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One of the most important (and, perhaps, underrated in their enduring influence) acts in the flourishing emo scene of the turn of the century, beloved rockers Saves the Day just released their first album in five years, and ninth overall, 9, today, Oct. 26. Also totaling nine tracks in length, the LP “tells the story of the…
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Cursive w/ Meat Wave, Campdogzz The Basement East; Nashville, TN October 21, 2018 Review by Philip Obenschain (@pobenschain). While frontman Tim Kasher has returned more recently for a couple of solo performances and a run with his other beloved project, The Good Life, it’s been more than six years since Kasher and his long-running…
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Celebrating their poignantly personal and exuberantly genre-bending latest and best album to date, Life in the City, Brooklyn powerfunk outfit Turkuaz are set to return to town to once again headline Exit/In with instrumental up and comers Butcher Brown tonight, Oct. 25. A colorful, eclectic, vibrant live outfit, in just a few short years Turkaz have released an impressive string of albums…
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Pairing one of the greatest underground punk-rooted acts of this decade with an icon of last, fans of smart, genre-bending, reflective, artsy and poignant punk and indie rock will not want to miss Titus Andronicus and Ted Leo at The Basement East tonight, Oct. 25. Celebrating both a recent LP and new EP, Titus, now going by the moniker of +@, largely evolved…
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Three years ago, firekid, at the time a solo moniker for Muscle Shoals, Alabama native Dillon Hodges, released his eponymous, debut LP, on the heels of viral success surrounding a string of prominent early singles, and in the midst of extensive touring with countless big-name acts. Combining Hodges’ early love for bluegrass with a later attraction…
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The musical outlet of local singer-songwriter AJ Gruenewald, Bogues is a project we’ve had our eye on since the release of his fantastic debut EP, Mulligan, in 2016. Adopting a similar emo-derived, emotionally resonate, and minimalist style as other breakout singular acts like fellow local Julien Baker (while also capturing his own unique voice and deeply personal perspective), Bogues’ recent sophomore EP, Life,…
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Led and conceived by Delta Spirit frontman and accomplished solo artist Matthew Logan Vasquez, and rounded out by David Ramirez, Jason Robert Blum, Noah Gundersen, Kelsey Wilson, and Adrian Quesada (along with guest contributions from Nathaniel Rateliff), new Americana supergroup Glorietta only released their eponymous debut LP a few months ago, but, unsurprisingly given their individual pedigrees,…
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Celebrating their first album in six years (and, perhaps, best in over a decade), Omaha indie and post-hardcore pioneers Cursive return to Nashville for the first time in years, to headline The Basement East this Sunday, Oct. 21 with Chicago punks Meat Wave and buzzy up and comers Campdogzz. Responsible for some of the absolute best, most substantive albums of the ’00s indie…