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Louie Anderson to Perform at City Winery April 22
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Best known, perhaps, for creating cult ’90s cartoon series Life with Louie, as well as his Emmy winning, surprisingly earnest portrayal of matriarch Christine Baskets on FX series Baskets, comedian Louie Anderson has been a fixture in the standup comedy scene since the ’80s. With his sharp, personal, observational style of humor, Anderson blends old school delivery with…
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Daddy Issues Debut “In Your Head” Ahead of New LP ‘Deep Dream’
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It’s been nearly two years since local grunge pop trio Daddy Issues released their triumphant debut Can We Still Hang, and even longer since the band, who originally began as a parody Twitter account, and largely learned their instruments along the way, first fell onto our radar. In the years since, Daddy Issues have come a…
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Franz Ferdinand to Play Exit/In May 22
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It’s been more than three years since Scottish indie rockers Franz Ferdinand last toured North America, and even longer, 2013 to be exact, since their one and only performance in Nashville. Thanks to a summer festival run, the group, whose eponymous 2004 debut made them a fixture in the “post-punk revival” of last decade, and whose…
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Idle Bloom Debut “Dust” Video on the Heels of First Full-Length ‘Little Deaths’
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First off, if you haven’t yet heard Idle Bloom‘s debut full-length Little Deaths, you need to stop reading and take care of that immediately. You can listen on Bandcamp or your paid streaming service of choice, buy a digital copy, pre-order the vinyl, scoop up the CD or cassette, whatever you need to do to get…
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Banks to Play Marathon Music Works June 12
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After nearly three years, synthy r&b songstress Banks, whose sophomore LP, The Alter, dropped last fall, has finally announced her return to Nashville, upgrading from Cannery Ballroom, which she sold out in 2014, the roomier Marathon Music Works on June 12. Thanks to her enigmatic public image and lush, alluring sound, Banks has become a staple in the indie pop…
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Daisyhead Premiere “Don’t Feel Bad” Video Ahead of New LP
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For years now, we’ve been signing praises about local emotionally-charged alt rock outfit Daisyhead, whose 2015 debut full-length, The Smallest Light, helped introduce them to a broader national audience. The group have been keeping busy, touring the nation, experiencing a few lineup shifts and personal turmoil, and, most recently opening for Dashboard Confessional. They still found…
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Sylvan Esso to Play The Ryman Auditorium Sept. 22
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Along with news that their highly-anticipated sophomore full-length, What Now, will arrive April 28 via Loma Vista Recordings, breakout genre-bending electro/indie pop duo Sylvan Esso have announced a lengthy summer tour, which includes a Sept. 22 Nashville return, their local biggest headlining show to date, at The Ryman Auditorium. The outing comes almost exactly a year after the group played Marathon…
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The Movie Gang to Premiere Colin Hay Doc ‘Waiting For My Real Life’ | Saturday, March 4 at The Franklin Theatre
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You may remember a little over a year ago, we told you about The Movie Gang (briefly called The Movie Guys), a local group of friends and movie buffs, including New Found Glory’s Chad Gilbert, who periodically host screenings of cult classic films at the historic Franklin Theatre. Throughout 2016, the group showed favorites like Mean Girls, Karate Kid,…
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Cage the Elephant Announce April 30 Acoustic Show at The Ryman
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While we typically associate local rockers Cage the Elephant with their loud, wild, and unpredictable live shows, the group have proven, over four fantastic full-length releases, that they have a lot of range. Next month, sandwiched in between a busy spring and summer festival run, the Grammy winning band are set to showcase their softer side, with…
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Okey Dokey and Night Beds’ Winston Yellen Team Up for “Always Never”
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Just two months after the release of their album Love You, Mean It, local group Okey Dokey are already gearing up to share a new project. This summer, members Aaron Martin and Johnny Fisher are set to drop a collaborative LP that features tracks composed by a range of artists, including Rayland Baxter and Wild Child. This week, the duo are…