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Pop punk pioneers New Found Glory are celebrating their 20th anniversary with a lengthy spring run of shows where, each night, they’ll perform two of their classic albums, rotating a different combination for each city. Though at least some of the group call Music City home these days, and we spotted them around town frequently…
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Looking for weekend plans? There are a slew of shows going on around town that are worthy of your consideration, including rock vets, rising soulful pop stars, legends in bluegrass, a Boom Bap, guitar virtuosos, and the Queen of Rockabilly to name just a few. Head below to see all of our staff picks…
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It’s been nearly half a year since Carl Broemel celebrated the release of his third album, 4th of July, at The Basement East. In the months since, the buzz surround the My Morning Jacket member’s latest effort has only continued to grow, and we’re incredibly excited that he’ll return to the same spot once more for a performance…
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San Francisco based ambient/electronic group Tycho have seen their stock rise since we first began covering them. They dropped Epoch late last year, which hit #1 on Billboard’s Dance/Electronica charts, and ultimately nabbed the outfit their first two Grammy noms. Epoch rounds out a trilogy of records for Tycho which began with 2011’s Dive and 2014’s…
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We first told you about local psych pop outfit Okey Dokey last spring, ahead of their debut performance with us at our Acme Feed & Seed showcase. A songwriting duo composed of The Weeks’ (and former Sol Cat) guitarist Johny Fisher and local artist and bassist Aaron Martin, Okey Dokey have continued to mesmerize us with…
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It’s a new year, and that means it’s time to bring back our long-running Acme Feed & Seed showcase from winter break. While we’re still keeping the roughly bi-monthly format we began last year (after two years of doing showcases every week), we’re making some changes for 2017. Instead of three bands every week, we’ll…
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Kettering, England quartet Temples have been a rising voice in the psychedelic sphere since emerging on the scene in 2012, and really caught attention on both sides of the pond with their debut single “Shelter Song.” Things started moving pretty fast for the young rockers after a raucous run through SXSW, the release of their 2014 debut full-length, and…
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At this point, seminal alt rock icons the Pixies have been reunited longer than the the 11 years they were broken up, and much longer than the seven that comprised their original, prolific run. It wasn’t until 2014, however, a decade after they first got back together, that the group finally released a new full-length (at first,…
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A couple years removed from their 2015 seventh full-length, What a Terrible World, What a Beautiful World (in support of which they made a 2015 stop at The Ryan and appearance at the inaugural Pilgrimage Fest), long-running Portland indie rock outfit The Decemberists have announced a short run of springs dates, where they promise to play songs from “every dusty…
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Following in the tradition of comedians like Conan O’Brien, Reggie Watts, and Aziz Ansari, famed standup and actor Chris Rock has announced a surprise, last minute performance at Third Man Records tomorrow evening, Jan. 24. Unsurprisingly, within minutes of the 5 p.m. announce through Third Man’s Twitter, tickets to the intimate, Blue Room affair had entirely sold out. Rock has been…