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Undoubtedly one of the most important punk bands of the last 25 years, Washington’s Sleater-Kinney, who returned in 2014 after a near decade-long split, released a comeback album the following year, and played their first Nashville show in ages, at Marathon Music Works, shortly thereafter, have in recent years settled into their status as both…
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Despite announcing last year that he was stepping away from his famed and long-running group Say Anything, eclectic punk rock lifer Max Bemis still managed to release one last album (for now) under the moniker earlier this year. Dubbed Oliver Appropriate, it is, fittingly, something of a sequel to the LP that helped put Say Anything on…
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A fast rising artist in the indie scene, fusing a folky, alt-Americana background with a poppy, soulful, hip hop influenced, and contemporary sound, Atlanta’s Faye Webster, who has also attracted buzz for her photography and visual aesthetic as well as some killer yo-yo skills, released one of the year’s best albums in her latest, Atlanta Millionaires Club, and…
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Legendary bassist and member of seminal and eclectic punk, alt rock, and indie outfits like Minutemen, Firehose, Dos, and countless others, Mike Watt has, for nearly 25 years, commanded a celebrated solo career as well, all the while collaborating with a laundry list of fellow alt rock and punk icons on various side projects, recordings, tours,…
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While they’ve been no strangers to Music City in recent years, it’s always exciting when beloved, trailblazing alt/emo rockers Taking Back Sunday come to town, particularly since they’ve been so deliberate in recent years to alternate between nostalgic, anniversary, and fan-service geared tours, and more traditional runs in celebration of new work. For their latest stop…
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A seminal, legendary fixture in the Seattle grunge rock scene, arguably more important in helping shape the sound and initially put Sub Pop on the map moreso than other artist (despite never being as commercially successful as some of their more mainstream peers), Mudhoney have been going strong now for more than 30 years, recently returning…
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Since first attracting broad acclaim in 2014, then wowing us with their 2015 debut LP, Silent Movies, mother-son Missouri folk duo Madisen Ward and the Mama Bear have become an international sensation, festival staple, and beloved fixture of the modern folk, soul, and Americana scene. On the heels of the release of their long-awaited (and Nashville recorded)…
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Though they just passed through last fall at Exit/In, after a couple years away from Music City, eclectic Austin rockers White Denim return to headline The Basement East on Oct. 11 with a brand new LP in tow, their second in under a year, with their latest, Side Effects, a true callback to the experimental, freewheeling spirit of fan-favorite releases almost a…
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Since springing onto the scene in 2016 with her phenomenal debut LP, Don’t Let the Kids Win, and surpassing it with an even more personal and refined sophomore effort, Crushing, earlier this year, undoubtedly one of the best albums of 2019, Australian indie pop and folk singer-songwriter Julia Jacklin has become one of the most buzzworthy and essential…
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First bowing in Nashville in 2017 to headline Mercy Lounge, then returning last fall at The Basement East, eclectic Arizona jam rock outfit Spafford are set to make the trek to Music City once more, again at The Basement East on Oct. 4 & 5, a two-night affair which only speaks to how much buzz the group have…