More than two years after the release of their debut EP, Foreign Chords, eclectic local rockers and longtime fiends of the site Waterfall Wash have finally debuted their followup, a new EP called Become What You See, which arrived today, March 31. We’ve had the pleasure of watching the buzzy local group morph from a folk-tinged, poppy, alt…
Birthed out of the Atlanta hardcore, punk, and metal scene, eclectic rockers Big Jesus are among a crop of new acts unabashedly drawing influence from ’90s alternative, forgoing their conventionally heavy upbringing to, instead, explore hooks hooks and melody, channeling elements of shoegaze, psychedelic pop, grunge, and more, though not entirely abandoning the sonic palates they…
Like many groups who disappeared for decades, only to resurface a generation later, beloved British sensation The Zombies might be hard to keep up with. Muddied further by decades of imposer acts trying to play under their name, the band, who initially broke up in 1967, reunited intermittently in the ’90s, and have been in full reunion…
Dinosaur Jr. w/ Easy Action Cannery Ballroom; Nashville, TN March 23, 2017 Review by Philip Obenschain (@pobenschain). Photos by Ryan Hillier. Out in support of their eleventh album, last year’s Give a Glimpse of What Yer Night, seminal Massachusetts alt rock act Dinosaur Jr. recently returned to Nashville for the first time in nearly five years, to headline the Cannery Ballroom with…
Out in support of their new and fourteenth album Oczy Mlody, something of a return to form after years of weirder releases and collaborations, seminal neo-psychedelic rockers The Flaming Lips are set to return to Nashville tonight, March 29 for a performance at War Memorial Auditorium with Clipping. Numerous festival outings aside, it’s actually been ages since the band played a proper,…
Formed a few years ago in Philly by brothers Kyle and Hart Seely, and fronted by the incomparable force that is Tina Halladay, rockers Sheer Mag combine a love for arena-ready ’70s rock, punk, and pop, harboring just as strong an affinity for influences like Thin Lizzy as Fleetwood Mac. With scrappy punk spirit and huge, catchy songs, the fiercely…
The unstoppable force that is young, ambient, indie rocker Julien Baker continues with the recent release of a few gorgeous and emotionally powerful new tracks, while she preps her highly-anticipated, forthcoming sophomore LP. As we announced a few months back, the Memphis native and former Nashvillian is set to make her debut at The Ryman on…
Best known for fronting legendary emo/indie/post-hardcore group Cursive and folky indie outfit The Good Life, both of which are still active, Omaha native turned Angeleno Tim Kasher has been releasing albums under his own name as well since 2010, exploring genre-bending, conceptual, and cinematic soundscapes with his pop accessible indie rock. Kasher’s lastest and third LP, No Resolution,…
Ahead of the April 28 No Sleep Records release of their sophomore LP In Case You Missed It, and the May 5 show at The End they recently announced in celebration, emotionally-charged local alt rock outfit Daisyhead have premiered a new music video for their latest track, “Common Ground.” Following first single “Don’t Feel Bad,” which also got video treatment, “Common Ground”…

Following a main stage lineup announcement, a comedy slate, daily lineups, and even the introduction of a “new” stage, Bonnaroo is inching closer, and that means it’s time for the full lineup to be rounded out with the addition of this year’s Club Stage bands. For the uninitiated, the Club Stages (the New Music on…