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English indie rockers Arctic Monkeys have slowly been springing back to life over the past year, ending a brief hiatus following their 2013 fifth effort AM and subsequent tour, to focus on personal lives and side projects, including the sophomore effort from Alex Turner’s pop-geared endeavor The Last Shadow Puppets. As they celebrate the release of their brand new LP, Tranquility…
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Garage punks The Coathangers sprung out of Atlanta’s DIY scene more than a decade ago, initially aspiring simply to have fun and play a few house shows, before a relentless tour schedule and five fantastic LPs managed to transform them into one of punk’s most vital indie acts. The trio have toured with the likes of…
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Returning to headline The High Watt on June 26, after passing through last fall to co-headline a show with !!!, Atlanta’s Algiers are a profoundly artistic, socially urgent, refreshing and genre-bending project that should be on everyone’s radar. This time around, the group perform with Knoxville experimental artist Lower Interiors, as well as likeminded local experimental/dark pop project Lambda Celsius, a…
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We’re fresh off of another amazing Bonnaroo, and our summer festival season is in full swing. Next up for us is Louisville’s Forecastle Festival, which takes place July 13-15 at the city’s downtown Waterfront Park, and is one of our favorite fests in the nation, with its picturesque downtown setting and incredibly well-organized setup! Forecastle revealed its 2018 lineup earlier this year,…
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It’s been a a couple of years now since beloved local rockers Moseley seemingly fizzed out, but that hasn’t stopped frontwoman Suzie Chism from returning under a new moniker: SUP. An acronym for Suzie Under Pressure, SUP. first emerged early last year with an excellent first single, “Palm Tree,” and has since dropped a few more official…
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Since bursting onto the local scene with her eponymous debut EP in early 2015, and following it up with a series of well-received tracks and a sophomore effort, Queen of Hearts, in 2016, local electropop singer and longtime site favorite CAPPA has reigned as one of the most promising and important figures in the increasingly flourishing Nashville…
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The most visible member of massively successful British boyband One Direction, and the latest to mount a solo career, following the group’s 2016 hiatus, singer Harry Styles made a splash last year with the release of his highly-anticipated, eponymous debut album. Conjuring sonic comparisons to titans of classic soft rock, Britpop, and even psychedelia and glam, Styles’…
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Hailing originally from Knoxville, Elijah Newman crafts a flavor of punk that infuses elements of folk and heartland rock, landing in a territory similar to performers like The Gaslight Anthem, The Menzingers, Frank Turner, or Chuck Ragan. Along with his band, Elijah Newman & The SideEffects, the singer, who started as a worship performer in his…
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Summer fun is in full swing in Nashville. Regardless of what type of music you are a fan of, there is something for everyone with Bonnaroo in nearby Manchester and the cowboy-booted tourist hailing CMA Fest happening across town. If you weren’t able to make it to the farm this year, and aren’t a…
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With nearly a decade and five full-lengths, including stellar new effort The Make It All Show, to their name, it might come as a shock how young Oklahoma sibling act Skating Polly are, but not only are the buzzworthy rising group the real deal, they have the punk rock co-signs and bona fides to back it…