Louisiana indie pop outfit Royal Teeth are enjoying a renewed wave of buzz thanks to their latest EP, Amateurs, and will bring their eclectic talents and honed live show back to Nashville for a headlining performance tonight, Aug. 4 at The High Watt. Making this bill even sweeter, local post-rockers Mountains Like Wax, a group you should definitely be keeping an…
With a career stretching nearly two decades, veteran southern jam band Perpetual Groove are returning to Nashville for a top billing engagement at The Basement East on Saturday, August 12. Alabama based prog rock outfit CBDB will be performing in support, and tickets are available here, but don’t sleep on them! If this gig is anything like last year’s outing, the potential for…
Eclectic rockers Primus are gearing up to release their first studio album in six years (assuming you discredit their reimagining of the music of Charlie & The Chocolate Factory three years ago), and have reassembled the classic lineup for their first album together since 1995’s Tales from the Punchbowl. Legendary bassist and vocalist Les…
We’ve been following the career of East Nashville songwriter Lilly Hiatt since her excellent 2015 release, Royal Blue. In the years since, we’ve had a chance to see the daughter of songwriting legend John Hiatt really spread her wings and find her own voice while still channeling her love of ’90s alt rock. She…
The summer is powering on, and our long-running showcase series at Acme Feed & Seed is still going strong. We’re switching back to a three band format for the time being, so get ready to be wowed by three hours worth of free live music! Our next, packed out gig will take place Tuesday, August 8 and the…
The Prescriptions, Eagle Johnson & Clean Machine Acme Feed & Seed; Nashville, TN July 11, 2017 Review by Jacob Ryan (@GonzoWithGusto). Photos by Nolan Knight. Our long-running, free, bi-monthly Acme Feed & Seed showcase series was really cookin’ recently, thanks to Americana rockers The Prescriptions, and, in the middle time slot, garage alt rock trio Eagle Johnson & Clean Machine, along…
Jazz revivalist Kamasi Washington took the world by storm with the release of his nearly three hour long debut opus, The Epic, in 2015, and found himself touring the world, including a killer set leading Superjam at Bonnaroo the following year. The renowned tenor saxophonist has since signed to Young Turks, as he gears up to release…
Five years since the release of her triumphant sophomore effort Warrior, and three since the start of a drawn-out, public legal battle and sexual assault accusations against producer and label head Dr. Luke, Nashville born psych rock/dance pop star Kesha is finally in the midst of her long-awaited, maddeningly stalled comeback, which kicked off with news that her third…
We’ve been eagerly awaiting news of breakout local grunge pop group Bully‘s sophomore LP, which comes after two years of endless praise and tours all across the globe in support of their incredible debut, Feels Like. It was recently revealed that the band had inked a deal with legendary label Sub Pop for the upcoming release,…
Much like the Saddle Creek scene of the early ’00s, nothing about Montclair, NJ’s Pinegrove overtly screams “pop punk,” and, yet with a sound and sensibility at least adjacent to and influenced by that scene, and signed to tastemaking label Run For Cover, they’ve found more press and embrace from the DIY punk community in their…