
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,…

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…

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…
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…
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…

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…

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…

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…

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…