•
Boasting an expanded new lineup and celebrating their 13th LP and first in two years, Magick Songs, local garage and psych rock icons turned experimental, art rock weirdos JEFF the Brotherhood are returning to the east side for the first time in awhile, to headline The Basement East on Oct. 9! A JEFF show, especially with new tunes in tow,…
•
Most often when an artist announces a “double album release,” you think of a bloated LP with twice as many tricks. For eclectic, impressionistic local alternative rocker Tony Raney, however, it’s a much more ambitious undertaking: the simultaneous release of two distinctly different records, Soft & Dirty and Zoonosis, each with their own distinct sonic and thematic…
•
Punk/glam/hard rock icon Billy Idol made history more than a decade ago with the 1985 release of his remix album, Vital Idol. Years before dance-floor primed remixes were widely in vogue, Idol helped cement the vibrancy of the genre in the late ’80s, all the while continuing to release his own seminal original work, and has…
•
Still celebrating the recent release of his fantastic new full-length, Wished Out, My Morning Jacket’s Carl Broemel, a favorite of the local scene, is set to headline Mercy Lounge on Oct. 6 with genre-bending instrumental duo Steelism. One of the first must-see local shows of the fall, Broemel, has, as a solo artist, established himself as a captivating, thoughtful, and ever-evolving…
•
Out in support of their fantastic, nuanced, and essential recent fourth album, High as Hope, London’s Florence + the Machine are set to return to Music City for the first time in three years to play their biggest local headliner to date, Oct. 2 at Bridgestone Arena with buzzy, young electropop up and comer Billie Eilish. Now more than a decade in…
•
We first introduced you to local art rock duo Fox Grin last year, when we premiered their great EP Dawn, before checking back in at the start of 2018 with the debut of a new single, ahead of their most recent, critically-acclaimed full-length, King of Spades. Since then, the Atlanta transplants, Thom Chapman and David Bean, have continued to build…
•
Celebrating his first proper full-length in more than a decade, this year’s excellent return to form You’re Not Alone, hard rocking positive party god turned larger-than-life personality Andrew W.K. returns to Nashville tonight, Sept. 25 to headline The Basement East, along with edgy local duo Birdcloud. Now nearly 20 years since first breaking into the mainstream, W.K. is a figure you’ve…
•
On the heels of Maggie Rogers’ last minute Basement East show with Caroline Rose, additional artists are announcing makeup appearances tonight in the Nashville area, in light of Pilgrimage Festival’s unfortunate Sunday cancelation. The latest exciting surprise performance to pop up is none other than beloved folk singer Brandi Carlile, who will play tonight, Sept. 23 at City…
•
After thunderstorms forced an early end to Franklin’s Pilgrimage Fest yesterday afternoon, then news came this morning that day two would be canceled as well, citing unsafe conditions and continued threat of inclement weather (all a bummer, but you can’t control the weather… we’ll have more coverage of the fest up shortly), we immediately wandered and…