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REVIEW: Bleachers w/ Wild Cub | 10.29.14 @ Cannery Ballroom [PHOTOS]
Bleachers w/ Wild Cub Cannery Ballroom; Nashville, TN October 29, 2014 Review by Philip Obenschain (@pobenschain). Photos by Matt Cairns. Bleachers are something of an anomaly. It’s not unusual for members of prominent bands to step into frontman roles and achieve similar acclaim, nor is it strange for members of bands to have lesser-known…
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Tuesday Night Roundup: Mineral, The New Pornographers, Death From Above 1979 & More
Many nights in Nashville, we wish we could be in two, or even three places at once. Tonight, Nov. 4, however, is one of those rare, frustrating evenings with so many fantastic fall tour schedules have aligned, and a whopping six shows we’d kill to see are all taking place simultaneously. Rather than clog up…
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Foo Take 2: Is There a Potential 2015 Foo Fighters Stadium Show in the Works?
Despite playing Foo Detective, and accurately predicting the location and date of Foo Fighters‘ Sonic Highways Nashville show at The Ryman, we, like the vast majority of you, didn’t manage to snag tickets. So, perhaps, you could chalk this post up to wishful thinking, and, certainly, we have a bit less of a pattern to follow than…
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REMINDER: Anberlin to Play Last Nashville Show EVER This Wednesday (Nov. 5)
Earlier this year, beloved alt-rock group Anberlin, who at least partially call Nashville home these days, announced that their seventh full-length album, Lowborn, would be their last, and that they would embark on one final tour to celebrate their monumental 12 year run. That means this Wednesday, Nov. 5, when the group roll through Cannery Ballroom with Greek Fire, it…
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Echosmith to Play 3rd & Lindsley Feb. 12
When we first discovered California pop rock sibling act Echosmith, in the summer of 2013, they had yet to release a proper album, but handed us a sampler containing a little track called “Cool Kids,” a song which instantly knew would be destined to catapult them to worldwide recognition (it did). In the year and…
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TWICEYOUNG Premiere “Separate You” from Upcoming ‘Prefer You’ EP
A couple months back, we first introduced you to local indie pop trio TWICEYOUNG, whose sophomore EP, Prefer You, is set to drop on Nov. 11. Boasting a layered, synthy atmospheric style with pop accessibility, lyrical depth, and punk undertones, TWICEYOUNG conjure similarities to fellow Nashville faves Farewell Flight, Vinyl Thief, Wild Cub, Phin, and Paper…
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Kevin Devine & Into It. Over It. to Play The High Watt Feb. 17
Eclectic Brooklyn-based singer-songwriter Kevin Devine makes it to Nashville on a semi-regular basis, in various projects and in various incarnations. For his next Music City stop, the singer is set to perform solo (instead of with his backing players, The Goddamn Band), Feb. 17 at The High Watt. Adding even more excitement to the announcement, Into It. Over It. (also billed…
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Diarrhea Planet Premiere “Peg Daddy,” Ahead New EP, Two-Nights at Exit/In
Leading up to the highly-anticipated Nov. 18 release of their new EP, Aliens in the Outfield, Nashville natives and Infinity Cat darlings Diarrhea Planet have, so far, released new tracks “Platinum Girls” (which was accompanied by a Pete & Pete inspired music video), “Spooners,” “Heat Wave,”, and “Bamboo Curtain,” and have announced Dec. 30 + 31 shows at Exit/In to help you rock into the…
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Taylor Swift Announces Sept. 25 & 26 Return to Bridgestone Arena
As mega pop stars are wont to do, former/sometimes Nashville resident turned New Yorker Taylor Swift, whose latest release, 1989, is on track to claim the highest single week sales for any album in the past 12 years, making her a certifiable independent economy within the music industry, has announced a whole mess of arena dates…
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Emo Pioneers Mineral to Play at fooBAR Nov. 4 w/ Into It. Over It.
We’ve been bringing you news about quality emo shows since well before this buzzy “emo revival” was even a part of the lexicon, and we happen to fall on the side of “who cares if it ever went away, we’re just happy to see quality bands getting exposure and historic ones reuniting.” The past…