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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…
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There was a time (the bulk of their career, in fact) that Scottish post-punk realists turned indie dance rockers Franz Ferdinand never played Nashville, but, with a stellar new LP in tow, Always Ascending, the group are set to make their return after just one year, to headline Cannery Ballroom on Aug. 14! Along with buzzy up and coming San…
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Out in support of both frontman Nahko Bear’s personal, transcendent “prequel” work, 2017’s My Name Is Bear, as well as their last “current,” full band-geared effort, 2016’s HOKA, Portland folk and world music outfit Nahko and Medicine for the People will return to Nashville Aug. 4 for their largest Music City headliner to date, at Marathon Music Works. With support from socially-charged LA…
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On the road in support of their excellent, brand new sophomore LP forever & ever, Orlando indie pop duo SALES return to Nashville for the first time in a couple of years to headline The High Watt on July 28, with recently reformed, dreamy indie pop outfit No Vacation. Both excellent acts on the rise, beloved by the blogosphere, if you…
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’90s hip hop legends Slum Village are still going strong after almost three decades, helmed by surviving original member and only constant T3, along with producer Young RJ. Still responsible for a fairly prolific outfit, the group are doing their part in keeping lyrically-focused, flow-driven, old school hip hop alive (albeit with modern sensibilities), and are a…
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On the heels of a stellar debut recent performance at Bonnaroo, and currently in the midst of “Tour 5,” the fifth leg of dates in support of last year’s phenomenal fifth album After Laughter, beloved local alt rock outfit Paramore recently announced one more very special hometown event, as they began to wind down this record…