Local Music

Local independent music from Nashville, TN

Colony House – Keep On, Keepin On

Colony House is a three piece rock band from Franklin, TN founded by brothers Caleb and Will Chapman, and shortly thereafter joined by friend/guitarist...

Majestico – I Just Want To

Majestico was born from the breath of a new America, a land at the end of reason, where dogma meets God. At the beginning,...

KOA – Cool It Down

Koa started in the fall of 2012, with Chase Bader (Vocals, Guitar) and Conor Kelly (Lead Guitar) at Belmont University, following past musical ventures...

Daniel Ellsworth and The Great Lakes – Sun Goes Out

The band was formed in Nashville, Tennessee in 2009, and currently consists of keyboardist/guitarist/singer Daniel Ellsworth from Minnesota, drummer Joel Wren from Kansas, guitarist Timon Lance and bassist...

Goodbye June – Daisy

Life’s unpredictable purpose always seems to stem from life’s worst tragedies. That is just how Goodbye June was created. In June of 2005, guitarist...

That’s My Kid – When You Gonna Go

Aside from the obvious, the band That’s My Kid, and a panda bear don’t share too many similarities with each other.  One is a...

Sara Jean Kelley – Trains

NASHVILLE, Tennessee (February 8, 2012) – Most artists hoping to make it big in country music move to Nashville instead of away from it,...

Great Peacock – Tennessee

After half a decade spinning wheels on the Great American Highway, through the brutal heartbreaks and dire sacrifices that come with chasing the mythical...

Thom Donovan – Shipwreck (feat. Ruby Amanfu)

Thom Donovan is a singer, songwriter and guitarist whose music melds experimental sounds within modern pop arrangements through the eyes of a classically trained...

Modoc – Runnin

As you unfold the corners of Nashville, you can peer into a world flooding with diversity, where streams run together and mountains jet high...

Roots of a Rebellion – Fixman

  After winning Lightning 100’s Music City Mayhem contest in 2012, Roots of a Rebellion took the stage at Live on the Green. In the...

Blank Range – Scrapin’

Freshly integrated into Nashville, indie rock band Blank Range is taking new lessons from the old: “Everyone listens to the music their parents like....

Buffalo Clover – Truthfulness

Formerly one of Nashville’s most eclectic bands, Buffalo Clover now feeds a more fitting hybrid of roots-rock and soul into the Music City bloodstream. Hailing...

Seth Wood – Losing Streak

 In his latest EP San Francisco, Seth Wood brings his gospel background to picnic with his own folk-inspired style, where audiences can feast on words...

Diamond Carter – Evil is A Young Man’s Game

Thursday was a brilliantly crisp yet foggy morning, perfect for sitting outside of Ugly Mugs with a piping cup of coffee and chatting with...

Vinyl Thief – Smooth

Listening to Vinyl  Thief takes me right back to O2ABC in Glasgow, Scotland where I joined a packed room to welcome Cold War Kids...

Marc Scibilia – The Shape I’m In

Lightning 100 debuts "The Shape I'm In" by Marc Scibilia on 100.1 FM.

Them Vibes – Lorelei

I’ve never been one to frequent dive bars, but Bobby’s Idle Hour made for a great new find and a new night out of...

Milktooth – Wild Before Our Eyes

After spending much of the Milktooth's short history touring the US (with stops in L.A., Seattle, Austin, Portland & Chicago), lending their music to...