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Our weekly No Country Presents showcase down on Broadway at Acme Feed & Seed continues for another week, as we keep providing the denizens of one of music history’s most iconic streets-turned-tourist-traps with genres aside from pop-country covers to enjoy. Coming up on Tuesday, September 8 we’re bringing one of our most varied bills…
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Beloved indie/alt/pop punk group Motion City Soundtrack recently wound down the 10th anniversary tour cycle for their classic 2005 release Commit This to Memory, and now, free of nostalgia, are pushing full speed ahead in hyping the release of their long-awaited sixth album, Panic Stations, which is set to drop Sept. 18 via Epitaph. The group came out…
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If you’ve been paying attention, you’ve seen us rave on and on about local singer-songwriter Liza Anne. Now, we are excited to present her in concert at The High Watt, along with local psych-pop band KEEPS, on Sept. 8. You’ll want to grab your ticket early, because every one sold in advance comes with a free copy of…
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If you still haven’t heard, there’s a new outdoor event in town, SoundHarvest Music Festival, and it’s going to be a doozy! Set to take place Oct. 17 at Centennial Park, the fest, which is on sale now, previously confirmed The Flaming Lips to headline along with The Weeks and Allen Stone. The one-day festival has just finalized that main stage lineup…
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Rayland Baxter w/ Ruby the Rabbitfoot 3rd & Lindsley; Nashville, TN August 30, 2015 Review by M. Olivia Burd (@nashweekender). Photos by Amber Davis. He came home to shine his light on us, Rayland Baxter did. He played Lightning 100’s Nashville Sunday Night at 3rd & Lindsley to share that light, sonically, with all the listeners across the land. ATO Records released…
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Earlier this summer, we told you that progressive/experimental rockers The Dear Hunter were prepping to release a new album, Act IV: Rebirth in Reprise, and will play Exit/In on Oct. 9 with CHON and Gates in support (grab tickets here)! The highly anticipated LP, which drops this Friday, Sept. 4, continues a series of concept albums which the Casey Crescenzo-led band started between 2006…
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Pony Boy. photo by Gary Acquaro. Pony Boy w/ Justin & the Cosmics, Lilly Hiatt The Basement; Nashville, TN August 29, 2015 Review by Jacqui Sahagian. Photos by Gary Acquaro. Over the weekend, noir alt-country singer Pony Boy celebrated the release of her debut full-length, Blue Gold, at The Basement with the record’s producers Justin Collins and Adam Landry, who are…
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Girlpool w/ Frankie Cosmos, Study Hall The Stone Fox; Nashville, TN August 10, 2015 Review by Philip Obenschain (@pobenschain). Photos by Mary-Beth Blankenship. Out in support of their wonderful debut album, Before the World Was Big, Philly (by was of Los Angeles) indie punk minimalists Girlpool recently passed through Nashville for the first time along with buzzworthy New York anti-folk…
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Another day, another 10 year tour announcement from a beloved punk/hardcore/scene band that ruled many fellow 20-somethings’ high school years (bring ’em on, we say; viva nostalgia!). The latest band to hop on the anniversary tour bandwagon are Seattle post-hardcore/alt rockers Emery, whose one-two punch of raw, poppy, edgy 2004 Tooth & Nail debut The Weak’s End (which…
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If you tuned into last night’s VMAs on MTV, hosted by Franklin, TN born and raised popstar Miley Cyrus, then you already know that sometimes-Nashville resident and certifiable megastar Taylor Swift absolutely swept the night, earning trophies for Best Pop Video and Best Female Video for “Blank Space,” and Best Collaboration and the top honor, Video…