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Nashville r&b/pop artist Jeffrey James has debuted a fiery music video for new single “Hand Grenade,” an intense departure from the delicate mood of previous single “Both Ways.” The visuals thrust James into a warehouse district home to bandana-wearing, molotov-wielding revolutionaries. It’s easy to see the connection made to our current political landscape as James’ vocals…
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A few months ago, we introduced you to new local singer MELD, and her infectious single “Easy on the Game.” Spearheaded by local songwriter Melanie Dewey, who teamed up with Matt Harris of Nashville livetronica band Zoogma to bring her debut EP H.U.R.T. to life, the album dabbles in pop, R&B, and alt-soul in a way that combines…
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We’ve had our eye on local pop songstress Whissell since the release of her debut single “Get Free,” and, after a buzzy year, including a slew of television placements for the track, the rising singer just unleashed her debut EP, Old Souls, Young Bodies, on Jan. 27. The six song effort sees the talented artist, real name Lauren…
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If you read our glowing review of last year’s second annual Wrecking Ball festival in Atlanta, which also served as an early farewell to the original home of long-running, famed club The Masquerade, then you already know how much we’re looking forward to its return. Originally intended to be a 25th anniversary bash for The Masq in…
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Comparions to the late Freddie Mercury have surrounded Adam Lambert since the moment he first rose to national prominence in season nine of American Idol in 2009, during which remaining Queen members Brian May and Roger Taylor also first joined him for a televised performance, sparking the genesis of what would become a more permanent pairing. A few…
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If you didn’t make it to Bonnaroo and missed out on the Watkins Family Hour performance at City Winery last year, you have a chance to redeem yourself. Founding Nickel Creek member, singer-songwriter and talented fiddle player Sara Watson is back in Nashville this weekend for a solo headlining concert you won’t want to miss. She’ll…
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One of our absolute favorite local musicians, and one we’ve been covering since our earliest days, multifaceted hip hop artist Chancellor Warhol released his highly-anticiapted new EP, Until the Light Takes Me, last fall, and seems to be diving headfirst into a busy 2017, teasing more new music and multimedia ventures, and celebrating a prominent national commercial…
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Though their first two albums earned them an unprecedented indie following, it was inarguably Coheed and Cambria‘s third full-length, the weird, sprawling, proggy, emo-tinged, spaced-out concept album Good Apollo, I’m Burning Star IV: From Fear Through the Eyes of Madness, that catapulted the group to the national spotlight, setting the course for them to become festival…
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Pop punk pioneers New Found Glory are celebrating their 20th anniversary with a lengthy spring run of shows where, each night, they’ll perform two of their classic albums, rotating a different combination for each city. Though at least some of the group call Music City home these days, and we spotted them around town frequently…