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Easily one of our favorite acts to spring from the local scene in the past few years, psych pop duo Okey Dokey made a strong debut in 2017, and have continued to wow us more recently with a string of stellar singles. Joined by two more of Nashville’s finished rising talents, new(ish) James Wallace musical vehicle Skyway…
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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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Part of the buzzed about, breakout Murfreesboro rock scene of the ’90s, local power pop trio The Katies never quite managed to get their due, despite releasing a critically acclaimed, major label backed debut in ’98, and and eventually relocating to Los Angeles, where they ultimately disbanded near the start of the millennium. After years of…
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With New Year’s Eve right around the corner, shows and parties all vying for your attention have been announced all over town. Whether big or small, pricey or cheap, musical or non, you have your pick from countless ways to spend your final hours of 2018, but if retro cool, vintage rockabilly, humor and…
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Celebrating their stellar fifth album ATW, beloved local rockers All Them Witches are helping wind down the year with not one, but two nights of shows at Exit/In. Though not New Year’s Eve happenings, the Dec. 28 & 29 outings are a solid way to spend the last weekend of 2018, and with support from New Madrid on night one, and Michael Parks Jr. and Oginalii on…
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Easily one of the coolest new artists to emerge from the local scene in recent memory, and responsible for, without a doubt, one of the best records of 2018, Soccer Mommy, the musical outlet of Nashville songwriter Sophie Allison, has had a huge, buzzworthy, and accomplished year. It’s only fitting, then, that she’s winding it down with…
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After a whirlwind ascent followed by a much needed breather, breakout local indie/electro pop duo Cherub returned this year with a string of excellent new singles and their first tour in over a year a and half. One of Nashville’s coolest underground success stories, the band haven’t played a proper hometown headliner since a New Year’s Eve…
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Featuring former members of Superdrag and Slack, The Lees of Memory have spent the last few years becoming one of the most interesting and prolific acts in Nashville’s underground rock scene, perfecting their fusion of power pop and shoegaze over three LPs, most recently last year’s impressive double album The Blinding White of Nothing at All, and amassing…