Music City, get ready to welcome back Austin based psychedelic fuzz rockers The Black Angels, who will be making their presence felt at The Basement East on Wednesday, April 26, just days after the release of their new album Death Song. With help from Brooklyn based, like-minded brethren A Place to Bury Strangers, this promises to…
Entering its fourth year, the Wild West Comedy Festival, produced by Vince Vaughn’s Wild West Productions, has become the premiere annual event for Music City residents who love to laugh (and four years running, it feels like it’s here for the long haul). Bringing worldwide comedic talent of all sizes to Music City, this year’s…
Formed over 15 years ago in Austin, Texas, experimental rockers Explosions in the Sky are one of the premiere instrumental acts making music today. Frequently placed in film and TV, the band have released seven albums (and scored multiple soundtracks) since 2000, most recently last year’s The Wilderness. Though frequently labeled post-rock, their sound is more reeled in…
The weekend is finally here, which means it’s time to let loose. Local music community PØPSQUAD is bringing local pop queen Daniella Mason out to The High Watt tonight, April 14 for a night of killer music from three badass female artists. She’ll be playing plenty of cuts from her latest EP Technicolour after fellow local indie pop acts EZA and Jessie Early…
Easter weekend is upon us, and, no matter your religious leanings, it doesn’t seem to be slowing down the slate of great show options happening around town, if you’re looking for some weekend entertainment. Between release shows for local favorites and emerging artists, country legends and young blood, pop, folk, punk, post-rock, and a…
As regular readers know, we can’t get enough of local bluesy, southern, retro rock powerhouse Blackfoot Gypsies. We’ve been covering the group for a long time, and seeing their steady rise in notoriety has been a thrill to witness. With this in mind, we absolutely had to mention that the sure-to-be-epic album release party for their…
We gave you the heads up on this one last month, but now it’s showtime for former Black Lips’ shredder and Music City transplant Ian Saint Pé, who’s celebrating the release of his debut solo record, Fixed Focus. Performing tonight, April 14 at The End as simply Saint Pé, the reinvented rocker packed his undercard with veteran…
We’ve been hyping this one for several weeks now, and we even gave you the chance at free tickets, but now the time has finally come, friends! Local psychedelic soul trio SIMO are back in action, and ready to melt some skulls at The Basement East tonight, April 14 with help from soulful singer-songwriter Devon Gilfillian and blues picker Quinn DeVeaux in…
Polarizing yet brilliant, eclectic singer-songwriter and multi-instumentlaist Joshua Tillman has found something of cult-like fame since conceiving his Father John Misty persona and musical vehicle five years ago. With newly released third album Pure Comedy, Father John reaches another level of social commentary, self-awareness, and alternating parody and perpetuation of the culture he’s ingrained with, all packed into…
Radiohead w/ Dudu Tassa & the Kuwaitis Philips Arena; Atlanta, GA April 1, 2017 Review by Philip Obenschain (@pobenschain). Photos by Mary-Beth Blankenship. As we pointed out earlier this year when their latest trek of North American dates were announced, statistics would suggest that Radiohead might never again play Nashville proper (Bonnaroo, on the other hand, is always more…