If, somehow, you don’t know the name John Williams, you are, without a doubt, still familiar with his music. Arguably the best-known composer alive, and certainly the most influential film composer of all time, Williams’ staggering credits include scoring the likes of Star Wars, Harry Potter, Jaws, Indiana Jones, Superman, Jurassic Park, Home Alone, E.T., and countless other classic films, the sounds of which…
Ahead of the April 21 release of their highly-anticipated debut full-length Guppy, and before their recently-announced April 29 headlining show at The High Watt, Brooklyn bubble-grunge outfit Charly Bliss have premiered a music video for their latest single, “Percolator.” Like their last track “Glitter,” the new tune feels more refined and self-aware, still hooking us in with the band’s unparalleled knack…
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…
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…
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…
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,…
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.…
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…
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…
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…