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Forecastle Fest to Announce 2016 Lineup Tomorrow
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This year’s hottest holiday gift is apparently going to be festival tickets! In years past, many major music fests have taken to launching pre-holiday pre-sales, but, until this year, almost never revealed their lineups until months later. As the summer fest landscape becomes increasingly more crowded, the built-in buzz is, apparently, just not cutting…
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REVIEW: Metric w/ Hibou | 11.18.15 @ Marathon Music Works [PHOTOS]
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Metric w/ Hibou Marathon Music Works; Nashville, TN November 18, 2015 Review by Lorie Liebig. Photos by Mary-Beth Blankenship. Electro-pop veterans Metric gave it their all during a recent stop at Marathon Music Works. They pulled out all the stops – from animal masks, jaw-dropping light shows, and visual effects that made you wonder how they did it.…
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Frank Turner to Play Grimey’s In-Store Ahead of 3rd & Lindsley Performance Dec. 9
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Hardcore vocalist turned folk punk singer-songwriter Frank Turner and his backing band The Sleeping Souls are set to return to 3rd & Lindsley for the second time this year on Dec. 9, along with Two Cow Garage. Out in support of his sixth full-length, Positive Songs for Negative People, Turner, an earnest, powerful storyteller and compelling performer, has, over the past few years,…
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Saosin to Play Cannery Ballroom March 15 with Original Vocalist Anthony Green
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Unless you, like us, were shopping at Hot Topic, counting down the days until Warped Tour, and pouring over the pages of Alternative Press amidst the pop punk/emo/post-hardcore explosion of the early ’00s, you’d be forgiven if you didn’t know that Anthony Green, best known for fronting Philadelphia proggy/indie/alt rock outfit Circa Survive, actually got his…
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Glassjaw Erupt to Life with “New White Extremity” | Catch Them March 15 at Marathon Music Works!
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Seminal Long Island post-hardcore band Glassjaw haven’t released a proper full-length since 2002, but that hasn’t stopped longtime fans from speculating when, or if, their long-rumored, highly anticipated third album might finally arrive. Plagued by lineup changes, false starts, obligations to other projects, and singer Daryl Palumbo’s persistent health problems, Glassjaw’s activity over the past decade has…
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Slayer to Play War Memorial Auditorium Feb. 22
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In support of their uncontainable, brutal 12th album and first since the passing of guitarist Jeff Hanneman, Repentless, thrash metal pioneers Slayer, counted among the “Big Four” who helped define and popularize the sound decades ago, have announced their first Nashville show in almost 20 years, this year’s Bonnaroo outing notwithstanding, Feb. 22 at War Memorial Auditorium. Supporting them are similar-minded…
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Speedy Ortiz Channel David Lynch in “My Dead Girl” Video | Catch Them Dec. 17 at The End!
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Massachusetts indie rockers Speedy Ortiz already released one of the years’s best albums with their third effort Foil Deer, and, now, have premiered one of the best videos as well; especially if you’re David Lynch fan. Referencing characters from Eraserhead, Mulholland Drive, Twin Peaks and Blue Velvet, the noir-ish, dreamlike tribute to the famed director is just a hypnotizing and…
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Cage the Elephant Drop “Too Late To Say Goodbye” Ahead of Grimey’s In-Store, New LP
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Leading up to the Dec. 18 release of their fourth album Tell Me I’m Pretty (we’ve heard it already, and seriously y’all, it lives up the the hype), local rockers Cage the Elephant have been dropping a handful of kickass singles, showcasing the LP’s bold range, and slightly tweaked sound under the production guidance of The Black Keys’…
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New Found Glory, Anthony Raneri to Play Franklin Theatre March 11
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File this under: holy random show announcement Batman! Pop punk pioneers New Found Glory, who passed through Mercy Lounge back in the spring for their first Music City show in five years, are set to play a special acoustic performance March 11 at the historic Franklin Theatre along with Bayside’s Anthony Raneri. While it might seem completely out of the blue…
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Catch T. Hardy Morris, Saint Pé, & Justin and the Cosmics on Sunday @ The Basement East
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This one has been circled on our calendars for a while friends, based on our indie-rock, alt-country inclinations. The BEast will be jumping this Sunday night, with help from T. Hardy Morris (of Dead Confederate, Diamond Rugs) headlining, Ian Saint Pé (of Black Lips, Diamond Rugs) playing in the middle slot, plus Justin and the…