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After a long and occasionally difficult process leading up to the release of their third album, last year’s Real Emotion, it seems like local indie rockers Paper Route are back to smooth sailing. The group have released a handful of well received singles and videos, they’ve been touring frequently, and their latest was met with critical acclaim; perhaps a…
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Last month, beloved emo outfit Dashboard Confessional, who’ve become increasingly active in recent years after returning from a hiatus, announced a series of intimate shows at The Basement East, initially Feb. 21, 22, & 23, with outings on the 26 and 28 promptly added after the first three sold out immediately. Tacked onto the end of a tour which has sold out (much larger)…
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Since the release of their sophomore album, last year’s Welcome to Worms, we’ve been pretty obsessed with LA punk outfit Bleached, and managed to catch them live several times throughout 2016, both in Nashville and at festivals. With a substantive, melodic, and personal style, their compelling songs and electrifying performances have made them one of the…
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Jess Nolan is a local singer-songwriter we’ve had our eye on for awhile. Between last year’s Road to Roo competition, where she made it to the Nashville area finals, and our interview and premiere of her debut EP Strike A Match, last fall, regular readers should be no stranger to Nolan’s soulful, r&b sound. Ahead of a Feb. 20 full band show…
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The rise of lo-fi/slacker/indie rocker Mac DeMarco over the last few years has been exciting to watch. While we happened upon him around the time of his earliest solo works, mini album Rock and Roll Night Club and full-length debut 2, the eclectic, Canadian born singer-songwriter and multi-instrumentalist first seemed to nab broader mainstream recognition with 2014 sophomore LP Salad Days.…
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Riding high on the buzz from their fantastic 2016 sophomore effort Touch, Canada’s July Talk are fast becoming a must-know band in the alt rock world, renowned for their excellent live show and musical versatility. After a busy past year, the group are set to return to Nashville to play The High Watt on Feb. 9, a spot they last headlined…
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Much like the Saddle Creek scene of the early ’00s, nothing about Montclair, NJ’s Pinegrove overtly screams “pop punk,” and, yet with a sound and sensibility at least adjacent to and influenced by that scene, and signed to tastemaking label Run For Cover, they’ve found more press and embrace from the DIY punk community in their…
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Formed two decades ago in New Brunswick, NJ, seminal post-hardcore act Thursday, who rose to fame in the early ’00s adjacent to the booming emo and pop punk scene, found a loyal and widespread fanbase after breakthrough 2001 effort Full Collapse. Channeling dark and earnest lyrical themes and a heavy, visceral, and driving musical style, the group…
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It’s been a decade since Chicago hip hop duo The Cool Kids erupted onto the scene, their contemporary meets old school, eclectic, expansive sound primed for the MySpace generation. After gaining fast and widespread buzz with their debut EP The Bake Sale, a slew of mixtapes, and their one and only studio LP, 2011’s When Fish Ride Bicycles, the…
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Indie rockers Clap Your Hands Say Yeah will release their fifth LP, The Tourist, on Feb. 24. Based on the smattering of first singles, including the recently released “Better Off,” the band appear to be rediscovering the sound that made them a staple of the ’00s indie scene with the release of their seminal self-titled debut more…