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Minneapolis based 80’s throwback synth pop outfit On An On just released an awesome new video for their track “It’s Not Over” that features two lovers that will run through walls (and more) literally to not have to say goodbye. The track was just named a “video of the week” from Stereogum, and was…
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Local Americana five-piece Georgia English and the Jukebox Kids have just independently released their debut full-length, Good Girls, and are one of the many bands set to play Nashville’s Ink N Iron festival in August. English developed her rootsy soul sound busking as a teenager in the subway stations of San Francisco, and her humorous Americana will fit in…
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Last month, we brought you “Blue Pool,” the first single from piano pop turned indie pop songstress Vanessa Carlton‘s upcoming EP of the same name. Following 2010’s Rabbits on the Run, Carlton, now married to Deer Tick’s John McCauley and living here in Nashville after years in New York, has shifted her tone and direction, employing…
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Los Angeles-based mariachi band Mariachi El Bronx, the alter ego of acclaimed hardcore punk group The Bronx, mix the traditional Mexican genre with indie pop on their new album Mariachi El Bronx III. The eight-piece group have been getting some positive attention for their new record, which is being hailed their best yet. The band have…
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Bluesy vintage pop songstress Whoa Dakota has just released a new video for her single “Banshee,” which is a taste of her forthcoming EP I’m a Liar, due out Aug. 6. The video was shot by Chris Gil and Gavin Shea at Handmade Studios here in Nashville, using flashing lights that suit the more poppy, electronic aesthetic of the…
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Waka Flocka Flame w/ D.R.A.M., NAWAS Marathon Music Works; Nashville, TN July 10, 2015 Review by Olivia Ladd. Photos by Ambre Stewart. A typical night in Nashville is nothing short of a party. This weekend proved to be an especially wild time, when Atlanta rapper Waka Flocka Flame returned to Music City to perform at Marathon Music…
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Local electro-pop extraordinaire Aaron Krause has announced his plans to independently release a new EP, Jade, on Sept. 11. The five-track release follows up his 2014 full-length, Holding On To Love, a vibrant and joyful mixture of soothing, heartfelt vocals intricately layered over a collection of gentle piano, piercing guitar and electronic effects. Although…
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Ambient local supergroup lylas have just released the track “Sensual People” from their upcoming record Warm Harm. The rotating cast of the players include members of Stone Jack Jones, Lambchop, Coupler, Natural Child, and The Features, as all of lylas serves as a sort of song-making collective for singer/banjo player Kyle Hamlett. “Sensual People” came…
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Aaron Gillespie, formerly of Underoath and The Almost, and currently handling drum duties for Parmaore, passes through Rocketown TONIGHT, July 11, with William Beckett (The Academy Is) and Nathan Hussey (All Get Out) for a special “career-spanning performance featuring songs from the past 15 years.” If that doesn’t get your inner pop punk get nostalgia going, we don’t know what will.…