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This year on Halloween night (Oct. 31), go ahead and ditch the costume parties (but not the costumes), and get your tails, scales, capes, or bones to Marathon Music Works for new grass folksters The Devil Makes Three and indie rockers The Cave Singers. Of course, tickets for this 18 + show are still…
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Taking Back Sunday w/ frnkiero andthe cellabration, Jet Black Alley Cat, Harbours Cannery Ballroom; Nashville, TN October 7, 2014 Review by Philip Obenschain (@pobenschain). Photos by Mary-Beth Blankenship. I’ve seen emo/pop punk turned alternative/post-rock outfit Taking Back Sunday many times and in many incarnations over the years, but none have been as strange or unique as…
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First announced back in the spring, The War on Drugs‘ performance tonight, Oct. 13, at Marathon Music Works has been one of our most-anticipated shows of 2014, which is why we haven’t been able to shut up about it. Centered around indie extraordinaire Adam Granduciel, the group put out an incredible new release, Lost in the Dream, back in…
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Paolo Nutini w/ Phox Marathon Music Works; Nashville, TN October 6, 2014 Review by Philip Obenschain (@pobenschain). Photos by Mary-Beth Blankenship. For the first time in five years, Scottish soul sensation Paolo Nutini made his way to Music City, in support of his fantastic third album, Caustic Love. And, if that weren’t enough, Wisconsin’s Phox, a band we’ve…
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Alanna Royale w/ Kansas Bible Company, ELEL Exit/In; Nashville, TN October 4, 2014 Review by Philip Obenschain (@pobenschain). Photos by Matt Cairns. We joined longtime friends of the site and breakout local r&b and soul band Alanna Royale to celebrate the release of their debut full-length, Achilles, last week, and, as expected, it was…
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Foxygen w/ Dub Thompson, Luke Temple Exit/In; Nashville, TN October 2, 2014 Review by Meredith Galyon. Photos by Jake Giles Netter. Fans packed into the Exit/In last Thursday night for an almost (if not completely) sold out show to see Foxygen revive the kind of rock and roll that our generation has desperately been missing,…
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Broken Bells w/ Hamilton Leithauser The Ryman Auditorium; Nashville, TN September 29, 2014 Review by Philip Obenschain (@pobenschain). Photos by Jake Giles Netter. One of the most high-profile pairings in modern rock, with two acclaimed LPs and even a Grammy nomination under their belt, it is, on one hand, somewhat surprising that superband Broken Bells had…
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Ready for another huge tour announcement? Seminal English rockers The Who are set to hit the road in celebration of their 50th anniversary, and, lucky for us, that run includes a May 11 performance at our own Bridgestone Arena. As you may recall, the group, which now only officially features singer Roger Daltrey and guitarist Pete Townshend (but hey,…
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Rock pioneers Fleetwood Mac have become increasingly more active in recent years, and, amazingly, still boast all original or long-running members (though many, many players have come and gone), including Mick Fleetwood, Stevie Knicks, and Lindsey Buckingham. It’s been five years since the acclaimed group last played Music City, but that’s all about to change this…
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Nashville-based bluegrass/Americana rockers Old Crow Medicine Show have announced a return to The Ryman Auditorium this December, to ring in the New Year. Building on the success of their previous New Year’s Eve outings at the Mother Church (2009, 2010, 2012, and 2013), the band will, once again, expand the affair across two nights- Dec. 30 and 31.…