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Our friends at Mercy Lounge are turning 16 this year (though they don’t look a day over 10, yet are still somehow able to drink), and are delivering the presents to us, the music fans. Over two consecutive Friday nights (Jan. 22 and Jan. 29), starting at 8pm, they will be hosting two jam…
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Like The Basement East and The Ryman have in recent weeks, Mercy Lounge is giving one lucky show-goer a chance to win a pair of tickets to EVERY SINGLE SHOW in 2016. And not just performances in Mercy proper, but in The High Watt and Cannery Ballroom as well. Sound too good to be true? Provided you are at least…
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Beat all your music snob friends to the punch tonight at Mercy Lounge by helping to welcoming buzz worthy London quartet Wolf Alice to Music City. They found themselves all over everyone’s “artists to watch in 2015” lists, and even snagged some critical acclaim (more on that after the jump), plus one of our favorite local…
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Youth Lagoon w/ Moon King Mercy Lounge; Nashville, TN 11/5/15 Review by Olivia Ladd. Photos by Amber Jane Davis. Youth Lagoon is fresh off the release of his third studio album, Savage Hills Ballroom, and the creative genius stopped by Nashville at Mercy Lounge in support with touring companions, Moon King. The show was wonderfully weird…
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Fuzz w/ Walter Mercy Lounge; Nashville, TN Nov. 10, 2015 Words by Jacob Ryan (@GonzoWithGusto). Photos by Jake Giles Netter. Things got pretty fucking heavy for Fuzz last Tuesday night at Mercy Lounge. The room was packed to the gills, the tunes were loud & shreddy, plus, thanks to opener Walter, we all got a full…
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Genre bending Australian garage-psych rockers King Gizzard & The Lizard Wizard first caught our ear at Bonnaroo 2015. We’ve been keeping tabs on them ever since, and are pleased to announce they’re coming to Music City to play Mercy Lounge this spring, touring in support of their latest release, Paper Mâché Dream Balloon. No word…
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Django Django w/ Wild Belle Mercy Lounge; Nashville, TN November 3, 2015 Words by Jacob Ryan (@GonzoWithGusto). Photos by Jake Giles Netter. On tour in support of one of the year’s best releases, Born Under Saturn, British art rockers Django Django made their first ever Nashville stop at Mercy Lounge (moved from Cannery Ballroom) Nov. 3…
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Halloween week is finally upon us, and there’s no better way to kick off the festivities than with a free show with a bill stacked full of great local bands. Our friends at BMI have teamed up with Yuengling and Blackstone Brewery to curate this special edition of their weekly 8 Off 8th series at Mercy…
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Blitzen Trapper w/ The Grifters, The Domestics Exit/In; Nashville, TN October 18, 2015 Review by Julian Ciany. Photos by Caroline Bowman. WOW! Last weekend was full of exciting shows in Nashville all across the board. There was the SoundHarvest Music Festival on Saturday in Centennial Park. And for those that didn’t want to brave the cold,…
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Destroyer w/ Jennifer Castle Mercy Lounge; Nashville, TN October 10, 2015 Review by Chris Clancy. It’s been four and half years since we last got an album out of Destroyer, the ongoing project of Canadian singer-songwriter Dan Bejar (though I suppose there was the just-for-laughs stopgap EP, Five Spanish Songs, back in 2013). That’s…