After cleaning all of the sand out of our camera lenses, tripods, computers(some how), and other places we don’t care to mention, Lightning 100 is able to start posting our backstage performances at 2013 Hangout Music Fest. Nashville artists were definitely representing at the festival this year performing at small/major stages and even the shuttle buses. The Nashville lineup included Moon Taxi, The Kingston Springs, Chancellor Warhol, The Weeks, Luella and the Sun, Josh Farrow, Wild Cub, The Wild Feathers, and a few others that were just enjoying the festival. Click here to check out photos from the festival! We’ve got more backstage performances coming!
The Weeks perform “Ain’t My Stop” and “King-Sized Death Bed” off their new record Dear Bo Jackson live at Lightning 100. Click here to check out previous in-studio performances and a live set for Bonnaroo Music and Arts Festival! Have you listened to full album Dear Bo Jackson? Any other songs off the album you would like to hear on 100.1 FM? The Weeks will be performing at East Nashville Underground on May 10th and then on tour for a while with Kings of Leon in the U.K. We’ve also posted the entire interview via soundcloud here.
Mondays from 9-10pm CST on WRLT/Lightning 100, Nashville’s Independent Radio lightning100.com
Indie Underground Hour 5-06-13
The National – Don’t Swallow The Cap (Trouble Will Find Me, 4AD) Frank Turner – Recovery (Tape Deck Heart, Epitaph/Interscope) The Replacements – I’m Not Sayin’ (Songs For Slim, New West) Telekinesis – Power Lines (Dormarion, Merge) Phoenix – Trying To Be Cool (Bankrupt!, Glassnote) !!! – Fine Fine Fine (Thr!!!er, Warp) The Weeks – Dear Bo Jackson (Dear Bo Jackson, Serpents & Snakes) Father John Misty – Nancy From Now On (Fear Fun, Sub Pop) Daughter – Human (If You Leave, Glassnote) Shuggie Otis – Miss Pretty (Inspiration Information, Epic) Marnie Stern – East Side Glory (The Chronicles Of Marnia, Kill Rock Stars) Yeah Yeah Yeahs – Mosquito (Mosquito, Interscope) Guided By Voices – Islands (She Talks In Rainbows) (English Little League, GBV Inc)
Mondays from 9-10pm CST on WRLT/Lightning 100, Nashville’s Independent Radio lightning100.com
Indie Underground Hour 4-15-13
Futurebirds – Virginia Slims (Baba Yaga, Fat Possum) The Weeks – Brother In The Night (Dear Bo Jackson, Serpents & Snakes) Hanni El Khatib – Penny (Head In The Dirt, Innovative Leisure) Villagers – Nothing Arrived (Awayland, Domino) Paramore – Ain’t It Fun (Paramore, Fueled By Ramen) Born Ruffians – Ocean’s Deep (Birthmarks, YepRoc) Dawes – Most People (Stories Don’t End, HUB Records) Josh Rouse – A Lot Like Magic (Happiness Waltz, Bedroom Classics) Charles Bradley – Love Bug Blues (Victim Of Love, Daptone) Lady – Good Lovin’ (Lady, Truth & Soul) Goat – Run To Your Mama (World Music, Rocket Recordings) Bombino – Amidinine (My Friend) (Nomad, Nonesuch) Hotpipes – Magic Is Everywhere (DUST, YewKnee)
The sound of wind through the pines, bare feet brushing through leaves, snapping sticks like the spines of the weak. When we started we were small and strong at heart, five southern souls damned to speak the truth. But with this responsibility comes pain and loss. And as the years passed our numbers grew smaller, and there were four. This did not stop these brave soldiers of thought, keepers of truth. They were older now and their soft footsteps through the forest had grown louder and stronger. Like the dust filled hoof beats of a thousand wild horses, they layer sound like musket fire, their melodies bend and twist like train-tracks. A music shaped from the calloused hands and wrinkled faces of their fathers. They have walked through the fire wide-eyed and crazy, and came out enlightened. You cannot stop these men, your armies can’t cease their hands, dampen this thunder, or silence their tongues. We have trudged through the muddy swamps to freedom.
Our shoes are tattered and torn, but our feet are dry. As for our places in history, we will run naked through your streets before we sit decorated in your halls.
General Admission tickets, plus VIP, Super VIP and Big Kahuna festival passes, will go on sale beginning on Friday, February 15 at 11:00 AM ET at www.hangoutmusicfest.com/tickets. Fans should act quickly, as the festival is expected to sell out of all tickets at all price levels. Daily tickets will not be available, and tickets will not be available at the door. The limited number of “Early Bird” tickets and passes sold out within five minutes of going on sale in December, and last year’s Fest sold out of all general admission tickets in less than two weeks after going on sale.
Lightning 100 has been to every Hangout Music Festival! Check out our coverage over the years.
Lightning 100 had a great 2012….for in-studio performances! We made a list of our some of our favorite performances from the year, click here to see the full list.
Imagine Dragons – Radioactive We gave 20 lucky fans the chance to see a private performance with Imagine Dragons before their sold out show at Cannery Ballroom. One of our listeners included lead singer, Dan Reynolds, younger brother who won tickets during the lunch request hour. Watch Imagine Dragons performs “Radioactive” live at Lightning 100. Click here to see the band perform their big single “It’s Time” live in our studio.
Alabama Shakes – Hold On Band of Horses used to wear the crown for biggest crowd at Live On the Green until Alabama Shakes performed in 2012. Check out Alabama Shakes performance “Hold On” at Live On the Green. Filmed and edited by Make It Pop
Passion Pit – Take A Walk Passion Pit performs in front of a few fans in Griffin Technology’s Pre-Show Live event at Marathon Music Works. The band was running late, so we had to cut out the interview. Michael Angelakos, lead singer of Passion Pit was a little offended by this. Check out this live version of “Take A Walk”. We’ve also recorded “Constant Conversations” and “Sleepyheads” at the show.
The Lumineers – Classy Girl
If you heard The Lumineers first on Lightning 100, you’ve got Wells Adams to thank for that. After a few weeks of playing “Ho Hey” during our music meetings, the song made it to the airwaves. Lightning 100 was one of the first stations in the country to play The Lumineers…..and now you hear them everywhere.
Walk The Moon – Anna Sun
The young up-and-coming band Walk the Moon stopped by the studio without their face paint. Check out their performance “Anna Sun” live at Lightning 100. We’ve also got a recording of “Tightrope” on our HD On-demand Page. Read more
Recently transplanted, The Weeks, relocated to East Nashville from Jackson, Mississippi visited the studio to be guest on the615. The guys talk about the difference living in Nashville has already made in their career and perform “Slave to the South” live in the studio. Click here to watch the video. Do not miss The Weeks upcoming show with The Whigs at Nashville Sunday Night on December 16th.
Featured Guest:The Weeks The Weeks Picks:
The Weeks: I’ve Broken All Your Windows- Gutter Gaunt Gangster
The Weeks (live)- Slave To The South
The Whigs- Waiting- Enjoy The Company
This Just In: Don Gallardo & How Far West-Sinking Ships-The Art of Troublesome Times Arthur Alligood-We Had A Mind To Run- One Silver Needle
Dj Picks:
Hammel: Andrew Combs-Too Stoned To Cry- Big Bad Love
Wells: Missing Cats- Body In The River- Larry Brown Amen
Bands About Town: Daniel Ellsworth & the Great Lakes- Follow Me Home- Live At Musicians Corner VOL. 1
After two days of running around taking photos and filming backstage performances, we finally got some down time at the radio compound. Click here to check out photos from the what, where, this, that, and other tent.
