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…
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…
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,…
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…
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,…
Announced last month, Canadian dance punk duo Death From Above 1979, who returned last year with their sophomore LP, The Physical World, almost exactly a decade after their debut, were set to play at Third Man Records‘ famous Blue Room on July 16. Unsurprisingly, especially since the group packed Marathon Music Works back in November, the show promptly sold…
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,…
Last month, we brought you a preview of CAPPA‘s acoustic “Attic Sessions” performance for our friends at War Memorial Auditorium in the form of an “Attic Extra” clip of breakout single “Hush.” Now, ahead of CAPPA’s outings at both our curated block of the upcoming Outlaw Roadshow, July 17 & 18 at Mercy Lounge and The…
Though it seems like they’ve made it to Music City a lot lately, Philadelphia art rockers mewithoutYou haven’t played a traditional headliner in Nashville in a couple of years (their last one was a full album anniversary show). Returning to Mercy Lounge for a performance TONIGHT, July 8 with Foxing and Field Mouse, the beloved band are out in support of their…
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,…