While we’ve been buzzing about Portland folk rock duo Quiet Life for ages now, and their stops in Nashville have been fairly frequent over the last few years, if they’ve been passing you by up until this point, it’s time to finally give the group your undivided attention. Celebrating the release of their fantastic new album Foggy,…
Bonnaroo Artist | Boy & Bear Bonnaroo History | Newbie Stage & Time | TBA As we’ve been doing for the past several years now, we’re making it our mission to help you get acquainted with as many bands as we can from Bonnaroo‘s impressive 2016 lineup. We’ll start from the bottom and work our way up, paying special attention to…
Protopunk icon, musical trailblazer, and former frontman of The Modern Lovers, Jonathan Richman would be a household name if there was any musical justice. Now four decades in and showing no signs of slowing down, the eclectic singer-songwriter has, over the years, shifted towards a more laid-back, acoustic sound, which seems to evolve with each release…
Two of the best underground punk bands Los Angeles has to offer, Bleached and No Parents, are performing TONIGHT, April 8 at The High Watt. Celebrating the release of their fantastic, best-of-the-year-contender new LP Welcome the Worms, Bleached have found a balance between melodic hooks and raw punk punk sensibility, while No Parents adopt a heavier, garage punk energy and wild…
Acclaimed underground rapper and Strange Music labelhead Tech N9ne returns to Nashville tonight, April 7, for a performance at Marathon Music Works with a huge stable of talented artists on his label: Krizz Kaliko, Rittz, ¡Mayday!, Stevie Stone, CES Cru, and Brian Brown. Tech has seen a big boom over the last few years, thanks to some of his most polished efforts, and highest-profile collaborations,…
For the first time in four years, the British hard rock revivalists The Darkness are set to make their way to Nashville, for an April 23 performance at War Memorial Auditorium, along with fellow Brits RavenEye and local rockers The Tip. Whether you simply know them from their radio-ruling early ’00s breakthrough, or you’ve been a loyal fan, hip to their more…
Our Tuesday night showcase series at Acme Feed & Seed is still going strong, albeit roughly twice a month now instead of every week. Also new this year, the performances will be broadcast live on Acme Radio, in case you can’t make it downtown on time. Our first showcase of April, Tuesday, April 12 will feature buzzworthy singer-songwriter Brandon Watson &…
Earlier this year, we announced that semi-local breakout blues rockers Alabama Shakes were set to play Nashville for the first time in a couple years, April 21 at Ascend Amphitheater with buzzworthy up and comer Dylan LeBlanc. With the release of their triumphant sophomore LP still fresh, doubly so thanks to recent Grammy wins, it’s no surprise that the group managed…
One of the best punk tour packages we’ve seen so far this year is rolling through Exit/In tonight, April 5, and if you’re a fan of emo, indie punk, grunge, or post-hardcore, you’d be crazy not to be there. Co-headliners Citizen and Turnover are both still riding high on their fantastic respective sophomore efforts, both released last year, pushing boundaries…
Regular readers should already know *repeat repeat, a local group who we’ve followed from literally day one, back in 2012. With their breezy, indie, poppy, and layered surf rock sound, they’ve become an essential fixture in the Nashville musical landscape, and the group’s upcoming sophomore effort, Floral Canyon, is easily one of our most-anticipated records of…