Earlier this year, we introduced you to rising local duo Molly Rocket with a premiere of their fun, subversive video for feminist party anthem “Friction (Dat Booty Doh).” Made up of singer Molly Balsam and drummer Atticus Swartwood, a pair of Wesleyan University graduates who relocated to Nashville to pursue music, the band mix elements of piano pop, soul, rock, and punk in…
Over the last decade, Philadelphia pop punks The Wonder Years have become something of a seminal act in the modern scene, helping revitalize and course-correct the genre with their earnest, smart, engaging, relatable songwriting and DIY-rooted attitude. While the band manage to make it to Nashville on a semi-regular basis, their presence has typically boosted them…
Since erupting on the scene with breakout 2012 LP Born to Die, beloved, baroque, cinematic, and avant-garde indie pop singer Lana Del Rey has become something of a modern icon, renowned for his classic image and mystique; dreamy, epic, and hypnotic sound; and alluring presence. Over three full-lengths since, most recently this summer’s triumphant, career high point Lust…
Back on a prolific tear as a solo artist, after several years of various collaborations and band reunions, renowned indie/folk singer-songwriter Conor Oberst is set to return to Nashville for the fourth time in just as many years on Oct. 13, to play Marathon Music Works with Tim Kasher (Cursive, The Good Life) and Frances Quinlan (Hop Along). After releasing his most stripped-down…
Breakout local grunge pop group Bully recently announced that their highly-anticipated sophomore LP and first release for Sub Pop is slated to drop on Oct. 20. Dubbed Losing, along with news of the album came a manic and ferocious lead single, “Feel the Same,” as well as a winter tour announcement, which includes three nights at Mercy Lounge, on Dec.…
Celebrated alt-country group American Aquarium are back in town for a headlining show tonight, Sept. 27 at The Basement East. Singer-songwriter BJ Barham will lead the band’s newly-reshuffled lineup through a mixture of their best cuts. It will all kick off with an opening set from Nashville’s own Cordovas, who are beloved for their stellar live shows and funky, ’70s inspired…
Returning to Nashville for the first time in a couple of years, in support of their excellent recent fourth LP, Expect the Best, New York/Washington indie rockers Widowspeak are slated to headline The High Watt on Oct. 6, with support from Chicago garage rock up and comers Clearance and local favorites Sad Baxter. A stacked and diverse sampling of three exciting and eclectic…
After a bit of a break from music throughout the ’00s, eccentric, eclectic British glam rock icon Adam Ant mounted a comeback a few years ago, complete with the release of his sixth solo album and first in almost two decades, Adam Ant Is the Blueblack Hussar in Marrying the Gunner’s Daughter, in 2013. Since then,…
We’ve been buzzing about it for months, and the week has finally arrived, as we prepare to head to Franklin’s Park at Harlinsdale this weekend, Sept. 23 & 24 for the third annual Pilgrimage Music & Cultural Festival. We had a blast at years one and two, and thanks to an impressive lineup, even more buzz, and one high-profile new…
The third annual Pilgrimage Music & Cultural Festival down in nearby Franklin is making the biggest waves, unless you consider the waves in the Cumberland River from crashing manmade flying vehicles at Red Bull’s Flugtag, this weekend with a stacked lineup including Justin Timberlake, Eddie Vedder, Ryan Adams, Mavis Staples, The Avett Brothers, and…