Hard to believe, but our neighborhood friendly pub-under-the-record-store, The Basement, will celebrate its 10th birthday this weekend. The free show kicks off Saturday, Feb. 7, at 8 p.m. and features a bevy of locals — Alanna Royale; Wild Feathers; Grimey, Jerry Pentecost and Friends; John Strohm; Courtney Jaye; Patrick Sweany; Bill Eberle; Back Pockets; That's My Kid; Tommygun and Sky Temple Blues — all performing short cover sets. "No tribute to Metallica unfortunately," says Mike Grimes in an email to the Scene, "but tons of Black Sabbath, Clash, CCR, Nirvana and shit we don't even know yet."

It's a solid salute to a swell little room that's inspired great performances from scores of performers. Stellar acts of all shapes and sizes have graced its little stage, giving us a plethora of "I saw them at The Basement way before they were huge!" moments, to quote The Spin. In that particular instance, we were talking about Alabama Shakes, but we could've easily been discussing Tristen, Caitlin Rose, Deer Tick, Mikky Ekko, Jonny Fritz (nee "Corndawg"), St. Paul and the Broken Bones or dozens of others. For that matter, The Basement has given us plenty of "They were huge and I saw them there!" moments, too: Of all the small clubs on Earth, Metallica famously chose The Basement to host a secret show, recorded and released only to independent record stores as the Live at Grimey's 10-inch (so they were a couple of floors off, no big deal). One Halloween, music editor Adam Gold even sat in with Jandek.

Just before the holidays, Grimey & Co. sent the good news that they've signed a lease on an East Nashville satellite location, to be called The Basement East, or The Beast for short. 917 Woodland St. is The Number of the Beast, and a two-day blowout has been scheduled for March 27-28 to celebrate its arrival. The lineup hasn't been finalized, but Grimey tells us over 20 bands are on the bill. Check back here for more.