Since a couple years before our site even existed, the fine folks at Nashville’s Dead have been hosting annual rock fest Freakin’ Weekend, which, over seven fantastic years has grown from a modest DIY hang to a formidable weekend event, spread across multiple days and venues, and showcasing some of the best of local and national…
We’ve officially kicked off the 2017 season of our long-running showcase series at Acme Feed & Seed, introducing a new format that will include rotating DJ sets ahead of largely two-band bills going forward. Our next show will be taking place Tuesday, Feb. 28, with genre bending indie rocker Diamond Carter and friends in the headlining spot, cinematic…
Things have been a bit quiet from local psychedelic soul trio SIMO since we caught them last fall at Live on the Green, so it’s especially exciting that the group have just announced a homecoming show April 14 at The Basement East, where they’ll be previewing their highly-anticipated forthcoming album. If you’re not familiar, but you love everything that made the ’60s…
We can always count on Red Bull’s Sound Select concert series to curate some of the best local and national acts around, all for just $3. Tonight, Feb. 18 at The Basement East continues this trend, bringing together reunited Chicago hip hop duo The Cool Kids, buzzy up and coming southern rapper Pell, and Nashville’s own Jung Youth, plus DJ Owen…
Just when you thought that the winter show doldrums were going to last for the rest of whatever season this is, we have a stacked weekend of top notch shows going on around Music City. We’ve got future folk at Third Man, jam bands, hip hop reunions, and legends from the past three decades…
It’s technically been two decades since beloved Texas indie pop group Eisley, initially made up of all siblings, first formed, though their proper debut album wouldn’t arrive until 2005, and has been followed by a succession of captivating releases, world tours, and critical praise ever since. After a decade of touring with their longstanding, original lineup,…
Hitting the road for a tour he’s dubbing “The Life Aquatic,” eclectic, poignant, and alternative hip hop artist Vince Staples is set to return to Nashville for the second time ever, and first time in a headlining slot, March 7 at Marathon Music Works. After the recent release of politically charged single “BagBak,” and ahead of new music, Staples…
Brooklyn bubble-grunge outfit Charly Bliss, who we last caught supporting Veruca Salt in the summer of 2015, have announced that their highly-anticipated debut full-length, Guppy, will arrive April 21 via Barsuk Records. Ahead of its release, the band recently debuted a shimmering, syrupy sweet new breakup single “Glitter,” and we’ve been jamming it on repeat all week.…
Though a rapper through and through, Cleveland’s Machine Gun Kelly has always drawn influence from and harbored an affinity for the rock scene, and that helped fuel his broad, crossover appeal as the MC cultivated an audience in his earliest days, performing just as easily at events like Warped Tour as with big names in hip…
Local blues/indie rock heroes and certifiable Nashville success story The Delta Saints have been teasing the release of a new record for a few weeks now. Other than the title, Monte Vista, and some album cover artwork, they haven’t given yet revealed much, but that all changes Feb. 23 friends, because the group are officially releasing new…