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No Country in a Nutshell: The (Bi-)Weekly Recap | 10.21-11.3
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Where did October go? As we switch from pumpkins to peppermints and have an eye beyond the holidays onto the ever-looming new year, things are feeling busier than ever, both around the site (say hi to all of our new contributors!) and in the amount of music happening around town! If you rely on…
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[TICKET GIVEAWAY] Johnny Marr (ex-The Smiths) w/ Meredith Sheldon | 11.22 @ Marathon Music Works
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Whether you know him from The Smiths, Modest Mouse, The Cribs, The The, The Healers, Electronic, or any one of the other of the other numerous projects Johnny Marr has been associated with, it’s indisputable that the famed guitarist is one of the most influential, eclectic, and legendary figures in modern rock music. Though his post-Smiths…
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[In Non-Music News…] Open ‘Star Wars’ Auditions to be Held in Nashville
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Unless you’ve been living under a rock, you’re probably already aware that Disney bought Lucasfilm, and, with it, the rights to all things Star Wars, just a little over a year ago, and announced that the franchise would return in 2015 with its seventh installment. Though development ever since has been hush-hush, details are…
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Nashville’s Daisyhead Sign to No Sleep Records; Performing Tonight at The End
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Last month, we exclusively premiered the lyric video for “I Couldn’t Face You,” the abrasive, emotive title track from Nashville emo/alt rock revivalists Daisyhead‘s debut EP (check it out below). Though that EP was just released this week via Spartan Records (stream it here), the band have already dropped some major new news: they’ve been signed by…
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Kanye West’s ‘Yeezus’ Tour Faces Cancelations, Postponement; Nashville Still On
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Though our friends at the Nashville Cream assured you last week that Kanye West‘s planned Nov. 27 show at Bridgestone Arena with Kendrick Lamar would still be going off without a hitch, the state of Yeezy’s tour has still been somewhat uncertain since a series of technical difficulties followed by an Oct. 30 truck accident, which resulted in damaged equipment,…
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Miley Cyrus Announces Hometown Show; to Perform April 18 at Bridgestone Arena
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Born and raised right here in Nashville, it’s only fitting that pop megastar Miley Cyrus will bring her just-announced Bangerz tour back to her old stomping grounds. The 38-date (and growing) trek will hit our very own Bridgestone Arena on Friday, April 18. Tickets go on sale Saturday, Nov. 16 at 10 a.m., with various pre-sales beginning next Tuesday, Nov.…
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Catch El El, Stephen Gordon, & The Beech Benders | TONIGHT @ The 5 Spot
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It feels like it’s been a little while since we last sent you to an El El show, so we’d be remiss if you didn’t bring you the scoop on Ben Elkins and friends’ latest activity. The poppy, eclectic local rockers, one of our favorite up and coming acts in town, will be performing…
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Don’t miss Cat Power TONIGHT! @ Third & Lindsley
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We told you about this show when it was announced a few weeks ago, and there’s no shortage of excitement about it on our end. Cat Power’s most recent release Sun was featured on our list of top 10 records of 2012. And, based on the number of entries in our recent contest, a lot of you are stoked…
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Don’t Miss 3OH!3 w/ The Summer Set, Wallpaper. & New Beat Fund | TONIGHT @ Cannery Ballroom
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The Journey’s Noise Tour hits Nashville this evening, bringing an eclectic electronic/dance/hip hop-leaning lineup of 3OH!3, The Summer Set, Wallpaper., and New Beat Fund to The Cannery Ballroom. Though many of you are probably at least casually familiar with the headliners, it’s this bill’s opening acts, Wallpaper. and New Beat Fund, that have us the most excited (and warrant a…
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[GIVEAWAY] Sleigh Bells | 11.8 @ Marathon Music Works | Win Tickets & Meet the Band!
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As we’ve told you on several occasions, noise pop duo Sleigh Bells will be stopping at Marathon Music Works in Nashville on Friday, Nov. 8, on tour in support of their brand new album, Bitter Rivals. Sleigh Bells’ hyperactive, loud, larger-than-life, face-melting live show will receive a much-needed counter-balance in the form of subdued, etherial, post-rock/experimental opener Doldrums.…