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Mitskiw/ Julia JacklinThe Ryman Auditorium; Nashville, TNApril 12, 2024 Review by Philip Obenschain. Photos by Mary-Beth Blankenship. Since springing to national recognition and critical adoration with her brilliant third album Bury Me at Makeout Creek a decade ago, and cementing her status as one of indie rock’s most inventive, unparalleled, multifaceted and generational talents…

Born in Japan to an American father and Japanese mother- dual identities which have long informed her personal and artistic ethos- beloved indie, art pop, and folk rock artist Mitski spent her youth moving from country to country around the world due to her father’s job at the U.S. State Department, ultimately settling in…
Jenny Lewisw/ Hayden Pedigo, Logan LedgerThe Ryman Auditorium; Nashville, TNMarch 13, 2024 Review by Hannah Laney with additional editorial by Philip Obenschain. Photos by Hannah Laney. Capping off the latest leg of her Joy’All Ball Tour, in support of last year’s joyful and breezy new album of the same name, Joy’All, Nashville transplant Jenny…

Few artists have been as integral or prolific in the indie rock scene of the last 25 years as Jenny Lewis, who, across multiple projects and an incredible solo career has cemented her legacy as one of the all-time greats. Born in Las Vegas and for many years based in Southern California (though, notably, she…

To simply peg Say Anything as an emo or pop punk band, or merely a product of the explosive 2000s pop punk scene, would be to sell short their long, nuanced, and expansive history, throughout which they’ve become one of their era’s greatest rock bands, period. Helmed by singer/songwriter/multi-instrumentalist Max Bemis, the group formed in 2000,…

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…

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…
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…
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…
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…