Ahead of the May 12 release of their highly-anticipated sophomore LP Pageant, and their June 13 show at Mercy Lounge in support, both of which we recently announced, queer, New York punk duo PWR BTTM have unveiled another new single, the relatively low-key but all too real ode to a frustration nearly every millennial can relate to, “Answer My Text.” In…
Three exciting, rising garage, grunge, punk, and pop influenced acts, LA’s Cherry Glazerr, New York’s Ian Sweet, and Chicago’s Lala Lala are coming to The High Watt later this month, March 24, and with new albums out from every single band, it’s incredible time to see them live. All fronted by (or made up of) women (not that that defines them, but…
Back in 2012, multi-instrumentalist and violin virtuoso K Ishibashi, better known by his pseudonym Kishi Bashi, burst onto the scene with his debut full-length LP 151A. Since then, he’s evolved his unique mixture of orchestral pop tinged with experimental riffs and rhythms that always leave you guessing. With his latest album, 2016’s Sonderlust, he confronts the chaos and pain of…
After two celebrated and award winning records released under his own name, 2013’s Southeastern and 2015’s Something More Than Free, Alabama native turned breakout Nashville songwriting fixture Jason Isbell has reconvened with his backing band The 400 Unit for a new album, The Nashville Sound, set to arrive June 16 via Southeastern Records. Produced by Dave Cobb, who also helmed Isbell’s last two…
Celebrating the release of their debut full-length, landmark, Minnesota indie popsters Hippo Campus are set to play The Basement East on March 22 with Miami’s Magic City Hippies and local favorites ELEL. Though they’ve played Nashville twice the last two years in a row, more often as a supporting act, for great bands like The Mowgli’s, JR JR, and Saint Motel, this marks Hippo Campus’s biggest Music…
After last week’s second Road to Roo 2017 preliminary round, the bracket-style battle of the bands contest enters the semifinals tonight, March 14 with a first round at The Basement East (and concludes with the second half of the semifinals March 23 at 3rd & Lindsley). Of the eight remaining bands from the initial 16, four were chosen…
Louisville indie/psych rockers and festival faves My Morning Jacket have announced a summer run of tour dates, which brings them back through Music City for another gig at Ascend Amphitheater, the site of their last Music City outing in 2015, on July 7. While other supporting acts for the run include The Record Company, Gary Clark…
We gave you the heads up on this one last week, with the added bonus of a chance at free tickets. Now the time has come, and tonight, March 14 multi-instrumentalist Cameron Avery (of Tame Impala and Pond fame) will stop in on Music City to perform at The Basement with help from Lylas and Chase Cohl. Avery…
Out in support of their new and fourteenth album Oczy Mlody, something of a return to form after years of weirder releases and collaborations, seminal neo-psychedelic rockers The Flaming Lips are set to return to Nashville March 29 for a performance at War Memorial Auditorium. Numerous festival outings aside, it’s actually been ages since the band played a proper, headlining,…