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We already told you about Local Natives‘ upcoming show at The Ryman Auditorium on Oct. 14, their first proper Music City outing in a couple years, and raved about their performance this summer at Forecastle Fest. The other big news in the LA indie rockers’ camp, however, is the release of their highly-anticipated third album and followup to 2013’s Hummingbird, titled Sunlit…
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Save, perhaps, for Bonanroo (which shares the same production team) there is no other regional festival we can say that, without a doubt, we will attend every year without fail, and can count on to be as well-curated, well-organized, and endlessly fun as Forecastle Fest. We’ve made the trip four years in a row now, falling…
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After blowing us away with a blistering set at Forecastle a couple of weeks ago, Local Natives are still riding the promotion cycle for their upcoming record, Sunlit Youth, which is due out on Sept. 9. Before they kick off a world wide tour, which will bring them to Nashville’s Ryman Auditorium on Oct.…
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This weekend, July 15-17, marks the return of Louisville’s annual Forecastle Festival, one of our favorite regional musical events. From its humble beginnings in 2002, Forecastle has grown to become a national festival fixture, drawing 10s of thousands of attendees each year to the picturesque downtown Waterfront Park, for three days of music, art, activism, and, of course, Kentucky…
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Upcoming Forecastle Fest performers, Local Natives have announced a new record, Sunlit Youth, which is due out on Sept. 9 on Loma Vista / Infectious Music, and they will be touring in support, including a date at the Ryman Auditorium on Oct. 14. After a year of relative silence, the LA based indie rockers…
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This week, we’ve brought you our top National albums of 2014 and our favorite releases from Nashville artists of this year. Today, we polled those of our crew that wanted to participate for their favorite live local shows of 2014. We included Bonnaroo in this list, and added in a few of our favorite shows…
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A week ago today, we were arriving in Louisville, Ky. for the annual Forecastle Festival. A three-day celebration of music, art, and activism set on the banks of the Ohio River, Forecastle is more than just a junior version of Bonnaroo. Though the two events share a similar vibe (and a common promotional partner),…
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We’ve spent the past week helping you get familiar with all of the Nashville acts making the trek to Forecastle Festival this weekend in nearby Louisville, KY. While we’re incredibly proud of all of our hometown talent, we also wanted to showcase some of the other artists this year’s incredible lineup has to offer, so, as…
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We really hope you got a chance to come down to Atlanta a few weekends ago to check out the Shaky Knees Music Festival at Atlantic Station. The bill was absolutely stacked, and attendees got to hear three days of indie rock music from just about every single big name on the circuit. All in all,…