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Returning for the first time in a couple of years for their biggest Music City headliner to date, LA skater punks FIDLAR are set to play the Cannery Ballroom with two promising Canadian acts on the rise, grunge rockers Dilly Dally and garage punks NOBRO, on Friday, Sept. 21. While it’s been a few years since FIDLAR followed up their beloved, eponymous debut…
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A new supergroup of sorts, featuring beloved singer-songwriter Joseph Arthur, and R.E.M. guitarist and multi-instrumentalist Peter Buck, alt rock newcomers Arthur Buck came together quickly last fall after a chance meeting in Mexico turned into an impromptu jam, and, eventually, an album, which the duo will bring to life on the road for the first time with…
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Legendary Smiths guitarist (and subsequent member of Modest Mouse, The Cribs, The The, and so many other projects) Johnny Marr has, after decades of various musical endeavors, been devoting his focus to a solo career since breaking out with 2013’s excellent The Messenger, which he followed up with 2014’s Playland and this year’s Call the Comet, his best album yet.…
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In honor of the 50th anniversary of their legendary debut Kick Out the Jams, MC5 founder and guitarist Wayne Kramer has recruited a supergroup of backing players to perform the record in full on the road, an event he’s dubbed MC50, which hits Nashville’s own Exit/In on Sept. 9. The closest thing to MC5 you’ll ever see (most of…
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Out in support of his excellent third album, Imaginary Music, English retro electro-pop crooner Chad Valley is set to make a rare return to Nashville on Sept. 5 to headline The High Watt. One of the most criminally underrated pop projects of the past few years, Valley (the musical alter-ego of producer Hugo Manuel) has been a favorite of ours…
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After first reemerging from hiatus in 2016, and releasing their comeback album, Cry Cry Cry, last year, beloved indie rockers Wolf Parade are set to return to Nashville for the first time since 2010, to headline The Basement East on Aug. 24 with buzzy Chicago indie punks Lala Lala. Along with favorites like Modest Mouse and Arcade Fire, Wolf Parade were an…
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Out in support of his critically acclaimed, chart-topping recent sophomore effort, Good Thing, breakout Texas neo soul singer Leon Bridges, no stranger to Music City, will return for his largest local headliner to date, Aug. 29 at Ascend Amphitheater with eclectic kindred spirit Maségo. A transcendent, unrivaled, and versatile legend in the making, Bridges has blown us away with each and…
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On the heels of a tour supporting Weezer and the Pixies which recently passed through town, and after a last-minute postponement of a planned headlining date earlier this year, Brooklyn noise pop duo Sleigh Bells are making their way back to Music City for a proper headliner, their first in several years, Aug. 19 at The Basement East, out…
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A seasoned vet on sax as well as an accomplished vocalist, Rolling Stones and Lenny Kravitz cohort Karl Denson is back with his big, funktastic, jam friendly backing band, Karl Denson’s Tiny Universe, to get Music City grooving. Tickets to their upcoming Nashville outing, Aug. 16 at Exit/In with locals Captain Midnight Band, are currently available for purchase here, but…
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Teaming up for an epic, if somewhat oddball, pairing, two acts who first found fame in the mid-’90s, alt rockers Cake and singer-songwriter Ben Folds, will soon embark on a co-headlining summer tour, which brings them to Folds’ home of Nashville Aug. 21 for a performance at Ascend Ampitheater with electro-folk up and comers Tall Heights. Cake’s first Nashville show proper in seven…