Grace Potter w/ Lake Street Dive Ascend Amphitheater; Nashville, TN October 10, 2015 Review by M. Olivia Burd (@nashweekender). Photos by Johnny Giles. Disclosure: In college, I was enamored by Grace Potter and a true fan of her music with The Nocturnals, and her new album Midnight is an unfamiliar departure for me. Addendum: Lake Street…
Modest Mouse w/ Hop Along War Memorial Auditorium; Nashville, TN October 13, 2015 Review by Carson O’Shoney. Photos by Jen Silver. Modest Mouse have been circling the waters since their last Nashville show, at The Ryman in 2007. Since then, they’ve played Knoxville (2010), Chattanooga and Memphis (earlier this year), and even Louisville’s Forecastle Fest (this…
Warren Haynes w/ Chessboxer, Gill Landry The Ryman Auditorium; Nashville, TN October 13, 2015 Review by Julian Ciany. Photos by Brad Hochstetler. Last week was one hell of a good one for live music in Nashville. As the summer weather is finally dying down and fall is starting up, the concert schedule is remaining just as…
Leon Bridges w/ Kali Uchis Marathon Music Works; Nashville, TN October 13, 2015 Review by Meagan Whitney. Photos by Emilia Paré. Leon Bridges already announced a return to Nashville, March 2 at The Ryman, for which tickets are almost gone. While shows at the Ryman are always special, reverent experiences, the sold out show that Bridges played at Marathon…
Noah Gundersen w/ Field Report Cannery Ballroom; Nashville, TN Oct. 9, 2015 Review by Lorie Liebig. Photos by Nolan Knight. Seattle singer-songwriter Noah Gundersen took an artistic leap with his latest album, Carry the Ghost. The folkier feeling of his debut release was stripped down to a grittier sound that helped relay the feelings of uncertainty that…
twenty one pilots w/ Echosmith, Finish Ticket The Ryman Auditorium; Nashville, TN October 5, 2015 Review by Jackson Lord. Photos by Nolan Knight. Last Monday, rap/pop/rock/indie undefinable musical sensations twenty one pilots played to a sold out Ryman Auditorium with breakout indie rockers Echosmith and the Bay Area’s Finish Ticket. After hitting Nashville at Marathon Music…
The Chris Robinson Brotherhood 3rd & Lindsely; Nashville, TN October 6, 2015 Review by Chris Clancy. In the same way that the Black Crowes gained notice–and suffered backlash–for wearing their influences on their sleeve, The Chris Robinson Brotherhood, frontman Chris Robinson’s new project, expertly recreate the moves of their classic rock forebears. But where The…
Run the Jewels w/ Boots, Fashawn, Cuz Lightyear Marathon Music Works; Nashville, TN October 5, 2015 Review by Carson O’Shoney. Photos by Amber J. Davis. According to El-P, Nashville had a big part in making Run the Jewels a permanent group. On stage on Monday, he said that their show at Exit/In two years ago (billed…
Saul Williams w/ Rashad thaPoet Exit In; Nashville, TN October 4, 2015 Review by Julian Ciany. This past Sunday was a great night for live music here in Nashville. Beach House were at The Ryman and Disclosure were at Carl Black Woods Chevy Woods Amphitheater. But perhaps the most unique bill of the night was at Exit/In. It was a…
The Homegrown Harvest: Nodaway, Easy Roscoe, James & the Wild Spirit, Luisa Lopez, Mote Acme Feed & Seed; Nashville, TN Oct. 6, 2015 Review by Philip Obenschain (@pobenschain). Photos by Amber J. Davis. In lieu of of our typical Tuesday night showcase at Acme Feed & Seed, which we’ve been curating at the downtown restaurant and…