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5 Seconds of Summer to Play Ascend Amphitheater Sept. 13
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Catapulting to fame early last decade thanks in no small part to their association and tour with mega famous former boyband One Direction, Australia’s 5 Seconds of Summer have always been something of an oddity, towing the line between the slick yet scrappy pop punk bands of the later ’00s and a more conventional mainstream pop…
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[REMINDER] Black Flag w/ Matthew Ryan & The Linecutters | TONIGHT @ Cannery Ballroom
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It’s been over five years since reunited, seminal west coast hardcore outfit Black Flag last played Nashville, and a whopping 35 years since their last show before that. Formed in their youth way back in the ’70s, the group, who had a ton of members in their initial decade-long run, commanding a cult following in their…
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[REMINDER] Don’t Miss Beach Fossils w/ Negative Gemini | TONIGHT @ The Basement East
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As we move forward into not only a new year, but a new decade, there is, inevitably, a period of reflection of the last- a sometimes strange and fast moving era for music, that saw indie rock begin at the absolute height of critical consciousness, before fading in buzz in more recent years. Of…
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Forecastle 2020 Lineup, Tickets Coming Feb. 12
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Louisville’s Forecastle Fest had a pretty epic 2019, boasting memorable performances from favorites like The Killers, Anderson .Paak, Maggie Rogers, CHVRCHES, Nelly, and Yungblud, easily ranking among our favorite fests of last season. One of our favorite regional events, bar none, we look forward to making the trek each and every year, and as the 2020 festival landscape begins…
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Catch Atmosphere w/ The Lioness, Nikki Jean, & DJ Keezy | TONIGHT @ The Cowan
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Officially a duo, though often mistaken for a single rapper, Minneapolis group Atmosphere are made up of rhymesmith Slug (Sean Michael Daley) and DJ/producer Ant (Anthony Davis). Originally formed in the early ’90s by Slug, along with some other high school friends/members who have since left the group, Atmosphere began to pick up steam and trace…
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Justin Bieber to Play Nissan Stadium July 11
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The high highs and low lows of godlike musical fame is something we’ve seen countless young artists grapple with in public for generations, but in this modern musical climate where it’s ever-increasingly hard to become so super famous and wealthy so quickly, few artists have had as public a reckoning and transformation as pop sensation Justin…
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[TICKET GIVEAWAY] Piebald w/ Waterfall Wash & Through the Motions | Feb. 1 @ The Basement East
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Since springing back to life just a few years ago after a near decade-long split, Massachusetts alt/emo outfit Piebald have been keeping intermittently active, undertaking a small run of festival and tour dates, where they’ve been met with enthusiasm and nostalgia for their criminally underrated original run from the late ’90s to late ’00s, which saw…
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[TICKET GIVEAWAY] Calexico and Iron & Wine w/ Béla Fleck & Abigail Washburn | Feb. 11 @ The Ryman
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Individually acclaimed for their respective decades of fantastic individual work, folk and Tex-Mex infused indie rock duo Calexico and indie folk troubadour Iron & Wine first teamed up for a collective release way back in ’05, a fan-favorite EP called In the Reins. Though they remained friendly and occasionally guested on each other’s work in the ensuing years, their…
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Alicia Keys to Play Ascend Amphitheater Aug. 2
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Though beloved, award winning r&b and soul singer Alicia Keys has hardly been off the grid the past few years- appearing as a judge on The Voice, hosting the Grammys, popping up on high-profile features- she hasn’t released an album since 2016, and hasn’t toured in neatly seven years, an eternity for a young artist of her caliber.…