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If you’ve been paying attention to Lightning 100’s Music City Mayhem competition this year, you’ve likely discovered some great new artists, but it’s rare to find one with no released music, little social media presence, and a mystery surrounding their very identity. Meet Death in Venice, a brand new, secretive local supergroup of sorts,…

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Back in the fall, Diarrhea Planet, one of our favorite Nashville bands of all time, sprung back to life after a four year split for a pair of reunion shows at Exit/In, doubling as a farewell to the venue’s tenure under longtime management, after a controversial change in ownership. Recapturing all of the glory…

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Pop megastar Madonna, who, somewhat surprisingly, had never played Nashville until a headlining outing at Bridgestone Arena back in 2016, has plotted her return to Music City, set to once-again take the Bridgestone stage on Dec. 22! Part of a new leg of dates for her recently-announced Celebration Tour, the show will celebrate every…

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While we’ve seen many new festivals emerge (and several vanish) in recent years, there’s hasn’t been a whole lot of innovation in the space, which, these days, almost always consists of dozens of artists performing in one spot with numerous stages over several days. For awhile, touring festivals like Warped Tour, the original Lollapalooza,…

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After two years of pandemic and weather related postponements and cancellations, the region’s preeminent music festival, Bonnaroo, made its triumphant return last summer, balancing a familiar vibe with some exciting new updates, and showcasing a pretty stellar lineup. Unfortunately the fest’s attendance was a bit lower than usual in 2022, but that seems to…

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It’s only been a couple months since Paramore gave us their first new music in nearly five years, the title track from highly-anticipated forthcoming six album This Is Why. But, in the short time since, the band have embarked on an intimate run of tour dates, announced a more extensive slate of larger shows…

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Local pop artist GAYLE, whose rise has been absolutely meteoric over the last couple of years since we premiered her first-ever music video for “dumbass” back in early 2020, has just nabbed her first-ever Grammy nomination, for Song of the Year for breakout single “abcdefu.” Released last year and part of her first EP,…

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In what feels like déjà vu after a similar situation occurred with the Cannery Row-based Mercy Lounge venue complex earlier this year, beloved and historic Rock Block venue Exit/In is set to close under current management after a run of shows leading up to Thanksgiving, reopening at a later date under its new investor…

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Since first springing onto the local scene in 2018 with some buzzy early singles and a self-titled debut EP, rockers Have a Rad Day (who formerly went by the acronym H.A.R.D.) have cemented themselves as one of the most essential acts in the Nashville indie scene, channeling the fun, riff-tastic, party indie punk of…
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Though Taylor Swift‘s sixth album, Reputation, only turns five next week, she’s currently celebrating the monumental success of her latest and tenth, Midnights, which, with more than 1.5 million copies sold in its first week, makes it her biggest release since Reputation, as she also just became the first artist in history to hold…