Returning to Nashville for the first time in almost three years, Canadian “future pop” duo Purity Ring are out in support of their incredible new album, Another Eternity, and will perform TONIGHT, Sept. 8 at Marathon Music Works for their largest Music City headliner to date! Exciting, enigmatic up and coming synthpop singer HANA is slated to open, and tickets are still…
Late last year, Florida indie rockers Copeland sprung back to life after an extended hiatus, with news of a long-awaited fifth album, Ixora. At the time, the band, who had moved on to other projects and are now spread across different cities (including Nashville), seemed unable to tour, plotting only a handful of one-off shows, including a…
ZZ Ward w/ Marc Scibilia, The Young Wild Marathon Music Works; Nashville, TN September 4, 2015 Review by Jacqui Sahagian. Photos by Gary Acquaro. Old school pop singer ZZ Ward played to a full house of adoring fans at Marathon Music Works on Friday night, with support from local folk-pop singer-songwriter Marc Scibilia and California indie-pop band The…
While new(ish), upscale, local showspace City Winery is often known for its softer, folkier, more formal events (which we frequent), TONIGHT, Sept. 6, they’re upping the punk, with legendary Los Angeles group X (whose genre-bending, country and roots later material makes them uniquely well-suited for the space), for a rare “standing room” show. Joined by Dead Rock West, the original…
It’s hard to believe that it’s already the first week of September. Not only does it mean we’ll hopefully get rid of this muggy ass weather, but fall is one of the best (if not the best) times of the year for new music and shows. To help kick the season off, The High Watt has a…
There’s no better place to get loud than The Stone Fox this weekend. If you want the maximum amount of riffs with the minimum amount of beats or tempo or any concept of time at all, make your way there TONIGHT, Sept. 5 to see drone metal pioneers Earth. They’ve been punishing ear drums for over…
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…
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…
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…
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…