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Out in support of their recent third album Model, LA indie pop/rock outfit Wallows are set to return to Nashville for the first time in five years to headline Ascend Amphitheater tonight, Aug. 20 with buzzy alt pop singer BENEE (who you definitely want to show up early for)! One of the coolest tours…

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Two of the most important beloved bands of their era- ’80s and ’90s alt rock trailblazers Pixes and ’90s and ’00s indie rock fixture Modest Mouse– are set to bring their co-headlining tour to Ascend Amphitheater tonight, June 2, along with the one-and-only Cat Power, an absolutely stacked bill and one of the coolest…
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Noah Kahanw/ SamiaAscend Amphitheater; Nashville, TNOctober 4, 2023 Review by Philip Obenschain. Photos by Gina Di Maio. It’s been an incredible year for singer-songwriter Noah Kahan, who, since releasing his breakout, ascendant third album Stick Season almost exactly a year ago (and expanded We’ll All Be Here Forever edition earlier this summer), has rapidly…
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Arctic Monkeysw/ Fontaines DCAscend Amphitheater; Nashville, TNSeptember 13, 2023 Review by Philip Obenschain with additional notes by Abigail Cook. Photos by Abigail Cook. It’s been more than 20 years since indie rockers Arctic Monkeys first formed in their native Sheffield, England, and 17 since their now-classic debut Whatever People Say I Am, That’s What…
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Ghostw/ Amon AmarthAscend Amphitheater; Nashville, TNAugust 27, 2023 Review and photos by Hannah Laney Swedish hard rock and metal band Ghost put on an incredible performance at their recent return to Nashville at Ascend Amphitheater. It was their biggest headlining show in Music City yet, and met with much praise and a sold out…
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Queens of the Stone Agew/ Phantogram, The ArmedAscend Amphitheater; Nashville, TNAugust 19, 2023 Review by Philip Obenschain. Photos by Hannah Laney. It’s been nearly a decade since legendary rockers Queens of the Stone Age last played Nashville, then in support of their fan-favorite 2013 album …Like Clockwork. And though they did release another record,…

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Jack Whitew/ Be Your Own Pet (4/30), JD McPherson (5/1)Ascend Amphitheater; Nashville, TNApril 30 – May1, 2022 Review by Philip Obenschain and Mary-Beth Blankenship.Photos by David James Swanson, courtesy of the artist. For a number of years now, Nashville has been the adopted home and a city of monumental importance for rocker Jack White,…
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It’s hard to believe it’s been four years since Jack White last played a show in his adopted hometown of Nashville, and significantly longer since he’s played one anywhere as intimate as Ascend Amphitheater, where the rocker will perform across two nights this weekend, April 30 & May 1, in support of his bombastic…
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Still touring in support of last year’s 11th LP, Raise Vibration, his first in several years after a bout of writer’s block, famed, long-running rocker Lenny Kravitz recently announced a return to Music City, his first in a decade, Sept. 12 at Ascend Amphitheater! Breaking out huge in the ’90s with hits like “Are You Gonna Go My Way,” “Fly…
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Vampire Weekend w/ Chicano Batman Ascend Amphitheater; Nashville, TN June 18, 2019 Review by Philip Obenschain (@pobenschain). Photos by Andrew Ha. Nearly six years had passed between Vampire Weekend‘s last Music City outing- a 2013 stop at The Ryman Auditorium- and their recent return, to headline Ascend Amphitheater with Chicano Batman, in support of their stellar new album and first…