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It’s almost amazing to have watched the changes of Kansas Bible Company over the past four years. They relocated to Nashville soon after No Country got its start, and first caught our attention with their debut Ad Astra Per Aspera, the first track “How To Build A Planet,” and, of course, their intense live…
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With the year that Chris Stapleton has seen, there really shouldn’t be anything left to surprise us. After sweeping the CMAs, nabbing multiple Grammys, and watching last year’s Traveller climb to #1, the breakout local outlaw country singer Chris Stapleton is enjoying a wave of well-deserved newfound attention, which should continue to grow with sets this year at Coachella and Bonnaroo,…
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As they have done for the past several years, Forecastle Fest, which is set for July 15-17 in Louisville’s Riverfront Park, will keep the party going into the wee hours after the festival proper winds down with late night sets at Headliners Music Hall and the 100-year-old Belle of Louisville steamboat. Headliners Music Hall is…
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California noise punks Deerhoof are hitting the road in support of their upcoming 14th album, The Magic!, and, on Aug. 10, they’ll return to our very own Mercy Lounge with Cowtown and Linear Downfall. You can check out the first single, “Plastic Thrills,” from the upcoming release below, and grab your $12 tickets to the show right here.
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We’ve been hip to local electro-pop songwriter Aaron Krause for a while now. We introduced you to him ahead of the release of his EP, Jade, last fall, and his name has been popping up in collaborations all over town. Now, in the devastating news that Prince passed away last week, Krause has…
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New band alert! The Wild Jays are new local psych rock trio that are preparing to release their debut LP, Murmurations, on June 3, and we are excited to premiere their single “Out In The Fields” to get you in the know about this killer new project. Formed by a group of friends from different…
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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…
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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…
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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…
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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…