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In 2012, legendary Beatles drummer Ringo Starr celebrated his 72nd birthday at Nashville’s own Ryman Auditorium, with a star-studded bash that ultimately ended up being filmed and released on DVD as Ringo at The Ryman. Four years later, the “Yellow Submarine” singer and his long-running supergroup, Ringo & His All Starr Band, are finally set…
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New Jersey indie rockers The Front Bottoms have been reviving emo since before it was cool, composing criminally-underrated tunes across five fantastic full-lengths (three with label backing), most recently 2015 effort Back on Top, the band’s first for Fueled By Ramen. The group’s earnest, energetic tunes are overshadowed only by their magnetic live show, and after playing…
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Gearing up to release his sixth album, Ouroboros, March 4 via RCA Records, acclaimed folk rock singer-songwriter Ray LaMontagne has just announced a massive three-month summer tour, which returns him to Nashville July 29 for a performance at Ascend Amphitheater. No stranger to Music City, Ray recorded his last album here under the guidance of Black Keys frontman Dan Auerbach, but…
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15 years into their existence, and more than five since they cemented their status as indie rock mainstays with 2010’s Halcyon Digest, Atlanta shoegaze-y noise popsters Deerhunter are still going strong, celebrating the recent release of their seventh album, Fading Frontier. The scene faves were previously confirmed to play Southern California’s Coachella fest, and, as bands are wont to…
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Indie pop darling Jenny Lewis will be in town this Saturday, Feb. 6 to perform her debut album Rabbit Fur Coat in full along with collaborators The Watson Twins, in honor of its 10th anniversary. While that show promptly sold out, Jenny and the Twins just announced that they’ll be sticking around for a second, more intimate performance on…
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After a more conventional summer run, which brought them to Nashville last year with Marilyn Manson, alt rock legends the Smashing Pumpkins have announced another leg of their “In Plainsong” acoustic tour, which is set to span across 19 cities this spring in handpicked, traditional theaters, and will showcase reworked selections from the group’s entire discography, performed acoustic and…
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If you were at this weekend’s sold out Kanye vs. Jay-Z show at The Basement East, you might have gotten a taste of local pop crooner Levi Ray and buzzworthy up and coming rapper Jung Youth both doing their thing, along with a ton of other Nashville talent tackling covers of two hip hop titans. What you might…
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As we announced last fall, beloved modern reggae band Rebelution are set to return to Nashville this Saturday, Jan. 30, for their largest Music City headliner to date, a performance at War Memorial Auditorium with similar-minded Brooklyn band New Kingston. A breakout act in the reggae and roots scene, Rebelution have been winning over fans and cementing their legacy through…
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The Whistles & The Bells, the local, eclectic musical vehicle of former Cadillac Sky frontman Bryan Simpson, are winding down a busy January, originally planning to play three local shows across three weeks, but down to two after last weekend was snowed out. Saturday night, Jan. 30 at The Basement should more than make up for it though, when…
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The two most exciting names in Nashville hip hop today are Chancellor Warhol and Jung Youth. We’ve raved about both artists endlessly, and recently teased a new single from Chance called “King Solomon,” ahead of his free album, Until the Light Takes Me, set to drop this spring. Similarly, we’ve brought you endless bangers from rising star Jung…