What’s up with mountains? Here’s the second mountain group this week: Indie Brit-pop group Shoot the Mountain releases a new self-titled EP this weekend with a show at the Basement in Nashville. The Protomen and Totally Snake. Shoot the Mountain is part surf-groove, part tangled classic rock, part dance band, part high-pitched harmonies. The show is with The Protomen and Totally Snake. Shoot the Mountain’s whole EP can be streamed here at Bandcamp.
From last week’s Nashville Scene. I remember hearing The Pink Spiders were from Nashville, thinking, “Who are these guys?” Like the article mentions, no hometown base, no extensive touring, just kind of straight to the top. The money situation and the publishing debacle makes you wonder if they’ve ever seen That Thing You Do.
…Nashville punk that sidles the genres of alt-country and rockabilly along with it. They’re definitely fronting the rockabilly greaser hair, but with a twang like The Wednesdays and probably countless other bands that I don’t know. It seems like that alt-country/Americana is still a fertile ground for hybridization and doesn’t seem to be tiring for the time being. Plus, the evocative name kind of shows that off–its outlaw with a sense of respect.
Spazz-electro-pop band, De Novo Dahl, has a new release Shout on some label, (Roadrunner…I believe) that includes all of these metal bands. But don’t hold that against them, because this Nashville band is straight-up caffeine for the groove set. At the risk of sounding too effusive, I enjoy this band thoroughly.
