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It’s finally happening! Santigold and her We Buy Gold Tour is taking over Marathon Music Works tonight, April 22 marking her first-ever headlining show in Nashville. If you want to hear all of her brand new jams from her latest album 99¢, along with classics like “L.E.S. Artistes,” grab a ticket while you can for just $25. If you get there early,…
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Alternative Americana band Hurray for the Riff Raff have been praised for their left of center take on traditional southern music. Frontwoman Alynda Lee Segarra makes music about and for the people she calls the “riff raff” of society, drawing inspiration from the oldest American folk and country music. The critically acclaimed, New Orleans-based act…
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Come out and party with super cool alt-country, cowboy-noir rock band Escondido as they celebrate the release of their brand new (and very amazing) album, Walking With a Stranger, tonight, April 22 at Mercy Lounge! If you’re anything like us, you’ve been hearing echoes of these new songs at the groups’ local shows over the past year and…
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As April races to a close, and we turn our attention to festival season, we celebrate another weekend simply chock full of great shows. Between festivals, benefits, release shows, reunion tours, farewell tours, cheap and intimate, big and expensive, and everything in between, there truly seems to be something happening for everything over the…
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Out in support of their refined, surprisingly poppy, and energetic tenth album, Painting With, Baltimore-bred musical supergroup Animal Collective will return to Nashville’s own Marathon Music Works on May 6 (where they last played in 2013, after a series of delays) along with Kaitlyn Aurelia Smith. One of the most versatile, compelling, and dynamic groups in the scene, we shouldn’t have to…
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Fans of local reggae rockers Floralorix have a lot to be excited about these days. We already told you the band will be opening for 311 in July, and they are gearing up to release their debut album, Bloombox, on May 6. To honor this momentous event, they will holding a special listening party at…
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We’ve been raving about the sounds of Poliça ever since their first Nashville show at The Basement in support of their 2012 debut, Give You The Ghost. Since then, the electro-pop group have been busy on the touring circuit, most recently visiting Mercy Lounge in support of their stellar 2013 album Shulamith. We’ve already become obsessed with their brand new record, United Crushers, thanks to slick tracks…
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Originally announced to take place at The Stone Fox before its abrupt closure back in January, feminist poppy, punk outfit Tacocat return to town tonight, April 21 along with fellow Seattle group Boyfriends and locals Big Surr to play The End. Celebrating the release of their fantastic third album, Lost Time, which dropped earlier this month, the group have nabbed headlines lately for…
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Earlier this year, we announced that semi-local breakout blues rockers Alabama Shakes were set to play Nashville for the first time in a couple years, tonight, April 21 at Ascend Amphitheater with buzzworthy up and comer Dylan LeBlanc. With the release of their triumphant sophomore LP still fresh, doubly so thanks to recent Grammy wins, it’s no surprise that the group…
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Local scene mainstays Western Medication had a busy weekend. They dropped their debut full length, The Entertainers’ Secret, on Friday, and then played Record Store Day at Fond Object, before finishing Saturday night off with a release show at Queen Ave. They also dropped a video for the lead single, “Chins,” which is just…