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Melanie Martinez w/ Handsome Ghost Mercy Lounge; Nashville, TN Aug. 27, 2015 Review by Meredith Galyon (@worstnightmere). Photos by Lauren Hanson. Thursday nights in Nashville from August-September are usually reserved for Live On The Green, but Mercy Lounge had a full house last week for Melanie Martinez’s show with Handsome Ghost. This was one of the first…
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As we announced a couple months back, buzzworthy local electronic duo Cherub are set to play their biggest hometown headlining show to date later this week, Sept 5 at The Ryman. Not only will the evening mark the debut of a new, full live band, but at only $25, it’s a damn bargain by Ryman standards. Cherub fans already…
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Famed ’90s alt rock act Third Eye Blind might not be as engrained in the mainstream zeitgeist as they were following their smash, self-titled 1997 debut, but, unlike many of their peers of that era, the group have never faded away, continuing to tour and release music going on more than two decades now. They’ve always…
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In recent weeks, breakout Nashville alternative/pop punk/emo infused outfit Better Off have treated us with a several new singles, all leading up to the Sept. 11 release of their highly-anticipated sophomore LP, Milk, the group’s first full-length since signing with Equal Vision Records. With the album announcement came anthemic, dynamic lead single “Whatever, I Don’t Care,” followed by the…
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Jawws, White Reaper, Daddy Issues Acme Feed & Seed; Nashville, TN Aug. 25, 2015 Review by Philip Obenschain (@pobenschain). Photos by Mary-Beth Blankenship. Every single Tuesday for more than a year, we’ve been teaming up with hip downtown restaurant and performance space Acme Feed & Seed to host a free showcase of some of our favorite emerging…
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Son Volt founder and ex-Uncle Tupelo frontman Jay Farrar is gearing up to celebrate the 20-year anniversary of the former’s now-classic debut album, Trace, with a deluxe reissue, available Oct. 30 with a slew of extra tracks, including highlights of a February 1996 show at New York’s The Bottom Line, and will embark a very special tour…
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Nashville is known for its songwriters, and finding a talented, independent group of them breaking the country stereotypes of the past is extra special. Nashville Writer’s Room is a free, monthly writer’s round “built on story, song, and community,” a fact which is evident in their newest project: The Writer’s Room Compilation, Volume 1. The collection…
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Rayland Baxter will strike his lightning twice in the coming days here in his hometown of Nashville, first at Lightning 100’s Nashville Sunday Night show at 3rd & Lindsley this Sunday, Aug. 30 (tickets here) along with Ruby the Rabbitfoot and then again the following day for a FREE Grimey’s in-store performance on Monday, Aug. 31. Baxter’s new album Imaginary Man was released Aug.…
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Cold War Kids. Photo by Sundel Perry. Live on the Green w/ Cold War Kids, J. Roddy Walston & The Business, Houndmouth Public Square Park; Nashville, TN August 27, 2015 Review by Matt Hall. Photos by Sundel Perry. The second week of Live On The Green was greeted with below average temperatures that almost had…
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Kidnapping, theft, car chases, and murder – it’s all just another day in the life of the alt-country duo HoneyHoney. Well, not really, but you’d think that after watching the video for their new single “You And I” from their third album, appropriately titled 3. Guitarist Ben Jaffe and vocalist/violinist Suzanne Santo, who were…