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See Mountains Like Wax, Constellations, Rock Eupora, & Coyote Talk | TONIGHT @ The High Watt!
Formed originally in Murfreesboro, Mountains Like Wax are a band we’ve had our eye on for several years, from their early days of DIY shows leading up the release of their debut EP, Tetrology, to their well-deserved win in last year’s Music City Mayhem competition, earning them a spot last fall at Live on the Green. Though they…
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Catch Ghostface Killah w/ Kemba, Greg Grease, & Case Bloom | TONIGHT @ Exit/In!
Easily one of the most recognizable members of seminal New York hip hop group Wu-Tang Clan, Ghostface Killah made his solo debut more than 20 years ago with Ironman, and, with over a dozen LPs in two decades, has crafted countless critically-acclaimed efforts, including 2006’s Fishscale, generally considered to be one of the best releases by any Wu-Tang…
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Dan Auerbach Debuts “Shine on Me” Video Ahead of New Solo LP
Apparently not content with simply fronting two concurrent bands- wildly successful garage/blues rock duo The Black Keys and garage/psych group The Arcs- or with his Grammy-winning turn as a producer, working with big names like Cage the Elephant, Lana Del Rey, and Ray LaMontagne, local musical transplant Dan Auerbach has announced a new solo album, his…
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[NO COUNTRY PREMIERE] Those Manic Seas Unveil “Firecracker” Video Ahead of New Album ‘Telegenic’
Hailing originally from Richmond, VA, and now partially based in Nashville, Those Manic Seas are a band we’ve mentioned a few times as they’ve passed though town on tour, both for their interesting style and their unique frontman, Kilroy, who appears as images projected on a television mounted to a mannequin. Gearing up to release their new…
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Future Thieves Debut Video for New Single “Sucker” | Catch Them TONIGHT @ 3rd and Lindsley!
Formed only in late 2013, eclectic rockers Future Thieves have had quite the wild ride over the last few years, transforming from scrappy local upstart to viable national act, gracing the stage at events like Bonnaroo, Forecastle Fest, Live on the Green, and SXSW, as well as our own Acme showcase series, and packing clubs from coast…
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Creature Comfort & Airside Compete in FREE Road to Roo State Finals | TONIGHT @ Acme Feed & Seed
After last week’s Road to Roo 2017 City Finals, the month-long, bracket-style battle of the bands competition comes to a close with the State Finals tonight, April 5 at Acme Feed & Seed. Whittled down from an initial 16 local competitors, just one band from Nashville, Creature Comfort, remain standing, and they’ll compete against Memphis winners Airside (who went through a…
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Catch A Will Away, Slow and Steady, Pocket Science, & Pale Lungs | TONIGHT @ The End!
Out in support of the recently-released debut full-length, Here Again, Connecticut’s A Will Away have come a long way from their more conventional pop punk roots. After expanding their sound with 2015 EP Bliss, the group, who channel a style in the vein of the pop punk resurgence of a few years ago, where a wave of young and…
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See Thursday w/ Touché Amoré, Basement, & Wax Idols TONIGHT @ Marathon Music Works | Nashville Is The Reason After!
Formed two decades ago in New Brunswick, NJ, seminal post-hardcore act Thursday, who rose to fame in the early ’00s adjacent to the booming emo and pop punk scene, found a loyal and widespread fanbase after breakthrough 2001 effort Full Collapse. Channeling dark and earnest lyrical themes and a heavy, visceral, and driving musical style, the group…
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[NO COUNTRY PREMIERE] Volunteer Gets Personal on Sophomore EP ‘The World Is Ours’
Shortly after beginning to make sweeping indie/pop rock music under the moniker Volunteer in 2014, Orlando, FL native Cory Quintard relocated to Nashville, where he’s since been busy cultivating Volunteer’s sound and building a passionate fanbase. The project’s first EP, The World Will Begin Again, arrived in early 2015, spawning several singles that managed to drum up buzz…
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Justin Timberlake, Eddie Vedder, Ryan Adams, More Announced for Epic 2017 Pilgrimage Fest
When Justin Timberlake signed on as a partner and producer ahead of last year’s second annual Pilgrimage Music & Cultural Festival, we hoped that that mean that the Memphis native turned local resident, who, along with his creative director Trace Ayala, joined festival founders and producers Kevin Griffin, Brandt Wood, and Michael Whelan, might eventually headline, or at…