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Depeche Mode to Play Ascend Amphitheater Sept. 18
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Tears for Fears aren’t the only English, ’80s, synthpop and new wave pioneers to announce a decades-overdue return to Nashville this year- fellow famed rockers Depeche Mode, whose one and only other Music City show took place at Starwood Amphitheatre in 1988, finally return to town at the tail end of summer, to headline Ascend Amphitheater on Sept. 18. Achieving…
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Justin Townes Earle Drops “Champagne Corolla” Ahead of New Album ‘Kids in the Street’
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We recently told you that local folk singer Justin Townes Earle would be playing Franklin Theatre on May 8, along with The Sadies, and, with that news, promised new music in the near future. That new music came even quicker than expected, with the recent news that Earle’s eighth album, Kids in the Street, will arrive May 26 via New West…
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Slayer to Play Municipal Auditorium July 30
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It’s only been a year since thrash metal pioneers Slayer last played Nashville, but, after a more than 15 year gap before that, we certainly won’t say no to a return visit so soon. Set to hit the road this summer with Lamb of God and Behemoth, the legendary band are back July 30, this time in the larger Municipal Auditorium after a…
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The Flaming Lips Debut Video for “There Should Be Unicorns” | Catch Them March 29 at War Memorial Auditorium!
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Leading up to the release of their 15th album Oczy Mlody, a trippy, psychedelic return to form, earlier this year, The Flaming Lips released an especially prolific string of videos, including “The Castle,” “How??,” “Sunrise (Eyes of The Young),” and “Nidgy Nie (Never No).” Now that the record is out, the group still show no signs of slowing down,…
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Hall & Oates, Tears for Fears to Play Bridgestone Arena May 24
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Two of the ’80s greatest musical duos, Hall & Oates (who, nowadays, go by the more formal Daryl Hall & John Oates) and Tears for Fears are teaming up for a massive, nostalgic, North American summer tour, and the hitmakers are aiming high, with arenas booked all over the continent, including a May 24 outing at Nashville’s own Bridgestone Arena.…
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Louie Anderson to Perform at City Winery April 22
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Best known, perhaps, for creating cult ’90s cartoon series Life with Louie, as well as his Emmy winning, surprisingly earnest portrayal of matriarch Christine Baskets on FX series Baskets, comedian Louie Anderson has been a fixture in the standup comedy scene since the ’80s. With his sharp, personal, observational style of humor, Anderson blends old school delivery with…
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Franz Ferdinand to Play Exit/In May 22
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It’s been more than three years since Scottish indie rockers Franz Ferdinand last toured North America, and even longer, 2013 to be exact, since their one and only performance in Nashville. Thanks to a summer festival run, the group, whose eponymous 2004 debut made them a fixture in the “post-punk revival” of last decade, and whose…
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Idle Bloom Debut “Dust” Video on the Heels of First Full-Length ‘Little Deaths’
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First off, if you haven’t yet heard Idle Bloom‘s debut full-length Little Deaths, you need to stop reading and take care of that immediately. You can listen on Bandcamp or your paid streaming service of choice, buy a digital copy, pre-order the vinyl, scoop up the CD or cassette, whatever you need to do to get…
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Banks to Play Marathon Music Works June 12
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After nearly three years, synthy r&b songstress Banks, whose sophomore LP, The Alter, dropped last fall, has finally announced her return to Nashville, upgrading from Cannery Ballroom, which she sold out in 2014, the roomier Marathon Music Works on June 12. Thanks to her enigmatic public image and lush, alluring sound, Banks has become a staple in the indie pop…
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Sylvan Esso to Play The Ryman Auditorium Sept. 22
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Along with news that their highly-anticipated sophomore full-length, What Now, will arrive April 28 via Loma Vista Recordings, breakout genre-bending electro/indie pop duo Sylvan Esso have announced a lengthy summer tour, which includes a Sept. 22 Nashville return, their local biggest headlining show to date, at The Ryman Auditorium. The outing comes almost exactly a year after the group played Marathon…