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It’s hard to believe it’s been 30 years now since trailblazing and ionic power pop and alt rock outfit Weezer sprung onto the scene with their eponymous debut (more commonly referred to as the “Blue Album,” due to its cover and to the fact that they’ve released several more colorful self-titled albums since), an…

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One of the most exciting rock groups to come out of the UK in the last decade, frenetic and layered punk outfit IDLES first formed in 2009 in Bristol, England, where frontman Joe Talbot and bassist Adam Devonshire- friends from attending school together previously- had moved for university. Though they commanded a local following early on,…
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Though they formally became a band in the early 2010s, the origins of power pop outfit Charly Bliss date back quite a bit earlier, with singer Eva Hendricks and drummer Sam Hendricks growing up in Connecticut, siblings and children of musical parents, and guitarist Spencer Fox meeting Eva in high school, instantly connecting and…
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A cult favorite band of the millennial pop punk scene, and one whose influence and legacy has only seemed to grow in the nearly-two-decades since they first called it quits, alt rock and pop punk outfit Something Corporate have been slowly staging a full-on reunion since news first broke that they’d appear at last…
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Though she’s only 23-years-old, breakout, soulful English r&b and pop singer Lola Young has been writing music for more than a decade, and first began attracting attention as a teen, winning a national open mic contest at 13, and attending famed creative and performing arts institute The BRIT School, in the footsteps of icons like…
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Though he born and raised in Oregon, and began making music while attending college in California, Nashville is both where singer-songwriter Mat Kearney first felt inspired to pursue music as career (after coming to town on a whim to help his friend and producer Robert Marvin move), and also where he’s lived for most…
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King Gizzard & the Lizard Wizardw/ GeeseAscend Amphitheater; Nashville, TNAugust 31, 2024 Photos by Abigail Cook It’s hard to believe it’s been almost exactly seven years since Australian psych rock outfit King Gizzard & the Lizard Wizard last played Nashville proper, both because they have played more recently nearby (like at at Bonnaroo a couple…
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Green Dayw/ The Smashing Pumpkins, Rancid, The Linda LindasGeodis Park; Nashville, TNAugust 30, 2024 Review by Philip Obenschain. Photos by Mary-Beth Blankenship. Undoubtedly one of the most successful, popular, and influential bands in not only punk and pop punk, but rock history in general, legendary California trio Green Day recently returned to Nashville for…

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Formed almost twenty years ago in Bowling Green, Kentucky, and Nashville transplants for more than a decade, eclectic rockers Cage the Elephant are undoubtedly one of the biggest grassroots musical success stories in modern rock. Anchored by brothers Matt (vocals) and Brad (guitar) Shultz, and rounded out by Jared Champion (drums), Daniel Tichenor (bass), Nick Bockrath (guitar), and…

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It’s been almost six years since Donald Glover last properly toured as his alt hip hop and r&b, genre-bending musical alter-ego Childish Gambino, when he last played Nashville at Bridgestone Arena, and six since he headlined a host of prominent musical festivals, including nearby Bonnaroo. On the recorded side, he hadn’t, until recently, been much…