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It’s Labor Day weekend in Nashville, and that means one extra day to do something fun before you go back to the daily weekday grind. Use your time wisely and head to Ascend Amphitheater TONIGHT, Sept. 5 and/or TOMORROW, Sept. 6 to catch Widespread Panic while they stop through town. Their two night run is sure…
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Local electronic duo Cherub are kicking off their massive “So… You DTF?” fall tour in Nashville TONIGHT, Sept. 5 at The Ryman Auditorium, with help from fellow local electro-rock/post-punk act Future Unlimited, and you need to be there! Tickets are still available for $25 (a bargain by Ryman standards), but you’d better act fast; the last time the duo played Music City…
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Genre-bending, boundary pushing Canadian post-rock collective Godspeed You! Black Emperor return to Nashville for their first headlining show in three years later this month, Sept. 19 at Marathon Music Works (notably, Godspeed played Bridgestone Arena with Nine Inch Nails in 2013) with Xylouris White, out in support of their new album, Asunder, Sweet and Other Distress. With a live show like no other, a loyal…
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Out in support of their first new full-length in eight years, Everybody’s Coming Down, Omaha indie rock/folk outfit The Good Life return to Nashville for the first time in years to perform TONIGHT, Sept. 4 at The High Watt. Out with Big Harp, the side project of their own bassist Stefanie Drootin-Senseney, the band are channeling a more energized, rock-leaning sound…
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Bluesy vintage pop singer ZZ Ward is playing Marathon Music Works tonight, Sept. 4! The singer-songwriter’s husky voice calls to mind other throwback pop artists like Amy Winehouse, Adele, and Joss Stone, but leanings towards the blues and hip-hop rather than jazz or soul make her sound stand out amongst other female singers looking…
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All Deeds Done, Justin Forrest, The Way Down Wanderers Acme Feed & Seed; Nashville, TN September 1, 2015 Words by Jacob Ryan (@GonzoWithGusto). Photos by Mary-Beth Blankenship We would like to continue to welcome all of you reading this out there in Music City and beyond to Acme Feed & Seed every Tuesday night, for the weekly…
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Nikki Lane w/ Kristin Diable, Frankie Lee Mercy Lounge; Nashville, TN August 30, 2015 Review by Jacqui Sahagian. Photos by Gary Acquaro. You know a real musician when they decide to schedule a show on their day off, and that’s just what East Nashville outlaw country singer Nikki Lane did on the day after opening for Social…
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Canadian indie rock fans rejoice! Dan Bejar of the New Pornographers is bringing his side project Destroyer back to Nashville on Oct. 10 at Mercy Lounge. Fresh off the release of his latest album Poison Season comes the new single “Times Square,” an upbeat, jazzy tune that might be the happiest thing Destroyer has ever…
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The 2015 season of Live on the Green has already reached its halfway point, following two fantastic first weeks boasting memorable performances from Lord Huron, Shakey Graves, and Elliot Root and Cold War Kids, J Roddy Walston & The Business, and Houndmouth. Keeping the ball rolling on the annual, free, outdoor fest, which now takes place over four weeks,…
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Local rockers New Wave Rebellion are headlining an awesome low dough show tonight, Sept. 3 at one of the best dive rock bars in town, The End, that could kick your Thursday into high gear. Opening up this can of all local kick ass are like minded punks Diekless, eccentric rockers Chico and The Gentlemen, and…