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[PREVIEW] Quiet Life w/ Guthrie Brown & The Family Tree | Tonight @ The Basement
Drop whatever you have planned for tonight and get your ass to The Basement, because rock ’n’ roll indie folksters Quiet Life will be there to get you over the hump on hump day. We’ve been big fans ever since we saw them open at a sold out Portugal. The Man show last June,…
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[Review + Photos] Bahamas with The Weather Station | Sep. 22 @ The High Watt
Bahamas. Photo by Matt Cairns. Bahamas, The Weather Station The High Watt, Nashville, TN 09/22/14 Review by Jack Smith Photos by Matt Cairns. Here in Nashville, there’s an alarmingly level of emphasis placed on acts being able to reach an audience and get them dancing and moving. This phenomena isn’t necessarily surprising; in a…
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[TICKET GIVEAWAY] The Gaslight Anthem & Against Me! w/ Twopointeight | Oct. 8 @ Marathon Music Works
As we’ve been telling you for months, heartland punks The Gaslight Anthem are set to make a return to Marathon Music Works in just a few short weeks, Oct. 8, along with punk staples Against Me! and Sweden’s Twopointeight. Not only are tickets still available here, but we’re so excited about the show that we wanted to tell you more about, and…
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JEFF Stream Wipers, My Bloody Valentine Covers from Upcoming EP
JEFF the Brotherhood have a new EP of covers, Dig the Classics, slated for release one week from today, Sept. 30, via Warner Bros. Now, in addition to their previously released fantastic take on the Pixies’ “Gouge Away,” the duo have premiered two more tracks to tide you over until the EP’s arrival: the Wiper’s “Mystery” and…
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[Review + Photos] No Country’s Americana Fest Recap + Photos
Loretta Lynn. Photo by Sundel Perry. 2014 Americana Fest Nashville, TN September 2014 Review contributions by Jeff Moody [JM], Shawn Jackson [SJ], and Matt Hall [MH] Photos by Shawn Jackson of Sundel Perry We are finally catching our breath after one of the largest and most impressive Americana Fests in the event’s nearly decade…
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Dads to Play The End Nov. 23 with Tiny Moving Parts and Choir Vandals
We’ve spoken at length about the new wave of emo and pop punk bands that have been brewing at the underground level, and about how much fresh life and relevance they’ve been bringing to the scene. No group better exemplifies this movement than Michigan (by way of New Jersey) duo Dads. Perhaps lesser buzzed about…
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Watch The Black Keys Perform “Gotta Get Away,” Cover Edwyn Collins’ “A Girl Like You” on ‘Fallon’
Last night, Nashville blues rock duo The Black Keys took a break from their North American tour and stopped by The Tonight Show Starring Jimmy Fallon to perform “Gotta Get Away,” the latest single from the group’s eighth full-length, Turn Blue. The pair also took the time to tape a special web exclusive performance of Edwyn Collins’ “A Girl…
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No Country in a Nutshell: The Weekly Recap | 9.15-9.21
Today is literally the last day of summer, and what a summer it has been. Between Bonnaroo, Forecastle Fest, Muddy Roots, and more, we took in more live music than ever! While festival season fades into one packed fall of tours, we’re ramping up to bring you more previews, reviews, announcements, and giveaways than…
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[Preview] Don’t Miss Bahamas | Tonight @ The High Watt
We’ve been harping about the Bahamas show for awhile now, but the time has finally come! Tonight, starting at 8 pm, the chilled out songwriter will be playing tunes from his new album at the one and only High Watt in the Cannery Complex. If you’re familiar with Bahamas’ low-key, intimate style of writing, you know it’s going to…
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REVIEW: Balance and Composure w/ Seahaven & Creepoid | 9.17.14 @ The End [PHOTOS]
Balance and Composure w/ Seahaven, Creepoid The End; Nashville, TN September 17, 2014 Review by Philip Obenschain (@pobenschain). Photos by Shayne Garcia. Something has been brewing beneath the surface of the punk scene for the past several years. To be fair, it never really simmered out, at least to those of us tuned into the genre,…