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Formed 15 years ago in Long Island, New York, indie pop/rock duo The Narrative sprung onto the scene in 2008 with their debut EP, Just Say Yes, and further attracted buzz and critical acclaim with their self-titled, 2010 first full-length. Several successful tour outings, tons of online praise, and a loyal fanbase forged from their DIY ethos…
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Arguably one of the most singularly influential acts in ’90s and early ’00s pop punk, who, along with peers like Green Day, helped catapult the genre in the mainstream, San Diego trio Blink-182 came together 30 years ago as a scrappy punk band, before finding massive success with their 1999 era-defining Enema of the…

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It’s hard to believe that it’s been more than five years since seminal local pop punk turned alt rock outfit Paramore released their triumphant, genre-bending fifth album, After Laughter. That record cycle, the first since a lineup change which would see founding drummer Zac Farro (who also fronts local group HalfNoise) return to the…

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It’s been a monumental year so far for local indie/folk pop singer-songwriter Bre Kennedy, who recently made her AmericanaFest debut, played Bonnaroo for the first time back in the summer, and is currently on tour with The Paper Kites. Still riding high on the buzz for her incredibly personal and musically ambitious 2021 full-length…

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It’s been four years since Diarrhea Planet, one of the greatest Nashville rock acts to ever exist, called it quits, ending their near decade-long run with a trio of rowdy, sentimental farewell shows at Exit/In in September 2018 (and bowing out with one final performance a month later at The Ryman, in support of…

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Announced earlier this summer along with the release of buzzy new single “Part of the Band,” beloved, genre-bending English indie pop/rock outfit The 1975 are set to drop their highly-anticipated fifth album, Being Funny in a Foreign Language, on Oct. 14 through Dirty Hit. A followup to 2020’s Notes on a Conditional Form, which…

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It’s been three long years since the last Live on the Green season, which, like so many fests around the area and beyond, took an extend hiatus due to the pandemic. Founded in 2009, LOTG has long been the city’s preeminent free, outdoor, end of summer music series, and though it’s undergone some changes…
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There’s always an uptick in tour announcements right around Bonnaroo, whether from post-festival radius clauses or just because the fest falls at the start of summer, as many artists began extending their plans into fall. The past few weeks have been especially jam-packed with great announcements big and small, so numerous that we decided…
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Formed early in the pandemic when they found themselves with unexpected free time and a desire to make music together, English alt rock outfit The Smile features Radiohead’s two most visible members- frontman Thom Yorke and guitarist Jonny Greenwood- along with famed English jazz drummer Tom Skinner (Sons of Kemet). The band made their…
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Made up of cousins Ruby da Cherry and $crim, New Orleans hip hop duo $uicideboy$ have been one of the biggest underground success stories of the last few years, rising from the online buzz of self-produced, independently released and incredibly subversive mixtapes to selling out shows nationwide, collaborating with stars like Travis Barker, and becoming one of…