It’s been a whirlwind few weeks for young, breakout pop star Olivia Rodrigo, whose 2021 frenetic, confessional, angsty, pop punk meets bedroom pop debut LP Sour became one of the most popular and well-reviewed major releases of that year. Proving immune to the sophomore slum, Rodrigo’s followup GUTS, which dropped earlier this month, is…
It’s been over a year since local indie rock breakout Sophie Allison, better known as her musical alias Soccer Mommy, released her phenomenal third album, Sometimes, Forever– undoubtedly one of the most buzzed about records of 2022. It’s been a whirlwind of a year since, with Soccer Mommy embarking on tours, supporting some stellar…
Earlier this year, famed pop punk and emo pop rockers Fall Out Boy returned with their first album in five years, So Much (for) Stardust, a shift back to the guitar-driven sound of their earlier work, and the band’s best reviewed album in a decade. Formed in the early ’00s in the Chicago suburbs,…

Just weeks after wrapping her epic, months-long, record shattering North American Eras Tour (which we reviewed back in May when it stopped in Nashville), and as she begins taking the show around the world throughout the next year, before returning for another North American leg in the fall of 2024, pop megastar (and sometimes…
It’s been almost 15 years to the day since Long Island-formed indie rock and pop duo The Narrative sprung onto the scene with their debut EP Just Say Yes, earning the band- vocalist and keyboard player Suzie Zeldin and vocalist and guitarist Jesse Gabriel- instant praise, a passionate fanbase, and a buzz within the…

It’s been less than four years since beloved, eclectic singer-songwriter Lana Del Rey last played Nashville, in late 2019 at Municipal Auditorium in support of that year’s lauded sixth album Norman Fucking Rockwell!! Incredibly, in the time since, she’s released three additional albums- a pair of folk and Americana inspired LPs, Chemtrails over the…

Since returning from a pandemic pause a couple years ago, long-running, free, all ages, bi-annual concert series Musicians Corner has been going strong, resuming its Spring and Fall showcases full of multi-genre local and national talent in Centennial Park. This year’s Spring series did come with a slightly tweaked schedule, running from mid-May through…
While we’re aware that singer-songwriter and actor Dominic Fike‘s rise has been a meteoric one, it’s still wild to see him graduate from headlining the 1,200-cap Brooklyn Bowl Nashville last fall to, for his upcoming Don’t Stare at the Sun Tour, Municipal Auditorium on July 26, which at 9,700 seats, is more than eight…
For nearly 30 years, musical comedy duo Tenacious D have been a beloved institution in the rock scene, rising to prominence in the 2000s while the group’s Jack Black also became a household name as a comedy movie star (his bandmate, Kyle Gass, has also appeared in numerous films and TV shows over the…

From the dreamy, forlorn indie folk and Americana of 2017 debut album Good Woman, to the grittier, more indie rock leaning 2020 sophomore effort The Greatest Part, to supergroup Bermuda Triangle, alongside Brittany Howard and Jesse Lafser, to collaborations with other renowned local artists like Hayley Williams and Julien Baker, eclectic singer-songwriter Becca Mancari…