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It’s been a minute since we last brought you news on local blues rock duo The Black Keys, who are currently taking a bit of a breather following the extensive tour cycle in support of their 2014 LP Turn Blue. While it’s unclear when we might expect to hear new music from duo, fans who only…
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New Nashville transplant and alumni of our Acme showcase series, accomplished singer-songwriter Kayleigh Goldsworthy has been hard at work crafting new material, since making Music City her home earlier this year. Formerly of indie rock group The Scarlet Ending, Goldsworthy began incorporating folk, country, and pop influences into her sound, upon shifting gears to pursue a solo career…
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New band alert. Little Reader features the songwriting power of Kate Tucker and Ross Flournoy, both of whom we’ve written about from their other projects. Kate is probably best known to our readers from her Sons of Sweden project, and Flournoy has popped onto our radar with his work in Apex Manor and The…
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While there’s certainly no shortage of New Year’s Eve events in Nashville, especially if you’re hoping to see some live music (we’ve told you about a few shows already, and have a full guide forthcoming), the biggest and most prestigious event of all is the city’s own free, downtown party, now dubbed “Jack Daniel’s…
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It was almost a year ago to the date that we shared the sad news that long standing Nashville rockers Those Darlins would be taking an indefinite hiatus, and the weeks that followed their final show at The Basement East in Jan. 2016 probably hit the band harder than any other. Co-founder and front-woman Jessi…
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It’s been a hot minute since we’ve heard new music from Tristen, as we await the follow up to her incredible 2013 release C A V E S. That’s not to say she hasn’t been hustling though, the talented Nashville songwriter lent her talent on the keys to Jenny Lewis for a lengthy run on…
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Local pop/r&b artist Jeffrey James released the beautifully tempered single “Both Ways” this fall via Nashville indie label South x Sea. Today, we’re excited to bring you the exclusive premiere of the track’s live performance video, recorded at the label’s east side studio space. James nimbly alternates between warm verses and standout choruses while talented…
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Ahead of their forthcoming 15th album Oczy Mlody, out Jan. 13, and March 29 performance at War Memorial Auditorium in support, seminal psych rock outfit The Flaming Lips have given us yet another taste of what is being pegged as something of a return to form, with new single and accompanying video, “Sunrise (Eyes of The Young).” Following tracks “The Castle”…
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Earlier this year, local ambient, poppy, indie rocker HalfNoise released his fantastic sophomore full-length Sudden Feeling, a self-produced, shimmering, unabashedly catchy, gloriously retro, and incredibly confident effort. The the solo musical vehicle of former Paramore drummer turned frontman and multi-instrumentalist Zac Farro, HalfNoise is a project we’ve been huge fans of from the very start, and with each release,…
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The last time we reported yet another Nashville show announcement from living legend Willie Nelson it was late in 2015, and our world was a different place. We weren’t hungover from a vicious election, Merle Haggard was still alive, and we didn’t even know what Snowpacolypse was. Since that time, Willie released an excellent album, Django…