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Can you believe there was snow on the ground just two weeks ago? As we embrace the long overdue summer-like weather, we can’t help but get excited for the multitude of tours and festivals coming this spring and summer. Last week brought a taste, with a ton of great performances around town, and the…
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It was another wild night at Mercy Lounge and High Watt for the second round of the 2015 edition of Road To Bonnaroo, and Future Unlimited made damn sure that they would not be denied by a single vote again this year. In an evening featuring 10 genre spanning acts in the mix, it was a…
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Just a week after Sol Cat went home triumphant at this season’s inaugural Road to Bonnaroo competition, the next round of bands, who are set to compete this Monday, March 9 at Mercy Lounge and The High Watt, have been announced! The ten artists who will compete for the next chance to play ‘Roo this year, battle of the bands style,…
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Old Crow Medicine Show had one of our top albums of 2014 and now multi-instrumentalist and songwriter of the group Gill Landry has released an album on his own, a self-titled effort with guest appearances from friends he’s made during his adventures with OCMS. Landry will play The High Watt on Thursday as a part of…
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As we announced last month, local electro rockers Five Knives are set to play their first hometown show in ages tonight, Dec. 4, at The High Watt! Joining the group, who always go over the top in their live performance with masks, lights, and inventive staging, are sElf frontman Matt Mahaffey and post-punk group Future Unlimited. With that caliber of talent, and…
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Banner by Plan Left I’m pretty sure we must have hibernated for three months earlier this week, because it definitely feels like the middle of winter right now. That is probably not what organizers of the Saturday afternoon events had in mind when they set this stuff up months ago, but it’s a proven…
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Aside from the recent release of new single “Sugar,” and some intermittent national tour dates, 2014 has been a relatively quiet year for local electro rock outfit Five Knives, who have been hard at work on completing their upcoming new full-length. We’re not even sure if they’ve played a proper hometown show since late 2013, when…
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Everyone is vying for your attention these days. U2 force fed their new album to everyone via iTunes, and, just today, Thom Yorke shocked the world with a new album that is exclusively (for now) available via BitTorrent. Concerts are the same, with everyone trying to convince you to come to their show, but…
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April showers bring… a crap load of awesome shows. Those of you not attending the East Nashville Beer Festival should have plenty of left over duckets to spring for a show or two. We’ve run down the best of rock, pop, and hip hop with all of our staff picks in yet another edition…