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The Gaslight Anthem to Play Marathon Music Works Oct. 8 with Against Me!
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Holy heartbreaking schedule conflict Batman. The same night, Oct. 8, that mewithoutYou are set to bring their Catch Us for the Foxes 10 year tour to Cannery Ballroom, punk-tinged heartland rockers The Gaslight Anthem are set to return to Marathon Music Works, this time with seminal punk outfit Against Me! The Gaslight Anthem recently announced Get Hurt, their fifth album and followup…
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Listen to Wild Cub Cover Drake, CHVRCHES, More on New EP
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It slipped by us amidst all of the pre-Bonnaroo madness, but Nashville synth rockers Wild Cub quietly released a new EP on iTunes, Letters Home from Far Away recently, which features covers, live recordings (“Thunder Clatter,” “Wishing Well”), an an unreleased track (“Shadows”). Of the three covers included, we’d previously heard the group tackle CHVRCHES’ “The Mother We…
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Justin Townes Earle Announces Fifth Album, Performs New Single
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OG Nashville resident, Americana aficionado, and occasional country outlaw Justin Townes Earle has announced his long-awaited fifth album, Single Mothers, which is slated for a Sept. 9 release on his new label home, Vagrant. A followup to 2012’s fantastic Nothing’s Gonna Change the Way You Feel About Me Now, Single Mothers adopts a more grownup and mature thematic perspective, a…
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mewithoutYou ‘Catch Us for the Foxes’ 10 Year Tour Comes to Cannery Ballroom Oct. 8
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As excited as we were for indie/experimental rockers mewithoutYou‘s recent winter stop at Exit/In, we’re even more indescribably elated that they’re extended the 10 year anniversary tour for their beloved 2004 album, Catch Us for the Foxes, to our neck of the woods, with an Oct. 8 stop planned for Cannery Ballroom. Foxes holds a special, nostalgic place in our hearts,…
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Sol Cat Premiere Video for New Single, “Bread on the Table”
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Nashville psychedelic rockers Sol Cat seem to morph with every new release (just look at the difference between their grungier, indie rock focused self-titled full-length, and the more synthed-out, moody Welcome to Cowabunga EP, both released last year). If their latest single (and its accompanying, summer-y video), “Bread on the Table,” is any indication, we’re getting…
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Pokey LaFarge to Play Mercy Lounge Sept. 13
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American musical traditionalist/revivalist Pokey LaFarge has been a favorite of ours since we caught him last year at his label home, Third Man Records, as well as last winter at Mercy Lounge. Fusing elements of ragtime, traditional country and western, early jazz, and blues, LaFarge looks and sounds like he just stepped out of a…
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Cherub to Play ‘Conan’ June 24
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Nashville electro rock duo Cherub blew the roof off of Bonnaroo over the weekend, and have just generally been riding high since the recent major label release of their new album, Year of the Caprese. As buzzy bands are wont to do, Cherub have just been tapped to play Conan next Tuesday, June 24, for what, we believe, will…
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Watch Diarrhea Planet’s Epic Full Bonnaroo Set
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We already posted some thoughts and photos from Diarrhea Planet‘s epic Bonnaroo debut over the weekend, but, now you can see the rowdy, rocked out, and rambunctious performance for yourself in its entirety, thanks to YouTube user TompDogg. Bonnaroo’s New Music On Tap Lounge could barely contain the Nashville rockers’ energy or antics, and, as…
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J Mascis to Play Exit/In Oct. 1
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Bespectacled Dinosaur Jr. frontman and all-time guitar great J Mascis has announced a followup to his fantastic 2011 solo debut, Several Shades of Why, along with a national tour to follow. The disc will be called Tied to a Star, and is slated for an Aug. 26 release via Sub Pop, and the tour is scheduled to stop here in…
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Patrick Sweany Debuts “Every Night Every Day” Music Video
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It seems like it’s been a bit since we brought you news about local blues rocker Patrick Sweany, but, if you’ve been with us for awhile, you’ve certainly seen us talk about the talented singer-songwriter on numerous occasions. His latest full-length, last year’s Close to the Floor, is fantastic, and not dissimilar to his Nashville by…