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Wild West Comedy Festival Becomes Nashville Comedy Festival, Plots Dates and Initial Lineup for 2018
Founded in 2013, annual week-long, city-wide, multi-venue comedy fest the Wild West Comedy Festival, co-produced by Vince Vaughn’s Wild West Productions, quickly became the premiere yearly event for Music City residents who love to laugh, returning each subsequent spring with performers like Hannibal Buress, Tig Notaro, Lewis Black, The Lonely Island, Aziz Ansari, Chelsea Handler, Marc Maron, Seth Meyers, Trevor Noah,…
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Henry Rollins to Bring Photo, Story-Driven ‘Travel Slideshow’ Tour to Marathon Music Works Jan. 12
Legendary punk singer, writer, actor, and activist (not to mention accomplished journalist, photographer, comedian, TV, radio, and podcast host…) Henry Rollins is embarking on a yet another unconventional tour early next year, which, like his spoken word trek last fall, brings him back to Marathon Music Works for a Jan. 12 live engagement. Called the Travel Slideshow, ever the insatiably curious world traveler, both…
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“Weird Al” to Play War Memorial Auditorium April 17 for Scaled Down, Deep Cuts Tour
Beloved comedian and parody artist extraordinaire “Weird Al” Yankovic has been touring the world since first finding breakout success in the early ’80s, carving out a weird and unique niche that has earned him a loyal following, certifiable hit records (including his first-ever #1 with 2014’s Mandatory Fun), a feature film, a TV show, and a cemented…
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Margo Price to Play Grimey’s Oct. 17 | Stream Her New LP ‘All American Made’ Early!
It was only last year that local country outcast Margo Price broke through to national acclaim with her solo debut, the phenomenal Midwest Farmer’s Daughter, and only a few months ago that she followed it up with a surprise new EP, Weakness. And, yet, not one to slack off, Price is already prepping to release her sophomore LP,…
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[TICKET GIVEAWAY] LCD Soundsystem w/ Big Freedia | Oct. 20 @ Municipal Auditorium
More than year now into their unexpected and exciting reunion, after first calling it quits in 2011, seminal dance punks LCD Soundsystem have finally made good the the promise of a new album with this year’s triumphant American Dream. After a year of mostly festival dates and New York residencies, including headlining spots at Bonnaroo and Forecastle, the…
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Don’t Miss The Menzingers w/ Secret Stuff & Pale Lungs | TONIGHT @ The Basement East
Heralded as one of the best punk bands of the past decade, Philadelphia’s The Menzingers have been fueled by both underground cred and critical acclaim since their breakout 2012 third LP On the Impossible Past, and with their latest and fifth album, this year’s After the Party, the group continue to flex the emotional, angsty, powerful, heartland fueled punk…
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[REMINDER] Catch Conor Oberst w/ Tim Kasher & Frances Quinlan | TONIGHT @ Marathon Music Works
Back on a prolific tear as a solo artist, after several years of various collaborations and band reunions, renowned indie/folk singer-songwriter Conor Oberst is set to return to Nashville for the fourth time in just as many years tonight, Oct. 13, to play Marathon Music Works with Tim Kasher (Cursive, The Good Life) and Frances Quinlan (Hop Along). After releasing his most…
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Catch Violents + Monica Martin w/ MYZICA | TONIGHT @ The High Watt
The collaborative musical vehicle of local composer, producer, and songwriter Jeremy Larson, Violents found magic in his teamup with former PHOX vocalist Monica Martin, for the project’s first full-length, Awake and Pretty Much Sober, which arrived earlier this year. Critically beloved, the LP has earned Violence + Monica Martin plenty of buzz, along with appearances for NPR, Paste,…
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Don’t Miss Now, Now w/ DEM YUUT | TONIGHT @ Mercy Lounge
Earlier this year, Minneapolis indie duo Now, Now emerged with their first new song in five years, the pop primed and triumphant “SGL,” swiftly bringing to an end several years of writer’s block, focus on other artistic mediums, and a prolonged creative process. Nearly 15 years into their run, the group (which, for a time, also included Jess…
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First Aid Kit to Play The Ryman Feb. 1
It’s been nearly three years exactly since Swedish indie folk duo First Aid Kit made their debut at The Ryman Auditorium, an impressive and well-deserved feat after working their way up the Music City ranks, performing The End in 2010 and 3rd & Lindsley in 2012. Following a slightly longer break than usual, the group, sisters Johanna and Klara Söderberg,…