Just weeks after announcing that her highly-anticipated third album, Hit Me Hard and Soft, will arrive on May 17, again produced and written with her brother and lifelong collaborator Finneas O’Connell, superstar alt pop singer Billie Eilish has just announced a massive world tour in support, beginning with a run of shows throughout North…
Bonnaroo Artist | MichiganderBonnaroo History | NewbieStage & Time | Thursday | That Tent | 2:30-3:15pm Like we’ve been doing for many years now, we’re making it our mission to help you get acquainted with many of our favorite acts from Bonnaroo‘s 2024 lineup. After roaring back to life in 2022, after two years off due to Covid and weather,…

If you were an indie rock fan in 2003 (or a teen in the aughts in general), no two albums perhaps better defined that year than The Postal Service‘s Give Up and Death Cab for Cutie‘s Transatlanticism, made all the more impressive by the fact that both bands were fronted by the same man:…
Alice Phoebe Louw/ Sam BurtonThe Basement East; Nashville, TNApril 17, 2024 Photos by Elizabeth Marsh Based in Germany by way of South Africa, indie pop singer-songwriter Alice Phoebe Lou has been making music for more than decade, and has had a prolific string of independent releases, both solo and with side project Strongboi, especially…
Mannequin Pussyw/ Soul GloThe Basement East; Nashville, TNApril 15, 2024 Photos by Elizabeth Marsh One of the most celebrated and dependable fixtures in the indie punk scene for more than a decade, Philadelphia’s Mannequin Pussy have been no strangers to Nashville over the years, performing in many of the city’s intimate clubs and DIY…
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Mitskiw/ Julia JacklinThe Ryman Auditorium; Nashville, TNApril 12, 2024 Review by Philip Obenschain. Photos by Mary-Beth Blankenship. Since springing to national recognition and critical adoration with her brilliant third album Bury Me at Makeout Creek a decade ago, and cementing her status as one of indie rock’s most inventive, unparalleled, multifaceted and generational talents…
Julia JacklinThe Blue Room at Third Man Records; Nashville, TNApril 13, 2024 Photos by Gina Di Maio Just one night after gracing the stage at The Ryman Auditorium for the first time, in support of the third of a four-night residency from famed, Nashville-based indie favorite Mitski, Australia’s Julia Jacklin returned to The Blue…
Charlotte Sandsw/ Young Culture, sensesBrooklyn Bowl; Nashville, TNApril 11, 2024 Photos by Gina Di Maio One of Nashville’s most impressive alt pop and pop punk success stories in recent memory, longtime No Country favorite Charlotte Sands recently returned home to headline Brooklyn Bowl, marking her biggest Music City headliner ever (and first in over…

Founded in 2014 as the Wild West Comedy Fest, and known as simply the Nashville Comedy Festival since 2018 (Vince Vaughn’s Wild West Productions was involved in those earlier years, but is no longer), Music City’s largest, premiere annual gathering of comedic talent returns for its 10th anniversary this week in its usual spring…

One of the biggest rising stars in Nashville’s alt pop and pop punk scene, and a favorite of ours since capturing our attention with a string of great singles several years ago, Charlotte Sands recently released her highly-anticipated full-length debut, can we start over?– a certified banger that feels like the perfect culmination of…