As we announced back when they premiered their awesome cover of Simon & Garfunkel’s classic “Cecelia,” Nashville synthpop act Coin will headline Exit/In tonight, Jan. 24, for their first local show of 2014. Coin have quickly become one of our favorite up and coming acts in town, and we’re told that they have all kinds of exciting announcements…
As we told you last week, Atlanta indie rockers Manchester Orchestra are set to return to Cannery Ballroom on May 31, and they’re bringing some amazing other acts along: Balance & Composure and Kevin Devine & The Goddamn Band. The show, which is 18+ and starts at 8 p.m., is on sale now for just $19. However, we’ve got a few tickets…
Lana Del Rey has been spending a lot of time in Nashville over the past few weeks. That much we know for sure. Why Music City, you ask? Well, according to our sources, the 27 year old songstress is hard at work in Dan Auerbach‘s Easy Eye Sound recording studio, and Auerbach himself is said…
Against Me! w/ The Sidekicks, The Shondes Mercy Lounge; Nashville, TN January 19, 2014 Review by Philip Obenschain (@pobenschain). Photos by Mary-Beth Blankenship. A transsexual frontwoman. A legendary punk drummer. A Swedish bassist who cut his teeth in the hardcore scene. These are just a few of the changes that have taken place within…
Danish pop/rock group New Politics return to Nashville tonight at Exit/In, supported by electro-rockers Magic Man and semi-local alt-rock act Sleeper Agent. This will be New Politics’ first Music City show since their breakout 2013 release, A Bad Girl in Harlem, and since becoming the go-to opener for the high-profile likes of Fall Out Boy and Paramore. You can catch the…
Nashville’s own Wild Cub made their network television debut last night on Late Night with Jimmy Fallon with a performance of “Thunder Clatter,” the breakout single from their debut album, Youth, which was re-released yesterday though Mom + Pop. We’ve been saying it for awhile, but 2014 is really shaping up to be Wild Cub’s year, between nods…
Atlanta indie rockers Manchester Orchestra last properly played Nashville in 2011. However, some of its various members have passed through more recently with other projects, most prominently Kevin Devine collab Bad Books. The group’s last effort, Simple Math, was mind blowingly good, and news of their upcoming fourth album, Cope, due out April 1, has us drooling in anticipation…
Just last week, indie pop trio Foster the People announced their highly-anticipated second album, Supermodel, along with a new single, “Coming of Age” (check it out below). With new albums come new tours, and the band are set to hit the road this spring in support. There’s a a good chance we’ll be seeing them on more…
This time last year, we named The Menzingers‘ On the Impossible Past one of the Best Records of 2012. Nearly two years after its release, the album still stands as one of the most well-written, perfectly poppy yet vehemently aggressive, thoroughly enjoyable from beginning to end punk records in recent memory. It’s been years since the…
MTV has announced that Nashville’s Miley Cyrus will be the latest musician to be featured on the network’s acclaimed Unplugged series. Though it has waned in popularity since its ’90s heyday, the show remains a great outlet for showcasing artists in a stripped down setting, often in stark contrast to the sound they’re known for. Miley Cyrus Unplugged will…