What started as an annual celebration of all things vinyl, marked largely by niche indie releases and celebrating independent stores, has ballooned to become a cultural phenomenon, now in its tenth year, known as Record Store Day. Set to take place Saturday, April 21, the music lovers’ holiday not only brings a massive number of new, collectible,…
For years now, we’ve thought local alt-country singer-songwriter Cory Branan had more of a punk streak than he let on. Not just in the raw structure of his songs, the earnest and unfiltered way he presents himself, or the artists he seems to be palling around with, like Dashboard Confessional and Brian Fallon, Branan has always had…
Two of Europe’s finest metal bands, both with a penchant for more progressive influences, both formed in the ’90s, and both celebrating critically-acclaimed 2016 albums, Sweden’s Opeth and France’s Gojira are set to kick off a small co-headlining spring run with a date right here in Nashville, May 4 at War Memorial Auditorium. Between Opeth’s expansive, progressive, and death metal rooted…
Formed 20 years ago in western Pennsylvania, The Juliana Theory were an emo and indie leaning group who always seemed to be just on the cusp on breakthrough superstardom, nonetheless attracting an admirable fanbase and producing several scene classics over their decade-long run and four LPs. Since disbanding in 2006, plagued by label woes, the band have reconvened…
Held annually at the end of Pride Month, the long-running Nashville Pride Festival is an important celebration of our city’s LGBTQIA community, and has, since beginning with a parade in 1988, grown to become a huge and revelrous affair, complete with performances from big-name musical acts. This year, the festival returns to Public Square Park on June 24 &…
Returning after a pair of supporting shows at Mercy Lounge and The Stone Fox in 2015, Brooklyn grunge pop group Charly Bliss are back in town April 29, on the heels of their debut full-length Guppy, to headline The High Watt, along with local duo and kindred spirits Sad Baxter! A buzzy, band-you-should-know, Charly Bliss combine a nostalgic, poppy, energetic pop…
No strangers to Music City (last year alone they headlined The Ryman and Live on the Green, and hosted a special record release show at The Basement East), Los Angeles folk rockers Dawes are continuing their rapid ascent, still reeling with support from last year’s fifth album We’re All Gonna Die, with a two-night return to The Ryman…
Earlier this year, New Found Glory expanded their 20 Years of Pop Punk career retrospective tour to include a May 18 performance at Exit/In, where they’ll play arguably their two most famous releases, 2002’s Sticks and Stones and 2004’s Catalyst, in full (each night of the run features two different album performances). Unsurprisingly, that show sold out almost instantly, and…
We are full steam ahead through Spring with the 2017 season of our long-running showcase series at Acme Feed & Seed, settling into a new format that includes rotating DJ sets ahead of largely two-band bills going forward. Our next all local show will take place Tuesday, April 25, and it will feature rock collective Dylan McDonald & The…