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Nashville’s Better Off, who, like Free Throw, Courtesy Drop, Nest, and a handful of other acts, are helping place Music City squarely in the midst of newfound critical discussion surrounding an incredible new national wave of emo and pop punk, are fresh off a high profile tour with New Found Glory, and have just debuted…
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During a recent tour, Nashville pop/garage punk rocker PUJOL stopped by famed Seattle radio station KEXP to perform four tracks, “Manufactured Crisis Control,” “Pitch Black,” “June Bug,” and “Youniverse,” and to chat for a brief interview. “June Bug” is new to us, while the other three songs appear on the singer’s latest full-length, KLUDGE. We recently…
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A couple of months back, we brought you “Little Lover,” the first single and music video from Nashville electronic folk duo Foreign Fields‘ upcoming new album. And, while and title and release date for that album have yet to be announced, the group are back with another taste in the form of new single and Skyler…
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Them Vibes. Photo by Sundel Perry. Them Vibes burst into our lives, thanks to our friends at Lightning 100, about this time last year, when they bombarded us with the track “Lorelei”. We promptly jumped on the bandwagon, and made it a point to get out to see them (see photo above). Today, the…
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Nashville (via Mississippi) southern garage rockers The Weeks stopped by the offices of The A.V. Club to participate in the latest installment of the site’s “Undercover” series, which challenges bands to choose a cover from an ever-shrinking list of tracks (meaning the later in the season you perform, the stranger the choices). In something of an…
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Despite the fact that their new EP, Aliens in the Outfield, is right around the corner, with a Nov. 18 release date via Infinity Cat, Nashville rock kings Diarrhea Planet have surprised us this morning with a brand new music video for “Kids,” a track from their latest full-length, last year’s I’m Rich Beyond Your Wildest Dreams.…
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It’s time for our monthly, obligatory “how is it November already?” line. October flew by, and was packed with great music (just check out all of the previews, announcements, and show reviews from last week below if you don’t believe us). Between Halloween, a pop up Foo Fighters show, and some seriously exciting upcoming concert announcements,…
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Following in the footsteps of *repeat repeat, Bradley Warren, Jr., Vinyl Thief, Guthrie Brown, Phin, Daniel Ellsworth & The Great Lakes, and Parlour Tricks (formerly Lily & The Parlour Tricks), Wisconsin indie pop outfit Phox are the latest act to participate in “Shop Sessions,” an ongoing live in-store performance series, hosted by local apparel and lifestyle brand DCXV. The second touring act to…
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Based on a review of our site traffic last week, folks in Nashville are clearly excited about the Foo Fighters Halloween show at The Ryman that we were speculating, but one show, no matter how special, does not make a Music City. We had plenty of news of upcoming shows, reviews, new music releases,…
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We’ve been jabbering plenty about the upcoming Cannery Ballroom show on November 4th with The New Pornographers, but we’ve been mostly focused on the headliners. Why not take moment to exemplify just how awesome this show is going to be by giving a shout out to “special guest”, The Pains Of Being Pure At Heart.…