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Dawes @ Cannery Ballroom – 8/12/12

LarryKloess —  August 15, 2012 — Leave a comment
The first time we saw Dawes, there couldn’t have been more than 100 people crammed into the Mercy Lounge. Sunday night, they packed the 1000+ capacity Cannery Ballroom and delivered exactly what both the veteran and rookie Dawes fans expect: a night of pure, unadulterated rock and roll with all of the emotion that so many bands in America hope to cover up with smoke and lights. On the contrary, Dawes consistently delivers one of the most refreshing live music experiences touring the United States today, and Sunday night was no exception The evening opened with the unique personality of Simone Felice, whose brothers (The Felice Brothers) also carry a genetic disposition towards menacing facial expressions and potentially distressing lyrics. The especially dark opener, “New York Times” met squarely with our expectations based on our familiarity with Simone’s former band of brothers as did the deceptively twisted “Shaky” despite its seemingly fun lyrics like “C’mon and shake that country ass!” But it was the sequence of covers from The Band that closed Simone’s sequence that set the tone for the night’s headliner as Simone and his ensemble paid tribute to the late Levon Helm with “Atlantic City” and “I Shall Be Released,” which featured the accompaniment of Nashville favorites – and fellow Gentlemen of the Road tour guests – The Apache Relay.
The scene was set for Dawes to bring out their own special guests, as an extra microphone was placed rather inconspicuously in front of bassist Wylie Gelber, who has no singing credits on the band’s albums. Indeed, it would be Deer Tick front man, and Taylor Goldsmith’s close friend and cohort from side project Middle Brother, John McCauley, who would join the band for “When My Time Comes” and “Million Dollar Bill” sandwiched around Deer Tick’s “Baltimore Blues No. 1.” Simone Felice himself would even make a brief cameo adding backing vocals alongside Griffin Goldsmith as Dawes would close their encore with the radio hit “Time Spent in Los Angeles.”

But it was the tracks in between that are what make a Dawes show so memorable. It was Taylor Goldsmith’s guitars on “Fire Away,” the reference to playing in Nashville where Taylor claims “we all know each other already,” and the heartfelt line of “… pile on those mashed potatoes and an extra chicken wing” that really engaged the Cannery crowd this Sunday night and left us anxious for their third album, which we understand recording for to begin next month.

Dawes has certainly benefitted in Tennessee by playing premier spots – opening night of Soundland 2011 at War Memorial, opening for Mumford & Sons w/Apache Relay at the Ryman this past spring, and just the night before in Bristol with the Gentlemen of the Road tour – but its simply at these shows where they continue to win over music lovers. And if all that wasn’t enough, Dawes, along with The Apache Relay, Simone Felice, Nikki Lane and a cast of others made their way down 8th Ave for a late night after party at The Basement that lasted until at least until 2:00 in the morning. We couldn’t be more excited to see the growth Dawes has made as a band and to see the amount of hearts they continue to win over in Music City. Count us among the many who have been completely won over.

– Brad Hughes

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Anderson East

LarryKloess —  August 14, 2012 — Leave a comment

We’re getting close to being just a mere month away from the full-length release of Anderson East‘s “Flowers of the Broken Hearted” (out on Sept. 18), and to commemorate that, I had to share this awesome video of Anderson performing the title track from the album for Balcony TV that he filmed recently. He’s one of only two solo acts that Cause A Scene has had play at the house more than once so far (Rebecca Roubion is the other), and for good reason. His smokey, raspy vocals are just too dang good not to get attached to them and he is really one of the ‘good guys’ in the Nashville music scene. The performance is refreshing and the host puts it perfectly (I think?) at the end, saying “So you got me. I didn’t expect to sound like that when I looked at you.” Anderson certainly has much, much more soul than you would think at first glance. Hope you enjoy the video, and be sure to be on the lookout for his new double album out next month.

ALSO, Anderson, along with another Cause A Scene house show guest, Holley Maher, Levi Weaver and Weaver At The Loom will be playing TONIGHT at The Rutledge. Details here.

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House Show: Susan Enan w/ Hannah Miller & Tim Hassall

LarryKloess —  August 9, 2012 — Leave a comment

This Saturday, we are celebrating Cause A Scene’s 20th house show of the year by hosting a headliner who knows quite a thing or two (or 84,000, as in the miles she traveled in 2010) about house shows. Susan Enan is no stranger to the Nashville music scene and after playing house shows all across the globe, she’s no stranger to people in cities on the other side of the world. Check out the truly amazing, brief video below that illustrates what it’s like to play hundreds of house shows in front of people here in the states and thousands of miles away from us. I think it’s a perfect encapsulation of Susan’s passion for music and what we’re all about at Cause A Scene – bringing people together and building community through a shared love of music.

Hope to see you at the house show two nights from now. The aforementioned Susan Enan will headline with Hannah Miller and Tim Hassall on in support. If you’d like to attend or get more details before you make the 15-minute trek from Nashville to Brentwood for the show on Saturday night, please email us at shows@causeascenemusic.com.

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Show Your Support: August Edition

LarryKloess —  August 7, 2012 — Leave a comment

The websites PledgeMusic and Kickstarter have been receiving a lot of pub lately, and rightfully so. With many recognizable acts joining the ranks of bands and artists looking to fans to help fund their latest releases and projects, both noteworthy sites have become viable options for artists to put together enough capital to give the world their music, while also rewarding fans in the process.

At Cause A Scene, we’re all about helping out the independent artists, and with that, we bring you the second edition in our monthly series of posts highlighting some of our favorite artists that are currently looking to fund their latest projects. Show them some love, won’t you?

SETH WOOD

63% of Target Pledged | 8 Days Left

Back in April we had the fortunate opportunity to have Seth Wood play at a house show and we were hooked on his music early on. He’s wrapping up a Kickstarter campaign with about a week to go and close to a third of his goal left to raise. Highly recommend going to his Kickstarter page ASAP and making a pledge to help Seth release his EP. For $250, you and a friend can attend a listening party hosted by Seth himself.

ANGEL SNOW

58% of Target Pledged | 19 Days Left

We’re re-featuring Nashville songstress Angel Snow this month after seeing her make a surprise appearance at the recent Communion showcase at The Basement. She has a singular voice that demands to be heard, and in last Thursday’s show, she exhibited unbelievable poise when the sound system had some major issues and she opted to play the rest of her set unplugged. A lesser artist may have been phased, but Angel Snow took it all in stride and wowed the audience anyway. She is releasing her new album this fall, but needs some more help in order to do so. Among the exclusive items available are 2 VIP tickets + meet/greet passes to a show in 2012 for $50 and the chance to introduce the band from the stage at a show for $75. What makes this project even cooler, is that Angel is donating 10% of the money raised to the American Cancer Society.

That’s all we’ve got for this month as the other artists/projects we really dig have 55+ days left in their pledge campaigns. We’ll have them up first thing in September. So if you’re feeling generous, we hope you’ll throw some support the way of two fantastic Nashville artists.

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HOUSE SHOW: BILL MALLONEE w/ THE OLIVE TREE

LarryKloess —  August 2, 2012 — Leave a comment

Way back in March of this year, when Cause A Scene was still in its infancy after just 3 shows, I received an email asking if we’d be interested in hosting Bill Mallonee for a house show this year. I don’t think I have ever typed a faster “Yes!” response in my life. As one of Paste Magazine’s “100 Greatest Living Songwriters” Mallonee is one of the most prolific songwriters of our era, first as the lead singer of Vigilantes of Love and now as a solo act. Years ago I remember hearing a friend in Birmingham describe Bill as the greatest songwriter he has ever heard, and if he’s not the best, he certainly deserves to be in the discussion as one of the greatest. It had been a dream of mine to see Bill perform ever since hearing my friend wax poetic about his music, I just never knew it would be in my own living room. I think you’ll see the reason for all the fuss if you’re able to be at the show this Saturday.

Cause A Scene is also proud to bring you The Olive Tree who will be opening the night. We’re really just pinching ourselves to make sure this show is real. Tickets are available in advance for $8 via Eventbrite (reserve ticket online, pay at the door) and will also be available for $12 at the door. This show will be worth every single penny. Can’t wait to see you all there!

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