Local music
Head to the Granfalloon March 11-19 for the Road to Nightfall. Hear local bands battle it out — then decide who you want to hear again at Nightfall. The music will be original, just like Chattanooga. With this year’s competition upping the ante for the winners, expect some stiff competition for your listening pleasure. The final bands will show-down one last time at the Revelry Room March 26 before one takes the stage this summer. Visit gigcityproductions.com/road-to-nightfall-2016 to learn more.
The addition of the Revelry Room has already proven to fill a huge void in Chattanooga’s music venue offerings. Over the years, many artists chose to pass right over Chattanooga, either because venues like JJ’s Bohemia, The Camp House or now-closed Rhythm & Brews were too small, or because Track 29 was just too large. There has always been a need for a good medium-sized venue, and we are now seeing a lot more “artists on the rise” starting to add Chattanooga to their tour schedule. In the past, Blitzen Trapper was one of those bands that passed over the Scenic City. However, that will change on Wednesday, March 9, as the group makes its Chattanooga debut at the Revelry Room.
It’s a little hard to describe the music of Blitzen Trapper. It is part indie rock, part folk and part alt-country. However, they mix all of that very well together into a sound they have perfected over the years. Starting off in 2000, they finally started gaining a little recognition in 2007 with the release of their third album, Wild Mountain Nation. Their success really took off the following year with their next album Furr, with the songs “Furr” and “Black River Killer.” Since then, they have continued to gain momentum, keeping very busy over the years with the release of 10 albums overall (8 studio and 2 live). In addition to touring worldwide, they are also very popular in the western U.S., perhaps due to the fact that they are based out of Portland, Oregon.
Even though their music has somewhat of a country tinge, they do not make it down to the Southeast too often. And even though they have never performed in Chattanooga, some members of the band are no stranger to the Scenic City. Frontman Eric Early and fellow bandmate Marty Marquis first met while they were both attending Covenant College on Lookout Mountain. Their show at the Revelry Room hopes to be a good homecoming for those guys, as the band is currently on tour in support of their newest studio album with a very fitting title, All Across This Land.
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