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Link reblogged from Make Me A Mixtape
One of our best friends and roomie that puts up with The Black Shades , Justin is working on this blog with some other very cool dudes. Worth a look, friends.
Justin
The Wyatt and I live in Bowling Green, and Dylan might as well live here, too. Bowling Green is pretty much right in the middle of Louisville and Nashville. This mix shows some of the local Bowling Green talent, along with Nashville and Louisville bands that I’m really into. I also shamelessly threw in the bands that the 3 of us are currently in. The mix looks something like this:
BEARS! - Hardcore/screamo-y type stuff. Kinda Pg. 99.
Coliseum - Hardcore from Louisville. They’re a pretty big band
Demeanor - Grindy angry music from Franklin. I had another track of theirs on the first mix
Hollywood - Melodic hardcore from Nashville. I really like the lyrics.
Battle Path - Doom metal from Nashville.
Little Viking - Another Nashville band. They sound a lot like a more spaced-out Weezer
No Rule - Hardcore from Bowling Green. Wyatt and I are in this band, Dylan used to be.
ManOhMan! - Pop-punk from Bowling Green. Songs about partying. I do gang vocals.
Slint - Weird. From Louisville. Kinda post hardcore.
Sixteen - Two-piece emo from Bowling Green. Wyatt and I are also in this band.
Forefathers - Kinda metalcore-y stuff from Bowling Green. Dylan plays bass in this band.
The Derby and Me - Dance-y instrumental music from Elizabethtown, Ky. The drummer is amazing.
Rainbow Kitty Kitty - Indie Pop from Bowling Green.
Smallhouse - Mathy indie music from Bowling Green. Mostly instrumental.
Dolcim - Screamo from Nashville. Not sure if this band is still around or not.If you guys like any of these bands, make sure you look around for their music. I know Hollywood and BEARS! (and maybe ManOhMan!) has a link on their old myspace for you to download all of their stuff. Battle Path, Little Viking, No Rule, Smallhouse, and Rainbow Kitty Kitty all have stuff that you can get on their bandcamps, for free or if you want to pay for it. Sixteen has a link on their facebook to an EP. I know Demeanor has links up in various places for their “Shoulders Full of Nazis” EP, and “The Slug’s Throne”. Maybe they have a bandcamp…? I’m not sure
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This is a wacky photo from a couple weeks back of Jerry being his badass self at 12th and Porter. Jerry is the bad-ass of the month. He’s drumming and standing up. He’s spinning sticks. Beautiful women are coming to shows wearing “I heart the drummer” shirts. Jerry Kessinger. The Man. The Mystery.
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Sooner than later! Mercy Lounge is definitely one of our Nashville homes-away-from-home.
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The Black Shades stumbled into a very cool Rockabilly Fest in Nashville, Tennessee before playing with Nashville veterans De Novo Dahl at the 5 spot. The Rockabill-ians got it right and were giving away some bbq-slaw sandwiches for free. Aaron loves a free sample.
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EPIC SHOW AT MERCY LOUNGE with the likes of Queens Boulevard and Feedback Revival!
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Monday, June 28th - Shared the stage with some great bands from Nashville, Owensboro, and some hometown boyz from Bowling Green. Sponsored by BMI, this show was actually put together by our good buddy Don Ross.
We were REALLY pleased with our set. Most everyone at the venue had seemed to be sitting down and watching the bands and a crowd gathered on their feet for us! Woot.
It was an awesome night and we were so happy with the crowd response and the event as a whole.
Oh and by the way, I want to mention that post-show, we drove all the way up I-65 nearly to Goodlettsville before Aaron and Jerry realized they left their bar tabs open and we had to turn around. Really responsible, guys. Really.
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There are little milestones for all young bands. Here’s one of ours. Official TicketMaster love.
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The Black Shades played a KILLER, possibly our FAVORITE show yet at Tidballs in BGKY, with opener pop-punk Man Oh Man! and our Nashville friendsies Tesla Rossa. The crowd response was excellent. Everybody was dancin’ and getting their groove on, and even running in place.
Check out our fine female fans dancing the night away. The photo above was happening around the time that Aaron was pulling this move:
Man Oh Man and Tesla Rossa also performed solid, killer sets. Thanks, of course, to those bands for playin and Tidballs for having us. And the crowd for straight-up digging it.
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The 5 Spot is a quaint East Nashville venue. Great place to play, great staff, loads of fun. The Black Shades enjoyed sharing the stage with the likes of Octajohn and Natty Bumpoe.
Aaron singing our new track “Old Poseidon” complete with the help of some Poseidon photos taped on the mic from Octajohn’s set.
