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Forecastle 2015: Meet the Nashville Artists on This Year’s Lineup
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We’ve been buzzing about it for months, and, this weekend, July 17-19, it finally returns: Louisville’s annual Forecastle Festival will once again take place in downtown’s Waterfront Park, boasting a stellar lineup of artists like Sam Smith, Modest Mouse, Widespread Panic, My Morning Jacket, Tweedy, The Tallest Man on Earth, The War on Drugs, First Aid Kit, Desaparecidos, Gaslight Anthem, Cold War Kids, ZZ Ward, St. Paul & The Broken Bones, Noah Gundersen, The Lone Bellow,…
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Vanessa Carlton Premieres “Nothing Where Something Used to Be” Ahead of ‘Blue Pool’ EP
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Last month, we brought you “Blue Pool,” the first single from piano pop turned indie pop songstress Vanessa Carlton‘s upcoming EP of the same name. Following 2010’s Rabbits on the Run, Carlton, now married to Deer Tick’s John McCauley and living here in Nashville after years in New York, has shifted her tone and direction, employing…
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Catch Aaron Gillespie w/ William Beckett & Nathan Hussey | TONIGHT @ Rocketown
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Aaron Gillespie, formerly of Underoath and The Almost, and currently handling drum duties for Parmaore, passes through Rocketown TONIGHT, July 11, with William Beckett (The Academy Is) and Nathan Hussey (All Get Out) for a special “career-spanning performance featuring songs from the past 15 years.” If that doesn’t get your inner pop punk get nostalgia going, we don’t know what will.…
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REMINDER: Fall Out Boy Perform July 12 at Bridgestone Arena w/ Wiz Khalifa
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As we announced a few months back, pop punks turned arena rockers Fall Out Boy are set to return to Nashville for the third year in a row (an annual occurrence since the group first reunited at the start of 2013) this Sunday, July 12 at Bridgestone Arena for their largest Music City show ever! Co-headling with breakout Pittsburgh…
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[TICKET GIVEAWAY] The Protomen w/ In the Whale & Ri¢hie | Aug. 14 @ Exit/In
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For the August edition of the Red Bull’s curated, monthly Sound Select showcase, the energy drink maker turned tastemaker has tapped one of Nashville’s most fun, epic live acts, The Protomen! The operatic rock outfit will be joined by Denver duo In the Whale and local party rocker Ri¢hie, and, per usual, tickets are just $3 with an…
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Godspeed You! Black Emperor to Play Marathon Music Works Sept. 19
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Out in support of their epic new fifth album, Asunder, Sweet and Other Distress, Canadian post-rock/experimental outfit Godspeed You! Black Emperor have announced their first headlining Nashville show in three years, Sept. 19 at Marathon Music Works with Xylouris White (notably, Godspeed played Bridgestone Arena with Nine Inch Nails in 2013). A celebrated, genre-bending, boundary-pushing collective, Godspeed are a band you…
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OUTLAW ROADSHOW SPOTLIGHT: Moseley
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Co-founded by Ryan Spaulding (radio host and founder of the popular Ryan’s Smashing Life blog) and Adam Duritz (of Counting Crows fame), The Outlaw Roadshow is a curated musical showcase (similar to Communion) which is, for the first time, hosting an event in Nashville on July 17 and 18 at Mercy Lounge and The High Watt. Totally FREE and boasting an incredible,…
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[REVIEW + PHOTOS] No Country Presents: Buffalo Rodeo, What Up English, & The Stoves | 7.7.15 @ Acme Feed & Seed
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Buffalo Rodeo, What Up English, The Stoves Acme Feed & Seed; Nashville, TN July 7, 2015 Review by Philip Obenschain (@pobenschain). Photos by Brendan Donohue. Every single Tuesday since last summer, 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…
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Vinyl Thief Debut New Single “Longer” | Catch Them Aug. 8 at Mercy Lounge
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Ahead of their recently announced headlining outing Aug. 8 at Mercy Lounge with Dinner and a Suit and CAPPA (tickets here), Nashville synthpop outfit Vinyl Thief have returned with their first new single since last year’s soaring debut LP, Fathoms. The new track, which premiered yesterday on Consequence of Sound, is called “Longer,” and it’s a banger. Built around a percussion loop from an Oberheim synth,…