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Fans of subversive, genre and era spanning, psychedelic, and worldly music will certainly want to make Brazilian tropical psych rockers Boogarins and Nigerien electric Tuareg meets psych guitarist Mdou Moctar‘s co-headlining stop at Mercy Lounge on Sept. 9 a top priority. Two unique, global, western-influenced but South American and African culturally forged artists who’ve attracted widespread critical attention, both with new (and respective…
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After an excellent first two Thursdays, Live on the Green is rolling to its 2019 conclusion with some serious momentum, as the epic four-day Labor Day Weekend finale of the 11th season of the annual, free outdoor fest begins Thursday, Aug. 29 at Public Square Park and continues all weekend through Sunday, Sept. 1. Once again boasting an exciting and stacked…
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After an excellent first two Thursdays, Live on the Green is rolling to its 2019 conclusion with some serious momentum, as the epic four-day Labor Day Weekend finale of the 11th season of the annual, free outdoor fest begins Thursday, Aug. 29 at Public Square Park and continues all weekend through Sunday, Sept. 1. Once again boasting an exciting and stacked…
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Rock legend (and current resident of Nashville) Peter Frampton erupted onto the music scene in the unlikeliest of ways: with a live album. After launching his musical career as a teen in both The Herd then Humble Pie, the English singer/songwriter/guitarist/talk box pioneer went solo at the start of the ’70s, met with moderate interest until,…
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Fans of resonant, genre-bending, experimental heavy music take note: long-running Florida stoner rock meets sludge metal meets doom pop outfit Torche, celebrating the recent release of fifth LP Admission, return to town Sept. 4, to headline Mercy Lounge with Texas experimental, synthy psych/goth/doom duo Pinkish Black, and buzzy, dreamy shoegazing electropop artist SRSQ. A super cool lineup for fans of the…
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Versatile, genre-bending, timeless, and prolific, with a solo career spanning 20 years, prominent and beloved collaborative groups like She & Him and Monsters of Folk, and a seasoned run as a producer, songwriter, and composer, Portland’s M. Ward is, without a doubt, one of the indie folk scene’s most important modern fixtures. Still buzzing from last…
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Celebrating the brand new release of their best, most experimental, personal, and uninhibited album yet, Pep Talks, local folk pop turned alternative/hip hop/pop rock genre-benders Judah & the Lion, still riding high on the buzz and acclaim from their massive past few years, are set to play their biggest hometown headliner to date tonight, Aug. 24 at Ascend Amphitheater!…
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Bringing together a spread of some of the best local bands making punk, indie, post-hardcore, metal, pop punk, hardcore, metalcore, emo, ambient rock, alt rock, post-rock, and more, as well as a handful of touring acts with a national presence, for 24 sets across three stages over two nights this Friday, Aug. 23 and Saturday, Aug. 24, DIY, annual,…