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Savages w/ Head Wound City Exit/In; Nashville, TN May 14, 2016 Review by Jacqui Sahagian. Photos by Jake Giles Netter. The U.K. post-punk quartet Savages came off their set at Shaky Knees (where we also caught them) to play Exit/In last Saturday, bringing their raved-about live show to Nashville for the first time since 2013. The…
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The U.K.-based post-punk band Savages are tearing through Nashville on their tour supporting their critically acclaimed second album Adore Life, playing Exit/In tonight. If you weren’t the lucky winner of our ticket giveaway, tickets are still available for $20, and if you’re into dark rock and roll with poetic lyrics and a frontwoman who sounds…
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Mark your calendars for Saturday, May 21, because we’re partnering up with our friends over at Palaver Records to bring you the second annual East Nashville Crawfish Bash, a free day-long event with crawfish, beer, and music from some of our favorite local bands. This year ELEL, The Gills, The JAG, Twiggs, The Beech…
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U.K.-based all-female post-punk group Savages are comprised of four of the most badass women to take up the post-punk mantel with well-crafted artistic noise, a singer that sounds like the French Patti Smith, two albums that have garnered raves, and a live show that’s said to be the best in rock and roll right now.…
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Alternative Americana band Hurray for the Riff Raff have been praised for their left of center take on traditional southern music. Frontwoman Alynda Lee Segarra makes music about and for the people she calls the “riff raff” of society, drawing inspiration from the oldest American folk and country music. The critically acclaimed, New Orleans-based act…
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If you’re a fan of Americana music and interested in hearing a different spin on the currently booming genre, then make your way to City Winery on Saturday night for the husband-wife duo David Wax Museum. Frontman David Wax his wife Suz Slezak are heavily influenced by traditional Mexican folk music and incorporate their…
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Alternative folk band Hurray for the Riff Raff have gained acclaim for frontwoman Alynda Lee Segarra’s fresh perspective on the sound and stories of traditional southern music. Their 2014 major label debut Small Town Heroes gained tons of praise for its stories about Segarra’s hometown of New Orleans (via the Bronx). That post-Katrina record is…
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Thao & the Get Down Stay Down w/ Saintseneca Mercy Lounge; Nashville, TN April 6, 2016 Review by Jacqui Sahagian. Photos by Olivia Ladd. Alternative folk rock band Thao and the Get Down Stay Down have broken outside their alt-folk label with the new release Man Alive! We caught the San Francisco-based band, along with indie pop group…
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The husband-wife folk duo David Wax Museum are bringing their Mexican folk-influenced Americana pop to City Winery on Saturday, April 16 alongside fellow Americana-folk acts Darlingside and Haroula Rose. David Wax and his wife Suz Slezak have received high regards for their carefully researched approach to playing with traditional Mexican song and inserting it into…
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Alternative folk rock band Thao & the Get Down Stay Down are just coming off the release of what critics are calling songwriter and frontwoman Thao Nguyen’s most confessional, and risk-taking, album to date, Man Alive!. The group are swinging by Mercy Lounge tonight, April 6 during their tour supporting the new record along…