Ian Johnson, James Wallace Acme Feed & Seed; Nashville, TN February 24, 2015 Review by Philip Obenschain (@pobenschain). Photos by Mary-Beth Blankenship. Every single Tuesday for the past several months, we’ve been teaming up with hip new restaurant and performance space Acme Feed & Seed to host a free showcase of some of our favorite emerging…
That’s right faithful readers, the Dr. Dog show March 27th at the Ryman Auditorium, with fellow Philadelphian indie rockers mewithoutYou, we’ve been telling you all about since December is almost upon us! Tickets are still available for $38.57, but don’t delay, because this puppy will most likely sell out. However, if you’re broke, or just feeling lucky, here is…
The Lowest Pair Bobby’s Idle Hour, Nashville, TN February 24, 2015 Review by Jeff Moody I’d been planning to catch a show at Bobby’s Idle Hour for some time, but kept not making it for one reason or another. So, when I heard that The Lowest Pair would be stopping by in between opening for…
Music City is known for the amount of musicians that emerge from its various nooks and crannies, but this city is also known for welcoming talented artists from beyond state lines. Tonight at a beloved local venue, The Basement, Nashville will be celebrating the creativity of Houston, Texas groups The Tontons and Wild Moccasins. If you’re eager to…
While ELEL‘s self-titled, debut EP isn’t officially set to drop until March 3 (via new label home Mom+Pop), the good folks at Interview have the made the whole thing available to stream a week early (and also ran a great interview with the band). You know what that means? An extra week to play…
Nashville’s reigning king of party music and good vibes, Tyler Walker, who performs as Meth Dad, has long been one of the most fun examples of the broad range of artists Music City has to offer, and, without a doubt, one of our favorite local live acts. Though it’s been a minute since Meth Dad…
As we told you earlier this month, Nashville’s own Natalie Prass, who just released her amazing, self-titled debut album in January, is currently out on tour in Europe supporting Ryan Adams. When she returns stateside, Prass, who spent the better part of last performing as part of Jenny Lewis’s backing band, will also support Adams for his…
As we previously reported, the Vans Warped Tour is set to return to Nashville’s Tennessee State Fairgrounds once again this summer on July 1, and, every Wednesday for the next several months, they’re going to be announcing a new round of bands. As the weeks keep adding up, the list only gets more and more exciting, and joining the…
If you didn’t manage to win tickets to see alt-j at The Grand Ole Opry House with Tycho on April 6 in our recent giveaway, you’d better act fast; the group’s largest Music City show to date is nearly sold out! Riding high on the success of their impressive sophomore album, This Is All Yours, the English indie rockers just debuted a cinematic…
A recent discovery of ours, Brooklyn’s Dreamers dropped their debut EP last fall, and are gearing up to release a full-length this summer, already being buzzed about by national press. Combining an affinity to grunge and garage rock, and incorporating elements of punk, pop, and psychedelic, the group’s sound is immediately striking, hypnotic, and infectious, and…