Win a pair of tickets to see The Features (Nashville) and The Modern Skirts (Athens, GA) this Friday October 16 at Buster's! 18 + show!
Both bands give great live performances - poppy, vintage, upbeat, new wave-influenced.
To enter, e-mail kyblueline@gmail.com telling me whether or not you've ever been to a Features show before, and I will draw a winner at random on Friday, sometime between noon - 2 pm. Be sure to include your contact info (phone number).
To listen to both bands, visit the Buster's site here.
about The Features' new album:
"Self-produced with the help of stalwart supporters Kings of Leon and Jacquire King (Tom Waits, Kings of Leon), Some Kind of Salvation combines the eclectic, folksy sensibility of the band’s EP, The Beginning (2003), with the driving, live energy of Exhibit A, the group’s first full-length, which was released by Universal in 2004. The new album also expands on the band’s self-released EP Contrast (2006), which experimented with new soundscapes and included the band’s first collaboration with keyboardist Mark Bond. His subtle textures added a new sonic fullness to the band’s vintage, melodic pop songs."
about Modern Skirts:
"Some might say we’ve come up with our own homegrown version of Sloan: another band of accomplished musicians who know their rock history intimately and have a similar knack for matching hooky verses with dazzling choruses. But that wouldn’t do justice to the band’s offbeat diction and endlessly intriguing lyrics. We’ll put it this way: you won’t always know exactly what’s happening in a Modern Skirts song, but you’ll always be curious, and surprised, at where they’re going next."
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Thank you, thank you Saraya and blueline!! Can't wait for my introduction to Buster's and the Features. Made better by the fact that I'm going with a friend who loves the Features and also can't wait. :)
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~Jenn
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ReplyDeleteFirst thanks for the blog. Its made my move to Lexington from Washington DC much easier.
ReplyDeleteI have a general question about Lexington and I didn't see an email link so I thought I'd post it here:
I grew up in Boston so my benchmark for a cool small city is Providence, RI. Despite being smaller than Lexington (not the metro area, but the city itself) its managed to become a world class center of experimental music and art. I have many musician/artist friends who moved to Providence from Boston or New York citing cheap housing, lack of big city pretense, and a generally more relaxed lifestyle - all qualities that Lexington shares. The one big difference between Providence and Lexington is transportation. In Providence you can get a $35 rt bus ticket to New York or a $10 rt train ticket to Boston. That means that young culturally-oriented folks go to the big city any time they want.
So my question is why is there no Chinatown bus (read: cheap) to Chicago, or Louisville, or Cincinnati, or Nashville, or Memphis etc running out of Lexington? If I wanted to go to Nashville tonight on Greyhound (roughly the same distance as Providence to NYC) I'd have to go through Cincinnati and Louisville! That's crazy. Has someone tried this? Given the spread of Chinatown bus lines to all sorts of small university based cities (Madison, Ann Arbor) I was kinda surprised to move here and find nothing even approaching what's become a birthright on the eastern seaboard.
Thanks for any response and love the blog,
Grant
Hi Grant, thanks for the comment! Really great to know it's helped you find some music around these parts...
ReplyDeleteUnfortunately my experience with our bus system is practically nonexistent...the public transportation isn't one of Lexington's great assets (though I think LexTran purports to be making moves in a positive direction on that front) - it's weird, we're kind of a suburban/farm based town (where most people have cars). Not necessarily a town with a history for catering to non-drivers, which is a shame...maybe they don't want people to leave...? Sorry I can't be of more help, I just think the Chinatown bus idea is one that small midwestern towns in general are a little slow to catch on to (like with many other ideas...).
By the way my e-mail is kyblueline@gmail.com, feel free to drop me a line, and thanks again for the comment!