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As we announced a few weeks back, indie rockers Death Cab For Cutie are set to release their long-awaited new album, Kintsugi, on March 31; their first record without guitarist Chris Walla (who, upon its completion, exited the band, but stayed around to record his parts) handling production duties. So far, only one single, “Black Sun,” has been…
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As we previously announced, local indie pop group ELEL, who we’ve been longtime superfans of, will release their self-titled, debut EP March 4 via Mom+Pop (pre-order here). While lead single “40 Watt” has been floating around for a minute, its subsequent re-release after the band’s recent signing has been generating quite a bit of buzz,…
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As we told you last month, infectious indie rock duo Matt and Kim are set to make their return Music City May 9 for a performance at Marathon Music Works (following a crazy Live on the Green set in 2013). Along with their upcoming tour, the group are set to drop their fifth album, New Glow, April 7 via Harvest…
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Ahead of their May 12 all ages show at Cannery Ballroom with Real Friends, Knuckle Puck, and The Technicolors (tickets here), and in anticipation of the March 31 release of their fifth album, American Candy, alternative/pop rock group The Maine have dropped a new single and accompanying lyric video, “English Girls.” Though they’ve always drawn influence from Third Eye Blind (and similar ’90s alt/pop acts), “English…
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A few weeks ago, we brought you news that local garage rockers Turbo Fruits would release their highly anticipated (and Patrick Carney produced) new album, No Control, April 20 via Melvin Records/Thirty Tigers, and streamed its lead single, “The Way I Want You.” Now, ahead of that release as well as a Feb. 15 Nashville Sunday Night performance at 3rd & Lindsley…
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Following in the footsteps of *repeat repeat, Bradley Warren, Jr., Vinyl Thief, Guthrie Brown, Phin, Daniel Ellsworth & The Great Lakes, Parlour Tricks, and Phox, local hip hop collective and current Native cover stars BZRK are the latest act to participate in “Shop Sessions,” an ongoing live in-store performance series, hosted by local apparel and lifestyle brand DCXV. BZRK are signed to…
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Perhaps the single most criminally under-appreciated post-punk band in regards to their influence on the movement, UK rockers Gang of Four have been active off and on since 1977, famously and most prominently reuniting with their original, seminal lineup a decade ago. And, while members have ebbed and flowed, the team of vocalist Jon King…
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You may recognize these good looking people, but their name is a tad different. The previously known Josephine and the Wildfront have since shortened their name to simply Wildfront and with the name change is coming new music and new videos. The group has been working on their latest EP, titled Strange Gold, and the anticipated album will…
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Nashville’s Natalie Prass, who, for several years now, has been a constant site favorite, just released her self-titled, full-length debut album last week though Matthew E. White’s Spacebomb Records. Already one of our favorite releases of 2015, Natalie Prass has been amassing a ton of well-deserved buzz, and seems poised to propel the singer to a triumphantly (and long-overdue)…