All Deeds Done, Charlie Abbott, William Wild Acme Feed & Seed; Nashville, TN Sept. 22, 2015 Review by Philip Obenschain (@pobenschain). Photos by Nolan Knight. Every single Tuesday for the past year, we’ve been teaming up with hip downtown restaurant and performance space Acme Feed & Seed to host a free showcase of some of our favorite…
Godspeed You! Black Emperor w/ Xylouiris White Marathon Music Works; Nashville, TN September 19, 2015 Review by Julian Ciany. Photos by Amber J. Davis Over the weekend, post-rock legends Godspeed You! Black Emperor brought their tour with experimental duo Xylouiris White to Marathon Music Works. With half of the room blocked off, the crowd was…
Purity Ring w/ HANA Marathon Music Works; Nashville, TN September 8, 2015 Review by Philip Obenschain. Photos by Mary-Beth Blankenship. It’s been more than two years since Canadian electro-pop pioneers Purity Ring last played Nashville, selling out the Cannery Ballroom in January of 2013, mere months after filling sister venue Mercy Lounge. The duo’s absence was largely spent crafting their…
Widespread Panic. Photo by Brendan Donohue. Widespread Panic Ascend Amphitheater; Nashville, TN September 6, 2015 Review by Olivia Ladd. Photos by Brendan Donohue. Widespread Panic brought the funk to Music City this Labor Day weekend for two nights of sold out jams. The legendary group have been on the trail ahead of Lockn Festival, and stopped at…
Cherub w/ Future Unlimited The Ryman Auditorium; Nashville, TN September 5, 2015 Words by Jacob Ryan (@GonzoWithGusto). Photos by Amber J. Davis Blasting off on their massive “So… You DTF?” fall tour in front of a hometown crowd, Cherub turned The Ryman Auditorium into a dance-party unlike anything we’ve ever seen there before. If you were…
Live on the Green w/ Moon Taxi, The Delta Saints, Greg Holden Public Square Park; Nashville, TN September 3, 2015 Review by Philip Obenschain (@pobenschain). Photos by Jake Giles Netter. Officially crossing the halfway mark in another wonderful season of Live on the Green (these things fly by quicker and quicker every year, right?), week three ramped…
ZZ Ward w/ Marc Scibilia, The Young Wild Marathon Music Works; Nashville, TN September 4, 2015 Review by Jacqui Sahagian. Photos by Gary Acquaro. Old school pop singer ZZ Ward played to a full house of adoring fans at Marathon Music Works on Friday night, with support from local folk-pop singer-songwriter Marc Scibilia and California indie-pop band The…
Nikki Lane w/ Kristin Diable, Frankie Lee Mercy Lounge; Nashville, TN August 30, 2015 Review by Jacqui Sahagian. Photos by Gary Acquaro. You know a real musician when they decide to schedule a show on their day off, and that’s just what East Nashville outlaw country singer Nikki Lane did on the day after opening for Social…
Rayland Baxter w/ Ruby the Rabbitfoot 3rd & Lindsley; Nashville, TN August 30, 2015 Review by M. Olivia Burd (@nashweekender). Photos by Amber Davis. He came home to shine his light on us, Rayland Baxter did. He played Lightning 100’s Nashville Sunday Night at 3rd & Lindsley to share that light, sonically, with all the listeners across the land. ATO Records released…
Pony Boy. photo by Gary Acquaro. Pony Boy w/ Justin & the Cosmics, Lilly Hiatt The Basement; Nashville, TN August 29, 2015 Review by Jacqui Sahagian. Photos by Gary Acquaro. Over the weekend, noir alt-country singer Pony Boy celebrated the release of her debut full-length, Blue Gold, at The Basement with the record’s producers Justin Collins and Adam Landry, who are…