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A longtime site favorite, grungy, Brooklyn power pop outfit Charly Bliss wowed us with some early Music City stops several years back, supporting Veruca Salt and appearing at The Stone Fox on tours before they’d even released a proper full-length. It’s been a couple years since the band last made it to Nashville, however, most recently…
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Still reeling from positive praise for their most album, 2017’s Deadbeat Graffiti, beloved blues rock duo Black Pistol Fire are set to return to Music City for the first time since that same year, May 7 at Mercy Lounge, along with fellow Austin rocker (and veteran of our Acme showcase series) Emily Wolfe. An electrifying and celebrated live force, if you haven’t…
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Without a doubt one of the most prolific, interesting, and creative new rappers to emerge from the underground scene in recent years, Houston’s Tobe Nwigwe went from star college football player to critically-beloved hip hop artist just a few years back, and, more recently, has seen his following surge thanks to a fine-tined visual aesthetic and…
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Though he only began releasing music under his solo moniker Still Woozy in 2017, Oakland’s Sven Gamsky has been met with quick, widespread, and well-deserved acclaim, lighting up the blogosphere with a series of singles, and increasing in stature since making his live debut just a little over a year ago. When he hits Music City…
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Easily one of our favorite acts to spring from the local scene in the past few years, psych pop duo Okey Dokey made a strong debut in 2017, and have continued to wow us more recently with a string of stellar singles. Joined by two more of Nashville’s finished rising talents, new(ish) James Wallace musical vehicle Skyway…
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Easily one of the coolest new artists to emerge from the local scene in recent memory, and responsible for, without a doubt, one of the best records of 2018, Soccer Mommy, the musical outlet of Nashville songwriter Sophie Allison, has had a huge, buzzworthy, and accomplished year. It’s only fitting, then, that she’s winding it down with…
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Though newcomers to the local rock scene, Vanderbilt-bred, retro-infused, pop-primed rockers Arlie have had a pretty stellar year, with major festival appearances (Bonnaroo, SXSW, Live on the Green), national tours, a major label record deal ahead of their debut EP, and ever-growing buzz, making their hometown headliner Dec. 7 at Mercy Lounge, as much a victory lap as it…
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Returning to Nashville still celebrating their excellent 2017 third full-length effort Outrage! Is Now, seminal Canadian hard rocking dance punks Death From Above are pulling some real fan-service for their latest tour, which stops at Mercy Lounge on Nov. 15 with Mexican punk outfit Le Butcherettes. Taking it way back, Death From Above (who, for many years, also went by Death From…
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Led and conceived by Delta Spirit frontman and accomplished solo artist Matthew Logan Vasquez, and rounded out by David Ramirez, Jason Robert Blum, Noah Gundersen, Kelsey Wilson, and Adrian Quesada (along with guest contributions from Nathaniel Rateliff), new Americana supergroup Glorietta only released their eponymous debut LP a few months ago, but, unsurprisingly given their individual pedigrees,…
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A former (and, from what we’ve heard, soon to be current again) resident of Music City, enchanting indie pop singer-songwriter Natalie Prass, still celebrating the recent release of her incredible sophomore full-length, The Future and the Past, is set to return to Nashville for a headlining outing, after a wonderful appearance last month at Live on…