As we told you back in the summer, Atlanta metal mavens Mastodon are coming to Marathon Music Works TONIGHT, Nov. 6 with Gojira and Kvelertak in support of their killer new album, Once More ‘Round the Sun, which was recorded right here in town, and debuted to critical acclaim and chart-topping sales. Not only is this show exciting news for fans of quality heavy…
Well, folks, Halloween is over. October of 2014 is in the past, and Thanksgiving is upon us. It sounds like a depressing statement, but, luckily, the week after Halloween has some pretty amazing events going on that will help you keep your party high going. Tonight at Exit/In, Jukebox the Ghost, The Cartoons and Mike Mains & the Branches will…
By now we hope you’ve heard, our live events production wing, No Country Presents, has taken up residence at Lower Broadway’s hippest new restaurant, lounge, retail, and event space, Acme Feed & Seed, where we’ve been bringing you a weekly, FREE, Tuesday night showcase, featuring some of our favorite emerging local and national talent. The curated showcase runs…
English electro/r&b/experimental art pop singer FKA Twigs made her U.S. television debut last night on The Tonight Show Starring Jimmy Fallon, ahead of her first ever headlining stateside tour, which will bring her to our very own Mercy Lounge on Dec. 1 with Boots. Though the non-music media seems fixated on her relationship with Twilight actor Robert Pattinson, we’re much more concerned with…
Photo by Lippe. As we announced back in August, The Pizza Underground, a performance art collective who rework songs by The Velvet Underground into parodies about pizza, and count famed child actor Macaulay Culkin among their ranks (as a kazoo player no less), are set to make their Nashville debut TONIGHT, Nov. 5, at The High Watt,…
Father John Misty, the solo performance vehicle of Joshua Tillman (who previously released music under the moniker J. Tillman) has announced his sophomore album (under the FJM mantle), I Love You, Honeybear, a followup to 2012’s incredible Fear Fun, along with a tour in support. The record will arrive Feb. 10, and the tour will bring…
Eclectic singer-songwriter Rachael Yamagata returns to Nashville tonight, Nov. 5, for the first time in several years, for a performance at 3rd & Lindsley ahead of the release of a new LP, brandishing a re-tooled aesthetic, and supported by The Dove & The Wolf and Hemming. Read on to find out more about this all ages performances, which begins at 8…
First Aid Kit w/ Samantha Crain The Ryman Auditorium; Nashville, TN October 29, 2014 Review by Philip Obenschain (@pobenschain). Photos by Mary-Beth Blankenship. Amazing and otherworldly as they were, no one seemed more excited about First Aid Kit‘s recent headlining debut at The Ryman Auditorium than First Aid Kit themselves. Though they hail from the suburbs of…
Bleachers w/ Wild Cub Cannery Ballroom; Nashville, TN October 29, 2014 Review by Philip Obenschain (@pobenschain). Photos by Matt Cairns. Bleachers are something of an anomaly. It’s not unusual for members of prominent bands to step into frontman roles and achieve similar acclaim, nor is it strange for members of bands to have lesser-known…
Taj Mahal. Photo by Jay Blakesberg. Taj Mahal City Winery, Nashville, TN October 31, 2014 Review by Jeff Moody Truth be told, Halloween is probably my least favorite “holiday” so what better way to spend it than with Taj Mahal at the City Winery and a legitimate reason not to have to wear a…