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2015 was a big year for local indie/synth-pop group COIN, who released their eponymous debut LP and toured the nation with some big names, all the while securing media buzz, radio love, and an ever-growing fanbase. The group will join fellow locals Moon Taxi, in support of their headlining debut at The Ryman Auditorium on April 1 (head here…
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Local rowdy, Americana indie rockers Langhorne Slim & The Law released a new LP, The Spirit Moves, over the summer on Dualtone Music, and if you haven’t gotten hip to it yet, you need to ASAP! We told you all about their two-night homecoming performance in support of that record back in August, but now Mr. Slim and the crew have…
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While snow certainly slowed weekend show plans to halt, last week was still full of some great releases, announcements, festival news, and even some performances squeezed in before the storm hit. Too busy snow day boozin’ and watching Netflix to keep up with the site? Don’t worry, we’ve recapped everything we covered last week…
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We’ve had quite a few evenings in Nashville with Juan Wauters over the past few years, since he began touring his post-The Beets solo career. The Uruguayan turned New Yorker has been a road warrior in support of his artistic brand of worldly garage folk that we first fell in love with in his early 2014 release, N.A.P.…
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The new year is obviously in full swing, because this week brought a seemingly endless barrage of show announcements, new releases, and news items. We’ll forgive you if you missed a few, because we barely remember even covering them all. By now you know the drill, read on for everything we covered last…
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Hot off announcing an LP reissue and a winter tour, blog endorsed Philly rockers Dr. Dog have also released a new music video to keep the wheels to the hype-machine greased. The featured single, “Bring My Baby Back”, is part of the Feb. 5 label (ANTI- records) reissue of the bands first album, Psychedelic…
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A couple months back, we told you about local alt-rock newcomers Kamber. In the spirit of keeping up with resident Music City talent, we are happy to announce that vocalist Kamber (both her name and the group’s moniker) and a couple of her bandmates are ready to start making rounds with a new project called…
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Acclaimed singer-songwriter Josh Ritter has released a colorful new video for his latest single, “Where the Night Goes.” The arrival of his eighth studio album, Sermon on the Rocks, was accompanied by a blue-and-yellow art direction that can be seen on everything from the record’s cover to his giant ad painted on the side of The…
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Grunge-pop rockers Anchor Thieves have crafted a music video for their song “Relapse,” a previously released single from their forthcoming album, Monolith, and we’re excited to exclusively premiere it for you below! The video is essentially different scenes from the 1968 film Voyage to the Planet of the Prehistoric Women (public domain) spliced together, which features sexy women…
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Last month, we excitedly announced that Baltimore experimental popsters Animal Collective will drop their tenth album, Painting With, on Feb. 19, and are headed back to Marathon Music Works on May 6 with Kaitlyn Smith in support. The group also recently unveiled a frenetic new single called “FloriDada,” which is weird, and especially energetic and upbeat, even by Animal Collective standards, and…