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Though, undoubtedly, Jack Antonoff’s introduction to many came thanks to his role as 1/3 of breakout indie pop outfit fun., the prolific New Jersey artist’s career dates back much, much further. Antonoff cut his teeth in the Garden State’s rich punk scene, dabbling in a variety of projects before forming Steel Train, his first group…

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In support of her recently-released, deeply personally, and musically adventurous fifth-album, Gag Order, famed pop singer and native Nashvillian Kesha is currently in the midst of a fall run of shows, and is set to return to Nashville for her first hometown headliner in six years (after a planned 2020 date was cancelled due to Covid), a…
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Mixing influences of psychedelic rock, hard rock, stoner, and blues rock, All Them Witches are one of the most diverse and dynamic bands to emerge from Nashville’s local scene in the last decade. The foursome gained an early reputation for their thrilling live shows, mostly built on their musical chemistry and ability to jam rather than…
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Best known for fronting Austrian rock outfit Nick Cave and the Bad Seeds for the last 40 years- a seminal act in the post-punk, goth, and alt rock scene of the ’80s and ’90s, who still continue to make critically-acclaimed and innovate music to this day, as well as prior group The Birthday Party…
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Sharon Van Etten, Julien Baker, Angel OlsenThe Ryman Auditorium; Nashville, TNJuly 23, 2022 Review and photos by Mary-Beth Blankenship. Three of indie music’s most talented and beloved singer-songwriters- Sharon Van Etten, Julien Baker, and Angel Olsen– recently brought their triple headlining Wild Hearts Tour to The Ryman Auditorium, a performance we’d been anxiously anticipating…
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Formed early in the pandemic when they found themselves with unexpected free time and a desire to make music together, English alt rock outfit The Smile features Radiohead’s two most visible members- frontman Thom Yorke and guitarist Jonny Greenwood- along with famed English jazz drummer Tom Skinner (Sons of Kemet). The band made their…
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Anti-folk/indie pop singer-songwriter Regina Spektor is gearing up to release her eighth album and first in six years, Home, before and after, later this month, June 24, and has recently been sharing some new tunes in anticipation, beginning with “Becoming All Alone” and “Up the Mountain,” and, most recently, “Loveology,” a fan-favorite song she’s…
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Formed in the late 90s in Versailles, France, and a moderate indie underground success throughout the ’00s, it was 2009’s fourth album Wolfgang Amadeus Phoenix that made indie pop outfit Phoenix into massive international stars, propelled by hits like “Lisztomania” and “1901.” Though the group have only released two LPs since, 2013’s Bankrupt! and…
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Though they first came to prominence as a teen actor on Disney Channel, singer Demi Lovato has, perhaps above all else, most flourished as a musician, swiftly becoming a radio fixture in the pop rock (and pop punk adjacent) scene of the late ’00s with debut album Don’t Forget in 2008. Over the years,…

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For indie rock fans of a certain age, beloved Portland outfit The Shins‘ debut album, Oh, Inverted World, is a bona fide classic and a formative soundtrack of ’00s millennial youth culture (and, of course, single “Caring Is Creepy” was part of a literal millennial touchstone soundtrack and film, Garden State, a few years…