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Watch Members of Bayside, Saves The Day, & More Perform in Smiths Cover Supergroup
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Over the weekend and as we detailed in advance, local punk/indie/emo DJ night Nashville Is The Reason celebrated their second anniversary in style, hosting a Punk Rock Prom at The Basement East, featuring typical DJ fare as well as two cover band sets. The closing act, locals Crucial Bros, delivered your standard party-starting, rock-fueled performance of ’80s hits;…
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Sturgill Simpson, Cage the Elephant, More Nab Awards at 2017 Grammys
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As we told you in our Nashville guide to the 59th Annual Grammy Awards, tons of local artists nabbed nominations for yet another year. Beyond the usual dominance in categories like country, gospel, Christian, bluegrass, Americana, folk, classical, and roots music, some big names and site favorites like Cage the Elephant, Jack White, Alabama Shakes, and,…
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Massive “Indoor Drive-In” Movie Theater to Open Near Nissan Stadium
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All photos via August Moon Drive-In. Selected for our quintessentially American American city atmosphere, Nashville has been announced as the test market for a truly one of a kind new movie theater project, and one that could become a global franchise if well-received. Described as both “a mini indoor theme park” and an “indoor…
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Marathon Music Works Details New Expansion, Renovations
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For more than five years, Marathon Music Works has served as one of Nashville’s premiere mid-sized rooms, and a centerpiece of the revitalized Marathon Village. Co-owned by Chris Cobb and Josh Billue, the local venue has had quite an eventful past year, and, earlier this week, revealed some exciting new changes for 2017. As the live concert industry becomes increasingly…
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Zac’s Back? Paramore Seemingly Confirm Former Drummer’s Return
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It’s been a long road to Paramore‘s fifth album- the highly-anticipated followup to their Grammy winning, 2013 self-titled effort. Over the past few years, the local group, who still call the Nashville area home more than a decade into their existence, achieved some of the highest critical and commercial success of their career, toured the…
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MUTEMATH’s Darren King to Sit in All Week with ‘Seth Meyers’ House Band
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Over the last year or so, beloved alt rockers MUTEMATH have made as many stops in Nashville than in the entire proceeding decade combined, with late 2015 appearances at Grimey’s and The Basement East (where the below music video was filmed), and outings last year at both Ascend Amphitheater and Municipal Auditorium, supporting twenty one pilots and…
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Watch a New Interview with Kesha Ahead of Tonight’s Nashville-Centric Episode of ‘NOISEY’ on VICELAND
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Bona fide local badass turned pop starlet Kesha has, over the last year, been piecing her stalled career back together, following a drawn-out, public legal battle and sexual assault accusations against producer and label head Dr. Luke. After doubling down on her longstanding rock and punk influences with new backing band The Creepies for an intimate club tour…
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[HOT RUMOR] Brand New Might Be Recording in Nashville Next Month
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File this one under: take with a substantial grain of salt. If an unsubstantiated claim on Reddit proves true, enigmatic emo kings turned dark and calculated indie rockers Brand New might finally be making more traction on their long-delayed fifth album, and they’re potentially doing so right here in Nashville beginning next month. According to the online source, the band…
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Watch Sturgill Simpson Perform “Keep It Between the Lines” and “Call to Arms” on ‘SNL’
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As we recently announced, breakout local alt-country revivalist Sturgill Simpson, whose brilliant third album A Sailor’s Guide to Earth is up for two Grammys next month, appeared over the weekend as the musical guest on the new year’s first episode of Saturday Night Live, following in the footsteps of fellow Nashville acts Chris Stapleton and Margo Price, who both made…
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M. Ward to Play City Winery March 21 & 22
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Portland based singer-songwriter M. Ward is coming off a big 2016, which saw the artist release his eighth solo record, More Rain, before teaming up with oft collaborator Zooey Deschanel for a new She & Him holiday record late in the year. Heading into 2017 strong, Ward is gearing up for a string of intimate…