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As we previously announced, famed local alt rockers Paramore are currently winding down the record cycle (or “era,” as they like to dub it) for last year’s phenomenal fifth album, After Laughter, which, over the past year, has included surprise stops at Exit/In and The End, a headlining outing at The Ryman, and the group’s debut at Bonnaroo,…
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Teaming up for an epic, if somewhat oddball, pairing, two acts who first found fame in the mid-’90s, alt rockers Cake and singer-songwriter Ben Folds, will soon embark on a co-headlining summer tour, which brings them to Folds’ home of Nashville tonight, Aug. 21 for a performance at Ascend Ampitheater with electro-folk up and comers Tall Heights. Cake’s first Nashville show proper in…
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Live on the Green w/ Cold War Kids, Car Seat Headrest, Colony House, *repeat repeat Public Square Park; Nashville, TN August 16, 2018 Review by Philip Obenschain (@pobenschain). Photos by Amber J. Davis. After a great (and slightly rainy) first week, which included Dispatch, The Wood Brothers, Mt. Joy, and Roscoe & Etta, Live on the…
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On the heels of a tour supporting Weezer and the Pixies which recently passed through town, and after a last-minute postponement of a planned headlining date earlier this year, Brooklyn noise pop duo Sleigh Bells are making their way back to Music City for a proper headliner, their first in several years tonight, Aug. 19 at The Basement East,…
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It’s a cool week for concerts at Third Man Records, and, after an intimate turn from indie rockers Franz Ferdinand last night, tonight‘s Blue Room show, Aug. 16, is an especially exciting one for punk fans. Austin’s A Giant Dog, who supported dates on Jack White’s Boarding House Reach tour earlier this year, are bringing their brash, vulnerable, and…
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After first reemerging from hiatus in 2016, and releasing their comeback album, Cry Cry Cry, last year, beloved indie rockers Wolf Parade are set to return to Nashville for the first time since 2010, to headline The Basement East on Aug. 24 with buzzy Chicago indie punks Lala Lala. Along with favorites like Modest Mouse and Arcade Fire, Wolf Parade were an…
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After an excellent season opener last week, Live on the Green is rolling on with some serious momentum, as the second week of the 10th season of the annual, free outdoor fest goes down tonight, Aug. 16 at Public Square Park. Per the format adopted a few years back, Live on the Green runs four consecutive Thursdays, and culminates with an…
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As we previously announced, famed local alt rockers Paramore are currently winding down the record cycle (or “era,” as they like to dub it) for last year’s phenomenal fifth album, After Laughter, which, over the past year, has included surprise stops at Exit/In and The End, a headlining outing at The Ryman, and the group’s debut at Bonnaroo,…
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There was a time (the bulk of their career, in fact) that Scottish post-punk realists turned indie dance rockers Franz Ferdinand never played Nashville, but, with a stellar new LP in tow, Always Ascending, the group are set to make their return after just one year, to headline Cannery Ballroom tonight, Aug. 14! Along with buzzy up and coming…
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Out in support of his critically acclaimed, chart-topping recent sophomore effort, Good Thing, breakout Texas neo soul singer Leon Bridges, no stranger to Music City, will return for his largest local headliner to date, Aug. 29 at Ascend Amphitheater with eclectic kindred spirit Maségo. A transcendent, unrivaled, and versatile legend in the making, Bridges has blown us away with each and…