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Teen guitar phenom Grace Bowers has quickly become one of the most celebrated and sought after young musicians in Nashville, acclaimed for her technical prowess and electrifying live presence, lauded and consigned by major media outlets and prominent artists, and in demand as a collaborator (just this week she sat in with Tyler Childers…
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Earlier this year, famed pop punk and emo pop rockers Fall Out Boy returned with their first album in five years, So Much (for) Stardust, a shift back to the guitar-driven sound of their earlier work, and the band’s best reviewed album in a decade. Formed in the early ’00s in the Chicago suburbs,…
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If midwest emo trailblazers American Football had only ever existed for their initial, short, three-year run, and only released their single eponymous, now-classic 1999 debut LP, as for many years, seemed would be the case, they would’ve undoubtedly been remembered as icons of their scene; a band whose existence was all too brief, and…
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One of the most beloved and iconic groups in modern punk, Chicago’s Alkaline Trio formed nearly three decades ago, finding swift success in the underground scene thanks to a pair of phenomenal and fan-favorite early albums and relentless touring, before breaking through to broader mainstream recognition with 2001’s From Here to Infirmary and 2003’s Good Mourning, which hit just as early…
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Founded by famed Ohio emo and post-hardcore outfit Hawthorne Heights, and named for the single that put them on the map nearly 20 years ago, “Ohio Is For Lovers,” Is For Lovers Festival is one of several clever, nostalgic celebrations of the emo and pop punk scene of the 2000s that have popped up…
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While alt pop duo Between Friends formally began under their current moniker in 2017, the duo have been making music together in some form or another for nearly their entire lives, and that’s because they’re siblings and best friends, Brandon and Savannah Hudson. Though born in Miami, the Hudsons’ family relocated to Los Angeles…
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Chicago born bedroom pop artist Claud Mintz, who makes music as Claud, started out self-releasing songs to SoundCloud and honing their dreamy, homegrown sound as an introverted teen. Upon arriving at Syracuse University, Claud (who is nonbinary and uses they/them pronouns) made a new best friend in Josh Mehling, forming the dream pop duo Toast…
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Icons of ’90s alternative rock, responsible for some of the most influential and successful albums of all time, Chicago’s Smashing Pumpkins have hardly ever disappeared throughout their 35-year run (save for a six-year split at the start of the millennium), but it seems like every few years they recapture headlines, whether it’s for the…
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For nearly 30 years, musical comedy duo Tenacious D have been a beloved institution in the rock scene, rising to prominence in the 2000s while the group’s Jack Black also became a household name as a comedy movie star (his bandmate, Kyle Gass, has also appeared in numerous films and TV shows over the…
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Bullyw/ Bev Rage & the DrinksBrooklyn Bowl; Nashville, TNAugust 31, 2023 Review by Philip Obenschain. Photos by Mary-Beth Blankenship. Since instantly asserting herself as one of the most exciting new rock artists in Nashville a decade ago with her frenetic, punk spirited, grungy eponymous debut EP, Bully– the musical alias of singer, songwriter, multi-instrumentalist,…