big sale planned for this Saturday, July 5th, capping off a whole week of celebrating independents. I'll get to all the details on that in just a hot second but first let me make a few announcements:

The Steeldrivers in-store scheduled for tomorrow, July 2nd, has been canceled. Actually it was never officially confirmed. We had so much back and forth correspondence in setting it up that I just moved it into the "on" category and apparently the band was never able to make it jibe with their very busy schedule this week. I'm sorry about that. Hopefully we'll be able to re-schedule and you'll hear about it here first. Don't be too disappointed bluegrass fans because we've got a big in-store to announce that you'll be over the blue moon about:

Del McCoury Band will play at Grimey's next Tuesday, July 8th, on the day their new CD, Moneyland, is released! Details below. And yes, it is CONFIRMED.

Thanks to everyone who came out yesterday for the Alejandro Escovedo in-store. It was, without a doubt, one of the best performances we've ever had the pleasure to bring you here in our humble abode. Check out John Brassil's incredible photos and make a point to listen to Alejandro's stellar new Real Animal album.

Grimey's DECLARE YOUR INDEPENDENCE Sale!
Saturday, July 5th 11am-8pm
If you know us, you know we're all about supporting independent, locally-owned businesses and ventures of all kinds. We'd like to put our money where our mouth is next week by celebrating Independence Day with an ALL-DAY SALE on Saturday, July 5th. We will be CLOSED for July 4th but EVERYTHING IN THE STORE will be on sale the following day. Grimey's staffers will be DJ'ing throughout the day in the store and we'll have an awesome beer:30 so make plans to drop by and help us celebrate the independent spirit every way we can think of.

We'll be giving away the autographed Emmylou Harris guitar on Saturday so if you haven't entered to win yet, you can still throw your name in the hat by coming down here before Saturday and filling out an entry form. You don't have to be present to win.

On Wednesday and Thursday this week at 6pm we'll be giving away select items to customers in the store at that time and on Saturday, we'll tap the motherlode and offer free stuff throughout the day to lucky customers. Here is a list of just some of the stuff we have to offer:

Pair of tickets to Spiritiualized 7/22 @ City Hall
Pair of tickets to The Black Angels & Warlocks 7/5 @ Exit/In
Autographed Nick Lowe Jesus of Cool poster
Sunn0))) / Boris - Alter 3LP set
Southern Lord samplers and posters
Al Green & Amos Lee LPs
Kooks CDs / DVDs/ 7"s
Theory 8 catalog (15 titles)
Bloodshot Records t-shirts
Executioner's Last Songs compilations set
Bloodied But Unbowed DVD (BS)
Billy Joel box set, Stranger LP & deluxe CD
John Mayer LP set & CD/DVD
Bob Dylan t-shirts
Iron Maiden picture disc
Andrew Bird poster signed
Fiery Furnaces "Bitter Tea" vinyl w/ special packaging
Colour Revolt LP
Tons of CD samplers
Reckless Kelley "Bulletproof" puzzle
Nick Lowe/Robyn Hitchcock April 12th @ The Fillmore Concert poster

Autographed Items
-Fleshtones "Sweat" -Book
-Peter Case "As Far As You Get Without A Passport" -Book
-Peter Case "Let Us Know" CD
-Apples In Stereo "Electronic Projects" CD's (Robert's autograph only!)
-Apples In Stereo "Energy" 7"
-Nick Lowe "At My Age" LP
-Andrew Bird poster
-Robyn Hitchcock "I Wanna Go Backwards" Poster
-Nick Lowe / Ron Sexsmith April 21st Belcourt Theatre -Concert Poster
-Alejandro Escovedo "Real Animal" double LP vinyl set

Whew! That's a lot of stuff. Drop by throughout the week but make plans to hang with us on Saturday and you're sure to get something free, plus EVERYTHING IN THE STORE WILL BE ON SALE this Saturday, July 5th.

In-Store Performances
Whoa! This week we announce a sure-to-be-stellar in-store performance by the DEL McCOURY BAND next Tuesday! Check all the details below and remember in-stores are all free and all ages, always.

DEL McCOURY BAND - Tuesday, July 8th @ 6PM
Yep, you read that right - bluegrass legend Del McCoury will perform an intimate set here at Grimey's on the day his latest CD, Moneyland, is released! Del has been knockin' 'grass heads on their ear for decades, starting with his stint singing lead and playing rhythm guitar in Bill Monroe's Bluegrass Boys back in the '60s. With his sons Ronnie and Rob, he formed his current band in the '80s and he's gone on to win every award they give to Bluegrassers and has influenced the jamband world, performing with String Cheese Incident and Phish, and recording an album with Steve Earle. McCoury's latest is a multi-artist affair also featuring Merle Haggard, Gillian Welch, Emmylou Harris, Tim O'Brien and many more offering a hard-hitting look at economic injustice through songs old and new, exploring the hardships of rural and urban working people. Another legend graces our modest "stage." Don't miss!
Del McCoury Band myspace

COLOUR REVOLT - Friday, July 18th @ 6PM
Mississippi indie band makes good with buzzed-about EP, signs to Mississippi label Fat Possum for their debut full-length and knock it out of the park! They're a guitar band and glorious feedback and distortion colour their album but it's the wide ranging variety of moods and textures that leave their mark. Compared to the Walkmen, Sparklehorse, Modest Mouse and Radiohead, Colour Revolt don't really sound like any of those bands but strains of each are detectable in the mix. How 'bout "good indie rock worth your time?" That's how I think you should think of it when you make plans to head down to Grimey's on a Friday afternoon for another free live performance!
Colour Revolt myspace

Billy Bass Nelson - Live At The Basement,
Saturday July 5th, 9PM, 7 bones
Original founding bass player of Funkadelic, Billy Bass Nelson, will grace all funkateers with a hard-hitting funk-tastic show at The Basement this Saturday, July 5th. Billy was the original accompanist for The Parliaments, the doo-wop style harmony quintet led by George Clinton in the mid-'60s. When The Parliaments hit big with their top 10 hit "(I Wanna) Testify" and hit the road, it was Billy Bass's job to find pick-up musicians in each town and rehearse them for that night's show. He grew frustrated at not being able to get a proper band rehearsed that could improve nightly and felt like he was starting over at every gig. So Billy convinced George to let him hire a band and that led to Billy's childhood friends Eddie Hazel, Tawl Ross and Tiki Fulwood - the original Funkadelics - joining forces and going on to record the lysergic funk/rock classics Funkadelic, Free Your Mind and Your Ass Will Follow and Maggot Brain. Billy Bass even came up with the name "Funkadelic." In addition to holding down the bass chair he's a co-writer on some of their greatest early material and he sang "You And Your Folks, Me And My Folks" on Maggot Brain.

After parting ways with Clinton and the Funkadelics in the early '70s, due to the requisite disputes over royalties that would plague Clinton to this very day, Nelson went on to contribute to recordings by the Commodores, Chairmen of the Board, Lionel Richie, Smokey Robinson, Jermaine Jackson, Lenny Williams, Parlet, Fishbone, and the Temptations (the latter of which saw him and Hazel reunite for the group's 1975 hit, "Shakey Ground") and release a solo LP for Bill Laswell's label in the '90s. Now this legendary funk musician has moved to Nashville and will debut his latest project this Saturday at The Basement. Local funkers The Zone Thang will back up the man and fellow P-Funk alumnus Ron Ford will be on hand as well, lending vocals and hopefully lacing us with a monstrous version of "Cosmic Slop." Billy Bass promises to hit his Funkadelic classics as well as premier new material. Yours truly, D-Funk, and my Funky Good Time co-hort Radski will be spinning the nasty psychedelic funk sides to set the mood until the Zone Thang take it to the stage. Funk heads do not miss out!

Additional note: Billy Bass Nelson will be my special guest on this week's D~Funk show on WRVU/91.1 FM this Friday at 8pm. I'll ask him all about his days with Funkadelic and what he's been up to since. Tune in, turn on, funk out!

Hitting The Racks
Here's your weekly rundown of the new release goodness:

Earlimart - Hymn And Her CD (Shout! Factory)
After going through personnel changes, Earlimart was pared down to co-leaders Aaron Espinoza and Ariana Murray. Locking themselves in the studio to write and record an album in just four weeks, they emerged with a record whose urgency and immediacy reflects their powerful live shows.

John Mayer - Where The Light Is: Live In Los Angeles 2xCD/DVD/4xLP+MP3 (Columbia)
Recorded in December 2007, John performs a one-of-a-kind concert featuring 22 songs made up of three distinct sets: an acoustic performance, a rare set with John Mayer Trio, and a set featuring his full band. Vinyl includes MP3 download.

Los Lonely Boys - Forgiven CD/LP+MP3 (Epic)
Third studio album from the self-described "Texican Rock 'n' Roll" band. Also available on vinyl with bonus MP3 download.

Alkaline Trio - Agony & Irony CD/2xCD/LP+MP3 (Epic)
Jeez, was it really seven long years ago that these cats played their first acoustic in-store right here at Atomic? And now they're hyping Hot Topic's new online social networking site as well as selling their own line of Nike sneakers. Progress? You decide. Limited edition version includes a bonus acoustic CD and a 24-page booklet in a deluxe slipcase. The vinyl includes an MP3 download. For a limited time, all formats come with a bonus pic sleeve 7" of "Help Me" with an acoustic version of Tegan & Sara's "Wake Up Exhausted" on the flip.

Current 93 - Black Ships Heat The Dance Floor CDEP+DVD DualDisc (Durtro Jnana)
Limited edition DualDisc. The audio side contains remixes by J.G. Thirlwell (Foetus) and Matmos. The DVD side contains two videos directed by independent filmmaker Cam Archer -- "The Beautiful Dancing Dust" featuring vocals by Antony (Antony & The Johnsons) and "Black Ships Ate The Sky" with vocals by David Tibet.

Nurse With Wound - Huffin' Rag Blues CD (Durtro Jnana)
Unlike any Nurse With Wound album in recent memory, Huffin' Rag Blues veers into lounge/space-age bachelor pad territory. Guest vocalists Lynn Jackson and Freida Abtan channel Peggy Lee, while Matt Waldron (irr. app. (ext.)) also lends his golden pipes to one song. This is exotica as imagined by the twisted genius of Steven Stapleton.

Cute Lepers (The Briefs) - Can't Stand Modern Music CD (Blackheart Records)
Power pop-infused punk rock band from Seattle, formed by The Briefs' vocalist/guitarist Steve E. Nix. The Cute Lepers' debut combines the attitude of punk with stylish mod and pop sounds. Available for audition in one of our listening stations.

John Matthias - Stories From The Watercooler CD (Counter/Ninja Tune)
A suite of twelve short, lyrical folk songs composed with violin, harmonium, banjo, clarinet and monophonic synthesizers. Produced by Coldcut.

Noa Babayof - From A Window To A Wall CD (Language Of Sound)
Noa Babayof is a folk musician in the singer-songwriter tradition. She pays homage here, stretches boundaries there, and most often plays within the structures formed by the greats that preceded her. Very few have what it takes to make it on a stage where what separates the weak from the strong is neither record sales nor charisma, but the greatness of the songs.

Silver Summit - Silver Summit CD/LP (Language Of Sound)
The darkness and frenetic claustrophobia of NYC ebbs from every sonic pore of Silver Summit's debut. Multiculturalism informs their sonic character as much as the blackened brownstone facades, hidden public gardens and slumbering subway commuters. Where else then to seek unmitigated conflations of metal, dream-pop, oriental, British folk and other harmonious dissonances than in their own musings?

Compilations, Best Of's & Sundry Collections...

Various Artists - Eccentric Soul: The Tragar & Note Labels 2xCD (Numero)
Lost for thirty years among the kudzu and Coke bottles of central Georgia, the Tragar and Note labels are the latest Numero Group unearthings to join the landmark Eccentric Soul series. Containing 50 tracks spread out over two discs (with a lavish 32-page booklet), it's a ridiculously thorough survey of Jesse Jones' twin labels that operated out of Atlanta from 1968-1977. File under: Old School.

Relient K - The Bird And The Bee Sides CD (Gotee)
Thirteen new songs (AKA The Nashville Tennis EP) plus thirteen tracks of rarities, demos, acoustic versions and more.

Reissues...

The White Stripes - The White Stripes CD (Third Man/Warner Bros)
The White Stripes - De Stijl CD (Third Man/Warner Bros)
The White Stripes - White Blood Cells CD (Third Man/Warner Bros)
The White Stripes - Elephant CD (Third Man/Warner Bros)
The White Stripes - Get Behind Me Satan CD (Third Man/Warner Bros)
The Raconteurs - Broken Boy Soldiers CD (Third Man/Warner Bros)
Finally! The rest of the White Stripes and Raconteurs catalog, unavailable for a few months now, is back in print. No word yet on vinyl versions...

Van Morrison - Veedon Fleece CD (Exile/Polydor)
Van Morrison - Live At The Grand Opera House Belfast CD (Exile/Polydor)
Van Morrison - No Guru No Method No Teacher CD (Exile/Polydor)
Van Morrison - Enlightenment CD (Exile/Polydor)
Van Morrison - A Night In San Francisco 2xCD (Exile/Polydor)
Van Morrison - The Healing Game CD (Exile/Polydor)
Van the Man continues his catalog renovation. These titles are all remastered with expanded art and most have bonus tracks.

Willie Nelson - Stardust 2xCD (Columbia/Legacy)
The ultimate fan edition - Willie's classic album of standards from '78 produced by Booker T. Jones, now expanded to 2 discs with 16 more of Willie's favorite songs. Newly remastered with expanded liners and all that good stuff.

Felice Brothers - Tonight At Arizona CD (self-released)
Back In Stock! The first self-released Felice Brothers CD. Only available here at Grimey's and at the band's shows.

Vinyl...

Dennis Wilson (Beach Boys) - Pacific Ocean Blue 3xLP (Sundazed)
Pressed on high-definition (Pacific ocean) blue vinyl and housed in a triple gatefold sleeve with exhaustive liner notes and session details.

Liz Phair - Exile In Guyville 2xLP+7-inch (ATO)
Remastered 180-gram audiophile vinyl edition with gatefold sleeve and bonus 7" with unreleased b-sides!

Various Artists - Eccentric Soul: The Capsoul Label 2xLP (Numero)
Long-awaited repress of the compilation that kicked off the Numero Eccentric Soul series. File: Soul/Funk reissues.

Venetian Snares - Miss Balaton 12" (Planet Mu)
It has strings, acid, and drums. It is over nine minutes long with various melodic sections. It starts in E minor then moves to B minor. The B-side, "CCUK," is Aaron Funk's political comment on the state of smoking (or not) in the UK.

Donovan Quinn & The 13th Month - Sister Alchemy 7" (Soft Abuse)
Lead off single from Donovan Quinn's (Skygreen Leopards) new project. Debut album soon.

Cassandra Wilson - Loverly LP (Blue Note)
Estelle - Shine 2xLP (Atlantic)
Harvey Milk - The Pleaser 2xLP (Chunklet)
Hella - There's No 666 In Outer Space 2xLP (Ipecac/Black Diamond)
Oxbow - The Narcotic Story LP (Hydra Head/Black Diamond)
Omar Rodriguez Lopez & Jeremy Michael Ward - LP (Infrasonic)
Rudimentary Peni - No More Pain LP (Southern)
These titles now available on vinyl.

DVDs...

My Chemical Romance - The Black Parade Is Dead! DVD+CD (Reprise)
Two complete live shows recorded in Mexico City and Hoboken, NJ plus a live audio CD companion. Packaged in CD-style gatefold digipak.

John Mayer - Where The Light Is: Live In Los Angeles DVD/2xCD/4xLP+MP3 (Columbia)
Recorded in December 2007, John performs a one-of-a-kind concert featuring 22 songs made up of three distinct sets: an acoustic performance, a rare set with John Mayer Trio, and a set featuring his full band. (Also available on double-CD and 4xLP vinyl).

Mags...

Wax Poetics - #29
Cover articles on Herbie Hancock and Spoonie Gee along with articles on Cinematic Orchestra, Nigeria 70, Pete Rock, Cedric Brooks and much more.

Magnet - #79 (Summer 2008)
Cover feature on The Kinks' Ray "Classic Rock" Davies (as interviewed by Ira Kaplan of Yo La Tengo) plus articles on Mudhoney, The Whigs, The Kills, Adam Green, The Raveonettes and much more.

The Indie Underground Hour on WRLT w/ Doyle from Grimey's New & Preloved Music
Saturdays from 7-8pm CST on WRLT/Lightning 100, Nashville's Progressive Radio, www.wrlt.com

playlist for June 28, 2008:

Sigur Ros - Gobbledigook (Med Sud i Eyrum Vid Spilum Endalaust, XL)
Hercules & Love Affair - Time Will (Hercules & Love Affair, Mute)
Alejandro Escovedo - Chelsea Hotel '78 (Real Animal, Back Porch)
Wolf Parade - Call It A Ritual (At Mount Zoomer, Sub Pop)
Eef Barzelay - The Girls Don't Care (Lose Big, 429 Records)
The Watson Twins - Map To Where You Are (Fire Songs, Vanguard)
Coldplay - Lovers In Japan/Reign Of Love (Viva La Vida, Capitol)
Love As Laughter - Crosseyed Beautiful Youngunz (Holy, Epic)
King Khan & The Shrines - Took My Lady To Dinner (The Supreme Genius of, Vice)
Don Cavalli - Casual Worker (Cryland, Everloving)
Liz Phair - Never Said (Exile In Guyville, ATO)
Eula Cooper - Try (Eccentric Soul: The Tragar & Note Labels, Numero Group)

What's Happening This Week at The BASEMENT?
Here's the schedule for this week downstairs at the cellar full of noise. For more details visit The Basement website.

Wed July 2
ASCAP Rocks the Basement w/ KS Rhoads, Cougar Fight and Mike Willis, Andy Davis and Last Almanac
8pm FREE

Thu July 3
The Janissary w/ Sky Blue Traffic and tba
9pm $5

Fri July 4
closed for holiday - Happy Independence Day!

Sat July 5
The Basement Funk Jam w/ The Zone Thang featuring Billy Bass Nelson and Ron Ford from Parliament/Funkadelic with D-Funk & Radski
9pm $7

Mon July 7 Early Bird Show
Sweet Eastern Saint w/ Jedd Hughes and Taylor Bates
8pm (note early start time)

Tues July 8
The Basement's New Faces Nite w/ Oliver The Thief, Ribbon Pigeon, Matthew Wesley Smith, Chris Hurt, Adam Lewis and ReaganBoggs
8pm FREE

Hats Off Entertainment w/James Farrell,
Larissa Maestro
7pm FREE

Music on the TV
What's rockin' on the toob this week? Holiday week = re-runs. Check New Music Tip Sheet for more info. Shows marked with an asterisk (*) are re-runs. Also now including some live radio appearances, when available and music programming on Music City Arts TV-9. Check listings below for details.

Tuesday July 1
They Might Be Giants @ Conan, NBC*
Ed Harcourt @ Leno, NBC*
Duffy @ Late Late Show, CBS*
Moby @ Carson Daly, NBC*
Second Hand Serenade @ Jimmy Kimmel, ABC*
Esperanza Spalding @ Letterman, CBS*
Wednesday July 2
AA Bondy @ Conan, NBC*
Donna Summer @ Letterman, CBS*
Local H @ Carson Daly, NBC*
David Cook @ Leno, NBC*
Jewel @ Jimmy Kimmel, ABC*
Thursday July 3
The Kills @ Conan, NBC*
John Hiatt @ Late Late Show, CBS*
Flobots @ Leno, NBC*
Cloud Cult @ Carson Daly, NBC*
The Republic Tigers @ Letterman, CBS*
We The Kings @ Jimmy Kimmel, ABC*
Friday July 4
Tristan Prettyman @ Leno, NBC*
Katy Perry @ Carson Daly, NBC*
Saturday July 5
Femi Kuti @ Austin City Limits, PBS*
Foo Fighters @ SNL, NBC*
Monday July 7
Coldplay @ The Daily Show w/ Jon Stewart, Comedy Central*
Matt Costa @ Late Late Show, CBS*
Tristen Prettyman @ Carson Daly, NBC*
Kid Rock @ Letterman, CBS*

GRIMEY'S INDIE-ONLY HEAT!
Cool, limited edition releases only available in finer independent record stores.  In Nashville, that means Grimey's! CLICK HERE to see all available indie-only titles.

MAGNETIC MORNING - CD EP
DH Records is proud to announce the release of Magnetic Morning's self-titled debut EP. No ordinary side project, Magnetic Morning represent one of the more inspired collaborations in recent memory. The new duo are an uncanny hand-in-glove pairing of two alternarock heavyweights: Swervedriver (and Toshack Highway) singer/guitarist/songwriter Adam Franklin and Interpol drummer Sam Fogarino. And beyond the sum of such impressive parts, their new debut five-song EP for their own DH Records is as mesmerizing as it is a different tack from their previous bodies of work.

JASON ISBELL - Live At Twist & Shout CD
Released for Record Store Day, this instore was recorded at Twist & Shout in Denver and features Jason Isbell (vocals/guitar) Jimbo Hart (bass), Browan Lollar (guitar), Derry deBorja (keys), Ryan Tillery (drums)

JOSH RITTER - Live At The 9:30 Club CD
Josh Ritter returns this spring with the "Small Town USA" tour in support of his highly praised 2007 release, The Historical Conquests of Josh Ritter (Sony BMG Music Entertainment/Victor). Named by Entertainment Weekly as one of "The 10 Most Exciting Artists Now," Ritter continues to receive critical acclaim for this, his fourth full-length album. Additionally, a new EP, Live at the 9:30 Club, is out, featuring songs from the album. Originally broadcast by NPR's All Songs Considered, the 8-song disc features recordings from Ritter's sold out DC concert in October 2007.

All only available at select indie record stores like Grimey's. Check our site for descriptions and art on all available Indie Special Releases: CLICK HERE

The CHART!
Sigur Ros handily lands the top spot with a #1 debut for their new CD. Fleet Foxes' vinyl gets restocked and we sold so many LPs that they climb back up to #2 (chart positions are determined by combining all available formats). Alejandro Escovedo and Hercules & Love Affair land the other top 10 debuts this week. Here's the rest of the story: Click here to see the chart