Nashville has a lot of kick ass bands. LimeWire & The Nashville Scene have joined forces to bring you a free downloadable compilation of some of our best ("Harvest" by How I Became The Bomb, the opening track, is a Lake Fever Production). Click [...] 
Hey friends. It's been a spell since I've blogged and you know what? I've missed it. For my return to the internet wasteland, I'd like to talk about a band that I had high hopes for, wrote off and then fell in love with. 
Hey kids! So Jericho Blues has officially been out for a couple months now. My distributor decided to update their system which was much needed, but it also made the album disappear for a couple weeks (my Spanish pals were less than elated).
So living in Music Town, USA, I've been very blessed with some great friends who just happen to be pretty talented in all things relating to music. This is no more true than in the case of my good ol' bud Davy. Not only is he [...] 
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Things really are picking up. Here's the new video for "Over It", from Dinosaur (Jr.)'s Farm. I think Lou Barlow's BMX skills are quite impressive.
Music magazines are usually terrible and self-important. Paste magazine, while a little self-important at times, is really good. The writing is top notch and they do a good job of highlighting the best in pop culture, whether it's the most mainstream bands or a singer/songwriter so' [...] 
J., Lou and Murph are at it again. The fellas are gonna be dropping their new album, Farm, on June 23rd. But guess what? They've decide to make a track from the record available for download and, it pretty much rocks. The song is called "I'" [...] 
So the wonderful Ms. Louisa Lopez is featured in the latest Lake Fever Sessions installment. Here's one of my favorite songs of hers called "She Had To Go". Bring it into your life.
Tomorrow, April 18th, 2009, is National Record Store Day! On this day, the finest independent record stores in the country celebrate recorded music with huge parties and sales. Click here to find a store participating near you.
I can't remember the first time I encountered Henry Rollins, although I'm pretty sure it was at the movies in his role as Officer Dobbs in The Chase. A few years later I saw him on SNLÂ fronting his punk outfit The Rollins Band. Slowly but surely [...] 
The incredible Superdrag has returned. Last week they released their brand new LP Industry Giants. It features some of the best rock your ears have heard in a while. Below is the video for the album track "Aspartame". Bask in it's glory. 
One of my all time favorite bands, The Beastie Boys, will be reissuing one of my all time favorite albums, Check Your Head later this year. To promote said reissue, the fellas posted a performance of "So Watch'cha Want" from the classic Arsenio Hall Show. Check out it' [...] 
Pitchfork is reporting that Dinosaur Jr. has signed a new record contract with Jagjaguwar Records and plan on putting out a new album in 2009. Surely a tour is to follow. This is great news for an already great year of new music. J., [...] 
Hey friends! So we have some friend rockin' opportunities in the next few days to see some great live music. For your consideration:
Hey friends! Head on over to We Own This Town. They just put out the 18th episode of their mighty fine podcast and are featuring a cut from my new album. The song is called "Freak Out" and you can't hear anywhere else (click' [...] 
Let's be honest friends, 2008 wasn't the best year for new music. Sure, there was some good stuff that came out, but all in all it was a down year. 
Ron Asheton passed away this morning. Mr. Asheton was the guitarist and bassist for legendary Detroit rock group The Stooges. The band, and Mr. Asheton's guitar sound, was an important precursor to alternative rock and punk music. The band never experienced much commercial success' [...] 
I saw Danny Boyle's Slumdog Millionaire today and it definitely lives up to the hype. I actually think I loved this movie more than Dark Knight. Which is saying a lot because that's a pretty perfect movie. I won't give you a synopsis, just go see' [...] 
Today is the 40th anniversary of The Beatles' self-titled double album, affectionally known as The White Album. A friend once claimed that the first disc of The White Album is one of the best sides of music ever record. I find it hard to argue that' [...] 
It's that time once again. It's getting colder outside, the days are getting shorter and that means more posts here at AKOOV. I'm really excited about this edition of Obsolete Recommendations. Bring it into your life:
Pitchfork tells us that Bob Pollard going to be putting out three new records within the next 6 months. One of the records will come out under the Boston Spaceships moniker, Pollard's new band with Chris Slusarenko and Decemberists drummer John Moen. Their next album,' [...] 
This one is for you musicians out there, particularly the guitarists This summer I picked up a brand new Fender Jazzmaster. This is my dream guitar. Many of my heros (J. Mascis, Kevin Shields, Raymond McGinley, Nels Cline) play the guitar. Anyway, I took a [...] 
Billboard.com reports that Husker Du/Sugar frontman Bob Mould is going to release an autobiography in 2010. This is great news. For those who aren't familiar with Mr. Mould's work, Husker Du was pretty much one of the first bands to play what we know as [...] 
Yesterday Apple CEO/Mastermind/Magical Elf (possibly sick?) Steve Jobs announced a new feature on iTunes 8.0 called Genius. Genius is program that uses a special algorythm to analyze the music in your iTunes library in order to make instant playlists of similar music. It also helps the [...] 
Hey friends! Another friend rock update for you. This Friday night August 22nd @Â The Basement a perfect storm is occurring. John Davis, in a rare solo appearance, will be appearing with The Lonely Hearts. These are two of the finer local acts your [...] 
So I finally got around to sampling McDonald's $1 large Sweet Tea. You see, this past year the fast food chain has been branching out into southern style fair. I can only assume this is because Chick-fil-A isn't prevalent up north, so there's a void. McDonald's now has [...] 
I've talked about Sierra Nevada's Anniversary Ale before. Well, it's back. This is without a doubt the best of SN's seasonal beer lines. If you're obsessed with hops like I am, you'll really enjoy this beer. It's shame they [...] 
According to Billboard.com, Best Buy is getting into the instrument game. Apparently they're gonna start selling guitars, keyboards, drums and accessories along with the DVDs, digital cameras, TV's and washers & dryers etc... 
The Fates must realize that Nashville is not my #1 place to be in at the very moment, so they're trying to make it as easy possible. First it was the announcement of the The Silver Seas month-long residency @ the Basement. Now, it [...] 
So Nashville has a lot of really good local bands. The tragedy, of course, is that some of our best local bands don't gig that often. This is the case with The Silver Seas. A few years back the group put out an album called [...] 
Out The Other reported it earlier this week so I figure the coast is clear to announce that The Features new record, Some Kind Of Salvation, is available for digital download at Amazon (pssst... this way.)
A week ago my best good friend Scott moved to the Dominican Republic for the summer. Ever since we graduated high school, he's felt the strong need to get involved in various humanitarian efforts in Central & South America. Freakin' do-gooder. Anyway, Scott's gonna be blogging [...] 
This past year, Switchfoot frontman Jon Foreman has been releasing season-themed EP's. The last of these, Summer, is about to be released. 
Issue No. 6 is here. Let's go!
It's that time again! I've decided to make the iPod challenge a monthly venture here. Remember the rules: Put the iPod on shuffle, no skipping no matter how revealing the tune may be. Here we go!
So... uh... principal recording is finished (no silly, that's not a picture of the finished record. That's a beautiful copy of My Bloody Valentine's Isn't Anything). The album is pretty much done being recorded. There will probably be a few odds and ends to take care [...] 
Death Cab For Cutie released their much anticipated sixth long player,  Narrow Stairs, yesterday. This is also their second release on the Atlantic label. 
Today I gave my friend Carter a tour of East Side of Nashville. Carter and I were born and raised here, but in the 4 years he's been in L.A. going to school, the East Side has really come into it's own. When we were younger, [...] 
Last week, England's own Coldplay released the lead single from their forthcoming album Viva La Vida or Death And All His Friends. In a not-so-innovative fashion, the fellas gave it away for free online. 
So I had been gettin' the itch lately to record in the Little Attic, so I spend my free Sunday afternoon recording a cover of Big Star's "September Girls". Here's a link:
The past few weeks I have read the blogs of various friends doing the ipod Challenge, iPod Roulette, Shuffle If You Dare... whatever they call it it's basically the same thing. Put the iPod on shuffle and, without skipping, reveal the 10 songs that pop up. It's [...] 
Well friends, it's that time of year again. I am speaking, of course, about the annual conference known as Gospel Music Association Week. It's a week of showcases, parties, seminars and a big awards show known as the Dove awards. 
It was a beautiful spring day yesterday; Jason and I spent it cooped up in the studio. Fret not, for much was accomplished. We now have 3 songs ready for mix. That ain't too shabby considering this was only our 4th official whole day tracking this thing. 
Sixpence None The Richer , one of the best bands to come out of the 90's, has officially reunited. This is wonderful news. 
This spring will see the debut of the Michael Harrell Trio in live settings all around Nashville and the surrounding counties. I'm sure we'll come up with a more creative name. 
Ladies and gentlemen, I present to you a very special edition of Obsolete Recommendations dedicated to a brand new record by one of Canada's finest. Destroyer's Trouble In Dreams was released last week. Destroyer is the brainchild of Daniel Bejar. He's in the New Pornographers and Swan Lake [...] 
My good friend Davy Baysinger and his wife Jenn have officially opened the doors to their new design company. RoyalEmpireDesign is a full service graphic design firm. Davy is pretty stinkin' creative. If you need merchandise, art work, graphic design etc... that will look great [...] 
I am selling my lovely Gibson ES-333. It's an amazing guitar but I just don't play it enough. Full details and a way to contact me are 
Well kids, I decided to start selling a few physical pre-releases of my new LP Jericho Blues over at CDbaby.com. Click below to hear clips and buy a copy:
