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We’ve been talking a lot about the new supergroup The Arcs. They were dropping singles like crazy leading up to their debut album, Yours, Dreamily, which dropped on Sept. 4. The new outfit features Nashville rocker and Black Keys frontman Dan Auberbach, along with Leon Michels, Richard Swift, Homer Steinweiss, and Nick Movshon, and they have since announced a tour to support…
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Yo La Tengo are no strangers to the game at this point. The band has been catching ears in the alternative rock/dreampop community since 1984. From albums like Painful to the experimental And Then Nothing Turned Itself Inside Out, the band has been a seminal face of the Matador Records family. The backbone of the band is the…
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We’ve been big fans of Justin & the Cosmics since seeing the anachronistic rock and rollers close out the LP release show for labelmate Pony Boy, and we’re not the only ones who have been chomping at the bit for their debut full-length Schooly Dreams. Their debut EP Home, Boy was considered one of the…
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Genre bending Australian garage-psych rockers King Gizzard & The Lizard Wizard first caught our ear at Bonnaroo 2015. We’ve been keeping tabs on them ever since, and are pleased to announce they’re coming to Music City to play Mercy Lounge this spring, touring in support of their latest release, Paper Mâché Dream Balloon. No word…
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Local rockers Koa have been on the rise and on the road, touring with another well known Nashville band, Moon Taxi. Founded on the childhood friendship between Chase Bader and Conor Kelly, the group blends elements of soul, rock & roll and funk into an eclectic, danceable sound, focusing on songs that keep people…
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Prolific west coast rocker Ty Segall just played Mercy Lounge last night with Fuzz, one his many side projects that have become so numerous we can barely keep count, but, already, the acclaimed artist has announced a return to the same spot, this time in support of his solo work, on Feb. 22. Along with the news of his Nashville return,…
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While the official release of local garage rock duo JEFF the Brotherhood‘s new album, Global Chakra Rhythms, isn’t until Friday, Nov. 13 (via their own Infinity Cat Records), the good people at AdHoc have premiered the whole thing early for your listening pleasure! Announced just last month, the double LP is a bit of a surprise,…
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Written by Jen Starsinic Awesome East Nashville garage band Churchyard are finally releasing their debut album on Saturday night, Nov. 7! They’ll be joined by lo-fi pop band Mom And Dad and riot grrrl trio Roman Polanski’s Baby. The whole shebang will go down at Drkmttr, a volunteer-run music and arts collective on the outskirts…
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Need a primer on local, non-country music? Former Nashvillian Jonathan Stewart, aka DJ Skarface, the mastermind behind the mixes MadDILLAiny (that’s Madvillain versus J Dilla) and Deltron 1983 (Deltron 3030 versus Flying Lotus), has dropped City Limits Tapes, a dizzying new mix that highlights the diversity of Music City’s local music. Divvied up into…
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In recent months, we’ve brought you a handful of tracks from indie pop songstress Vanessa Carlton, who just released her fifth full-length, Liberman, on Oct. 23 via Dine Alone Records, after teasing some fresh material over the summer with an EP, Blue Pool. Newly a resident of Nashville (and wife to Deer Tick’s John McCauley), Carlton filmed her…