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By now you should be more than familiar with HalfNoise, the solo musical vehicle of Paramore drummer Zac Farro, a longtime local fave and friend of the site. Formed and cultivated between Farro’s 2010 departure from Paramore and his return to the renowned group in 2017, HalfNoise has, so far, released two full-length albums…
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Nashville pop artist Sarah Zanotti springs back onto the scene in 2019 with “Unwanted,” an absolute anthem about desire, emotional whiplash, and external validation. The track explores the area of an expiring relationship where both people know it’s time to end it, but they haven’t quite reached the acceptance stage yet. Zanotti’s vocals are…
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What began as something of a bedroom recording vehicle for principal songwriter Taylor Lowrance, local shoegaze-y, dreamy, poppy, and folk-tinged indie outfit Hari The Band have steadily become a buzzworthy underground fixture in recent years, rounded out by Ben Crannell and Brennan Walsh, who Lowrance met while performing in other projects within the Nashville indie scene (most notably, Shy…
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Buzzy local group Oginalii have seen their sound evolve from the stripped-down acoustic stylings of frontperson Emma Hoeflinger back in the project’s earliest days in 2013, to a hard to pin down, sludgy, hazy, psych-tinged, hard-hitting, genre and era spanning flavor of rock and roll across two EPs and a handful of songs, earning them a reputation…
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Formed in 2016, a year after the premature demise of their prior project The Apache Reply, local duo Airpark, made up New Orleans raised brothers Michael Ford, Jr. and Ben Ford, have a been a favorite of ours from the very start, quickly becoming a buzzworthy local group you should be keeping an eye on thanks to a pair…
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One of our favorite bands since their (and our) earliest days, eclectic local outfit Waterfall Wash are back with a tune that’s at once new and old, and we’re thrilled to bring you an exclusive premiere of their latest: “Colors” Recorded and mixed by Nick and Mark Bullock in Nashville, then mastered by Alan Douches (Saves the Day,…
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A brand new instrumental, cinematic soul teamup of bassist/guitarist Jared Colby (who you might know as the lead guitarist for beloved local r&b/soul outfit Alanna Royale) and drummer Derek Louis (an accomplished multi-instrumentalist, singer-songwriter, and touring drummer), along with various friends and backing players contributing keys, horns, woodwinds, and percussion, Mount Worcester are an essential find…
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Best known for his work with local folk rock outfit Humming House, singer, songwriter, and multi-instrumentalist Joshua Wolak has taken a dramatic departure with his new solo project Genuine Joy, crafting an artsy, conceptual, flourishing, and poppy debut, Resolution, set to arrive this Friday, Nov. 16 though Soundly Music. Raised in a fundamentalist church, Wolak shook free from…
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Originally formed in Austin, Texas and now Nashville based, indie pop duo The Roosevelts have, this year, undergone a metamorphosis, shifting away from their alt rock beginnings, with guitarist Jason Kloess teaming up with new lead singer Mitchell Kilpatrick to find their current, stylish sound. Recently chosen as the Artist of the Week by Lightning 100, the duo…
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After 20 years of collaboration in multiple musical endeavors, including acts like Sleep Study, Calvin, and Haunted Device, Nashville natives and lifelong friends Chris Husak, Cory Johnson, and David Woods came together early last year to form their latest project, Malibu Blackout. An homage to various eras that shaped their style, including grunge, ’80s alt…