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GWAR, Anti-Flag, The Adolescents, The Ataris, More Announced for 2017 Warped Tour | June 27 at The Fairgrounds
Now entering its 23rd consecutive year, premier summer traveling punk extravaganza (and longest-running North American music fest) the Vans Warped Tour will return to Nashville on June 27, its fourth year back in Music City after an extended absence, following the 2006 closure of the Starwood Amphitheatre. If, like us, you grew up going to the Warped Tour many…
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Forecastle Fest Announces 2017 Daily Lineups
Headed up by LCD Soundsytem, Weezer, Odesza, Cage the Elephant, Sturgill Simpson, PJ Harvey, and more, this year’s Forecastle Fest, which shared its initial lineup back in December, and expanded it a month later, is shaping up to be one of the most promising events of the summer, per usual. With a bill that also includes…
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Omega Swan, Creature Comfort, The Bumbs, & Forest Fire Gospel Choir Compete in FREE Road to Roo Finals | TONIGHT @ The Basement East
After last week’s second Road to Roo 2017 semifinal round, the bracket-style battle of the bands competition inches closer to a close with the City Finals tonight, March 28 at The Basement East. Whittled down from an initial 16 competitors, just four bands remain, after two preliminary and two semifinal rounds, and those four will play longer sets…
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Catch DK The Drummer (MUTEMATH’s Darren King) | TONIGHT @ The High Watt
Best known for co-fronting beloved and long-running alt rock outfit MUTEMATH (who are currently hard at work on a new album), Nashville transplant Darren King, who only recently began performing solo shows under the moniker DK The Drummer, manages a feat few drummers have- he’s become perhaps the most visible member of his band, known for his…
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Thelma and the Sleaze, Boyscott, Cold Creeks, & Butthole Host a Benefit for Planned Parenthood | TONIGHT @ Exit/In
We’ve been raving about the wacky, trashy antics and immensely fun and kickass live performance of local grungy, alt rock outfit Thelma and the Sleaze for years, so anytime they headline a show, whether it’s somewhere you never expected to see a band like a McDonald’s or laundromat, or somewhere more conventional like their performance tonight, March 25…
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[REMINDER] Catch Cherry Glazerr w/ Ian Sweet & Lala Lala | TONIGHT @ The High Watt
Three exciting, rising garage, grunge, punk, and pop influenced acts, LA’s Cherry Glazerr, New York’s Ian Sweet, and Chicago’s Lala Lala are coming to The High Watt tonight, March 24, and with new albums out from every single band, it’s incredible time to see them live. All fronted by (or made up of) women (not that that defines them, but is nonetheless…
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X to Play City Winery May 7
Celebrating their milestone 40th anniversary as band, seminal Los Angeles punk group X have announced a spring run of anniversary shows, which returns them to City Winery on May 7. Best known for their debut, 1980’s Los Angeles, a milestone in first wave punk, and legendary followup, 1981’s Wild Gift, frequently counted among the best records of all time,…
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Watch the Trailer for Thelma & the Sleaze Doc ‘Kandyland’ Ahead of Nashville Film Festival Premiere
It’s been a little over a year since local grungy, alt rock outfit Thelma and the Sleaze embarked on their ambitious, month-long, intra-city Kandyland tour, where they played 31 shows in 29 days all around Nashville (often in unorthodox spots, like a laundromat and a McDonald’s) before giving away a van. As you may recall, local…
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Forest Fire Gospel Choir, Kid Freud, The Bumbs, & Lydia Brittan Compete in FREE Road to Roo Semifinals | TONIGHT @ 3rd & Lindsley
After last week’s first Road to Roo 2017 semifinal round, the bracket-style battle of the bands contest sees the second round of semifinalists compete tonight, March 23 at 3rd & Lindsley, before heading into the finals on Tuesday. Of the eight remaining bands from the initial 16, four were chosen at random to compete last week and tonight, and tonight’s…
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Catch Thrice’s Dustin Kensrue & Manchester Orchestra’s Andy Hull w/ Gobotron | TONIGHT @ Mercy Lounge
Out for their second joint solo tour, after a successful run two years ago, Thrice’s Dustin Kensrue and Manchester Orchestra’s Andy Hull, two beloved frontmen from very different, but equally fantastic punk and indie groups, are back on the road for a short run, which brings them to Nashville tonight, March 23 for a performance at Mercy Lounge, with support…