First bowing in Nashville in 2017 to headline Mercy Lounge, then returning last fall at The Basement East, eclectic Arizona jam rock outfit Spafford are set to make the trek to Music City once more, again at The Basement East this weekend on Friday and Saturday, Oct. 4 & 5, a two-night affair which only speaks to how…
A seminal, legendary fixture in the Seattle grunge rock scene, arguably more important in helping shape the sound and initially put Sub Pop on the map moreso than other artist (despite never being as commercially successful as some of their more mainstream peers), Mudhoney have been going strong now for more than 30 years, recently returning…
Described as a series of music and open discussion events, as well as an “an exercise in connectivity,” famed Australian alt rock and post-punk artist, author, screenwriter, composer, and actor Nick Cave first debuted his “Conversations with Nick Cave: An Evening of Talk & Music” tour last year, with a handful of stateside shows and a…
Since first attracting broad acclaim in 2014, then wowing us with their 2015 debut LP, Silent Movies, mother-son Missouri folk duo Madisen Ward and the Mama Bear have become an international sensation, festival staple, and beloved fixture of the modern folk, soul, and Americana scene. On the heels of the release of their long-awaited (and Nashville recorded)…
Though they just passed through last fall at Exit/In, after a couple years away from Music City, eclectic Austin rockers White Denim return to headline The Basement East on Oct. 11 with a brand new LP in tow, their second in under a year, with their latest, Side Effects, a true callback to the experimental, freewheeling spirit of fan-favorite releases almost a…
Since springing onto the scene in 2016 with her phenomenal debut LP, Don’t Let the Kids Win, and surpassing it with an even more personal and refined sophomore effort, Crushing, earlier this year, undoubtedly one of the best albums of 2019, Australian indie pop and folk singer-songwriter Julia Jacklin has become one of the most buzzworthy and essential…
Though they never official split, Nashville based, Ohio formed garage and blues rock duo The Black Keys spent much of the last four years on hiatus, taking a breather and pursuing solo music and production endeavors after following a whirlwind several years beginning at the start of the decade, which saw the band break out into…
It’s been a whirlwind couple of years for genre-bending English rocker Yungblud, who only began releasing music in 2017, but has become a hugely beloved star on the rise in the year and half since his debut EP and subsequent first full-length dropped in 2018. Blending alt rock, hip hop, and punk and commanding a…
A breakout force in Nashville’s emo/indie punk scene of the last few years, Free Throw garnered national attention with the release of their debut LP, Those Days Are Gone, in 2014, and have been touring the world since, sharing the stage with bigger and bigger acts, all the while maintaining their DIY ethos and punk roots, channeling a pure, unabashed love…
Since first coming together four decades ago in Southern California, Agent Orange have become one of the most seminal acts in early American punk rock, surf punk, and skate punk, commanding, if not a household name, definitely a legendary reputation in the punk scene, staying regularly active throughout their entire, impressive run. While new music isn’t…