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Tacking 2019 with the most free time in a few years, as his other band, Paramore, take a breather in between albums, local musician and visual artist Zac Farro is prepping to release new tunes with his long-running solo vehicle HalfNoise for the the third year in a row (even with his busy schedule after rejoining Paramore, Farro still managed…
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Now 15 years into their existence, instrumental Chicago based trio and longtime staples of the post-rock and post-metal scene, Russian Circles are set to return to Nashville for the first time since an unlikely but awesome Ryman appearance in support of Mastodon in 2017, for their first Music City headliner in as long as we can remember Feb.…
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Celebrating their first album since 2014, which drops Feb. 14, the same day they play Nashville for the first time in years, headlining The Basement East, Florida bred and now semi-local indie/alt rock fixtures Copeland have, with new effort Blushing, crafted their best record in years, and one that feels like a stunning encapsulation of the vast catalogue that came…
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Still out in support of last year’s phenomenal, critically beloved fifth full-length Freedom, New York indie/experimental rocker Amen Dunes returns to Nashville for his first headlining show in several years (and for the first time since supporting Fleet Foxes last spring), Jan. 24 at The Basement East with buzzy Philly experimental pop artist ARTHUR. Fans of substantive, artsy, genre-bending, and…
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Fans of electronic, industrial, post-punk, and dark wave music take note: San Fransisco’s The Soft Moon, still reveling in praise for last year’s phenomenal and deeply personal fourth album Criminal, is set to make what appears to be his first stop in Nashville ever later this month, Jan. 21 at The Basement East. That alone is an essential performance,…
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Though already an established, widely successfully, chart-topping, and award winning act in their native Australia, thanks to two strong records in just a three year span, eclectic, high-flying, and poignant rockers Gang of Youths have had their biggest year yet stateside, as last year’s sophomore LP Go Farther in Lightness, continues to propel them to a wider…
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One of the most buzzworthy talents in the local rock scene, who broke out in a big way with his 2017 LP (and No Country album of the year) HEAVY META, and managed to follow it up with an equally impressive new effort, Stardust Birthday Party, last month, showcasing a tweaked sound and new outlook on…
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One of the most exciting singer-songwriters to come out of Nashville in recent memory, Savannah Conley is an artist we’ve loved from the moment we first discovered her, and one who, with her raw talent and big label and producer associations that’ve come about quickly and organically, seems poised to be a the next big breakout…
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Cursive w/ Meat Wave, Campdogzz The Basement East; Nashville, TN October 21, 2018 Review by Philip Obenschain (@pobenschain). While frontman Tim Kasher has returned more recently for a couple of solo performances and a run with his other beloved project, The Good Life, it’s been more than six years since Kasher and his long-running…