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COIN Announce Debut Album, Premiere New Single “Run”
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It’s been a long time coming, but local indie pop outfit COIN have finally announced the release of their debut album! Simply titled COIN and helmed by Grammy nominated producer Jay Joyce, the full-length will arrive in June on Columbia imprint StarTime International. We’ve been obsessing over COIN’s infectiously catchy and dance-ready flavor of indie rock for a couple of…
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The Mountain Goats Announce New LP, April 2 Show at Mercy Lounge
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When it comes to prolific songwriting, few come to mind that top the genius of John Darnielle (dba The Mountain Goats), who just announced the group’s 15th official LP release, Beat The Champ, due out April 7 via Merge. A master of playful, surficially silly – yet teeming with lyrical depth, he reports that the new record…
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The Aquaducks Announce New Single | Catch Them Tonight At Tin Roof
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We normally wouldn’t put a teaser video up, but a) The Aquaducks are great and b) they clearly put a ton of work into a vid that has a virtual one week shelf life. Regardless, it looks like they had fun making the video, and it has us excited about the release of their…
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Turbo Fruits Drop New Single | Announce ‘No Control’ To Release April 20th
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It’s been a minute since we had a new music announcement from Nashville rockers Turbo Fruits, but we thought there might be something brewing with the #NOCONTROL tweets coming from the band for the past few days. We’ve been hearing the rumblings from the inside about a new TF record (which has the touches of…
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ELEL Announces Debut EP | Stream Carousel Remix of “40 Watt”
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How many of you caught that incredible set that ELEL laid down last night at The High Watt? A full review is coming shortly. In the meantime, you can prep yourself for the debut self-titled EP release on new label Mom + Pop on March 24th, along with a spring tours with Moon Taxi,…
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No Country in a Nutshell: The Weekly Recap | 1.12-1.18
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While we’re still in the slow season for shows (something that’s about to change very, very soon), January is a big month for announcements, and, this week, we brought you some exciting ones both in the form of festivals lineups and upcoming Nashville dates. On top of that, this week was full of great…
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Mikky Ekko Premieres New Single, “U”
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Though he’s already a well-known and buzzed about name in pop, local singer-songwriter/producer turned Rihanna cohort and Grammy performer Mikky Ekko, astonishingly, is just now getting around to releasing his debut album. That album, titled Time, drops tomorrow in fact, and, ahead of its release, Mikky has premiered a new single called “U.” If this track…
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Daisyhead Announce Debut LP, Premiere New Single
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We’ve been keeping you filled in about Nashville emo/alt rockers Daisyhead since the release of their 2013 EP I Couldn’t Face You, and subsequent signing to No Sleep Records, which produced a split release with Have Mercy in 2014. And, while we love everything they’ve produced so far, we’ve been waiting patiently to see just what the…
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Lightningsam Taps Folk Artist for Electro-Trap Dream Track “Bitterness”
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There’s a whole genre out there called “witchy thug girl pop” or sometimes “electro-trap.” Hey, we don’t make these things up. In the vein of Purity Ring and The Knife, Nashville-based producer Samlightning playfully disperses vocals from UK folkster Laura James among trap beats and loopy melodies. It’s a track to get your buzz…
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Stream J.D. McPherson’s New Single & Catch Him At Mercy Lounge On February 20th
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Vintage rock and roll singer J.D. McPherson has earned himself comparisons to artists from Little Richard to Amy Winehouse. So, if you like good, old-fashioned rhythm and blues as opposed to what passes for R&B on the radio these days, you should check out his upcoming album Let the Good Times Roll. Then you…