The legendary riot grrl band Babes in Toyland have reunited nearly 30 years after spearheading the look and sound of the genre that also inspired Hole, Bikini Kill, and Sleater Kinney among others. They’re playing Exit/In tonight with two bands that take much influence from the movement the Babes helped create, the Minneapolis-based feminist…
Ahead of their Halloween night performance at War Memorial Auditorium with JEFF the Brotherhood and Ranch Ghost, which we’ve been telling you about for months, local party rockers Diarrhea Planet recently stopped by Alt 983 to perform “Warm Ridin’” from 2011’s Loose Jewels and “Platinum Girls” from last year’s Aliens in the Outfield EP in the station’s Direct Auto Insurance Garage. A co-sponser of the show…
Third Man Records’ biggest party of the year, Devil’s Night, just keeps getting better and better! The annual soiree, which takes places tonight, Oct. 30, is always full of surprises, and this year boasts a big one: Cherie Currie, best known for fronting seminal rock band The Runaways, will serve as the evening’s special host, presiding over a…
Dan Deacon w/ Pineapple Explode, Hypochondriak & Madwarrior, More The East Room; Nashville, TN October 23, 2015 Review by Carson O’Shoney. Photos by Jake Giles Netter. When you go to enough shows, they start becoming routine. Maybe you show up a bit after doors open and grab a beer. Then the opener comes on and…
Nashville (and, it seems, everywhere else) can’t get enough of X Ambassadors. The New York group, celebrating the release of their buzzworthy full-length debut, VHS, are headed back to town this Sunday, Nov. 1 for a performance at Marathon Music Works (upgraded from Exit/In), along with Kevin Garrett and Stokeswood. Their third Music City outing this year, and fourth since last fall, X…
As we previously announced, two of Nashville’s best rock acts, Diarrhea Planet and JEFF the Brotherhood, are teaming up to bring you a Halloween night concert that’s sure to be scary good. DP’s first hometown show of the year, and JEFF’s first since the announcement of their forthcoming LP (which will be available for sale two weeks early at…
Looking to make this year’s Halloween night extra spooky and memorable? It would be hard to top seeing a gang of wrapped rockers put on a show at Marathon Music Works, thanks to Lightning 100’s Paranormal Rocktivity, starring Here Come The Mummies. Tickets are still available for $30-$35, and we can’t think of a…
Shawn Mullins may have been turning out quality albums for a couple of decades now, but his newest one, My Stupid Heart, seems to have come from a new place entirely. Mullins has said that as early as 2009, when his daughter was born, something seemed to be changing for him, and the new…
We told you all about their last stop in on Music City, for a Halloween throw-down. Now the jam-tastic rockers of STS9 are rolling back into town to play War Memorial Auditorium again, on Nov. 14 with special guest SunSquabi. Tickets are currently available, starting at $30, but hop on it, because the headliners bring a good sized following. To fully understand why…
2015 has been an incredible breakout year for local artist Mikky Ekko. The former MTSU student has played a number of local shows in the past couple of years, and was even featured as a backup vocalist on blog favorite Rayland Baxter’s album, Imaginary Man. Hot off the trails of the release of Time earlier this…