Following this summer’s release of Gone Now, his highly-anticipated sophomore full-length under indie pop solo moniker Bleachers, acclaimed producer/songwriter/multi-instrumentalist Jack Antonoff has is set to return to Nashville on Sept. 13, for a stop at Marathon Music Works with LA indie pop up and comers Tangerine. Bleachers previously played Music City once, at Cannery Ballroom in 2014, and made a nearby appearance at…
With a killer new album which feels like both a return to form and a confident step forward, Backlash, Black Joe Lewis & the Honeybears are gearing up to play their first Nashville headliner in four years, Sept. 10 at Mercy Lounge. An electrifying, genre-bending, and unrivaled live force, Lewis and the band feel criminally underrated for just how much great music they’ve crafted…
Formed in 2016, locals And the Boys have been popping up on bills around town since making their live debut last fall, quietly becoming an exciting new fixture in the house and DIY show scene with their energetic and exciting live show, as they hone their sound and prepare a string of introductory releases throughout the summer. Earlier…
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 two nights at Mercy Lounge, on Dec.…
Riding high on a tide of hype and success surrounding his brilliant new album DAMN., already an early contender for the year’s best, breakout west coast rapper Kendrick Lamar returns to Nashville tonight, Aug. 30 with YG and D.R.A.M. for a triumphant headliner at Bridgestone Arena, his largest Music City top-billed outing to date. Lamar last played Nashville in 2013, also at Bridgestone in support of Kanye West.…
Just last week, on Aug. 22, we kicked off a new monthly Horizon Rooftop Concert Series in partnership with our friends at Acme Feed & Seed and Acme Radio Live, replacing, for the next three months, our bi-weekly, downstairs No Country Presents series with a fourth floor, specially curated, all-out party boating some of our favorite rising…
The local music community suffered a huge loss last weekend when Fond Object’s co-founder and co-owner Jeff Pettit passed away suddenly. A friend to many and a fixture in the local scene, seminal in helping make Riverside Village the lively current neighborhood it is, we’re still reeling from Jeff’s passing, and our thoughts are with his…
Live on the Green w/ Spoon, Portugal. The Man, The Weeks Public Square Park; Nashville, TN August 24, 2017 Review by Philip Obenschain (@pobenschain). Photos by Mary-Beth Blankenship. After setting a high bar with a great first night featuring St. Paul & The Broken Bones, Michael Franti & Spearhead, and Arkells, and upping the ante last…
Bringing together a spread of some of the best local bands making punk, indie, post-hardcore, metal, emo, ambient rock, and more, plus a few regional touring acts with a national presence, for 20 sets over two nights this Friday, Aug. 25 and Saturday, Aug. 26, DIY, communal affair Threat Fest returns for 2017 looking more impressive than ever. Curated by local…
After capturing acclaim over the past few years fronting local retro soul/rock outfit Magnolia Sons (and, before that, The Comfies, for you O.G. Nashville music fans), Benjamin A. Harper stepped out with his first solo release, Get Thee Behind Me, back in 2015. Adopting a sun-soaked, ’60s-inspried, experimental, and layered flavor of indie pop, that musical…