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After a more conventional summer run, which brought them to Nashville last year with Marilyn Manson, alt rock legends the Smashing Pumpkins have announced another leg of their “In Plainsong” acoustic tour, which is set to span across 19 cities this spring in handpicked, traditional theaters, and will showcase reworked selections from the group’s entire discography, performed acoustic and…
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If you were at this weekend’s sold out Kanye vs. Jay-Z show at The Basement East, you might have gotten a taste of local pop crooner Levi Ray and buzzworthy up and coming rapper Jung Youth both doing their thing, along with a ton of other Nashville talent tackling covers of two hip hop titans. What you might…
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In 2007, Santigold (then named Santogold) burst onto the pop scene with her unique mixture of hypnotic beats, stylized vocals, and unshakable hooks. Nine years later, the Philadelphia-based producer and genre-bending artist is prepping to release her third studio album, 99¢, which drops Feb. 26. The album, which is largely centered around the music industry’s complicated…
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We all love Thelma and the Sleaze for their wacky trashy antics as well as their ass-kicking hard rock and raunchy fun live shows. Now Nashvillians are getting 29 days of consecutive performances from the trio, as Thelma and the Sleaze embark on what they are calling the first “intra-city tour,” playing a show a…
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During NHL All-Star Weekend, why not add a little live music to your life. Fans of college jam rock legends O.A.R rejoice, because they’re playing Marathon Music Works this Sunday, Jan. 31 with help from The Hunts. Last time O.A.R threw down in Nashville, we told you all about it (see this post), and in an interesting new twist…
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Bluegrass Underground has announced its 2016 season lineup, including the schedule for the exclusive taping of PBS special Season VI Bluegrass Underground. Tickets are already on sale for a number of the events, but tickets for the PBS taping go on sale today, Jan. 29 at 4:30 p.m. Artists slated to appear at the three day event are nothing to…
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As we announced last fall, beloved modern reggae band Rebelution are set to return to Nashville this Saturday, Jan. 30, for their largest Music City headliner to date, a performance at War Memorial Auditorium with similar-minded Brooklyn band New Kingston. A breakout act in the reggae and roots scene, Rebelution have been winning over fans and cementing their legacy through…
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The Whistles & The Bells, the local, eclectic musical vehicle of former Cadillac Sky frontman Bryan Simpson, are winding down a busy January, originally planning to play three local shows across three weeks, but down to two after last weekend was snowed out. Saturday night, Jan. 30 at The Basement should more than make up for it though, when…
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The two most exciting names in Nashville hip hop today are Chancellor Warhol and Jung Youth. We’ve raved about both artists endlessly, and recently teased a new single from Chance called “King Solomon,” ahead of his free album, Until the Light Takes Me, set to drop this spring. Similarly, we’ve brought you endless bangers from rising star Jung…
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Brooklyn indie folk trio and longtime site favorites The Lone Bellow have expanded their spring tour to include not one, but two nights in Nashville, April 1 & 2 at 3rd & Lindsley. The band have become something of Music City fixtures, performing here in recent years more times than we can count, including headlining club dates, a secret show…