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…
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…
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…
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,…
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…
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,…
Beloved and supremely talented indie/art rocker St. Vincent is prepping to release her fifth album, MASSEDUCTION, a followup to her 2014 eponymous masterpiece, this Friday, Oct. 13. A culmination of years of work, the LP features contributions from co-producer Jack Antonoff along with Sounwave, Kamasi Washington, Jenny Lewis, Dovemanon, Greg Leisz, Rich Hinman, Tuck & Patti, and even Cara Delevingne, spanning genres and influences…
As she gears up to release her highly-anticipated sophomore LP and first for Matador Records, Turn Out the Lights, on Oct. 27, ambient, indie rocker Julien Baker continues to be an unstoppable force, touring the world, sharing the stage with big names like Death Cab for Cutie, Conor Oberst, The Decemberists, Belle & Sebastian, and, just this week, Jason…
Breakout local grunge pop group Bully recently announced that their highly-anticipated sophomore LP and first release for Sub Pop is slated to drop on Oct. 20. Dubbed Losing, along with news of the album came a manic and ferocious lead single, “Feel the Same,” as well as a winter tour announcement, which includes three nights at Mercy Lounge, on Dec.…
On the heels of infectious and uplifting new single “Two High,” which has been lighting up the blogosphere for months, breakout local alt rockers Moon Taxi announced back in the summer that their lengthy fall tour would include not one, but two nights at The Ryman Auditorium, on Oct. 27 & 28 with Too Many Zooz. Hard at work on their followup…