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As mega pop stars are wont to do, former/sometimes Nashville resident turned New Yorker Taylor Swift, whose latest release, 1989, is on track to claim the highest single week sales for any album in the past 12 years, making her a certifiable independent economy within the music industry, has announced a whole mess of arena dates…
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We’ve been bringing you news about quality emo shows since well before this buzzy “emo revival” was even a part of the lexicon, and we happen to fall on the side of “who cares if it ever went away, we’re just happy to see quality bands getting exposure and historic ones reuniting.” The past…
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Just last month, we told you about an exciting upcoming tour called Check Yo Ponytail, which was set to stop at Marathon Music Works next week, Nov. 5. This event was slated to feature The Presets, Le1f, Chela, Antwon, and Franki Chan, as well as an interesting slew of original art and multimedia. Unfortunately, we’ve recently received some sour news: the…
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JoyCut Springwater Supper Club, Nashville, TN October 29, 2014 Review by Beth McAllister Sometimes, we like to be early for a show so that we can scope out the best spot for sound, sight, and overall enjoyment. Well, on Wednesday night, we apparently were overachievers, because we showed up to the venue some two…
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Lake Street Dive. Photo by Sundel Perry. Lake Street Dive w/ The Congress Cannery Ballroom; Nashville, TN October 25, 2014 Review by Leanne Jackson. Photos by Shawn Jackson of Sundel Perry Photography We caught Lake Street Dive with The Congress last weekend at the Cannery Ballroom, and we’re excited to tell you all about it.…
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If you don’t have your Halloween evening plans firmed up yet, local indie label Palaver Records is teaming up with Madhouse Management to put on a mini-festival that they’re calling Monster Bash at East Nashville’s Silver Point Studios (updated: Donelson Bowl, 117 Donelson Pike, Nashville) to showcase fifteen bands from around the southeast on the…
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Legendary composer, multi-instrumentalist and vocalist Taj Mahal will be at City Winery on Friday, October 31 at 8PM. During his last trip to Nashville, he picked up a Lifetime Acheivement Award at the Americana Music Awards. If you haven’t been to City Winery yet, this is a great opportunity to see Taj in an intimate…
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Modoc, Featherface Acme Feed & Seed; Nashville, TN October 28, 2014 Review by Philip Obenschain (@pobenschain). Photos by Mary-Beth Blankenship. Every single Tuesday, we team up with hip new restaurant and performance space Acme Feed & Seed to host a free showcase of some of our favorite emerging local (and national) talent. For our latest installment,…
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Screaming Females, PUJOL, Roadblock The Stone Fox, Nashville, TN October 28, 2014 Review by Jacqui Sahagian. On Tuesday, Screaming Females joined hometown punk hero PUJOL for a packed show at the hipster mecca The Stone Fox. PUJOL is coming off of the release of his acclaimed album KLUDGE earlier this year, and the crowd…
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Mindy Smith City Winery, Nashville, TN Saturday, October 25, 2014 No Country has sent quite a few folks to cover City Winery shows already since they opened earlier this month, but the sold out One Moment More 1oth Anniversary show with Mindy Smith would be my first experience at the new venue. Blown away…