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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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Braid w/ Beach Slang, Free Throw Exit/In; Nashville, TN August 7, 2015 Review by Philip Obenschain (@pobenschain). Nostalgia can be a difficult thing to navigate. When nostalgia is simply a byproduct, and not a driving factor in creating art, however, it can provide a wonderful, symbiotic energy, and fuel progress by embracing the strengths of the past.…
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Despite how you feel about the term “emo revival,” it’s undeniable that there’s been a recent resurgence of interest in the scene that seminal ’90s acts like Sunny Day Real Estate, The Get Up Kids, The Promise Ring, and Jimmy Eat World helped shape and popularize. Not only have a number of young, new…