Reunited indie rockers Sleater-Kinney, who are set to perform at Marathon Music Works on April 23 (ticket here), and are currently celebrating the release of their first album in a decade, the fantastic No Cities to Love, stopped by Late Night with Seth Meyers this week to perform their new track “Price Tag.” Watch it below, and be sure to check out their…
Returning to Nashville for the first time in three years, Canadian indie pop singer Lights is out in support of her stellar new album, Little Machines, and she’s bringing her tour with X Ambassadors to our very own Rocketown this Sunday, March 1. Not a bad way to kick off the month, huh? Though she started as more of a…
Ian Johnson, James Wallace Acme Feed & Seed; Nashville, TN February 24, 2015 Review by Philip Obenschain (@pobenschain). Photos by Mary-Beth Blankenship. Every single Tuesday for the past several months, we’ve been teaming up with hip new restaurant and performance space Acme Feed & Seed to host a free showcase of some of our favorite emerging…
While ELEL‘s self-titled, debut EP isn’t officially set to drop until March 3 (via new label home Mom+Pop), the good folks at Interview have the made the whole thing available to stream a week early (and also ran a great interview with the band). You know what that means? An extra week to play…
Nashville’s reigning king of party music and good vibes, Tyler Walker, who performs as Meth Dad, has long been one of the most fun examples of the broad range of artists Music City has to offer, and, without a doubt, one of our favorite local live acts. Though it’s been a minute since Meth Dad…
Riding a wave of buzz surrounding the recent release of his debut album, Time, local singer-songwriter/producer turned Rihanna cohort and Grammy performer Mikky Ekko stopped by the Late Show with David Letterman last week to perform his latest single, “Riot.” We already predicated that 2015 would be a huge breakout year for the singer, and one national television appearance in…
As we told you earlier this month, Nashville’s own Natalie Prass, who just released her amazing, self-titled debut album in January, is currently out on tour in Europe supporting Ryan Adams. When she returns stateside, Prass, who spent the better part of last performing as part of Jenny Lewis’s backing band, will also support Adams for his…
As we previously reported, the Vans Warped Tour is set to return to Nashville’s Tennessee State Fairgrounds once again this summer on July 1, and, every Wednesday for the next several months, they’re going to be announcing a new round of bands. As the weeks keep adding up, the list only gets more and more exciting, and joining the…
If you didn’t manage to win tickets to see alt-j at The Grand Ole Opry House with Tycho on April 6 in our recent giveaway, you’d better act fast; the group’s largest Music City show to date is nearly sold out! Riding high on the success of their impressive sophomore album, This Is All Yours, the English indie rockers just debuted a cinematic…
A recent discovery of ours, Brooklyn’s Dreamers dropped their debut EP last fall, and are gearing up to release a full-length this summer, already being buzzed about by national press. Combining an affinity to grunge and garage rock, and incorporating elements of punk, pop, and psychedelic, the group’s sound is immediately striking, hypnotic, and infectious, and…