Returning to headline The High Watt on June 26, after passing through last fall to co-headline a show with !!!, Atlanta’s Algiers are a profoundly artistic, socially urgent, refreshing and genre-bending project that should be on everyone’s radar. This time around, the group perform with Knoxville experimental artist Lower Interiors, as well as likeminded local experimental/dark pop project Lambda Celsius, a…
We’re fresh off of another amazing Bonnaroo, and our summer festival season is in full swing. Next up for us is Louisville’s Forecastle Festival, which takes place July 13-15 at the city’s downtown Waterfront Park, and is one of our favorite fests in the nation, with its picturesque downtown setting and incredibly well-organized setup! Forecastle revealed its 2018 lineup earlier this year,…
With nearly a decade and five full-lengths, including stellar new effort The Make It All Show, to their name, it might come as a shock how young Oklahoma sibling act Skating Polly are, but not only are the buzzworthy rising group the real deal, they have the punk rock co-signs and bona fides to back it…
Celebrating their excellent, ambitious, Danger Mouse produced new sixth album Wide Awake!, New York indie/post-punk outfit Parquet Courts return to Nashville for the first time in two years to headline The Basement East, along with buzzy British up and comers Goat Girl, on June 3. If you’ve been following us since the beginning, you know we’ve been obsessing over Parquet…
A match made in musical heaven, LA indie pop group Smallpools and likeminded Brooklyn duo Great Good Fine Ok are on the road for a co-headlining run, which brings them to Nashville’s own Exit/In on June 1, along with up and coming LA alt rock act Half the Animal. Both headliners are no strangers to Music City, with Smallpools have passed through…
Post-rock, post-jazz, indie pop Chicago icons The Sea and Cake have long been darlings of the underground scene, with nearly 25 years and 11 fantastic albums to their name. After a six year gap between records, they’re back with an excellent and refreshing new effort, Any Day, and return to Nashville for the first time in just…
One of the most critically beloved new acts to emerge from the punk sphere in recent years, particularly because they’ve bucked what their interpretation of punk is at every turn, Danish group Iceage are riding high on the praise for their new fourth album Beyondness. Returning to Nashville after an electrifying turn at The End a few years back,…
Just a few years ago, it seemed like iconic indie outfit Guided By Voices‘ prolific and improbable reunion had flamed out for good, and our chances of seeing them once more in Music City looked slim. To our pleasant surprise, however, it wasn’t long before frontman Robert Pollard once again willed the band back into existence, recruiting…
Returning to Nashville for the first time in a couple of years, with their latest, weirdest, best, and most topical album to date, Twerp Verse, in tow, indie rockers Speedy Ortiz are set to headline The High Watt on May 10. Along with experimental, multi-instrumentalist and rapper Nnamdi Ogbonnaya, as well as soulful, genre-defying up and comers Zenizen, this is…