It’s been an exciting year for Charleston folk and Americana husband and wife duo and longtime site favorite Shovels & Rope, who, in addition to releasing a stellar new album, By Blood, have notably also released a children’s book and a unique concert film, Shovels & Rope: The Movie, all in 2019. Out in support, the duo…
One of the most buzzworthy new acts to emerge from the indie scene in the past few years, LA (by way of Brooklyn) cosmic alt/indie pop trio Dreamers shot to acclaim with their 2016 debut This Album Does Not Exist, and just dropped an incredibly worthy followup, Launch Fly Land, earlier this year. Currently out in support, the group…
Celebrating their first studio album in 12 years, this year’s phenomenal new effort To Believe, beloved and influential British genre-bending nu jazz and electronic outfit The Cinematic Orchestra are set to headline Nashville for what appears to the first time in many, many years Oct. 30 at Exit/In, with likeminded Brooklyn breakout Photay, and buzzy LA artist PBDY. Fans of genre-bending, worldly,…
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…
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…
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…
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,…
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…
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…
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)…