Though hardly a new musical fixture, profound and genius English artist Dev Hynes has found immense critical acclaim for his latest, r&b and electronic drenched solo vehicle Blood Orange, particularly since the release of last year’s stunning fourth album Negro Swan, widely regarded as one of if not the best album of 2018. On tour for…
What began as something of a bedroom recording vehicle for principal songwriter Taylor Lowrance, local shoegaze-y, dreamy, poppy, and folk-tinged indie outfit Hari The Band have steadily become a buzzworthy underground fixture in recent years, rounded out by Ben Crannell and Brennan Walsh, who Lowrance met while performing in other projects within the Nashville indie scene (most notably, Shy…
Buzzy local group Oginalii have seen their sound evolve from the stripped-down acoustic stylings of frontperson Emma Hoeflinger back in the project’s earliest days in 2013, to a hard to pin down, sludgy, hazy, psych-tinged, hard-hitting, genre and era spanning flavor of rock and roll across two EPs and a handful of songs, earning them a reputation…
Celebrating their first album since 2014, which drops today, Feb. 14, the same day they play Nashville tonight for the first time in years, headlining The Basement East, Florida bred and now semi-local indie/alt rock fixtures Copeland have, with new effort Blushing, crafted their best record in years, and one that feels like a stunning encapsulation of the vast catalogue that came…
Touring in support of their first album in eight years (though they’ve been reunited for awhile), Rhode Island noise rock staples Daughters are set to play Music City for what appears to be the first time in at least a number of years, Feb. 21 at Mercy Lounge with experimental, underground noise rock favorites Wolf Eyes and buzzy, rising Chicago industrial electro-goth duo HIDE.…
Formed in 2016, a year after the premature demise of their prior project The Apache Reply, local duo Airpark, made up New Orleans raised brothers Michael Ford, Jr. and Ben Ford, have a been a favorite of ours from the very start, quickly becoming a buzzworthy local group you should be keeping an eye on thanks to a pair…
Riding high on the buzz for last year’s excellent debut full-length, Retrofuturism, New York alt rock and synth pop trio VHS Collection are poised to make their Nashville headlining debut tonight, Feb. 12 at The High Watt with likeminded NY indie electropop group Future Generations. The fiercely independent outfit have only been around for a few years, but thanks to widespread buzz throughout…
Formed in the late ’90s in New York City, Interpol burst onto the rich indie landscape of the early ’00s with the release of their first two albums, Turn on the Bright Lights and Antics, cementing their status among peers like The Strokes as one of America’s premiere new era post-punk acts. Several years and two more releases would…
While, arguably, even better known for her YouTube presence, in which she embodies a robotic, inhuman character to craft abstract, darkly funny, weird, and experimental videos, channeling Japanese culture and frequently commenting on internet culture, social media, and fame, Poppy, born Moriah Pereira, and a one-time Nashville resident, has been cultivating a musical career for even…
One of our favorite bands since their (and our) earliest days, eclectic local outfit Waterfall Wash are back with a tune that’s at once new and old, and we’re thrilled to bring you an exclusive premiere of their latest: “Colors” Recorded and mixed by Nick and Mark Bullock in Nashville, then mastered by Alan Douches (Saves the Day,…