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Just yesterday, local indie popsters ELEL dropped “When She Walks,” the latest single on the road to the release of their long-awaited debut full-length, Geode. We knew to expect the LP this fall, after more than a year of buzz and international recognition thanks to their self-titled 2015 EP, but, finally, we’ve received all of the official…
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A veteran of our Acme showcase series, Florida transplant Trenton, the live moniker of gifted performer and songwriter Ryan Courtney, ambitiously takes cues from acts like Radiohead and Sunny Day Real Estate, crafting atmospheric, accessible, and layered pop-laden indie rock. His latest release, last year’s Ghost Runner EP, was helmed by Grammy award winning producer Joshua D Niles, and today, we’re very…
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As we told you back in the spring, Canadian indie pop sister duo Tegan and Sara, who dropped their eighth album Love You to Death in June, are gearing up to return to Nashville Oct. 24 for a performance at Cannery Ballroom. In an apparent quest to make a music video for every tack on the album, the group recently…
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A supergroup made up of Say Anything’s Max Bemis and Saves the Day’s Chris Conley, beloved indie punk act Two Tongues released their one and only album in 2009, delighting fans and cementing something of a cult legacy. Though Bemis and Conley have performed some of the material with their respective projects, and even together when…
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While you’ve certainly had numerous chances to see both Philadelphia indie/art rock outfit mewithoutYou and seminal Chicago emo rockers Into It. Over It. in Nashville in recent years, the two beloved acts have never performed here together, and certainly make for a most epic pairing. The former are still celebrating the release of last year’s Pale Horses, while the…
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One of the biggest breakout success stories of the last several years, English alt/indie pop rockers The 1975 have, so far, only made it to Music City once, for a 2014 performance at Marathon Music Works (originally slated for Exit/In) amidst a whirlwind of buzz fueled by their eponymous debut LP. Since then, the group, who…
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In celebration of Exit/In‘s 45th birthday, the legendary venue and adjacent sister space The End, part of the historic Elliston Place “Rock Block” are bringing back a tradition that first took place in the late ’70s and early ’80s: The Elliston Place Street Fest. As we previously announced, the party will take place Saturday, July 23, with stages…
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Though famed indie/alt/emo rockers Motion City Soundtrack played Nashville twice last year, after not having hit Music City since 2011, the group are set to return next month, Aug. 9 at Cannery Ballroom for one final, special performance, as part of their So Long, Farewell tour (notably featuring the return of longtime drummer Tony Thaxton). Despite a successful 10th anniversary…
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If new single “Tidal Wave” is any indication, Taking Back Sunday‘s upcoming seventh album of the same name (due out Sept. 16 via Hopeless Records) will be the sound of a band finally lowering their inhibitions and allowing their post-emo influences to guide them, culminating in what, we hope, could be their best release since…
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Alt rock legends Garbage are still going strong more than 20 years after their eponymous debut made them a household name. Out in support of their new sixth album, Strange Little Birds, the influential rockers return to Nashville tonight, July 20 for the first time in 14 years, along with Kristin Kontrol (formerly of Dum Dum Girls), for a performance…