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Catch Veruca Salt w/ Charley Bliss & American Dream | July 21 @ Mercy Lounge
The dream of the nineties will be alive in Nashville on July 21 when alt-pop band Veruca Salt play Mercy Lounge in support of their first new record with their original lineup since 1997’s Eight Arms to Hold You. The group split up after frontwomen and founders Nina Gordon and Louise Post got into…
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Southern Girls Rock & Tennessee Teens Rock Camps to Host Showcases at Basement East & Mercy Lounge
You know those lucky people who brag about having seen your favorite band back when they were playing tiny clubs? For me it’s the jerks in Detroit who got to see The White Stripes play the Gold Dollar back when they were still married and Jack White was making chairs for his day job. Well,…
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OUTLAW ROADSHOW SPOTLIGHT: CAPPA
Co-founded by Ryan Spaulding (radio host and founder of the popular Ryan’s Smashing Life blog) and Adam Duritz (of Counting Crows fame), The Outlaw Roadshow is a curated musical showcase (similar to Communion) which is, for the first time, hosting an event in Nashville on July 17 and 18 at Mercy Lounge and The High Watt. Totally FREE and boasting an incredible,…
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Death Grips Reunite, Announce Oct. 2 Show at Marathon Music Works
Death Grips, the self-described “conceptual art exhibition anchored by sound and vision,” have announced an Oct. 2 show at Marathon Music Works. For some fans, this might seem mildly surprising, considering that the Sacramento-based experimental/industrial hip hop group announced their official disbandment just over a year ago. Refusing to stay dead, however, Death Grips still managed to release their…
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Stealing Oceans & This Is ART to Play ‘Word of Mouth: Nashville Conversations’ Book Release July 16
If you’re a fan of good reads, tasty food, and great music, you should mark the upcoming release party for Word of Mouth: Nashville Conversations on your calender. The new book by local author Lily C. Hansen is a combination of interviews and portrait photography from some of the most notable names in Nashville, including…
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[REVIEW + PHOTOS] The Melvins, Le Butcherettes | 7.5.15 @ Exit/In
The Melvins. Photo by Gary Acquaro. The Melvins w/ Le Butcherettes Exit/In; Nashville, TN July 5, 2015 Review by Jacqui Sahagian. Photos by Gary Acquaro. On Sunday night, grunge pioneers the Melvins rocked a sold-out house at Exit/In, the packed crowd of punks, metalheads, and general rock and roll fans of varying ages exhibiting how many boundaries the…
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SOJA to Play Marathon Music Works Nov. 11 w/ J Boog
Big news for all of you reggae rock fans out there in Music City; SOJA will be jamming it out at Marathon Music Works this fall, on Nov. 11 with Longbeach, CA, R&B reggae vocalist/songwriter J Boog in the support spot, and possibly another, local we hope, yet to be determined opener. In case you were wondering,…
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Rhiannon Giddens to Play Marathon Music Works Oct. 7
Folk singer Rhiannon Giddens of the critically acclaimed string band the Carolina Chocolate Drops released her T Bone Burnett-produced debut solo album Tomorrow Is My Turn to rave reviews earlier this year and has just been announced she’s making a stop at Marathon Music Works on Wednesday, Oct. 7 in support . Tomorrow Is…
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Don’t Miss Drown w/ Point Blank, Burning Truth, & Great Minds | TONIGHT at Café Coco
Heavy hardcore outfit Drown from Houston are heading back to Texas on the home stretch of their first headlining tour with Tallahassee’s own Point Blank, and they are stopping in Nashville to play Café Coco TONIGHT, July 5. Opening the show are two Nashville locals, Burning Truth and Great Minds. Every band has had a release in the past 6 months, so expect to…
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Catch Fucked Up w/ Doom Squad | Sunday, July 5 at Third Man Records!
The culmination of nearly a decade of special concept 12″ releases, inspired by the Chinese calendar, Canadian hardcore punk outfit Fucked Up are, for the first time, taking their Zodiac series on the road, performing selections from the seven-part epic each night with help from Canadian dance rock trio DOOMSQUAD, who will not only join Fucked Up, but serve…