One of our favorite local up and coming pop and soul singers, Chicago transplant Josie Dunne wowed us last year with her debut EP (and major label release) To Be the Little Fish. Despite a few years as a Nashville resident, and many years prior making the trek down to write and hone her craft, Josie is only…
With buzzed about festival appearances, endless press accolades, and an impressively strong debut album to their name, LA indie/pop folk breakouts Magic Giant are a band you need to know, especially if you dig singalong-worthy, upbeat, and nuanced songwriting. Set to return to Music City tonight, Jan. 28 for a performance at Exit/In, Magic Giant’s latest tour is made…
The ascent of local singer-songwriter Rayland Baxter has been an exciting one to watch, and is certainly well-deserved, as he’s one of the most profound and versatile artists to emerge from the Nashville scene and recent memory. After collaborating with Caitlin Rose on “Shanghai Cigarettes” way back in 2010, Rayland, the son of multi-instrumentalist Bucky Baxter…
Easily one of our favorite acts to spring from the local scene in the past few years, psych pop duo Okey Dokey made a strong debut in 2017, and have continued to wow us more recently with a string of stellar singles. Joined by two more of Nashville’s finished rising talents, new(ish) James Wallace musical vehicle Skyway…
Self-described as “a collaborative project between a Byzantine chanter, a classical organist, a NOLA-trained jazz drummer, and a utility man of hitherto inexhaustible potential,” must-know local outfit The Mute Group have been crafting some of the most interesting, artistic, and genre-bending music to come out of the Nashville scene since first coming together a couple years…
Still out in support of last year’s phenomenal, critically beloved fifth full-length Freedom, New York indie/experimental rocker Amen Dunes returns to Nashville for his first headlining show in several years (and for the first time since supporting Fleet Foxes last spring) tonight, Jan. 24 at The Basement East with buzzy Philly experimental pop artist ARTHUR. Fans of substantive, artsy, genre-bending,…
No strangers to Music City (in the past two years alone they headlined The Ryman three times, played Live on the Green, opened for Kings of Leon at First Tennessee Park, and hosted a special record release show at The Basement East), Los Angeles folk rockers Dawes are continuing their rapid ascent, extending their prolific tour schedule…
Boasting a stellar lineup of familiar and supremely talented players, southern hard rock collective The Magpie Salute will return to Nashville for their first headlining show in a couple of years (and first since last year’s debut studio LP) on Feb. 1 at Cannery Ballroom. Counting members of Black Crowes, including Rich Robinson, among their ranks, the band have,…
Fans of electronic, industrial, post-punk, and dark wave music take note: San Fransisco’s The Soft Moon, still reveling in praise for last year’s phenomenal and deeply personal fourth album Criminal, is set to make what appears to be his first stop in Nashville ever tonight, Jan. 21 at The Basement East. That alone is an essential performance, but with…