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A fascinating, genre-bending, multifaceted, and beloved indie electropop artist (as well as composer, producer, and much more), Baltimore’s Dan Deacon has, since the earliest days of this site, delivered some of the most memorable, immersive, and unique live shows we’ve ever witnessed in Nashville. Though he’s been busy with a host of other artistic ventures, Deacon’s…
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At this point, it’s no secret that Nashville’s pop scene is one of the coolest, most vibrant, and creative you’ll find anywhere, and it seems like we’re constantly singing the praises of the next new buzzworthy artist who feels poised to break out in a widespread way. Not often though, does a local pop singer…
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Longtime friends and collaborators Jake Cochran and Jeff Gorman formed their indie rock project Illiterate Light after spending years playing and performing alongside each other in various projects and endeavors, including eclectic ventures like running an organic farm in the Shenandoah Valley, touring the mid-Atlantic by bicycle, and living in small communities while pursuing modes of alternative…
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It’s only been a few years since local artist Sophie Allison first felt emboldened to embrace a lifetime of songwriting prowess, and released her introductory crop of bedroom recordings online under the moniker Soccer Mommy. Fresh out of high school, the young singer’s knack for crafting laid back, raw, and emotionally resonant songs helped her immediately plug into…
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It’s been roller coaster few years for long-running, nearby mega music festival Bonnaroo, which, by the mid-’10s seemed to be suffering from an identity crisis, struggling to balance its roots while attracting new fans, and experiencing a behind the scenes shift after selling a controlling interest to Live Nation. 2016 saw the festival hit its…
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Born Claire Cottrill and hailing from the suburbs of Boston, indie pop sensation Clairo seemingly exploded overnight thanks to the viral success of her early single and accompanying video, “Pretty Girl,” in late 2017. However, the now 20=1-year-old’s musical aspirations began several years earlier, when, around 13, she began learning guitar and self-recording early original tunes and…
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From the moment Bikini Kill announced New York and LA shows early last year, then added some UK dates and an appearance at Chicago’s Riot Fest, we hoped with every fiber of our being that they’d continue on to a full-on reunion, and might eventually make their way to Nashville (a seemingly tall order, since they…
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Though they pretty much pioneered all of electronic music, influencing countless genres in the process, and provided the soundtrack to the dawn of the digital age throughout the ’70s, Germany’s enigmatic Kraftwerk are, still, not quite the ubiquitous household name you would expect (not that they’re by any means obscure, but, in a perfect world,…