Don Gallardo Acme Feed & Seed; Nashville, TN August 19, 2014 Review by Philip Obenschain (@pobenschain). Photos by Mary-Beth Blankenship. Unless you’ve been living under a rock, you’ve surely heard by now that every Tuesday night, we’ve been hosting a free showcase at new downtown restaurant and performance space, Acme Feed & Seed, featuring…
We don’t want this to get into a philosophical debate about the social merits and costs of using cell phones, but there’s no denying that one of the absolute most annoying thing to see at a show is fans who spends more time updating their Instagram than actually watching the show. Look, we get…
That’s right faithful readers, Live on the Green, Nashville’s best FREE concert series, is gearing up tonight for week two and you’d be crazy to miss out. Tonight’s line-up features local rock ’n’ rollers Goodbye June, native indie popsters (who’ve made a splash on the national/international scene) Wild Cub and in the headlining spot,…
One of the greatest things about living in Music City is that if you miss an opportunity to see a band, nine times out of ten that artist will be putting on a show here again relatively soon. It hasn’t been long since we told you about Josephine and the Wildfront playing at Exit/In, and…
When do you stop calling underrated songwriters, well, underrated? Playing the underdog for so long, Cory Branan’s No-Hit Wonder album is rocking rave features across the country, with rosy-cheeked praise from Rolling Stone, Consequence of Sound, and the Wall Street Journal. This Saturday, August 23, we get a chance to toast to Branan’s success…
As we told you earlier this summer, breakout electropop/r&b singer Banks is set to perform at the Cannery Ballroom on Sept. 24, marking her first time in Music City. Banks is one of our favorite new artists, and her upcoming full-length debut, Goddess, is one of our most-anticipated releases of the year, so, naturally we’re counting down the days until…
Summer’s coming to a close, but that doesn’t mean there aren’t a few tricks left up its sleeve. One such trick is the upcoming release of Bahamas’ third studio album, Bahamas Is Afie, which will hit shelves tomorrow, August 19. However, fans of the Canadian indie rock act can whet their appetite with a very personal…
The Americana Music Association just released the schedule for the 2014 Americana Music Festival, which is coming to Nashville in just a few weeks. You can find the full schedule here. Festivities begin trickling in on Tuesday, September 16, but they get serious on Wednesday with the 13th Annual Honors & Awards Show and…
The Casket Girls, Dreamend, Coconut Milk The End, Nashville, TN August 14, 2014 Review by Jacqui Sahagian Last Thursday Savannah, Georgia’s Graveface Records took over The End to showcase the label’s shoegaze weirdness with electro pop duo The Casket Girls and label head Ryan Graveface’s noisy three-piece Dreamend. The Cincinnati-based indie pop band Coconut…