Modern Color / Public Strain / Cherry Smoke [Small Room-Downstairs]

Kharma & more [Small Room-Downstairs]

901 Poetry Slam [Big Room-Upstairs]

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To Us Below / WoR / Matriarchs [Small Room-Downstairs]

EG Vines / Oakwalker [Small Room-Downstairs]

In times of upheaval, people look to artists to help sort through the madness. Nashville’s EG Vines is a voice that stands out above the rest, combining folk songwriting with a sharp wit and nuanced point of view. All of this is on display on second album, Through the Mirror, a sizzling rock record from an artist on the rise. Against a backdrop marked by a pandemic, social upheaval, and national elections, Vines cuts through the noise to deliver profound and moving messages. The album’s first single,“Them”, bemoans the polarized shouting matches that play out every day in the news and on social media. Much of Through the Mirror—which was recorded locally at Nashville’s Skinny Elephant Recording with co-producer Dylan Alldredge—sees Vines drawing inspiration from punk and alt-rock favorites from his youth like Green Day, R.E.M., and Radiohead, both musically and socially. Vines delivers his own views against biting riffs and pulsing drums while encouraging listeners to critically engage with the world around them to inform their own ways of thinking, drawing on his love of Jason Isbell and Bob Dylan as inspirations for his storytelling. Calling the album a Rorschach test for the modern world, Vines delivers his messages through a wide array of subjects on his songs, from American history to what theoretical alien visitors might think when they arrive on Earth.

Joe Buck Yourself [Big Room-Upstairs]

Joe Buck’s first serious musical project was called Gringo. They released self-titled “Gringo” on Pravda Records in 1995. The lineup consisted of Jim (Joe Buck) on vocals and guitar, Leila Vartanian on vocals and bass, and Tim Krause, who produced the CD, playing drums. It is a polarized collection of ballads and throbbing rockers. The follow-up CD, “Combine” was released on Pravda Records in 1997. It is a blend of country and newgrass and is musically distinct from the first CD. The lineup consists of Jim and Leila as before but the drums are replaced by Martin O’Doherty on banjo. In the late 1990s, Joe Buck emerged as the guitarist for Th’ Legendary Shack Shakers. He played all guitar, bass and drums on their 2003 album Cockadoodledon’t. He played bass for Hank Williams III’s country/hellbilly “Damn Band”, and was also member of Williams’ punk-metal project Assjack. He is credited, along with Williams and Andy Gibson, with engineering and producing Williams’ album, Straight to Hell, and appears to have recorded backing vocals for Hank Williams III’s Bootleg #3 Pre-Release album. As a solo artist, he tours internationally under the moniker “Joe Buck Yourself” and is represented by Bucket City Agency, a booking agency which he co-founded.