Parquet Courts At Third Man. Photo by Sundel Perry. Parquet Courts looming return to Nashville on February 5th brings us back to their last Music City performance at the Blue Room at Third Man Records in June of 2014. It also reminds us that there is still a receipt in the desk to grab a copy…
When it comes to prolific songwriting, few come to mind that top the genius of John Darnielle (dba The Mountain Goats), who just announced the group’s 15th official LP release, Beat The Champ, due out April 7 via Merge. A master of playful, surficially silly – yet teeming with lyrical depth, he reports that the new record…
San Francisco based producer Tycho has just been added to the Alt-J bill, and significantly ups the ante on the nearly sold out show at The Grand Ole Opry on April 6. We last told you about Tycho when he set the mood to chill at Exit/In in late 2013, and his live band’s moody and…
We normally wouldn’t put a teaser video up, but a) The Aquaducks are great and b) they clearly put a ton of work into a vid that has a virtual one week shelf life. Regardless, it looks like they had fun making the video, and it has us excited about the release of their…
It’s been a minute since we had a new music announcement from Nashville rockers Turbo Fruits, but we thought there might be something brewing with the #NOCONTROL tweets coming from the band for the past few days. We’ve been hearing the rumblings from the inside about a new TF record (which has the touches of…
How many of you caught that incredible set that ELEL laid down last night at The High Watt? A full review is coming shortly. In the meantime, you can prep yourself for the debut self-titled EP release on new label Mom + Pop on March 24th, along with a spring tours with Moon Taxi,…
Knoxville, TN based music festival Rhythm N Blooms is certainly making a splash in the regional festival arena this spring. They’ve already announced The Decemberists, Delta Spirit, and The Dirty Guv’nahs as headliners, but today they’ve announced a significant pull from the Nashville talent pool to fill in the undercard for this event. Local…
The temperatures this weekend are supposed to rise, and the city’s music scene is going to feel like spring touring season is in full effect too. The docket is full all over town, so let us help you make some decisions with all of our staff picks in another edition of TWiN!
Sam Smith w/ George Ezra Grand Ole Opry House; Nashville, TN January 10, 2015 Review by Aleesha Kozar. At the young age of 22, UK singer-songwriter Sam Smith has already been nominated for six Grammy Awards this year following the release of his debut album, In the Lonely Hour. Released in May, In the…
Do you think 2015 is going to be a big year for Parquet Courts (sometimes known as Parkay Quarts)? It would be hard for them to top the two LP releases of 2014, but nothing should be put past these rising Brooklyn rockers. We’ve been keeping you in the loop on their upcoming return…