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[TICKET GIVEAWAY] Godspeed You! Black Emperor w/ Xylouris White | Sept. 19 @ Marathon Music Works
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Genre-bending, boundary pushing Canadian post-rock collective Godspeed You! Black Emperor return to Nashville for their first headlining show in three years later this month, Sept. 19 at Marathon Music Works (notably, Godspeed played Bridgestone Arena with Nine Inch Nails in 2013) with Xylouris White, out in support of their new album, Asunder, Sweet and Other Distress. With a live show like no other, a loyal…
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Don’t Miss The Good Life w/ Big Harp | TONIGHT at The High Watt!
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Out in support of their first new full-length in eight years, Everybody’s Coming Down, Omaha indie rock/folk outfit The Good Life return to Nashville for the first time in years to perform TONIGHT, Sept. 4 at The High Watt. Out with Big Harp, the side project of their own bassist Stefanie Drootin-Senseney, the band are channeling a more energized, rock-leaning sound…
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Live on the Green Continues TONIGHT w/ Moon Taxi, The Delta Saints, & Greg Holden
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The 2015 season of Live on the Green has already reached its halfway point, following two fantastic first weeks boasting memorable performances from Lord Huron, Shakey Graves, and Elliot Root and Cold War Kids, J Roddy Walston & The Business, and Houndmouth. Keeping the ball rolling on the annual, free, outdoor fest, which now takes place over four weeks,…
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Motion City Soundtrack Get Animated in “It’s A Pleasure To Meet You” | Catch Them Nov. 16 @ Cannery Ballroom!
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Beloved indie/alt/pop punk group Motion City Soundtrack recently wound down the 10th anniversary tour cycle for their classic 2005 release Commit This to Memory, and now, free of nostalgia, are pushing full speed ahead in hyping the release of their long-awaited sixth album, Panic Stations, which is set to drop Sept. 18 via Epitaph. The group came out…
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Jung Youth Teams Up with Cherub for Hot New Track “Up”
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A month back, we premiered a fun summer track called “Ice Cream Man” from local experimental rapper on the rise Justin Donahue, better known as Jung Youth, ahead of his spot opening for some Wu-Tang legends. Today, Donahue is back with another banger, this time teaming up with local electro-rock duo Cherub for bombastic, insanely catch new…
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No Country For New Nashville Podcast | Episode 11: firekid
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In the latest edition of our No Country For New Nashville Podcast, we sat down with Dillon Hodges, the singer, songwriter, and musical mastermind behind electro-bluegrass project firekid. Prepping to release his debut album under the firekid moniker on Sept. 25 (through Atlantic Records, no less), Dylan told us all about growing up in Muscle Shoals, Alabama,…
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The Dear Hunter Premiere “The Squeaky Wheel” | Catch Them Oct. 9 at Exit/In!
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Earlier this summer, we told you that progressive/experimental rockers The Dear Hunter were prepping to release a new album, Act IV: Rebirth in Reprise, and will play Exit/In on Oct. 9 with CHON and Gates in support (grab tickets here)! The highly anticipated LP, which drops this Friday, Sept. 4, continues a series of concept albums which the Casey Crescenzo-led band started between 2006…
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Miley Cyrus Teams Up with Flaming Lips, More for Experimental, Surprise New LP
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We’ve long defended the artistry and intent of Nashville-raised pop megastar Miley Cyrus, who, over the past year or so, has really made strides in shaking her “former Disney kid turned shock-value pop star” reputation. Not only has Cyrus become an advocate for homeless LGBT youth, going to far as to start a foundation to aid…
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REVIEW: Girlpool w/ Frankie Cosmos | 8.10.15 @ The Stone Fox [PHOTOS]
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Girlpool w/ Frankie Cosmos, Study Hall The Stone Fox; Nashville, TN August 10, 2015 Review by Philip Obenschain (@pobenschain). Photos by Mary-Beth Blankenship. Out in support of their wonderful debut album, Before the World Was Big, Philly (by was of Los Angeles) indie punk minimalists Girlpool recently passed through Nashville for the first time along with buzzworthy New York anti-folk…
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Vanessa Carlton Premieres “Willows” Ahead of New Album
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Last month, piano pop turned indie pop songstress Vanessa Carlton released a new EP, Blue Pool, which also served as a first taste of what we expect on her upcoming full-length, Liberman, the singer’s fifth album and first since 2011’s Rabbits on the Run. Now married to Deer Tick’s John McCauley and living here in Nashville after years in New York,…