Breakout English indie rockers The 1975 have announced a spring North American tour, which includes a Nashville date, set to take place May 15 at Exit/In. Though they came close with their appearance at the Music in the Middle Festival last month in Woodbury, the band have never properly performed in Music City. The 1975 have been making music…
British dance pop darling Charli XCX was originally slated to perform at Mercy Lounge nearly two months ago, on Sept. 24, but ended up postponing her entire tour in order to pursue a last minute opportunity to support Paramore on a UK stadium run. At the time, she promised fans that she’d be back, and tonight Charli will make good…
Beach Fossils. Photo by Amber Davis Beach Fossils, Penicillin Baby, Sol Cat, and R∆chel The Bohéme Collectif, Nashville, TN November 13th, 2013 Review and Photos by Amber Davis (@amber_davis17) Tucked away in East Nashville behind Hair World lies a gigantic warehouse labeled as The Bohéme Collectif. We were anxious to see how this art…
Drive-By Truckers. Photo by Shawn Jackson. Drive-By Truckers & T. Hardy Morris Cannery Ballroom, Nashville, TN Nov 10, 2013 Review and Photos by Shawn Jackson of Sundel Perry Photography With the flood of formulaic country rock bullshit we’ve been experiencing these days, it’s refreshing to see bands who can straddle the intersection of rock…
Houndmouth. Photo by Amber Davis. HOUNDMOUTH w/ Wheeler Brothers and Scott Carney of Wax Fang Mercy Lounge; Nashville, TN November 8th, 2013 Words by: Jacob Ryan (@gonzowithgusto) Photos by: Amber Davis During a weekend with one of the best line-ups (have you been reading TWiN?!!) of the entire fall/winter season you would be crazy to have…
We got the pleasure of checking out Cat Power’s set at 3rd & Lindsley last week as part of a solo tour around the country to support her most recent album, Sun, which made our list of top 10 albums of 2012. Undoubtably, this show was going to be one to remember. 3rd & Lindsley is such an intimate…
Just two weeks after landing a number one debut with their latest (and downright amazing) release, Reflektor, Grammy Award-winning indie rockers Arcade Fire have announced their first proper North American tour since 2011. After their recent listening party at Grimey’s, a Nashville date seemed like a sure-thing, and, with this new announcement, our suspicions were confirmed. The…
Oak Creek Band. Photo by Shawn Jackson. Part of the reason I started contributing to No Country was to discover great bands that I was missing. It might sound like an unforgivable sin living in Middle Tennessee, but I consider myself exceptionally ignorant when it comes to music in Music City. This concentration of…