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Three rock legends and Rock and Roll Hall of Fame inductees, Heart, Joan Jett & The Blackhearts, and Cheap Trick have announced a lengthy summer tour, aptly dubbed the “Rock Hall Three For All,” which passes through Music City as it winds down at the end of the summer, Sept. 19 at Ascend Amphitheater. We surely don’t need to fill you in about…
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One of the most exciting events of 2015 was the opening of The Basement East, which brought a proper 400-ish cap venue to Nashville’s growing East Side. Since the venue’s grand opening blowout back in April, the bills have continued to astound, featuring incredible shows like a couple of unexpected Cage The Elephant dates, metal gods…
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Our friends at Palaver Records are celebrating the third anniversary of their weekly Palaver Thursdays show series TONIGHT, Jan. 14 in a blowout fashion. The super-sized event features 19 artists over both stages at their typical spot of fooBAR, as well as across the street at The East Room, and includes blog faves like Tetherball, Allen Thompson, Kim…
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Local rockers Step Sisters quickly caught our eye, after coming together in 2014 and releasing a self-titled EP early last year. We’ve told you about the group a number of times, notably as part of some great local shows, and the relative newcomers are quickly becoming a “need to know” band on the rise. Step Sisters…
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The Whistles & The Bells, the local, eclectic musical vehicle of former Cadillac Sky frontman Bryan Simpson, have a busy January planned, with performances Jan. 15 at The High Watt with Albatross, Jan. 22 at The Basement with ChessBoxer, and Jan. 30, also at The Basement, with Jon Latham. While we’d highly recommend any/all of these great, low-dough…
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After an unbelievably huge (and entirely well-deserved) 2015, local grunge pop group Bully are returning home for their first Nashville show of the new year, Jan. 22 at The Basement East! This marks the band’s first time performing at the east side’s new favorite haunt, and it’ll be extra rad with local rockers Music Band and Chicago’s Fake Limbs on the bill. Tickets…
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A couple months back, we told you about local alt-rock newcomers Kamber. In the spirit of keeping up with resident Music City talent, we are happy to announce that vocalist Kamber (both her name and the group’s moniker) and a couple of her bandmates are ready to start making rounds with a new project called…
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Acclaimed singer-songwriter Josh Ritter has released a colorful new video for his latest single, “Where the Night Goes.” The arrival of his eighth studio album, Sermon on the Rocks, was accompanied by a blue-and-yellow art direction that can be seen on everything from the record’s cover to his giant ad painted on the side of The…
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Foot-stompin’ folk rockers Smooth Hound Smith are about to release their latest full-length effort, Sweet Tennessee Honey, this Friday, and we are excited to give you an exclusive sneak peak at their highly-anticipated new project a little early! Zack Smith and Caitlyn Doyle have been crafting their own mixture of blues, bluegrass, rock, funk,…
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Fans of college rock jammers O.A.R rejoice, because the group are returning to Music City on Jan. 31, to rock out at Marathon Music Works with help from The Hunts. Last time O.A.R threw down in Nashville, we told you all about it (see this post), and in an interesting new twist this go ’round,…