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Show Pics: Wild Cub @ The Parish (7/25)

July 28, 2014 brian.gray Leave a comment

Sometimes when I go to a show I want to be dazzled. Sometimes, I want to be challenged. Sometimes, I want to discover. However, we all need a night where you can just smile.

I caught Wild Cub at ACL a couple years back on the small BMI stage with a crowd that probably had never heard a Wild Cub song. By the end of their set, they had a few thousand new fans. I caught them again at the Mohawk during SxSW, a great way to end a day of chasing news. The reality is that this band isn’t our normal share, but the guys from Nashville put out perfect pop songs and deliver them in the live setting so convincingly, that you have to love them.

We headed out to The Parish for some much needed jams. Read on for thoughts and pics…

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ACL 2013: Weekend One In Pictures

October 17, 2013 brian.gray Leave a comment

I’ll take things seen at a festival for $1000, Alex.

Weekend One of ACL was nothing but fun. Hopefully, you followed along on the intarwebs with the Twitter and Bookface. Me and the people I like a lot spent time in the sun, luckily. It was like a fest of two halves split by a cold front. Oppressing heat and humidity dominated until about 3pm on Saturday and after that, Chamber of Commerce. I will be making a #dontmovehere flag for next year just in case the stars align to give us that glorious cold front of blue skies.

I loved Wild Cub, Electric Six, Lionel Richie, Depeche Mode and The Cure. The collection of photos includes plenty of random revelers that we know as festival people. Click through for a couple extra notes and plenty of pics. See if you can find yourself…

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ACL 2013 Recap – Saturday (10/5)

October 8, 2013 brian.gray Leave a comment

Fridays tend to ease you in, Saturdays tend to beat you down. Or at least the odds of self-inflicted wounds go up exponentially. You have a little hangover, perhaps you start the day with a bloody mary, but by the end you are shirtless, missing a flip-flop and wondering why your hand is blue. For me, it was a pretty non-stop run at awesome; I won at Festival.

Click-through for a few notes on the first Saturday. *spoiler alert* The Cure wins in the end.

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Summer Dance Jam From Wild Cub

July 24, 2013 RayRay Leave a comment

As summer sadly begins to draw to a close, Wild Cub are here with a brand new dancey number that can help us hold on to those last few remaining moments. The track, entitled “Blacktide”, is chock full of some great dance party inducing beats along with perfect lyrics reminding us of young love. Seems like a perfect fit for summer love and fun. This is the first taste of new material from the band since the release of their debut LP Youth last year. No word just yet on if the band have plans for a new album sometime soon.

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Download: Wild Cub – Blacktide [MP3]

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New Dance Jam From Wild Cub

June 12, 2012 RayRay Leave a comment

I’m really feeling this new tune called “Wild Light” from Nashville based outfit Wild Cub. It’s a fun little song that’s a nice and bright way to get your day started. I’m sure it will also be appearing on our next council meeting playlist (stay tuned for info on that BTW). A debut LP from this new group Youth will be out August 14th on Big Light Recordings.

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Download: Wild Cub – Wild Light [MP3]

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