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[REMINDER] Don’t Miss Crystal Castles w/ Farrows | TONIGHT @ Cannery Ballroom
Despite the departure of singer Alice Glass a few years ago, hip Canadian electropunks Crystal Castles are still going strong, with new singer Edith Frances making her debut on last year’s fourth album Amnesty (I), a gripping, trippy exploration into more electronic and aggressive territory. The group were one of the absolute highlights of this year’s Bonnaroo,…
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[REMINDER] MUTEMATH w/ Colony House & ROMES | TONIGHT @ The Ryman Auditorium
Partially Nashville based alt/indie/electro rock icons MUTEMATH recently released their fifth album, Play Dead, which both calls back to the band’s earlier, fan favorite work, and infuses their time and recent influences from the road and in their newfound independence, boasting huge hooks and progressive instrumentation to stunning, anthemic results. Despite the unfortunate recent exit of drummer Darren…
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[REVIEW + PHOTOS] Pilgrimage Festival 2017
Many of our region’s best festivals were already firmly established before we ever started covering them. Many others we watched emerged with promise, only to disappear after one year, a testament to just how hard it is to pull off an event at this scale, in an increasingly saturated summer music landscape. From the…
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REVIEW: Depeche Mode w/ Warpaint | 9.18.17 at Ascend Amphitheater [PHOTOS]
Depeche Mode w/ Warpaint Ascend Amphitheater; Nashville, TN September 18, 2017 Review by Philip Obenschain (@pobenschain). Photos by Mary-Beth Blankenship. Though, in their near 40 year run, they’ve never ceased to be a band, English electronic and new wave legends Depeche Mode had only managed to make it to Nashville once in their many years of touring, in May of 1988…
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[REMINDER] Don’t Miss San Fermin w/ Pavo Pavo | TONIGHT @ Exit/In
Returning to Nashville for the first time in two years, thanks to the fine folks at Communion, Brooklyn indie/chamber pop outfit San Fermin are out in support of their gorgeous, personal, and layered new album, Belong. Renowned for their engaging and lush live show, the eight-piece group are slated to return to Exit/In tonight, Sept. 28 with support from likeminded…
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[TICKET GIVEAWAY] PVRIS w/ Lights & Party Nails | Oct. 6 @ Marathon Music Works
Out in support of their stellar new sophomore album, All We Know of Heaven, All We Need of Hell, breakout Massachusetts alt rock/dark electropop trio PVRIS are set to return to Nashville on Oct. 6 for their largest local headliner to date, at Marathon Music Works, on the heels of a high-profile supporting slot earlier this year at Ascend with Muse…
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[NO COUNTRY PREMIERE] Molly Rocket Unveil Debut EP ‘More Than All This’
Earlier this year, we introduced you to rising local duo Molly Rocket with a premiere of their fun, subversive video for feminist party anthem “Friction (Dat Booty Doh).” Made up of singer Molly Balsam and drummer Atticus Swartwood, a pair of Wesleyan University graduates who relocated to Nashville to pursue music, the band mix elements of piano pop, soul, rock, and punk in…
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Catch An Acoustic Performance from The Wonder Years w/ Laura Stevenson, The Obsessives, & Jetty Bones | TONIGHT @ Mercy Lounge
Over the last decade, Philadelphia pop punks The Wonder Years have become something of a seminal act in the modern scene, helping revitalize and course-correct the genre with their earnest, smart, engaging, relatable songwriting and DIY-rooted attitude. While the band manage to make it to Nashville on a semi-regular basis, their presence has typically boosted them…
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Lana Del Rey to Play Bridgestone Arena Feb. 6
Since erupting on the scene with breakout 2012 LP Born to Die, beloved, baroque, cinematic, and avant-garde indie pop singer Lana Del Rey has become something of a modern icon, renowned for his classic image and mystique; dreamy, epic, and hypnotic sound; and alluring presence. Over three full-lengths since, most recently this summer’s triumphant, career high point Lust…
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Canon Blue’s “Onyx” Gets Remixed by Jamie Lidell Ahead of New LP ‘Lasso Yo’
A few months back, we told you that Canon Blue, the sweeping, electro-laced, etherial, indie/orchestral pop solo vehicle of local songwriter and producer Daniel James, is finally prepping to release a followup to fantastic 2011 sophomore album Rumspringa. Dubbed Lasso Yo, James’ latest will arrive next week, Oct. 6, via Temporary Residence, and was “conceived during increasingly long periods…