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Nashville’s PUJOL released his sophomore full-length, KLUDGE, earlier this year via Saddle Creek (stream it here), and, when we last checked in, he had premiered a music video for lead single “Circles.”. The indie/garage rock effort, which is dripping in elements of psychedelia and retro pop, has quickly become one of our favorite local releases of the…
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Bleachers, the new solo project from fun. (and formerly Steel Train) guitarist Jack Antonoff, have just released their debut album, Strange Desire, and, already, it’s one of our favorite records of 2014. Infectiously catchy and stadium-primed, Bleachers lets Antonoff’s guitar-laden pop tendencies run wild, landing in a territory that is distantly different from the band…
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Fresh off a three-year hiatus, New York post-punk revivalists Interpol are back with a new single, “All the Rage Back Home,” an accompanying music video (watch it below), and a highly-anticipated forthcoming fifth album, El Pintor, set to arrive Sept. 9. If their comeback single is any indication, the break did the group well, and they’re poised…
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Beck w/ The Ghost Of A Saber Tooth Tiger The Ryman Auditorium, Nashville, TN July 14 & 15, 2014 Photos by a crappy cell phone camera. If we posed the question of who has been the most influential musician in the past twenty years, you would have a hard time convincing us that the answer was…
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We’ve spent the past week helping you get familiar with all of the Nashville acts making the trek to Forecastle Festival this weekend in nearby Louisville, KY. While we’re incredibly proud of all of our hometown talent, we also wanted to showcase some of the other artists this year’s incredible lineup has to offer, so, as…
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It’s hard to believe that two decades have gone by since the release of what would go on to become the prototype for self-producing indie artists everywhere. Believe it, friends because you can now reminiscence your mid-week-work-day slump away with this Hump Day Diversion featuring Elliott Smith‘s seminal work. We bring the videos, you…
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With one show under their belts at the new venue, Liberty Hall at The Factory, Music City Roots is poised for another exciting night of music this evening. Tonight’s show, to benefit the Nature Conservancy, features Amy LaVere, Mike Farris, Rachael Davis, and Nicole Atkins. Since last week’s show sold out so quickly, this…
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Tonight, The Stone Fox will not be featuring a poppy, dance-along sort of performance, so if you’re looking for a Justin Bieber kind of artist then this is not it. No, The Stone Fox is taking a road that leads to a deeper, darker, soul-capturing corner of the music world. Marissa Nadler and Stone Jack Jones are…
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In the latest edition of our No Country For New Nashville Podcast, we sat down with Ben Elkins, frontman of local indie/soul/afro cuban band on the rise, ELEL, to discuss basketball, philosophy, band history, plans for ELEL’s debut album, and more. Ben was also kind enough to perform two acoustic songs for us. You’ll find a…
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We’ve spent the past week helping you get familiar with all of the Nashville acts making the trek to Forecastle Festival this weekend in nearby Louisville, KY. While we’re incredibly proud of all of our hometown talent, we also wanted to showcase some of the other artists this year’s incredible lineup has to offer, so, as…