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Community, Camaraderie, and Sentiment Ran High, as Paramore Said Goodbye to ‘After Laughter’ with Epic Hometown Celebration Art + Friends
Paramorew/ Coin, Bully, Canon Blue, Liza Anne, NightingailNashville Municipal Auditorium; Nashville, TNSeptember 7, 2018 Review by Philip Obenschain (@pobenschain). Photos by Roxy Moure. On Friday, at Nashville Municipal Auditorium, Music City’s biggest rock band, Paramore, hosted, headlined, and curated a mini day fest called Art + Friends, a loveletter to their hometown and an end of tour celebration,…
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Catch Super Whatevr w/ Beach Goons & Chase Huglin | TONIGHT @ The End
What began as a vehicle for singer Skyler McKee’s poetry, Orange County, CA’s Super Whatevr became a proper band in 2016, self-releasing their earnest, emo meets indie and alt rock laced debut EP, Good Luck, soon after, earning respectable early buzz and the attention of Hopeless Records, who signed the group and re-released the album last year, as…
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[REMINDER] Don’t Miss Ought w/ Moaning & Butthole | TONIGHT @ The High Watt
Out in support of their phenomenal new third album, Room Inside the World, Canadian art/post-punk favorites Ought are set to return to town tonight, Sept. 10 to headline The High Watt with buzzworthy LA post-punk newcomers Moaning and local indie punk favorites Butthole. A band we’ve had an eye on for a few years, and one that has continuously impressed us each time we’ve…
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[REMINDER] Catch MC50 w/ Taco Mouth & Joecephus and The George Jonestown Massacre | TONIGHT @ Exit/In
In honor of the 50th anniversary of their legendary debut Kick Out the Jams, MC5 founder and guitarist Wayne Kramer has recruited a supergroup of backing players to perform the record in full on the road, an event he’s dubbed MC50, which hits Nashville’s own Exit/In tonight, Sept. 9. The closest thing to MC5 you’ll ever see (most…
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[TICKET GIVEAWAY] Arthur Buck (Joseph Arthur & Peter Buck) | Sept. 16 @ The Basement East
A new supergroup of sorts, featuring beloved singer-songwriter Joseph Arthur, and R.E.M. guitarist and multi-instrumentalist Peter Buck, alt rock newcomers Arthur Buck came together quickly last fall after a chance meeting in Mexico turned into an impromptu jam, and, eventually, an album, which the duo will bring to life on the road for the first time with…
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[REMINDER] Paramore Host ‘Art + Friends’ w/ COIN, Bully, Canon Blue, Liza Anne, & Nightingail | Sept. 7 at Municipal Auditorium
As we previously written about at length, 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…
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Diarrhea Planet Shred Into the Sunset with Three Final Sold Out Nights at Exit/In
In our now seven years covering the Nashville music scene, we’ve seen plenty of talented bands come and go, and it’s always a shame to see any promising local act throw in the towel. This one stings extra hard though: after a near decade-long run, dorm room shredders turned international party punk icons Diarrhea Planet are…
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Mountains Like Wax Return with Stunning New EP ‘Hold Your Own’
Formed originally in Murfreesboro and now Nashville based, Mountains Like Wax are a band we’ve had our eye on for several years, from their early days of DIY shows leading up the release of their debut EP, Tetrology in 2015, to their well-deserved win in 2016’s Music City Mayhem competition, earning them a spot that year at Live on the…
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[INTERVIEW] Hayley Williams Looks Back on ‘After Laughter’ and the Emotional Road to Paramore’s Local Celebration, Art + Friends
Interview by Philip Obenschain (@pobenschain).Photos by Mary-Beth Blankenship. This Friday, at Municipal Auditorium, Paramore will host a celebration of Nashville’s alternative music and arts scene, inviting a handful of excellent opening acts like Bully and Coin to perform, as well as showcasing a variety of local visual artists, small businesses, charitable organizations, and more.…
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[TICKET GIVEAWAY] Johnny Marr w/ Belle Game | Sept. 15 @ Cannery Ballroom
Legendary Smiths guitarist (and subsequent member of Modest Mouse, The Cribs, The The, and so many other projects) Johnny Marr has, after decades of various musical endeavors, been devoting his focus to a solo career since breaking out with 2013’s excellent The Messenger, which he followed up with 2014’s Playland and this year’s Call the Comet, his best album yet.…