Philip Obenschain

  • Paramore to Play The Ryman Oct. 17 with Best Coast

    Leading up the release of their phenomenal, retro, poppy, intensely personal, sad/happy masterpiece of a new album, After Laughter, which arrived on Friday, famed local rockers Paramore announced a handful of international dates, a few stateside festivals and fairs, a third installment of their Parahoy! concert cruise, and, of course, last week’s amazing, semi-secret hometown show at…

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  • Bonnaroo Band of the Day: Springtime Carnivore

    Bonnaroo Artist | Springtime Carnivore Bonnaroo History | Newbie Stage & Time | Friday | New Music On Tap Lounge | 2:45pm As we’ve been doing for the past several years now, we’re making it our mission to help you get acquainted with many of our favorites acts from from Bonnaroo‘s impressive 2017 lineup. As we dig through the entire schedule,…

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  • Bonnaroo Band of the Day: Portugal. The Man

    Bonnaroo Artist | Portugal. The Man Bonnaroo History | 2013, 2011, 2009 Stage & Time | Friday | This Tent | 12:45am As we’ve been doing for the past several years now, we’re making it our mission to help you get acquainted with many of our favorites acts from from Bonnaroo‘s impressive 2017 lineup. As we dig through the entire schedule,…

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  • Bonnaroo Band of the Day: Kevin Morby

    Bonnaroo Artist | Kevin Morby Bonnaroo History | Newbie Stage & Time | Friday | That Tent | 3:45pm As we’ve been doing for the past several years now, we’re making it our mission to help you get acquainted with many of our favorites acts from from Bonnaroo‘s impressive 2017 lineup. As we dig through the entire schedule, we’ll highlight…

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  • Paramore Announce Third Parahoy! Concert Cruise, April 6-10

    On the heels of a special, intimate, hometown performance at Exit/In- their first proper show in two years and first since original drummer Zac Farro returned to the band (read our full review here)- and before hosting a signing today at Grimey’s, local rock outfit Paramore, whose highly-anticipated and remarkable new album After Laughter officially dropped today,…

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  • [REMINDER] Catch White Reaper w/ No Parents & Duck | TONIGHT @ The Basement East

    One of our favorite rising acts (and the headliners of, without a doubt, the craziest Acme show we’ve ever hosted), Louisville’s White Reaper are out in support of their awesome, evolutionary new album, The World’s Best American Band, which will bring them back to Nashville tonight, May 12 for their largest local show to date, at The Basement East! With…

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  • [TICKET GIVEAWAY] The Mountain Goats w/ Mothers | May 23 @ Cannery Ballroom

    North Carolina indie folk cult favorites The Mountain Goats seem to make it to Nashville every record cycle these days, and with as frequently as they make albums, that’s always good news for us. Their latest, upcoming 16th LP Goths, is extra special, because this time round they actually recorded in Nashville too, culminating in one of the biggest…

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  • Bonnaroo Band of the Day: Jay Som

    Bonnaroo Artist | Jay Som Bonnaroo History | Newbie Stage & Time | Friday | New Music On Tap Lounge | 6:45pm As we’ve been doing for the past several years now, we’re making it our mission to help you get acquainted with many of our favorites acts from from Bonnaroo‘s impressive 2017 lineup. As we dig through the entire schedule,…

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  • Catch Cloud Nothings w/ Future DZ | TONIGHT @ The Basement

    Before they return once more this fall in support of Japandroids, Ohio indie rockers Cloud Nothings, a longtime site favorite and the group responsible for one of the best albums of 2014, Here and Nowhere Else, will appear in Music City tonight, May 11, for the first time in almost five years, for a headlining show at The Basement with…

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  • REVIEW: Paramore | 5.10.17 at Exit/In [PHOTOS]

    REVIEW: Paramore | 5.10.17 at Exit/In [PHOTOS]

    ParamoreExit/In; Nashville, TNMay 10, 2017 Review by Philip Obenschain (@pobenschain). Photos by Mary-Beth Blankenship. For many bands, returning to stage after a two year absence would be business as usual. For locals Paramore, who’ve never taken such a long break in their decade of touring, and whose very existence seemed briefly in question in the interim,…

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