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Mikky Ekko to Play $3 Show at Acme Feed & Seed Sept. 27
Best known for co-writing and appearing on pop star Rihanna’s smash hit single, “Stay,” Nashville-based Mikky Ekko has been a part of the Music City scene for several years, serving as a member of local bands as well as a songwriter and producer for other acts. His solo career has been burgeoning for the last few years,…
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Moon Taxi Announce 6th Annual NYE Bash, Upgrade to War Memorial Auditorium
This year is truly flying by, and, while we still have plenty of fall left to enjoy, never mind the winter, it’s about that time for venues to start staking their claim, and for artists to announce where they’ll be performing for New Year’s Eve. We already told you about St. Paul & The…
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Miley Cyrus Shares Raw Cover of Led Zeppelin’s “Babe I’m Gonna Leave You”
We’ve spoken quite a bit about Nashville-raised pop megastar Miley Cyrus in the past, defending her talent and perspective, despite her somewhat-questionable musical turn with EDM-tastistic latest album, Bangerz. And, whether you’re a Miley fan or not, it’s moments when she does things like team up with The Flaming Lips to cover The Beatles, or, in the…
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Foreign Fields Premiere Video for New Single, “Little Lover”
Electronic folk duo Foreign Fields have been on our radar for quite sometime, and, while we loved the group’s impromptu live EP release, Tuscaloosa, last year, we’ve been eagerly anticipating the followup to their 2012 full-length debut, Anywhere But Where I Am. The Nashville transplants have been hard at work on that forthcoming record, which has yet to…
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COIN Announce Oct. 25 Show at Exit/In
As we mentioned in our August recap, local indie rockers and favorites of the site, COIN, inked a deal with StarTime Intl./Columbia Records, and are hard at work on their debut full-length, which is expected to arrive sometime next year. Things have been a little quiet on the local front for the guys, with their…
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REVIEW: Sucré w/ The Honey Trees & Merriment | 9.10.14 @ 12th & Porter [PHOTOS]
Sucré w/ The Honey Trees, Merriment 12th & Porter; Nashville, TN September 10, 2014 Review by Philip Obenschain (@pobenschain). Photos by Mary-Beth Blankenship. It’s always tricky when an artist whose identity is inextricably linked with a band, and a family band at that, pivots to a solo outlet, and, often, it can be received with mixed…
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Pujol Premieres Reworked “Dark Knight In Shining Armor,” Announces CSD Release, Oct. 28 Stone Fox Show
As we’ve previously mentioned, Nashville’s PUJOL is one of several local artists set to release a special cassette tape on this year’s Cassette Store Day on Sept. 27. What we didn’t tell you, is that the record will be a reimagining of the singer’s 2012 full-length debut, United States of Being, dubbed Reunited States of Being, honed and improved by Pujol’s…
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Jack White Premieres “Would You Fight for My Love?” Music Video
With all of the nonstop touring, festival appearances, televised performances, chart topping success, baseball fandom, and live/special videos and releases, it’s easy to forget that Nashville rocker Jack White, has, so far, only released one official music video in support of his critically-accalaimed new sophomore album, Lazaretto. The vid for that title track has now received…
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No Country For New Nashville Podcast | Episode 7: Alanna Royale
In the latest edition of our No Country For New Nashville Podcast, we sat down with Alanna Royale frontwoman Alanna Quinn-Broadus and drummer Matt Snow to chat about the group’s formation, influences, upcoming full-length debut, ‘Achilles,’ and more! You’ll find a playlist at the bottom of this page with samples of music mentioned in this episode.…
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Courtesy Drop Premiere “Orion” from Forthcoming EP, ‘Stabilize’
A year after the release of Courtesy Drop‘s fantastic (and fantastically underrated) sophomore album, Songs to Drive to; Cry, and Make Love to, the Nashville emo outfit are back, and ready to deliver a new EP, Stabilize, announced last month, and due out Oct. 28 via Animal Style Records. Much like Free Throw, the group bring to…