Pop rock pioneers Relient K are kicking of their summer tour and the release of their latest album, Collapsible Lung (out today via the band’s own Mono Vs Stereo label), with a performance TONIGHT at Rocketown. Joining the group are The Almost, The Rocketboys, and Mike Mains and the Branches. If you’re looking for a poppy, nostalgic, escape, we can’t think of a…
Last month, we told you about SUMMERDAZE, the badass block party taking over Elliston Place this weekend, showcasing some of Nashville’s best talent. Featuring performances from Turbo Fruits, The Kingston Springs, Promised Land, and Birdcloud at Exit/In and Fly Golden Eagle, Sol Cat, What Up, English, and Majestico at The End, we dare you to find a…
It’s just two days ’til America’s birthday, and we’ve got a special treat for you: a chance to win a pair of tickets to see Matt Pond w/ Matrimony & Radar vs. Wolf at The High Watt this Saturday night!! Find out more about the bands and how to win after the jump below!
It seems to me that there are a few types of musical couples in the world. First, there are the gag-me-with-a-spoon, “why did you have to go and break up the Beatles,” John-and-Yoko type couples. Second, there are the incredibly badass, Jay-Z and Beyonce type, that you just know are poised to launch their…
Live on the Green, the free, annual, six-week concert series held in Nashville’s Public Square Park has announced its lineup, dates, and schedule for the 2013 season. In what might be its strongest season yet, the series will include headliners Michael Franti & Spearhead, Local Natives, Matt & Kim, Matt Nathanson, Robert Randolph & The…
Mike Kinsella, who performs under the stagename Owen, is, for all intents and purposes, an OG emo artist. As in, Kinsella was instrumental in the emo movement before the e-word started carrying such negative connotations (and ended up becoming as generic a blanket adjective as “punk”). In the early ’90s, Kinsella was a member of emo pioneers…
Along with the announcement of a new album, AM, due out Sept. 10 via Domino, British indie rockers Arctic Monkeys have announced a North American tour, which includes an Oct. 10 performance at Marathon Music Works in Nashville! The show falls almost exactly two years after the group’s last stop in Music City, at War Memorial Auditorium. Tickets for the Monkeys’ Marathon…
New Orleans act, Hurray For The Riff Raff, stopped back in town over the weekend to play a special acoustic set at The End and we were there to appreciate their uniquely haunting renditions of songs from across their catalog (plus some excellent covers) in a very intimate arrangement. We’ve been fans of theirs…
Bryce Avary, better known by his stage name The Rocket Summer, is bringing his singer-songwriter-tinged brand of power pop to Rocketown (white building) tonight! Support comes from locals Dinner and a Suit and The Captain. The show starts at 6PM, tickets can be purchased online or at the door, and, as with all Rocketown shows, it’s all ages. Preview…