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[TICKET GIVEAWAY] Punk Rock Prom ft. Louder Than Bombs, Crucial Bros, Nashville Is The Reason DJs | Feb. 11 @ The Basement East
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Premier local punk/indie/emo party Nashville Is the Reason is turning two, and they’re celebrating in style by hosting a Punk Rock Prom at The Basement East, expanding on their typical Pub side DJ night with a show in the main venue, boasting an all-star Smiths cover band called Louder Than Bombs (featuring members of Bayside, Saves The Day, and more) as well…
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TWiN | This Weekend in Nashville | Feb. 3-5
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While the weather may not feel like it is already February, announcements are flooding the calendar for the spring touring season. That being said, we have plenty to choose from around town this weekend in Music City, at least until Super Bowl Sunday. We have a star studded visit from a Prairie Home Companion, a…
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Watch Paper Route Perform “Balconies” on ‘Seth Meyers’ | Catch Them Feb. 18 @ Exit/In
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After a long and occasionally difficult process leading up to the release of their third album, last year’s Real Emotion, it seems like local indie rockers Paper Route are back to smooth sailing. The group have released a handful of well received singles and videos, they’ve been touring frequently, and their latest was met with critical acclaim; perhaps a…
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Dashboard Confessional Announce All Local Slate of Openers for Basement East Residency, Feb. 21, 22, 23, 26, 28
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Last month, beloved emo outfit Dashboard Confessional, who’ve become increasingly active in recent years after returning from a hiatus, announced a series of intimate shows at The Basement East, initially Feb. 21, 22, & 23, with outings on the 26 and 28 promptly added after the first three sold out immediately. Tacked onto the end of a tour which has sold out (much larger)…
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Jess Nolan Drops Live Acoustic Video for “Change” | Catch Her Feb. 20 @ The Basement
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Jess Nolan is a local singer-songwriter we’ve had our eye on for awhile. Between last year’s Road to Roo competition, where she made it to the Nashville area finals, and our interview and premiere of her debut EP Strike A Match, last fall, regular readers should be no stranger to Nolan’s soulful, r&b sound. Ahead of a Feb. 20 full band show…
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Mac DeMarco to Play Marathon Music Works May 17 | Hear Two Tracks Ahead of New LP
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The rise of lo-fi/slacker/indie rocker Mac DeMarco over the last few years has been exciting to watch. While we happened upon him around the time of his earliest solo works, mini album Rock and Roll Night Club and full-length debut 2, the eclectic, Canadian born singer-songwriter and multi-instrumentalist first seemed to nab broader mainstream recognition with 2014 sophomore LP Salad Days.…
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Alabama Shakes, Sturgill Simpson, Run the Jewels, More Announced for 2017 Sloss Fest
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Since its debut in 2015, Birmingham, Alabama’s Sloss Fest has fast become a formidable, regional musical event, boasting a balanced, eclectic, weekend slate of performers in historic Sloss Furnaces. The fest returns for its third year July 15-16, once again overlapping with the similarly-geared Forecastle Fest in Louisville, with which it shares some performers, forcing Nashvillians to choose…
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[TICKET GIVEAWAY] July Talk w/ Mona & Little Junior | Feb. 9 @ The High Watt
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Riding high on the buzz from their fantastic 2016 sophomore effort Touch, Canada’s July Talk are fast becoming a must-know band in the alt rock world, renowned for their excellent live show and musical versatility. After a busy past year, the group are set to return to Nashville to play The High Watt on Feb. 9, a spot they last headlined…
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Pinegrove to Play The End May 10
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Much like the Saddle Creek scene of the early ’00s, nothing about Montclair, NJ’s Pinegrove overtly screams “pop punk,” and, yet with a sound and sensibility at least adjacent to and influenced by that scene, and signed to tastemaking label Run For Cover, they’ve found more press and embrace from the DIY punk community in their…
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Thursday to Play Marathon Music Works April 5 w/ Touché Amoré & Basement
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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…