Sum 41w/ The Interrupters, Joey Valence & BraeThe Ryman Auditorium; Nashville, TNMay 14, 20204 Review by Philip Obenschain. Photos by Mary-Beth Blankenship. Sometimes, when bands announce a planned breakup or farewell tour, it’s met with a healthy dose of warranted skepticism, when all too often a reunion tour, comeback album, or change a mind…
Rainbow Kitten SurpriseBrooklyn Bowl; Nashville, TNMay 6, 2024 Photos by Elizabeth Marsh It’s been six long years since alt/indie outfit Rainbow Kitten Surprise released their third album, 2018’s How To: Friend, Love, Freefall, and in the time between its release and their latest, Love Hate Music Box, which arrived just days after the group…

Holly Humberstonew/ Carol AdesThe Basement East; Nashville, TNMay 5, 2024 Photos by Gina Di Maio English indie pop singer-songwriter Holly Humberstone has had a remarkable past few years, since first arriving onto the scene amidst the pandemic lockdown with 2020 debut EP Falling Asleep at the Wheel, soon inking a major label record deal…
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Chicano Batmanw/ Lido PimientaBrooklyn Bowl; Nashville, TNMay 3, 2024 Review and photos by Drake Boling “Because the ocean is all around usAnd life will flow onAs long as there are ripples in the wavesAnd sun rays from the sun And while I’m here on earthI’ll rejoice in its worth” The last time I was…
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Pondw/ 26fixThe Basement East; Nashville, TNMay 1, 2024 Review by Lansing Brown. Photos by Hannah Laney. Wednesdays can be odd days for shows. The exhaustion of making it halfway through the week, yet without the hopeful weekend anticipation of Thursday show. They take a bit more summoning of energy. However, as psychedelic rock/pop outfit…
Alice Phoebe Louw/ Sam BurtonThe Basement East; Nashville, TNApril 17, 2024 Photos by Elizabeth Marsh Based in Germany by way of South Africa, indie pop singer-songwriter Alice Phoebe Lou has been making music for more than decade, and has had a prolific string of independent releases, both solo and with side project Strongboi, especially…
Mannequin Pussyw/ Soul GloThe Basement East; Nashville, TNApril 15, 2024 Photos by Elizabeth Marsh One of the most celebrated and dependable fixtures in the indie punk scene for more than a decade, Philadelphia’s Mannequin Pussy have been no strangers to Nashville over the years, performing in many of the city’s intimate clubs and DIY…
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Mitskiw/ Julia JacklinThe Ryman Auditorium; Nashville, TNApril 12, 2024 Review by Philip Obenschain. Photos by Mary-Beth Blankenship. Since springing to national recognition and critical adoration with her brilliant third album Bury Me at Makeout Creek a decade ago, and cementing her status as one of indie rock’s most inventive, unparalleled, multifaceted and generational talents…
Julia JacklinThe Blue Room at Third Man Records; Nashville, TNApril 13, 2024 Photos by Gina Di Maio Just one night after gracing the stage at The Ryman Auditorium for the first time, in support of the third of a four-night residency from famed, Nashville-based indie favorite Mitski, Australia’s Julia Jacklin returned to The Blue…
Charlotte Sandsw/ Young Culture, sensesBrooklyn Bowl; Nashville, TNApril 11, 2024 Photos by Gina Di Maio One of Nashville’s most impressive alt pop and pop punk success stories in recent memory, longtime No Country favorite Charlotte Sands recently returned home to headline Brooklyn Bowl, marking her biggest Music City headliner ever (and first in over…