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Young the Giant to Play Ascend Amphitheater Sept. 8 with Cold War Kids
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Earlier this year, alt rockers Young the Giant, still coasting on the wave successes from their 2016 third album Home of the Strange (and breakthrough 2014 sophomore effort, Mind Over Matter, before that), expanded their spring tour to include a lengthy run of summer dates with Cold War Kids, whose new LP, LA Divine, just arrived last week, and Joywave. We were…
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PWR BTTM Debut New Single “LOL” | See Them June 13 at Mercy Lounge
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We’ve been posting a lot about PWR BTTM lately, but that’s simply because the queer, New York punks definitely know how to build hype, debuting a barrage of new tracks and videos at a steady clip, all leading up to the May 12 release of their sophomore LP, Pageant. Following the upbeat, punk-leaning lead single “Big Beautiful Day”…
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Rooney to Play The High Watt June 28
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LA alt rockers Rooney, who formed nearly two decades ago in high school, before finding mainstream recognition in the early ’00s, recently announced a lengthy “Ultrasonic Summer Tour,” which brings them to The High Watt on June 28, following a performance at 12th & Porter last fall. As we noted ahead of the last show, the band has…
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Bonnaroo Announces Late Night Sets, New Community Camping Experiences
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Following a main stage lineup announcement, a comedy slate, daily lineups, the introduction of a “new” stage, and the announcement of this year’s Club Stage performers, there are only a few bits of news left we expect from Bonnaroo, chiefly among them the full schedule, before this year’s fest takes place June 8-11 in Manchester, Tenn. One…
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Free Throw Debut “Randy, I Am the Liquor” Ahead of New LP, July 1 Release Show at The End
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A breakout force in Nashville’s emo/indie punk scene of the last few years, Free Throw garnered national attention with the release of their debut LP, Those Days Are Gone, in 2014, and have been touring the world since, sharing the stage with bigger and bigger acts, all the while maintaining their DIY ethos and punk roots, channeling a pure, unabashed love…
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Lanhorne Slim, John Paul White, Margaret Glaspy, More Announced for Musicians Corner Spring Season
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Spring is in full swing, and that means that the return of long-running, free concert series Musicians Corner is right around the, uh, corner. Back for its eighth season, the all ages weekend fest, which takes places in Centennial Park, and spans across Fridays and Saturdays in May, June, August, and September, has just revealed its…
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[REMINDER] See The Zombies’ Original Lineup Perform ‘Odessey & Oracle’ | Sunday, April 9 @ TPAC
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Like many groups who disappeared for decades, only to resurface a generation later, beloved British sensation The Zombies might be hard to keep up with. Muddied further by decades of imposer acts trying to play under their name, the band, who initially broke up in 1967, reunited intermittently in the ’90s, and have been in full reunion…
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Catch Chris Shiflett w/ Sam Palladio & Brian Whelan | Sunday, April 9 @ The High Watt
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To say Chris Shiflett has had a career most artists would kill for would be an understatement. The California native, who rose to prominence in the ’90s with Bay Area punks No Use for a Name, is, of course, best known for his role as guitarist of the Foo Fighters, a band he’s been a part…
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[REMINDER] Don’t Miss Nicolas Jaar | Saturday, April 8 @ Marathon Music Works
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Producer, composer, label head, DJ, and one-half of short-lived group Darkside, Chilean American artist Nicolas Jaar wears a lot of hats, and, with a prolific number of releases and collaborations over the past few years, most recently last year’s full-length Sirens, he’s earned more than enough cred to justify his numerous endeavors. Mixing experimental and Spanish influences with…
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HalfNoise Celebrates ‘The Velvet Face’ EP w/ Skyway Man | Saturday, April 8 @ Lucky Bamboo!
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A couple weeks ago, HalfNoise, the indie rock solo vehicle of Zac Farro (originally, then formerly, and now once again, of Paramore), released his latest EP, The Velvet Face, a swift followup to last fall’s sophomore full-length, Sudden Feeling. Recorded here in Nashville at Pioneer Sound, and co-produced by longtime collaborator Daniel James, the EP marks, perhaps, HalfNoise’s greatest…