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As we announced a few months back, premier summer traveling punk fest the Vans Warped Tour, now entering its 22nd consecutive year, will return to Nashville on June 29, its third year back after an extended absence from Music City, following the 2006 closure of the Starwood Amphitheatre. Set to take place once again at The Fairgrounds Nashville,…
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Bonnaroo‘s 15h anniversary fest is approaching fast, and that means more and more news will soon be rolling in! Set to take place June 9-12 in Manchester, TN, ‘Roo unveiled its 2016 lineup back in January, then came one step closer to detailing this year’s schedule with the announcement of daily lineups earlier this month. While we wait…
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Protopunk icon, musical trailblazer, and former frontman of The Modern Lovers, Jonathan Richman would be a household name if there was any musical justice. Now four decades in and showing no signs of slowing down, the eclectic singer-songwriter has, over the years, shifted towards a more laid-back, acoustic sound, which seems to evolve with each release…
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Long before he co-founded The Traveling Wilburys or hit the road with The Heartbreakers, legendary guitarist and songwriter Tom Petty was a part of the southern rock band Mudcrutch. The group are comprised of Petty, guitarist Tom Leadon, and drummer Randall Marsh, as well as fellow future Heartbreakers Mike Campbell and Benmont Tench. Although Mudcrutch only managed to release one single,…
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While their presence has been felt, and their ties to Music City over the years have certainly been persistent, English folk rockers Mumford & Sons haven’t properly played Nashville in four years. Hard to believe, huh? Save for an outing at Bonnaroo last summer, the group’s upcoming April 15 performance at Bridgestone Arena with Blake Mills will be Nashville’s first chance to see Mumford…
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We’ve been talking about the impending return of Andrew Bird to The Ryman Auditorium tonight, March 30 for a few months now. He’s been teasing us with the release of singles from his upcoming 13th full length, Are You Serious, and we even gave you a chance to score a pair of tickets on…
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Bonnaroo Artist | Bully Bonnaroo History | 2014 Stage & Time | TBA As we’ve been doing for the past several years now, we’re making it our mission to help you get acquainted with as many bands as we can from Bonnaroo‘s impressive 2016 lineup. We’ll start from the bottom and work our way up, paying special attention to the smaller…
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Ahead of a solid run at SXSW again this year and in anticipation of the upcoming new LP, Turn To Gold, which drops on June 10 via Infinity Cat, Diarrhea Planet got a chance to warm up as the headliners of the Saturday night segment of Freakin’ Weekend VII at Exit/In a few weeks ago.…
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Regular readers should already know *repeat repeat, a local group who we’ve followed from literally day one, back in 2012. With their breezy, indie, poppy, and layered surf rock sound, they’ve become an essential fixture in the Nashville musical landscape, and the group’s upcoming sophomore effort, Floral Canyon, is easily one of our most-anticipated records of…
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On the heels of a successful arena tour supporting Fall Out Boy, buzzworthy Massachusetts alt rock/dark electro-pop trio PVRIS have announced a headlining trek of North American dates, set to kick off after a tour of Europe on May 11 at Nashville’s own Cannery Ballroom. Thanks to their unbelievably strong 2014 debut LP White Noise, the band have, over the…