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You Don’t Want to Miss Saves The Day, Into It. Over It., & Hostage Calm | TOMORROW (10.6) @ Exit/In
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Nearly a year ago, in a show preview much like this one, I plead the case for you to to check out a Streetlight Manifesto show, not just for the band itself, but for what they represented to their respective scene in a larger context, and because of their importance to its continued evolution.…
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Show Announcement Roundup | Don’t Miss Out!
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Between being off the grid at Bonnaroo all weekend, and spending the beginning of this week catching back up, we’ve missed out on posting a few major show announcements. Rather than hitting you with a ton of back to back posts, or skipping over them entirely, we’ve rounded up the best upcoming shows recently…
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Conflict Erupts at Rocketown Following Statements on Stage (UPDATED with New Information)
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UPDATE: A previous version of this story was entitled “Band Assaulted at Rocketown for Dedicating a Song to a Gay Friend.” We’ve changed the title to better reflect the situation as we’ve gathered new information. The original title and article are still representative of the events that transpired, as best we understood them when we received reports Saturday night, but new…
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Wes Breedwell, Employee Fired from Rocketown, Issues a Statement
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Wes Breedwell, the employee fired from Nashville venue Rocketown on Monday for his social media activity along with wearing a shirt for the band Hostage Calm bearing the message “I Support Same-Sex Marriage” has finally spoken out for the first time since the incident. Prior to this evening, Wes’s only acknowledgment of the event came in…
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Rocketown Fires Employee for Promoting Equality
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We wanted to present this story as objectively as possible. We’re going by the facts we could gather, and from what we learned from the sources available. We reached out to both Wes Breedwell and Rocketown, and, as of publishing, have not received a statement from either party. Here are the facts: Rocketown is a non-profit,…
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Streetlight Manifesto, Hostage Calm, & Lionize | Ska/Punk Tonight @ Exit/In
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Ska bands have become something of a dying breed. Sure, many of the big tentpole third wave ska and ska punk bands of the ’90s are still trucking: Less Than Jake, Reel Big Fish, The Mighty Might Bosstones, Bid D and the Kids Table, and Goldfinger among them. What doesn’t bode so well is…