The New Pornographers. Photo by Caroline Bowman. The New Pornographers & The Pains Of Being Pure At Heart Cannery Ballroom, Nashville, TN November 4, 2014 Photos by Caroline Bowman Lack luster crowds were reportedly the theme all over town on Tuesday, and, amazingly enough, The New Pornographers and The Pains Of Being Pure At…
Lightning 100 announced the lineup for its 2014 Festivus show, benefitting the Salvation Army’s Forgotten Angels. Mississippi rock band The Weeks hold the headlining spot. The southern garage rockers recently covered Arrested Development’s “Tennessee” for the AV Club to delightful results. Hometown pop star Mikky Ekko will follow up his highly buzzy Red Bull…
Them Vibes. Photo by Sundel Perry. Them Vibes burst into our lives, thanks to our friends at Lightning 100, about this time last year, when they bombarded us with the track “Lorelei”. We promptly jumped on the bandwagon, and made it a point to get out to see them (see photo above). Today, the…
Southern California label Burger Records pretty much specializes in awesome. They seem to have their fingers in every cool project happening these days, and their “Caravan Of Stars” tour is just one example. Tonight at Exit/In, the fine folks at Burger bring us Natural Child, together Pangea, Mozes & The Firstborn, Denney & The…
Parquet Courts. Photo by Sundel Perry Parquet Courts (aka Parkay Quarts) announced their second record of 2014, Content Nausea, which is set for release via What’s Your Rupture next week, and even more exciting they have a tour that is routed through Nashville on February 5th at Exit/In! Content Nausea is “something between an…
Royal Blood. Photo by Sundel Perry. Holy shit. Holy shit. Holy shit. We’ve been anticipating this since SXSW last March, and we finally get to announce a Royal Blood show in Nashville. The powerful British rockers peaked a few of our honorable mentions from the 2014 rumble in Austin, and since then they have…
It’s been a minute since we told you about seminal New Orleans party man Troy Andrews (dba Trombone Shorty) and his band of merry revelers, Orleans Avenue, making a stop at Marathon Music Works on November 28th. But, it’s time to refresh the memory of you party loving music fans. Not only do we get…
Rubblebucket & Landlady The High Watt; Nashville, TN October 29, 2014 Review by Terra James-Jura With Bleachers and Wild Cub in The Cannery Ballroom below and The World is a Beautiful Place & I am No Longer Afraid to Die next door at Mercy Lounge, New York art punk buddies Rubblebucket and Landlady had…
The Foo Fighters and Halloween take Nashville by storm this weekend. We’ve run down a ton of scary holiday parties, and a bunch of other great shows going on around the city. Make sure you check local listings for availability as a lot of these will surely sell out with everyone looking to celebrate.…
This ain’t no April Fools Prank, North Carolina based electro pop outfit Sylvan Esso has announced a Nashville date at Cannery Ballroom on April 1st. The duo of Amelia Meath and producer Nick Sanborn formed in late 2013, and burst onto the scene this year with the release of their self-titled debut LP on…