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Apparently not content with simply fronting two concurrent bands- wildly successful garage/blues rock duo The Black Keys and garage/psych group The Arcs- or with his Grammy-winning turn as a producer, working with big names like Cage the Elephant, Lana Del Rey, and Ray LaMontagne, local musical transplant Dan Auerbach has announced a new solo album, his…
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Sure, Nashville has finally earned praise for its rock scene in recent years, but it’s time for the city’s impressive and ever-growing roster of pop artists to get their time in the spotlight. Local music community PØPSQUAD has been doing their part to bring together pop singers, songwriters, and fans here in town. Now, they’re presenting a bill…
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Hailing originally from Richmond, VA, and now partially based in Nashville, Those Manic Seas are a band we’ve mentioned a few times as they’ve passed though town on tour, both for their interesting style and their unique frontman, Kilroy, who appears as images projected on a television mounted to a mannequin. Gearing up to release their new…
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Lightning 100’s monthly Thunderground series continues tonight, April 6 at The Basement East, and features a stacked performance from some blog faves. Talented multi-instrumentalist Sadler Vaden, who honed his craft with Drivin’ N’ Cryin’ before joining up with Jason Isbell’s 400 Unit, broke out with a stellar solo debut LP last spring, and has…
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Formed only in late 2013, eclectic rockers Future Thieves have had quite the wild ride over the last few years, transforming from scrappy local upstart to viable national act, gracing the stage at events like Bonnaroo, Forecastle Fest, Live on the Green, and SXSW, as well as our own Acme showcase series, and packing clubs from coast…
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We already gave you the heads up on the triumphant return of local psychedelic soul trio SIMO to The Basement East on Friday, April 14, where they’ll preview their highly-anticipated forthcoming album, but now we are happy to report their gig has rounded out its lineup, featuring soulful singer-songwriter Devon Gilfillian and blues picker Quinn DeVeaux in the warmup spots.…
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After last week’s Road to Roo 2017 City Finals, the month-long, bracket-style battle of the bands competition comes to a close with the State Finals tonight, April 5 at Acme Feed & Seed. Whittled down from an initial 16 local competitors, just one band from Nashville, Creature Comfort, remain standing, and they’ll compete against Memphis winners Airside (who went through a…
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Out in support of the recently-released debut full-length, Here Again, Connecticut’s A Will Away have come a long way from their more conventional pop punk roots. After expanding their sound with 2015 EP Bliss, the group, who channel a style in the vein of the pop punk resurgence of a few years ago, where a wave of young and…
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Formed two decades ago in New Brunswick, NJ, seminal post-hardcore act Thursday, who rose to fame in the early ’00s adjacent to the booming emo and pop punk scene, found a loyal and widespread fanbase after breakthrough 2001 effort Full Collapse. Channeling dark and earnest lyrical themes and a heavy, visceral, and driving musical style, the group…
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Shortly after beginning to make sweeping indie/pop rock music under the moniker Volunteer in 2014, Orlando, FL native Cory Quintard relocated to Nashville, where he’s since been busy cultivating Volunteer’s sound and building a passionate fanbase. The project’s first EP, The World Will Begin Again, arrived in early 2015, spawning several singles that managed to drum up buzz…