Out in support of the recently-released debut full-length, Here Again, Connecticut’s A Will Away have come a long way from their more conventional pop punk roots. After expanding their sound with 2015 EP Bliss, the group, who channel a style in the vein of the pop punk resurgence of a few years ago, where a wave of young and…
Formed two decades ago in New Brunswick, NJ, seminal post-hardcore act Thursday, who rose to fame in the early ’00s adjacent to the booming emo and pop punk scene, found a loyal and widespread fanbase after breakthrough 2001 effort Full Collapse. Channeling dark and earnest lyrical themes and a heavy, visceral, and driving musical style, the group…
When Justin Timberlake signed on as a partner and producer ahead of last year’s second annual Pilgrimage Music & Cultural Festival, we hoped that that mean that the Memphis native turned local resident, who, along with his creative director Trace Ayala, joined festival founders and producers Kevin Griffin, Brandt Wood, and Michael Whelan, might eventually headline, or at…
Charlie Abbott, Mike Ferrera Acme Feed & Seed; Nashville, TN March 28, 2017 Review by Jacob Ryan (@GonzoWithGusto). Photos by Preston Evans Our long-running, free, bi-monthly Acme Feed & Seed showcase series was loud and eclectic on March 28. For our latest installment, we were pleased to welcome grunge rocker Charlie Abbott and reggae-influenced performer Mike Ferrera, plus we kicked the…
Seven years after her debut, The Ghost Who Walks, singer Karen Elson is finally prepping to release a followup, Double Roses, this Friday, April 7 via 1965 Records. A self-proclaimed “post-divorce” record, intentionally crafted away from Nashville in an effort to recapture her Englishness, Elson’s latest marks a shift to much more personal songwriting, and in addition to producer Jonathan Wilson, features contributions from…
Following the 1991 disbandment of punk greats the Replacements (who briefly returned a few years back, before fizzling out once more in 2015), and several years before his near two-decade tenure in Guns ‘N Roses (which only came to an end when the group’s classic lineup mounted a reunion last year), the great Tommy…
As the April 7 release of local alt-country singer-songwriter Cory Branan‘s fifth album, ADIOS, inches closer, the singer, who really let his long-running punk roots flourish on what’s described as his “death record,” has made the whole thing available to exclusively stream via Noisey. Following folkier first single “Imogene” and recent heartland punk-leaning “Another Nightmare in America,” Branan unveiled another…
On the heels of her sophomore LP, The Valley, Australian born, New York based rising pop starlet Betty Who has expanded her “Party in The Valley” tour with a second leg of shows that returns her to Nashville for the first time in more than two years, Aug. 25 at Exit/In. After erupting onto the scene thanks to early single…
We’ve been buzzing for a few months now about PWR BTTM‘s June 13 return to Nashville, where they’ll perform at Mercy Lounge, as well as the queer, New York punks’ forthcoming sophomore LP Pageant, for which they’ll be out in support. After unveiling upbeat, punk-leaning lead single and video “Big Beautiful Day,” the duo dropped a dramatic, anthemic ode to…