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Thursday, March 17 is St. Patrick’s Day, and, per usual, Music City is celebrating the best way we know how: with a ton of great live show options. If local music is your thing (and if you’re reading this site, we know it is), there’s no better place to be than Marathon Music Works, where the fine…
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Proggy, metallic alt rockers Coheed and Cambria just played Nashville last summer, but you’d be forgiven if you didn’t know that, given it was at the ill-fated Ink N Iron Fest. Their last true headliner came in 2012, in-between the two-part release of The Aftermath: Ascension and The Aftermath: Descension. It’s their latest and eight album, The Color Before the Sun,…
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Australian hard rock trio Wolfmother, who, last year, celebrated the 10th anniversary of their eponymous debut album, are gearing up to release their fourth LP, Victorious, tomorrow, on Feb. 19. A followup to 2014’s New Crown, the record was produced by Brendan O’Brien, and features frontman and primary songwriter Andrew Stockade handling the bulk of instrumental duties, with session legends…
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Like clockwork, you can always count on Boston-bred celtic punks the Dropkick Murphys to do something special for St. Patrick’s Day; typically a full-on tour, which has brought them to Music City at least twice in recent years, though not since 2013. This season, the Murphys are plotting an extra special run, celebrating not only St.…
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We announced a few months back that breakout indie rocker Kurt Vile and his band The Violators would return to Nashville on Feb. 25, for a performance at Exit/In. As expected, that show promptly sold out, and, fortunately found a considerably larger home at Marathon Music Works (original tickets will still be honored). With support from Xylouris White, who we caught…
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Nearly four years after a surprise reunion run in 2012, seminal post-hardcore group At the Drive-In recently made the announcement that they’re reforming once more, and this time around they’ll make it to Nashville, May 17 for a performance at Marathon Music Works! If that news alone isn’t enough to make you dust off your copy of Relationship of Command and…
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Fans of college rock jammers O.A.R rejoice, because the group are returning to Music City on Jan. 31, to rock out at Marathon Music Works with help from The Hunts. Last time O.A.R threw down in Nashville, we told you all about it (see this post), and in an interesting new twist this go ’round,…
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We told you to snag up tickets in a hurry for the Nashville return of Kurt Vile & The Violators on Feb. 25. It seems that a number of you heeded that advice, because, after selling out Exit/In, the show has been moved to larger sister venue Marathon Music Works. All original tickets will be honored, and…
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Trombone Shorty & Orleans Avenue, w/ New Breed Brass Band Marathon Music Works; Nashville, TN December 11, 2015 Words by Jacob Ryan (@GonzoWithGusto). Photos by Jake Giles Netter. Music City got an extra heavy dose of creole flavored funk on Dec. 11 at Marathon Music Works, thanks to Trombone Shorty, his backing band Orleans Avenue and New Breed…
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We’ve been hyping this one since July, when Trombone Shorty & Orleans Avenue first announced their triumphant return to Music City. Well, faithful readers, the day is finally here, and Mr. Shorty and his crew are ready to turn the party out TONIGHT at Marathon Music Works with help from New Breed Brass Band…