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[REMINDER] Catch The King Khan and BBQ Show w/ Thelma and the Sleaze | TONIGHT @ The Basement East
Long-running, cult favorite, seminal doo wop punk duo The King Khan and BBQ Show (featuring garage rock favorite King Khan and fellow Canadian garage punk trailblazer Mark Sultan, a.k.a. BBQ), have been a bit more intermittent in activity in recent years, balancing their respective solo and side projects, while still finding time every few years to…
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[TICKET GIVEAWAY] The Hip Abduction w/ Artikal Sound System | Aug. 17 @ Exit/In
If you’re a fan of vibey, rootsy, worldly, yet pop accessible tunes, brought to life by honed and jam-infused live performances, then Florida’s The Hip Abduction are definitely a group who should be on your radar. Out in support of brand new fourth album To the Ends of the Earth, the buzzy band are set to headline Exit/In on Aug. 17, with…
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[TICKET GIVEAWAY] Common w/ Maimouna Youssef | Aug. 22 @ The Ryman
If you’re Gen Xer, you might primarily think of multi-faceted Chicago hip hop artist Common as an underground, profound alternative MC who came up under the moniker Common Sense. If you’re a millennial, you might first associate him with Kanye West, No I.D., and his breakout mainstream and award-winning LPs of the mid-00s. And if you’re…
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[NO COUNTRY PREMIERE] HR Lexy Confront Death in New Video for “The Source,” Ahead of Upcoming Album, Sept. 21 Release Show
Since first landing on our radar a few years ago, local etherial, ambient, dark, and complex electronic group HR Lexy have fast become one of the most interesting, imaginative, and unique acts in Nashville. Led by Arlene Sparacia (synth, drums, lead vocals) along with Justin Verted on synth, drums, and harmonies, HR Lexy have, across three EPs, 2015’s Nature…
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[TICKET GIVEAWAY] Death Valley Girls w/ Moonwalks & Spodee Boy | Aug. 9 @ Mercy Lounge
Dark, eclectic, buzzworthy, and embodying the punk and garage rock spirit on eras past, breakout Los Angeles group Death Valley Girls have released some of the best, most unadulterated rock records in recent years, honing a wild and thrilling live show along the way. The group are set to headline Nashville’s own Mercy Lounge on Aug. 9 (possibly their first…
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[TICKET GIVEAWAY] The King Khan and BBQ Show w/ Thelma and the Sleaze | Aug. 9 @ The Basement East
Long-running, cult favorite, seminal doo wop punk duo The King Khan and BBQ Show (featuring garage rock favorite King Khan and fellow Canadian garage punk trailblazer Mark Sultan, a.k.a. BBQ), have been a bit more intermittent in activity in recent years, balancing their respective solo and side projects, while still finding time every few years to…
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[REMINDER] Catch The Pink Spiders w/ Sexx & Smart Objects | TONIGHT @ The High Watt
One of the original, breakout rock acts of Nashville’s early ’00s scene, before the city’s current boom in population and broader genre interest, garage rock and power pop trio The Pink Spiders saw a spectacular rise and untimely fall, at one point to positioned to the the next big thing. After almost a decade of relative dormancy, the…
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[TICKET GIVEAWAY] Herbie Hancock | Aug. 11 @ The Ryman Auditorium
Undoubtedly one of the most important, influential, long-lasting, and evolutionary artists to spring out of the jazz space, pioneering ’60s jazz with the great Miles Davis, before going on to influence jazz fusion, electronic jazz, r&b, and even hip hop and electronic music, Herbie Hancock has proven capable of profund, critically-acclaimed reinvention decade after decade, capping off…
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Catch Third Eye Blind & Jimmy Eat World w/ Ra Ra Riot | TONIGHT @ Ascend Amphitheater
After achieving massive success in the late ’90s and helping user in a new crop of substantive, poppy, genre-bending, and radio primed alt rock, while continuing to prove with release after release that their rise was no fluke, Third Eye Blind have, in more recent years, found a balance between nostalgic and forward-aiming, maintaining a cult following…
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[TICKET GIVEAWAY] The Pink Spiders w/ Sexx & Smart Objects | July 29 @ The High Watt
One of the original, breakout rock acts of Nashville’s early ’00s scene, before the city’s current boom in population and broader genre interest, garage rock and power pop trio The Pink Spiders saw a spectacular rise and untimely fall, at one point to positioned to the the next big thing. After almost a decade of relative dormancy, the…