Bryan Andrews

The Read

Monday is the honest night. Nobody is coming out on a Monday for the venue or the calendar; they come because they know the songs or they know the person. Bryan Andrews takes the room at eight, and whatever the draw is, it will be a crowd that chose to be there rather than one that wandered in off a Friday. The Basement East is a good-sounding club with a wide floor and a stage high enough to see from the back — a step up from the small-room circuit and still close enough to feel like a club show. On a thin Monday it is the most interesting standing-room option in East Nashville. Go early, stand close, and let a set you know nothing about make its case.

The Room

The Basement East

917 Woodland St

Mike Grimes of Grimey's opened it in April 2015 — the graduation from The Basement on 8th, with a bigger room and a bigger calendar.