As April races to a close, and we turn our attention to festival season, we celebrate another weekend simply chock full of great shows. Between festivals, benefits, release shows, reunion tours, farewell tours, cheap and intimate, big and expensive, and everything in between, there truly seems to be something happening for everything over the…
Local scene mainstays Western Medication had a busy weekend. They dropped their debut full length, The Entertainers’ Secret, on Friday, and then played Record Store Day at Fond Object, before finishing Saturday night off with a release show at Queen Ave. They also dropped a video for the lead single, “Chins,” which is just…
You might remember Nashville songwriter Joe Schneider, who performs under the moniker MOTE, as a finalist from the Homegrown Harvest competition we hosted last fall for a chance to play the SoundHarvest Music Festival in Nashville, but, if you don’t, prepare to be educated. MOTE just dropped a stellar new video for his single “Into…
Any of you that have followed this site or Nashville indie popsters ELEL for long know that we have been covering these guys since, literally, their very first show. We’ve watched their rise in the local scene, subsequent signing to taste maker label Mom + Pop, and recent appearance in Mike Birbiglia’s film Don’t…
We told you last week that psychedelic folk masters Woods are stopping into Third Man Records’ Blue Room on May 2 in support of their stellar ninth LP, City Sun Eater In The River Of Light. In continued promotion of the new record, the band recently signed on with Habitat to create a skateboard for…
Steve Voss’ indie rock leaning experimental pop outfit Tetherball may be one of the most underrated projects in Nashville, and they have taken on an ambitious project for 2016, releasing a whopping 6 EPs this year. We premiered the video for “Chemicals” from the first EP, Pheromone Food, earlier this year. Now, you can check…
The Aquaducks have been making a name for themselves with their unique brand of funky, party starting tunes, and we’ve had them on our radar for quite a while now. There have been a smattering of new singles from them floating around of late, and you may have heard their latest, “Bill’s Toupee,” in rotation on…
As the Nashville indie-pop landscape expands, we’re treated to a variety of exciting musicians that range from top 40 sounds (Mikky Ekko) to R&B-influenced (BASECAMP) to hip-hop leaning (Jung Youth). Add producer / singer / songwriter R.LUM.R (pronounced “are-luhm-are”) to that list. You might’ve even heard him already on our Spotify playlist. The Nashville-based…
Bonnaroo Artist | Kamasi Washington Bonnaroo History | Newbie Stage & Time | TBA As we’ve been doing for the past several years now, we’re making it our mission to help you get acquainted with as many bands as we can from Bonnaroo‘s impressive 2016 lineup. We’ll start from the bottom and work our way up, paying special attention…
It’s Record Store Day! It’s Record Store Day! It’s amazing that it is Record Store Day! It’s also crazy to think that we’re already rolling through April, and, before you know it, we’ll be immersed in summer festivals. There is a bunch going on this weekend for the RSD celebrations with your favorite local…