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We’ve been following the career of East Nashville songwriter Lilly Hiatt since her excellent 2015 release, Royal Blue. In the years since, we’ve had a chance to see the daughter of songwriting legend John Hiatt really spread her wings and find her own voice while still channeling her love of ’90s alt rock. She…
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Jazz revivalist Kamasi Washington took the world by storm with the release of his nearly three hour long debut opus, The Epic, in 2015, and found himself touring the world, including a killer set leading Superjam at Bonnaroo the following year. The renowned tenor saxophonist has since signed to Young Turks, as he gears up to release…
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It’s the dog days of summer, and that means life slows down a bit as we all seek refuge in air conditioned environs. The summer also means a bit of a downturn in touring acts due to radius clauses of the major festivals. That doesn’t always ring true in Music City though, as we still…
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Local rockers Cage the Elephant are gearing up to release a new stripped down, career spanning, live album, Unpeeled, this Friday, July 28, and have been sprinkling videos from the live performances to promote the record. The band previously released spots for “Rubber Ball” (from Thank You, Happy Birthday) and a cover of “Whole Wild World” (Reckless Eric /…
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A newcomer in the Nashville music scene, the inaugural Church Street Block Party was just announced for Labor Day Weekend. On Sunday, Sept. 3, the one-day, music-centric block party will feature an impressive, eclectic, and diverse lineup featuring the talented multi-instrumentalist Kishi Bashi, pop rapper Brooke Candy, hip hop activist Mykki Blanco, buzzy indie…
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North Carolina based electro/indie pop duo turned international touring sensations Sylvan Esso dropped a bomb on April 28 with their highly acclaimed sophomore LP, What Now, and have been wowing crowds on the festival circuit for most of the summer. We also told you that the band are gearing up for a North American headlining run,…
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We’ve been huge fans of Waxahatchee, the musical vehicle of skilled songwriter and Alabama native turned Brooklynite turned Philadelphian Katie Crutchfield, since her lo-fi 2012 debut American Weekend, and delighted in watching her stature rise and sound evolve with 2013’s buzzy Cerulean Salt and 2015’s Ivy Tripp. She reemerged early this month with her fourth record, and second on Merge, Out In…
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It’s hard to believe that we have been following the career of Becca Mancari for over four years (when we first saw her open for Hooray For The Riff Raff at The End in 2013), and it’s even harder to believe that we just received word that Becca will be releasing her debut LP,…
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It’s gonna be a scorcher this weekend in Nashville, but that isn’t going to stop us from getting out to see shows. Our pals at Exit/In are celebrating with a monster block party on Saturday, but the rest of the weekend is also packed with shows big and small with friends, legends, locals, and…
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We’ve been following local psych rock outfit The Wild Jays since their first release, “Out In The Fields,” back in the spring of 2016, ahead of the release of their debut record, Murmurations. In the year since the release, the group lost a close friend, and found themselves coping with the loss by writing and working on…