Dead Cures, Gardening Not Architecture, yOya Acme Feed & Seed; Nashville, TN Nov. 17, 2015 Review by Philip Obenschain (@pobenschain). Photos by Nolan Knight. Every single Tuesday for the past year, we’ve been teaming up with hip downtown restaurant and performance space Acme Feed & Seed to host a free showcase of some of our favorite emerging local…
As you may recall, last Thanksgiving, Bonnaroo aired its own cable special, A Very Bonnaroo Thanksgiving, featuring footage from past fests, to help build anticipation for the post-Thanksgiving pre-sale. Once again, for the second year in a row, our favorite regional festival has returned to celebrate Turkey Day, this time with an online, hour-long special, which,…
While St. Patrick’s Day might not technically be until March 17, we have a feeling you’ll want to get into the spirit a little early, when quintessential Boston celtic punks Dropkick Murphys return to town March 2 for a performance at Marathon Music Works with Tiger Army and Darkbuster in celebration of their 20th anniversary. Practically synonymous with St. Paddy’s at this point, no one blends hellacious,…
While most every vinyl enthusiast should be well aware of Record Store Day, which has occurred annually for nearly a decade every spring, it might be easy to overlook the indie record store celebration’s bonus, fall counterpart: Black Friday Record Store Day. Held the day after Thanksgiving, this year Nov. 27, the mini version of the vinyl-driven…
The year might be winding down, but the holiday season still has plenty of great shows left! Recently announced, Nashville’s own southern indie rockers The Weeks are set to play their last hometown headliner of the year next week, Dec. 4 at The Basement East along with Chrome Pony and Junior Astronomers! If you’re a regular reader, then you already know this is going to…
Celebrating the release of his stunning new album, If I Should Go, recorded right here in Nashville, singer-songwriter City and Colour, the live moniker of Dallas Green, is set to perform at War Memorial Auditorium on Dec. 13 with Bahamas, his first Music City outing since helping kick off Live on the Green last year, and first proper headliner since playing The Ryman…
Pop/R&B superstar Rihanna, who may or may not be dropping a pseudo-surprise new album this week, has just announced her first Nashville performance ever, March 18 at Bridgestone Arena. And, while we’d kill for the supporting acts on the European leg of this trek (Big Sean and The Weeknd), her Music City stop is still respectably rounded out…
Last month, we told you that acclaimed local rockers Cage the Elephant were gearing up to release their fourth full-length and highly-anticipated followup to 2013’s Grammy nominated Melophobia, called Tell Me I’m Pretty, on Dec. 18 via RCA. Their first LP not to be helmed by longtime producer Jay Joyce, Pretty pairs the band with local Black Keys frontman and acclaimed producer…
Metalheads rejoice: one of the best heavy acts of today, Richmond’s Lamb of God, are teaming up with ’80s thrash metal pioneers Anthrax for a winter tour, which hits Marathon Music Works on Jan. 20! The fact that LoG, who rose to prominence in the early ’00s, are top billing above one of the big four, really speaks to their…
Australian hard rock trio Wolfmother, who, this year, celebrated the 10th anniversary of their eponymous debut album, are gearing up to release their fourth LP, Victorious, on Feb. 19. A followup to 2014’s New Crown, the record was produced by Brendan O’Brien, and features frontman and primary songwriter Andrew Stockade handling the bulk of instrumental duties, with session legends…