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Nashville's always been a music town, with a huge role in country and soul; now it can also claim a big garage rock scene, with some outfits as Jeff The Brotherhood and the Infinity Cat label flying the flag. Add Diarrhea Planet and Music Band, two combos whose musical abilities are in direct contrast to their terrible names. Last Friday they landed at the House of Targ for a killer show alongside locals The Boreds. Here's Boreds frontman Adam!



Bass action with Dave!



James rounds out the trio on drums.



Adam sings!



The whole lot!



Rhythm section action!



On to Music Band - are they the worst-named band to go looking for on Google?!? Actually, no - they come up pretty fast if you add a qualifier like Nashville, where they're based. But it's kind of a bland name for a cool band. They started up in the Big Apple, and for some reason had me thinking of Tom Petty & The Heartbreakers. First a little soundcheck action with brothers Harry and Duncan.



Here's drummer Lee!



Brotherly action!



Singalong action!



The whole lot!



Elbow action!



Harry sings!



Rhythm section action!



The shouty bit!



Leaning action!



Lee sings!



More singalong action!



Crouching action!



Diarrhea Planet have obviously got a classic rock jones - I can imagine them sharing a stage with Turbonegro, for example - and a serious love of guitars. They have four guitarists in all, but manage to keep things from getting cluttered. They also have a lot of fun on stage. Here's Evan Bird and bassist Mike Boyle.



Ian Bush hits!



More guitar with Brent Toler!



Hair-adjusting action with Jordan Smith!



Even more guitar with Emmett Miller!



Evan sings some!



Emmett sings!



Guitar action with Jordan and Brent!



Ian hits!



Jordan sings a bit!



Even more guitar!



Guest dancing action!



Bonus Brent!



For an encore they had Harry from Music Band up on stage to sing AC/DC's Thunderstruck.



The end!



Definitely one of the best shows so far this year.