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What began as a modest multi-venue club festival in Chicago 15 years ago, and has, over the years, grown to become the city’s second-largest music fest, just behind Lollapalooza, the punk-centric Riot Fest is now a certifiable institution, spawning spinoffs in various other cities across North America, while doubling down on its Chi-Town roots, with jaw dropping,…
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After stops in town both last fall and earlier this year to play Franklin’s BreakFEST, beloved, long-running New Jersey indie/emo rockers The Early November are slated to return to Music City once more, this time in support of forthcoming sixth full-length Lilac, making their headlining debut at The Basement East on Sept. 17. Accompanied by a stellar supporting lineup of indie…
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A longtime, important fixture in the New Orleans bounce hip hop scene (“a subgenre of hip-hop born out of New Orleans and known for its call and response style and lightening speed booty-shaking dance”), Big Freedia cemented her status as a regional star for the first decade of her career, including as one of the hardest working,…
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Out in support of their sixth and, perhaps, best LP to date, Tides of a Teardrop, beloved North Carolina folk/Americana duo Mandolin Orange are set to return to The Ryman Auditorium this weekend for not one, but two headlining dates, Sept. 6 & 7. Joining the band on night one is a new supergroup with an unbelievable pedigree, Bonny Light Horseman, made…
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While a regular fixture in Nashville over the years, playing everywhere from The Basement to The Muse in their earliest days, before swiftly upgrading to spaces like Cannery Ballroom, The Ryman, and even Live on the Green, LA indie rock outfit Local Natives are set to make their return to Music City after a three year…
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It’s now been 15 years since seminal Brooklyn indie rockers The Hold Steady burst onto the scene with their 2004 debut Almost Killed Me, and over a decade since they become one of the most critically lauded acts of the late ‘00s, first with 2006 third album and fan-favorite Boys and Girls in America,…
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On the heels of a massive summer tour supporting iconic pop punk group Blink-182 and famed rapper Lil Wayne (which, unfortunately, didn’t include a Nashville date), buzzy Welsh pop punks Neck Deep are set to play what appears to be a one-off date in Nashville, headlining The Cowan for the first time on Sept. 23 with local pop punks Best…
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Celebrating its 10th season, Nashville’s free, all ages, biannual musical showcase series Musician’s Corner is set to kick off its September Sundown series in Centennial Park tonight, Sept. 5, with an impressive slate of performers, featuring pop rocker Gabe Dixon, frenetic glitterpunk outfit The Foxies, mod pop group The Medium, r&b/soul singer Ayanna Jahnee, and ambient indie artist Thad Kopec. Following the template introduced last…
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Out in support of great new double album Love + Fear, her first in four years and first under her newly shortened moniker, eclectic pop singer Marina (formerly Marina and the Diamonds) is set to make her headlining debut at Nashville’s own Ryman Auditorium on Sept. 20. One of the most unique and interesting pop artists of the last decade, we can’t…
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Fans of resonant, genre-bending, experimental heavy music take note: long-running Florida stoner rock meets sludge metal meets doom pop outfit Torche, celebrating the recent release of fifth LP Admission, return to town tonight, Sept. 4, to headline Mercy Lounge with Texas experimental, synthy psych/goth/doom duo Pinkish Black, and buzzy, dreamy shoegazing electropop artist SRSQ. A super cool lineup for fans of…