Copeland w/ Schematic, Valise Mercy Lounge; Nashville, TN February 4, 2015 Review by Philip Obenschain (@pobenschain). Photos by Mary-Beth Blankenship. Returning from a four-year hiatus, Florida indie rockers Copeland, back with a haunting new album, Ixora, treated Nashville to one of their first live shows of 2015 (while the band originally maintained that they weren’t…
Tonight will be a night to embrace change, hard work, and the new year of 2015. All three bands performing at The High Watt have gone through great leaps and bounds, molding their groups to perfection… and, they’re all eager to show it off. The one major thing all three have in common? Francisco The Man and Wildfront both released albums…
Umphrey’s McGee The Ryman Auditorium; Nashville, TN February 6, 2015 Review by Kevin Casler “An evening with Umphrey’s McGee” – such a pleasant way of saying you are going to receive a good old fashioned face melting. Who would have ever thought a “jam band” could sell out a Friday night show in Nashville, Tennessee,…
For nearly 15 years, Utah’s The Used have been one of the most bombastic and beloved bands in the post-hardcore and heavy alternative scene. Their latest, sixth album, Imaginary Enemy, dropped last spring, and the group have been touring pretty relentlessly in support ever since. We were bummed when they opted not to play the Nashville date…
As we told you last month, infectious indie rock duo Matt and Kim are set to make their return Music City May 9 for a performance at Marathon Music Works (following a crazy Live on the Green set in 2013). Along with their upcoming tour, the group are set to drop their fifth album, New Glow, April 7 via Harvest…
Apparently Jeremy Enigk isn’t the only former (er, current?) Sunny Day Real Estate member plotting a solo performance in Nashville in the coming months. SDRE bassist Nate Mendel (who you might also know from a little ol’ band called the Foo Fighters) unveiled a new solo project dubbed Lieutenant a few weeks back, which, for the first time,…
Ahead of their May 12 all ages show at Cannery Ballroom with Real Friends, Knuckle Puck, and The Technicolors (tickets here), and in anticipation of the March 31 release of their fifth album, American Candy, alternative/pop rock group The Maine have dropped a new single and accompanying lyric video, “English Girls.” Though they’ve always drawn influence from Third Eye Blind (and similar ’90s alt/pop acts), “English…
Washington rocker Jeremy Enigk, best known for fronting seminal ’90s emo act Sunny Day Real Estate, has announced a spring acoustic solo tour, which will bring him to Nashville (possibly for the first time ever, as far as we can tell) April 15 at Mercy Lounge. It’s been six years since Enigk last released a solo album (2009’s Ok…
For several years running, Freakin’ Weekend has been one of our favorite musical moments of the year- a kickass way to close out the winter and welcome in the spring concert season, with tons of the best Nashville and national punk and garage rock bands on its bill. So, of course, we’re pleased to announce that…