Nashville punk group Blacklist Royals, still riding high on the buzz surrounding last year’s masterful Die Young with Me, are tackling the music of seminal goth rock act The Cure, on a free, brand new collection of covers which they’ll be giving out throughout the month called Dead Time Volume One: Songs of The Cure. The series kicks…
As we announced a couple months back, buzzworthy local electronic duo Cherub are set to play their biggest hometown headlining show to date later this week, Sept 5 at The Ryman. Not only will the evening mark the debut of a new, full live band, but at only $25, it’s a damn bargain by Ryman standards. Cherub fans already…
Famed ’90s alt rock act Third Eye Blind might not be as engrained in the mainstream zeitgeist as they were following their smash, self-titled 1997 debut, but, unlike many of their peers of that era, the group have never faded away, continuing to tour and release music going on more than two decades now. They’ve always…
In recent weeks, breakout Nashville alternative/pop punk/emo infused outfit Better Off have treated us with a several new singles, all leading up to the Sept. 11 release of their highly-anticipated sophomore LP, Milk, the group’s first full-length since signing with Equal Vision Records. With the album announcement came anthemic, dynamic lead single “Whatever, I Don’t Care,” followed by the…
Jawws, White Reaper, Daddy Issues Acme Feed & Seed; Nashville, TN Aug. 25, 2015 Review by Philip Obenschain (@pobenschain). Photos by Mary-Beth Blankenship. Every single Tuesday for more than a 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…
As we announced last month, there’s a brand new festival headed to Music City this fall: SoundHarvest! Set to take place Oct. 17 in Centennial Park, the upcoming event hit the ground running with the announcement of headliners The Flaming Lips, and has since expanded to include Allen Stone and local rockers The Weeks. Many…
Beloved Christian post-hardcore outfit Underoath announced last week that they would be reuniting with their They’re Only Chasing Safety era lineup, initially only revealing plans to play a festival on the west coast. We assumed they wouldn’t go to so much trouble (or so heavily tease the announce) for only one show, and, as expected, the band just…
Nearing the end of what might be their last tour ever (or, at least, last tour for the foreseeable future), Detroit pop punk group Fireworks are stopping through Nashville for one last hurrah TONIGHT, Aug. 24 at The End. Sweetening the deal, the band are out with a wonderful lineup of Weatherbox, Souvenirs, and Dryjacket, making this all ages, $14 show…
Fall is right around the corner, and that means we’ll soon be dusting off our sweatshirts, cracking open Oktoberfest beer, and, of course, gearing up for Halloween. While there is never a shortage of fun Music City happenings for the costumed occasion, our attention is usually divided amongst a variety of smaller, DIY, and bar-centric…
Live on the Green w/ Lord Huron, Shakey Graves, Elliot Root Public Square Park; Nashville, TN August 20, 2015 Review by Philip Obenschain (@pobenschain). Photos by Emila Paré. Whether or not we’re prepared to admit that it is, in fact, already late August, and summer will soon be nothing but a distant memory, Live on the…