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It’s been an exciting year for Charleston folk and Americana husband and wife duo and longtime site favorite Shovels & Rope, who, in addition to releasing a stellar new album, By Blood, have notably also released a children’s book and a unique concert film, Shovels & Rope: The Movie, all in 2019. Out in support, the duo…
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It’s been exactly one year and four days since musical legend Elton John first stopped in Nashville as part of the first leg of his Farewell Yellow Brick Road Tour, a lengthy final musical affair which will span the globe and last for a reported three years, giving fans worldwide a chance to see the singer…
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Working on your weekend plans? Per usual, we’ve got you covered! Check out all of our top show picks in This Weekend in Nashville!
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One of the most buzzworthy new acts to emerge from the indie scene in the past few years, LA (by way of Brooklyn) cosmic alt/indie pop trio Dreamers shot to acclaim with their 2016 debut This Album Does Not Exist, and just dropped an incredibly worthy followup, Launch Fly Land, earlier this year. Currently out in support, the group…
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Upon moving to Nashville in 2015, after a four year stint in Los Angeles, singer-songwriter Bre Kennedy, who spent several years co-writing for some other fantastic artists before forging a solo career of her own, took the change of scenery as opportunity to hone her own artistic identity, assimilating into Music City’s flourishing indie pop…
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Despite announcing last year that he was stepping away from his famed and long-running group Say Anything, eclectic punk rock lifer Max Bemis still managed to release one last album (for now) under the moniker earlier this year. Dubbed Oliver Appropriate, it is, fittingly, something of a sequel to the LP that helped put Say Anything on…
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Celebrating their first studio album in 12 years, this year’s phenomenal new effort To Believe, beloved and influential British genre-bending nu jazz and electronic outfit The Cinematic Orchestra are set to headline Nashville for what appears to the first time in many, many years Oct. 30 at Exit/In, with likeminded Brooklyn breakout Photay, and buzzy LA artist PBDY. Fans of genre-bending, worldly,…
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Undoubtedly one of the most important punk bands of the last 25 years, Washington’s Sleater-Kinney, who returned in 2014 after a near decade-long split, released a comeback album the following year, and played their first Nashville show in ages, at Marathon Music Works, shortly thereafter, have in recent years settled into their status as both…
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Legendary bassist and member of seminal and eclectic punk, alt rock, and indie outfits like Minutemen, Firehose, Dos, and countless others, Mike Watt has, for nearly 25 years, commanded a celebrated solo career as well, all the while collaborating with a laundry list of fellow alt rock and punk icons on various side projects, recordings, tours,…
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It’s only been three years since beloved Chicago alt rock outfit Wilco released their tenth LP, Schmilco, and only two since the group last toured, but given all of their individual activity since (and their prolific schedule in the years prior), it feels like much longer. Frontman Jeff Tweedy, particularly, has been incredibly active, releasing a memoir and…