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[REMINDER] Catch The Decemberists w/ Tennis | April 13 & 14 @ The Ryman Auditorium
Out in support of their brand new eight album I’ll Be Your Girl, a weird and bold and synth-soaked departure from their more typically folk-informed indie rock sound, Portland staples The Decemberists, are, like clockwork, set to return to Nashville this weekend (they’ve played here three of the last four Aprils), this time across two nights, April 13…
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Jenny Lewis to Play The Basement East June 11
It’s hard to believe it’s already been four years since indie rock icon Jenny Lewis‘ phenomenal and career-high third solo album The Voyager. Given the extensive amount of worldwide touring around it though, it makes since why we haven’t heard quite as much from Jenny lately, after wrapping multiple tours, an anniversary run for her debut Rabbit…
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[NO COUNTRY PREMIERE] Tuxedo Wildlife Makes Stunning Debut with “Myself Together”
If you’ve seen local indie pop fixture Whoa Dakota perform lately, you’ve likely already witnessed Collin Gundry in action on guitar, but beyond that respectable claim to Nashville fame, Gundry has been cultivating a new solo project, Tuxedo Wildlife, with an eye on a summer release for his debut EP. Can’t wait a few more months…
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[REMINDER] Don’t Miss Rogue Wave w/ Dear Boy | TONIGHT @ Mercy Lounge
Out in support of the tenth anniversary of their seminal and now classic third full-length, Asleep at Heaven’s Gate, Bay Area indie rockers Rogue Wave return to Nashville for the first time in a couple of years tonight, April 6 at Mercy Lounge to play the whole thing in full, along with openers Dear Boy. With a deluxe re-issue also in tow, which…
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[TICKET GIVEAWAY] Chastity Belt w/ Lala Lala & Harlan | April 17 @ The High Watt
Out in support of their stellar 2017 third album, I Used to Spend So Much Time Alone, Seattle’s Chastity Belt, who last made a Nashville stop with an appearance last summer at Drkmttr, return to Music City April 17 to headline The High Watt. Balancing a tongue-in-cheek sense of humor with earnest self-awareness, the indie group will be joined…
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[TICKET GIVEAWAY] Lorde w/ Run the Jewels & Mitski | April 15 @ Bridgestone Arena
A certifiable modern pop icon at barely 21, New Zealand’s Lorde has managed to turn personal, poetic, sad, and artsty indie pop into an arena-worthy musical sensation, boosted by last year’s masterpiece of a sophomore effort, Melodrama. It’s been four years since her last Nashville outing, but that finally changes April 15, when Lorde plays Bridgestone Area with beloved alt…
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[NO COUNTRY PREMIERE] Tanya Montana Coe Unveils Dreamy Video for New Single “Electric Blue”
When last we checked in with Nashville native and rising singer-songwriter Tanya Montana Coe, she had just released her excellent, deeply personal debut, Silver Bullet, in 2015, which fused her country and blues roots (notably, her father is acclaimed outlaw country singer David Allan Coe) with more expansive pop and r&b sensibilities. Since then, Tanya, a veteran…
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[NO COUNTRY PREMIERE] Nathan K Gets Personal with New Single “If I Die”
Michigan bred and Nashville based, singer-songwriter Nathan K plays the kind of earnest, melancholy, emo adjacent, folk-informed indie rock we can’t get enough of. Beloved throughout the blogosphere, especially within the punk world, Nathan’s been on our radar for a few years, particularly following 2014 full-length Methodist Girls, and it’s been exciting to see him popping up on an…
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[REMINDER] Catch Khruangbin w/ The Mattson 2 | TONIGHT @ The Basement East
When you hear “instrumental music” applied to contemporary bands, at least in the scene we frequent, it’s typically some sort of post-rock or droning metal or electronic outfit doing something cool, but wholly removed from the instrumental outfits of the past. Though unmistakably new, Khruangbin find their instrumental influences in musical traditions that span many decades,…
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[REMINDER] Don’t Miss Cut Copy | TONIGHT @ Exit/In
Out in support of last year’s excellent fifth album Haiku from Zero, Australian indie dance rock pioneers Cut Copy are set to play their first proper Nashville show in four years tonight, April 2 at Exit/In. Fusing DJ and electronic roots with the disco, dance punk, and synth rock boom of the early ’00s, Cut Copy emerged more than a…