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One of the most critically beloved new acts to emerge from the punk sphere in recent years, particularly because they’ve bucked what their interpretation of punk is at every turn, Danish group Iceage are riding high on the praise for their new fourth album Beyondness. Returning to Nashville after an electrifying turn at The End a few years back,…
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Iconic industrial rock outfit Nine Inch Nails have announced a lengthy North American tour spanning from the fall through winter, their first such trek in four years. With nearly all shows scheduled for smaller than usual spaces for the band, many for two (and in the case of Los Angeles, four) dates, Trent Reznor and co.…
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We’ve mentioned local singer Maddie Medley a handful of times in the past, who, with her 2016 lo-fi debut EP Garland, and a couple of prior promising singles, all released while still in high school, has become an increasingly more active part of the local scene, frequenting bills with indie acts, and garnering buzz for powerful voice…
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Formed in 1998 in Seattle by Oklahoma native Johnathon Ford, Unwed Sailor are a band that should strike a particular chord with indie fans of a certain age. Particularly if you obsessed over groups like Pedro the Lion (which Ford has been a member of), Minus the Bear, The Appleseed Cast, and numerous similar, often less ubiquitous…
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Returning to Nashville for the first time in a couple of years, with their latest, weirdest, best, and most topical album to date, Twerp Verse, in tow, indie rockers Speedy Ortiz are set to headline The High Watt tonight, May 10. Along with experimental, multi-instrumentalist and rapper Nnamdi Ogbonnaya, as well as soulful, genre-defying up and comers Zenizen, this is…
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Just a few years ago, it seemed like iconic indie outfit Guided By Voices‘ prolific and improbable reunion had flamed out for good, and our chances of seeing them once more in Music City looked slim. To our pleasant surprise, however, it wasn’t long before frontman Robert Pollard once again willed the band back into existence, recruiting…
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What began as something of a solo alias and has since morphed into the moniker for a permeant band, Frankie Cosmos is the brainchild of New York singer-songwriter Greta Kline, who also previously made music as Ingrid Superstar. The daughter of actors Kevin Kline and Phoebe Cates, Kline’s sound draws inspiration from New York’s famous anti-folk scene,…
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Over the last decade, Philadelphia pop punks The Wonder Years have become something of a seminal act in the modern scene, helping revitalize and course-correct the genre with their earnest, smart, engaging, relatable songwriting and DIY-rooted attitude. While the band manage to make it to Nashville on a semi-regular basis, their show tonight, May 9 at Cannery Ballroom follows…
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In, perhaps, their best televised performance ever, Nashville based alt rockers and site faves Paramore stopped by The Late Show with Stephen Colbert last week to deliver a quirky, retro, and inventive rendition of “Rose-Colored Boy,” the latest single from last year’s stellar fifth album After Laughter. Fresh off the third voyage of their curated rock cruise Parahoy, the…
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Love him or hate him, there’s no escaping the huge orbit or unlikely hip hop superstar Past Malone. To say he’s currently having a moment would be an understatement- Malone is everywhere right now, smashing chart records, permeating the pop culture, and appearing at prominent events like a primo Coachella set right before Beyoncé. Born Austin Post, the…