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Founded in early 2017 by members of Light Beam Rider, after that promising former Mississippi-bred project split, Nashville’s Have A Rad Day, or H.A.R.D., as they generally go by, have been gaining local buzz since first appearing on a number of bills that year. The group garnered attention for first single, “Bellyacher,” not long after coming together,…
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Though they’ve more or less been back in action for over a decade, despite juggling other projects like frontman Lou Barlow’s Dinosaur Jr., long-running lo-fi indie rock faves Sebadoh took their time crafting a followup to 2013’s excellent comeback LP Defend Yourself (their first record since ’99), returning earlier this year with perhaps their finest album in decades, Act…
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Still out in support of last year’s stellar new full-length, Bark Your Head Off, Dog, Philadelphia punk and emo infused indie rock outfit Hop Along return to Nashville for the second year in a row tonight, July 13 at The Basement East, on the heels of an opening-day set at Louisville’s Forecastle Fest. With support from another longtime favorite, fellow…
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Over five full-lengths, most recently last year’s masterful double album Aviary, Los Angeles based experimental art pop singer, composer, and multi-instrumentalist Julia Holter has emerged as one of the most interesting, compelling, and genre-bending artists in recent memory, moving from electronic-infused bedroom pop to avant-garde and baroque to orchestral-infused, lush, and experimental, along the way earning critical…
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After wowing us in recent years rolling through town with groups like Skating Polly and Beach Slang (and set to return this fall in support of breakout indie punks PUP), LA poppy punk outfit Potty Mouth are finally set to play a proper headlining Nashville show, returning tonight, July 11 to perform at Drkmttr, in support of their incredible…
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While careful not to call it a breakup, Alabama Shakes frontwoman Brittany Howard recently announced that she’s putting her famed southern blues rock group on hold for the time being, in order to try her hand at making music under her own name, with a forthcoming debut album, Jaime, set to arrive on Sept. 20. The most…
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Though they’ve more or less been back in action for over a decade, despite juggling other projects like frontman Lou Barlow’s Dinosaur Jr., long-running lo-fi indie rock faves Sebadoh took their time crafting a followup to 2013’s excellent comeback LP Defend Yourself (their first record since ’99), returning earlier this year with perhaps their finest album in decades, Act…
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A longtime site favorite, grungy, Brooklyn power pop outfit Charly Bliss wowed us with some early Music City stops several years back, supporting Veruca Salt and appearing at The Stone Fox on tours before they’d even released a proper full-length. It’s been a couple years since the band last made it to Nashville, however, most recently…
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It’s been an interesting several years for Canadian indie pop breakout Carly Rae Jepsen, whose 2012 major label debut, Kiss, and its ubiquitous lead single, “Call Me Maybe,” made her an international pop sensation and radio staple. With 2015 followup, Emotion, however, Jepsen really flexed her artistry and settled into a more substantive, adventurous sound, gaining an older…
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Still out in support of last year’s stellar new full-length, Bark Your Head Off, Dog, Philadelphia punk and emo infused indie rock outfit Hop Along return to Nashville for the second year in a row, July 13 at The Basement East, on the heels of an opening-day set at Louisville’s Forecastle Fest. With support from another longtime favorite, fellow Philadelphian,…