We’ve been excited about the upcoming Crawfish Bash that we’re helping to put on with Palaver Records and Yazoo. We already gave away a pair of VIP passes, and now the big day is finally almost here! This Saturday at the grassy lot in Five Points next to Bongo Java East starting at 11 a.m. we’re…
The Americana Music Association has announced the initial lineup of artists scheduled to perform during the 16th annual Americana Music Festival. The Festival & Conference will run September 15 – 20, 2015 with more than 150 acts performing at multiple venues around town. The early lineup features icons, innovators and up-and-comers, including Los Lobos,…
Out in support of their first full-length in six years, Untethered Moon, seminal Idaho indie rockers Built to Spill are sounding better than ever, and will be bringing their bombastic live show to Nashville for the first time in three years, tonight, May 7 at Exit/In, with Wooden Indian Burial Ground and Clarke and the Himselfs set to support. Tickets are still available for…
It isn’t every day that we get to write about a supergroup of musicians from various other bands we know and love. Comprised of members of Deer Tick, Black Lips, Dead Confederate, Los Lobos, & Six Finger Satellite, Diamond Rugs are just as bad ass as you would imagine, and you can catch them live tonight at…
Death Cab For Cutie w/ The Antlers The Ryman Auditorium; Nashville, TN April 29, 2015 Review by Philip Obenschain (@pobenschain). Photos by Emilia Paré. According to Wikipedia, “kintsugi” is described as “the Japanese art of fixing broken pottery with lacquer dusted or mixed with powdered gold, silver, or platinum. As a philosophy it treats breakage and repair as part of the history of an object, rather than…
Newly Nashville-based band Somebody’s Darling and Atlanta-based rock band Radio Birds will hit The Basement stage tonight starting at 9PM. Also on the bill is Dalmatian, from Macon, Georgia. Keep reading to hear more about these three rockin’ bands.
Just a quick reminder, that Chris Stapleton’s highly anticipated new solo debut album Traveller is being released today. He has two album release shows at The Cannery Ballroom on May 8 & 9 but, unfortunately, it looks like both shows are now sold out. He’ll also be performing “Tennessee Whiskey” on The View this…
In a scene where it seems like you have to be at least 21-years-old to do anything fun, it’s nice to know there’s still hope for the kids on occasion. Take tonight’s amazingly awesome, and amazingly cheap, $8 in advance or $10 at the door, 18+ showcase at Mercy Lounge featuring local soulful rockers…
We’ve been fans of the Sugar & The Hi-Lows project from Nashville artists Trent Dabbs and Amy Stroup for a while now, and we were recently blown away with their part in the Ten Out Of Tenn anniversary show at The Ryman. So, we jumped at the opportunity to premiere the title track from their…
Seattle quintet Ivan & Alyosha have announced tour dates, including a stop Nashville, in support of the release of their sophomore album, It’s All Just Pretend, available today, May 4. The tour kicks off with a hometown show later this week, and makes a stop at The High Watt on June 2. Ivan & Alyosha…