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As we announced last week, there’s a new outdoor event in town, SoundHarvest Music Festival, and it’s going to be a doozy! Set to take place Oct. 17 at Centennial Park, the fest, which is on sale now, previously confirmed The Flaming Lips to headline, which, while that’s more than enough to pique our interest, left the rest of the…
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Fresh off an epic performance at Forecastle Festival in their hometown of Louisville, KY, and celebrating the release of their explosive, debut full-length, White Reaper Does It Again, young rock and roll upstarts White Reaper, whose fuzzy, indie, garage rock sound straddles genre lines just enough to defy classification, are set to return to Nashville for the…
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In support of his latest LP and first solo full-length in seven years, Momentary Masters, which dropped on Friday, July 31, Strokes guitarist Albert Hammond Jr. stopped by The Tonight Show Starring Jimmy Fallon last night to perform “Losing Touch,” the single for which he also recently debuted a music video. As we previously announced, Hammond will return to Exit/In, the spot…
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Photo by Stacie Huckeba. Dolly Parton The Ryman Auditorium; Nashville, TN July 31, 2015 Review by Philip Obenschain (@pobenschain). Photos by Stacie Huckeba. Growing up in Shenandoah Valley, amidst the Blue Ridge Mountains, I think country music was always in my blood, whether I took to it in childhood or not. Raised on a steady diet of…
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Ian Ferguson, Lasso Spells, OJR Acme Feed & Seed; Nashville, TN July 28, 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…
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As we’ve been raving about for months, seminal prog metal rockers Between the Buried and Me, who also blew us away last month at Bonnaroo, are set to return to Nashville proper for the first time in two years next month, Aug. 15 at Marathon Music Works. Supporting the group are two similar spirited acts (and longtime tourmates) Animals…
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Photo by Mary- Beth Blankenship. Last weekend, we returned to Louisville, Ky., something of an annual tradition for the No Country crew for several years running, for Forecastle Festival. A three-day celebration of music, art, and activism set on the banks of the Ohio River, Forecastle is more than just a junior version of Bonnaroo. Though the…
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For months now, we’ve been singing the praises of buzzworthy local indie pop singer CAPPA, whose self-tited, debut EP dropped back in May, the same day she played our Acme Feed & Seed showcase, to one of the most enthusiastic crowds we’ve seen in a year of hosting events downtown. Channeling a sound not dissimilar…
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As we mentioned in our preview this morning, local experimental rapper Justin Donahue, better known as Jung Youth, and his band are set to open for a stacked bill of Wu-Tang Clan’s Raekwon and Ghostface Killah, plus Dillion Cooper, TONIGHT, July 28 at Marathon Music Works! As a special treat (no pun intended) for fans, and in celebration of…
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Returning to Nashville for the first time since kicking off last season’s Live on the Green, City and Colour has announced a Dec. 13 performance at War Memorial Auditorium, with support from Bahamas. The acclaimed singer-songwriter, real name Dallas Green, recently announced his fifth album, If I Should Go Before You, due out Oct. 9 through Dine Alone Records, and…