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FORECASTLE 2013 | SATURDAY’S CAN’T-MISS 7: FORECASTLE FESTIVAL is coming to a close today in Louisville. Earlier this week, we brought you a playlist of the entire lineup, followed by our Friday picks and Saturday picks to help plan your weekend. Today, we’re wading through the last of the top-notch bill, to bring you the seven Sunday acts…
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FORECASTLE 2013 | SATURDAY’S CAN’T-MISS 7: FORECASTLE FESTIVAL is underway in Louisville. Yesterday, we brought you a playlist of the entire lineup, along with our Friday picks to help plan your weekend. Today, we’re wading through even more of the top-notch bill, to bring you the seven (bigger day calls for a bigger list) Saturday…
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Deja vu. Animal Collective have, once again, postponed their scheduled July 19 performance at Marathon Music Works in Nashville- and, again, they’re citing band illness. Nashville is one of a week’s worth of dates affected, with their appearance at Forecastle Festival in Louisville this weekend canceled entirely. Check out a statement from the band, below: Hey AC fans, Due to illness,…
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Hip Hop pioneers Souls of Mischief, part of the Hieroglyphics collective (which also includes Del the Funky Homosapien, among others), are celebrating the 20th anniversary of their seminal debut album, 93 ’til Infinity, by performing the record in its entirety on tour, backed by a full seven-piece band. The tour is hitting our very own Exit/In this Monday, July 15, and…
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FORECASTLE 2013 | FRIDAY’S CAN’T-MISS 5: FORECASTLE FESTIVAL kicks off in just a few hours in Louisville. This morning, we brought you a playlist of the entire lineup, to make sure you don’t miss out on anyone when making your schedule. Now, we’re taking it a step further, and wading through the top-notch bill ourselves,…
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We named Paper Route‘s latest album, The Peace of Wild Things, one of the Top 10 Nashville Records of 2012, and for good reason! The synthy, indie rock trio are one of our favorite local acts, and their shows in Music City have been fairly intermittent lately (we last caught them back in November), so we…
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In case you haven’t heard, FORECASTLE FESTIVAL kicks off TODAY, in just a few hours, right up the road in Louisville, KY. The eclectic fest will run until Sunday, and weekend passes and single day tickets are still available right here. Throughout the day, we’ll be rounding up our picks for the must-see bands of the weekend, but, in the meantime, give our…
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The Killer Mike and El-P connection stretches much further back than their new, collaborative project Run the Jewels. Both artists have had a significant impact on the underground and alternative hip hop scene, Mike primarily as a rapper and El-P primarily as a producer. They’ve been working together off and on for years, notably with El-P producing Mike’s 2012 critical smash R.A.P. Music and Mike…
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Nashville’s Third Man Records has confirmed their involvement in handling the vinyl release of Jay-Z‘s brand new album, Magna Carta… Holy Grail. Check out a statement from label, below: “Third Man Records is pleased to confirm their involvement in the vinyl release of JAY-Z‘s long-anticipated new album, Magna Carta… Holy Grail. While the album was released in standard formats this…
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It’s been awhile, but we’re finally bringing Music on Television out of retirement, and back as a weekly feature! We’re making just a few more tweaks to the format, to keep it as clean and streamlined as possible, but, more or less, it’s the same feature that you remember: a roundup of the best live music…