Car Seat Headrest w/ The Lemon Twigs Mercy Lounge; Nashville, TN September 7, 2016 Review by Matt Hall. Photos by Jake Giles Netter. Buzzy indie-rockers Car Seat Headrest made a triumphant return to Nashville to a packed house at Mercy Lounge recently, and we were there to capture the evening. They were joined by the flamboyant duo…
Review by Philip Obenschain (@pobenschain). Photos by Mary-Beth Blankenship. When The Wrecking Ball hosted its inaugural fest last year, no one, least of all the promoters, seemed to expect it to become an annual tradition; instead, it was a punk-centric celebration of 25 years of an Atlanta landmark, The Masquerade. Another thing The Ball surely didn’t anticipate, even if…
Photo by Mary-Beth Blankenship. Live on the Green 2016 Weekend Finale Public Square Park; Nashville, TN September 1-3, 2016 Review by Meredith Galyon, Matt Hall, Philip Obenschain, & Jacob Ryan. Photos by Nolan Knight, Mary Beth Blankenship, & Jen Silver. How does it all come to an end so fast? It feels like Live on…
J. Human, PHIN, Stelle Amor Acme Feed & Seed; Nashville, TN August 23, 2016 Words by Jacob Ryan (@GonzoWithGusto). Our long-running, free Acme Feed & Seed showcase series has switched format for 2016, running monthly/bi-monthly now, but that doesn’t mean that the showcase is ever lacking in awesome local, and sometimes national, talent. For the Aug.…
Live on the Green w/ Dawes, Kurt Vile & The Violators, The Record Company Public Square Park; Nashville, TN August 25, 2016 Review by Matt Hall. Photos by Mary-Beth Blankenship. Live on the Green continued last week for another edition of their already unbelievable 2016 season. They followed up the first two weeks of Andra Day, Allen…
Live on the Green w/ Jenny Lewis, Passenger, JR JR Public Square Park; Nashville, TN August 18, 2016 Review by Philip Obenschain (@pobenschain). Photos by Mary-Beth Blankenship. Last Thursday, Live on the Green continued what is shaping up to be an unbelievable 2016 season, returning for a second week on the heels of a fantastic debut with…
Dixie Chicks. Photo by Kevin Mazur/Getty Images for PMK. Dixie Chicks w/ Vintage Trouble, Smooth Hound Smith Bridgestone Arena; Nashville, TN August 17, 2016 Review by Mary-Beth Blankenship and Philip Obenschain. Photos by Kevin Mazur for PMK. It’s been almost exactly a decade since beloved country trio the Dixie Chicks last played Nashville, also at Bridgestone Arena,…
Live on the Green w/ Andra Day, Allen Stone, White Denim Public Square Park; Nashville, TN August 11, 2016 Review by Philip Obenschain (@pobenschain). Photos by Amber J Davis. Last Thursday, Live on the Green triumphantly kicked off its 2016 season, marking the beginning of the annual, free fest’s eighth year, and third since…
Save, perhaps, for Bonanroo (which shares the same production team) there is no other regional festival we can say that, without a doubt, we will attend every year without fail, and can count on to be as well-curated, well-organized, and endlessly fun as Forecastle Fest. We’ve made the trip four years in a row now, falling…
MOTE, Birds in the Airport, Ashley Leone, Swimming with Bears Acme Feed & Seed; Nashville, TN July 26, 2016 Words by Jacob Ryan (@GonzoWithGusto). Photos by Nolan Knight. Our long-running, free Acme Feed & Seed showcase series has switched format for 2016, running monthly/bi-monthly now, but that doesn’t mean that the showcase is ever lacking in awesome…