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Alternative folk rock band Thao & the Get Down Stay Down are just coming off the release of what critics are calling songwriter and frontwoman Thao Nguyen’s most confessional, and risk-taking, album to date, Man Alive!. The group are swinging by Mercy Lounge tonight, April 6 during their tour supporting the new record along…
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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, 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 managed…
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Bonnaroo Artist | Steep Canyon Rangers Bonnaroo History | 2010 (with Steve Martin) Stage & Time | TBA As we’ve been doing for the past several years now, we’re making it our mission to help you get acquainted with as many bands as we can from Bonnaroo‘s impressive 2016 lineup. We’ll start from the…
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After weeks of intense musical competition in this year’s Road to Roo (a new state-wide event, different from the “Road to Bonnaroo” of years past, where three local bands won across three months), a champion has been crowned! Local reggae rock sensations Roots of A Rebellion defeated Knoxville based Josiah & The Greater Good last night…
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One of the best punk tour packages we’ve seen so far this year is rolling through Exit/In tonight, April 5, and if you’re a fan of emo, indie punk, grunge, or post-hardcore, you’d be crazy not to be there. Co-headliners Citizen and Turnover are both still riding high on their fantastic respective sophomore efforts, both released last year, pushing boundaries…
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Regular readers should already know *repeat repeat, a local group who we’ve followed from literally day one, back in 2012. With their breezy, indie, poppy, and layered surf rock sound, they’ve become an essential fixture in the Nashville musical landscape, and the group’s upcoming sophomore effort, Floral Canyon, is easily one of our most-anticipated records of…
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Philosophical country crooner Sturgill Simpson is among the talented, buzzworthy crop of new artists helping reinvent and revitalize the current country landscape, breathing enough life, substance, and classic sensibilities into the broader scene to have us, the site with “No Country” in the name, absolutely ecstatic. We (and most everyone else with ears, it seemed) loved his…
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As we recently learned, legendary ’80s hard rock group Guns N’ Roses are set to play Nashville this summer as part of their “classic lineup” reunion run. At the time, only cities were revealed, but now we know the date and venue: July 9 at Nissan Stadium (formerly LP Field). The size of the space indicates that the rockers expect this…
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Bonnaroo Artist | The Oh Hellos Bonnaroo History | Newbie Stage & Time | TBA As we’ve been doing for the past several years now, we’re making it our mission to help you get acquainted with as many bands as we can from Bonnaroo‘s impressive 2016 lineup. We’ll start from the bottom and work our…
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Just last week, we revealed the news that indie folk rock trio The Lumineers are returning to Nashville for a performance at Ascend Amphitheater on Sept. 20! The event will help kick off the 17th annual Americana Music Festival & Conference, which will take over downtown Nashville from Sept. 20-25. The group, who are set to drop their highly-anticipated sophomore album Cleopatra on April 8, will also be…