Fresh off an epic performance at Forecastle Festival in their hometown of Louisville, KY, and celebrating the release of their explosive, debut full-length, White Reaper Does It Again, young rock and roll upstarts White Reaper, whose fuzzy, indie, garage rock sound straddles genre lines just enough to defy classification, are set to return to Nashville for the…
In support of his latest LP and first solo full-length in seven years, Momentary Masters, which dropped on Friday, July 31, Strokes guitarist Albert Hammond Jr. stopped by The Tonight Show Starring Jimmy Fallon last night to perform “Losing Touch,” the single for which he also recently debuted a music video. As we previously announced, Hammond will return to Exit/In, the spot…
The future of blues rock ’n’ roll is now, and it is no better personified than in the form of Gary Clark Jr. The humble Austin, TX, guitar playing prodigy exploded onto the international scene with his groundbreaking major label debut Blak and Blu in 2012. Gary has the distinct honor of being the first artist…
It’s been no secret that Better Off have been sitting on a new record for a couple of months, but the announcement is finally here. Two years after the unprecedented success of their debut release (I Think) I’m Leaving, the breakout local pop punk/alternative/emo infused outfit have announced and launched pre-orders for their sophomore album Milk, which…
Just a few years ago, Rocky Votolato was taking a serious break from music after releasing 13 critically acclaimed solo albums and then hitting a wall. He had gone over a year without writing anything new and was battling a deep depression. Unsure if he’d ever write again, Votolato decided to start attending therapy…
Photo by Stacie Huckeba. Dolly Parton The Ryman Auditorium; Nashville, TN July 31, 2015 Review by Philip Obenschain (@pobenschain). Photos by Stacie Huckeba. Growing up in Shenandoah Valley, amidst the Blue Ridge Mountains, I think country music was always in my blood, whether I took to it in childhood or not. Raised on a steady diet of…
Ian Ferguson, Lasso Spells, OJR Acme Feed & Seed; Nashville, TN July 28, 2015 Review by Philip Obenschain (@pobenschain). Photos by Nolan Knight. Every single Tuesday for the past year, we’ve been teaming up with hip downtown restaurant and performance space Acme Feed & Seed to host a free showcase of some of our favorite emerging local…
[UPDATE: Due a a border crossing issue, this show has been canceled.] Folk-tinged Toronto natives Beams are on their first foray into the south and will be headlining tonight, Aug. 3 at The Basement East with Nashville locals The Bird And The Bear and Lindsay Ellen. This 21+ show kicks off at 9 p.m. and tickets, which are only $5, can be purchased here…
Mondays are the worst. That’s actually a scientific fact. But rather than going straight home from work and whining about how stressed out you are and how terrible your day was, go wind down at The High Watt tonight with acoustic pop duo The Sweeplings. The show starts at 8pm and tickets are only…
Need some folk song rays of sunshine from good ole Patty Griffin to brighten your Monday? Stream a new track “Rider of Days,” the first single from her forthcoming album Servant of Love, below, and let her pure talent wash over you like brook and stream. Patty’s choice of guitar picking, harmonies, and dear, love letter…