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One of our favorite local acts, Daniel Ellsworth & The Great Lakes were busy boys in 2013. They toured incessantly, but managed to return home to us here in Nashville on more than one occasion (including our Beck Songer Reader – Two Year Anniversary Party, thanks again guys). So, we were very excited to get our hands…
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Tweens. Photo by Jake Giles Netter Cincinatti punksters, Tweens, were a big hit when we caught them opening up at a recent Black Lips show at Exit/In, and it definitely pinged our radar when they were an initial announcement on the Freakin’ Weekend V. Yesterday, after we updated you with the full lineup and…
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“Sometimes, there’s just so much beauty in the world, I feel like I can’t take it, and my heart is just going to cave in.” Like plastic bags floating in the wind, beauty’s where ya find it, brothers and sisters. And after some considerable time off, Diversions are back to help you over that…
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Against Me! w/ The Sidekicks, The Shondes Mercy Lounge; Nashville, TN January 19, 2014 Review by Philip Obenschain (@pobenschain). Photos by Mary-Beth Blankenship. A transsexual frontwoman. A legendary punk drummer. A Swedish bassist who cut his teeth in the hardcore scene. These are just a few of the changes that have taken place within…
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Speedy Ortiz. Photo by Jake Giles Netter. Speedy Ortiz, Gnarwhal, Grass Is Green & Dogtooth The Stone Fox, Nashville, TN January 14, 2014 Review by Lindsey Thompson Photos by Jake Giles Netter Perhaps it was the fresh linger of Those Darlins‘ Live From The Stone Fox album recording but it was one of those nights when…
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Danish pop/rock group New Politics return to Nashville tonight at Exit/In, supported by electro-rockers Magic Man and semi-local alt-rock act Sleeper Agent. This will be New Politics’ first Music City show since their breakout 2013 release, A Bad Girl in Harlem, and since becoming the go-to opener for the high-profile likes of Fall Out Boy and Paramore. You can catch the…
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You may remember when we dropped that news post announcing the initial Freakin Weekend lineup and dates a couple of weeks ago. Welp, you can officially start prioritizing time slots and days. The day by day schedule was released yesterday along with a number of additional acts that have rounded out a very, very,…
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Nashville’s own Wild Cub made their network television debut last night on Late Night with Jimmy Fallon with a performance of “Thunder Clatter,” the breakout single from their debut album, Youth, which was re-released yesterday though Mom + Pop. We’ve been saying it for awhile, but 2014 is really shaping up to be Wild Cub’s year, between nods…
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Atlanta indie rockers Manchester Orchestra last properly played Nashville in 2011. However, some of its various members have passed through more recently with other projects, most prominently Kevin Devine collab Bad Books. The group’s last effort, Simple Math, was mind blowingly good, and news of their upcoming fourth album, Cope, due out April 1, has us drooling in anticipation…
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Strap on your ‘Boots of Danger’ Nashville because Tokyo Police Club, the indie rock, post-punk revivalists quartet from Ontario Canada, is stomping into town to support a their latest LP Forcefield which drops 03/25/14. They’ll be rocking out at Mercy Lounge on May 9th and tickets go on sale Friday (01/24/14) at this link…