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Brooklyn experimental indie/post-punk group Bear Hands have been steadily building buzz over the past few years, most recently continuing their ascent with third album You’ll Pay for This, which landed in the top 10 on the Billboard Heatseekers chart earlier this year. Currently on the road with Foals, Bear Hands have just debuted a new music video…
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Two of our favorite bands in modern punk, Philadelphia’s Beach Slang and LA’s Bleached, are teaming up for a co-headlining tour, which brings them to Nashville’s own Mercy Lounge on Oct. 18. While we’ve seen both acts numerous times in town at smaller venues, and on major festivals stages over the the past year, they remain two of…
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One of our most-anticipated package tours of the fall, beloved Omaha dance punk/new wave group The Faint return to Nashville for the first time in four years tonight, Oct. 10 at Mercy Lounge in support of their new career retrospective, CAPSULE:1999-2016, and they’re bringing along post-punk legends Gang of Four (what’s left of ’em in anyway), who are celebrating a new live album. Groups…
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Returning to Nashville for just the second time ever, and first in four years, Australian indie rockers The Temper Trap are celebrating the release of their fantastic third album Thick As Thieves, and are set to play Lightning 100’s Nashville Sunday Night this weekend, Oct. 9 at 3rd & Lindsley in support, along with buzzy up and comers Coast Modern. An incredible live…
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Continuing the wonderful pop trajectory started with 2013’s Heartthrob, Canadian indie pop sister duo Tegan and Sara further expanded their renewed sound with this year’s Love You to Death, and have been slowly celebrating its release by making music videos for each and every track. The long running group have been a favorite of ours since their earliest…
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Returning to town for the second time in just six months, Seattle feminist poppy punk group Tacocat are hitting the east side for the first time for a show tonight, Oct. 6 at The East Room with locals Daddy Issues and Idle Bloom! Not just an immensely fun live band, but also a socially important one, Tacocat released one of our favorites…
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The results of this year’s Best of Nashville Reader’s Poll have arrived, and once again we owe a HUGE thank you to all of you who voted, and helped name us #2 in the Best Music Blog category! We’re honored to have been ranked among the top three for several years running, and we’re…
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Celebrating his fantastic sixth album Por Favor, recorded here in Nashville with famed producer Dave Cabb, acclaimed singer-songwriter Brett Dennen is set to return to town for his first Music City show in a couple of years, Oct. 14 at City Winery with breakout sister duo Lily & Madeleine. With a versatile, accessible, and personal style, Dennen has, over the past decade, become…
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Not be outdone by the crew in front of The 5 Spot rocking Bon Jovi gear to throw us off the trail of the presumed Lady Gaga show this evening, the actual Bon Jovi, gearing up to release their new album, This House Is Not for Sale, on Nov. 4, have just announced a winter tour, which brings…
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Pop megastar and future Super Bowl performer Lady Gaga is preparing to drop her highly-anticipated new album, Joanne, on Oct. 21, and in anticipation, she’s announced a string of dive bar shows in partnership with Bud Light, set to take place at secret locations around the country, which will be livestreamed through the beer giant’s official channels. Revealed…