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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…
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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…
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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…
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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,…
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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…
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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…
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One of Nashville’s most exciting success stories of the last few years, neo-soul, Americana, and blues rock crooner Anderson East broke out in a big way with his excellent, Dave Cobb produced 2015 effort Delilah. In the three years since, East has continued to remain a prolific fixture around the Nashville scene, but has…
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A fast rising, critically beloved indie rock talent, Japanese Breakfast is the solo moniker of Oregon rocker Michelle Zauner. Though her turn as a solo artist was prompted by sad circumstances, the last few years have seen Michelle blossom as an earnest, complex, and incredible songwriting talent, with two wonderful and well-reviewed LPs to her name. Out on the…
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With a mission to bring “together the 12South/Belmont /Hillsboro Village communities for the best in local food, art, shopping, pups, music & more,” the Sevier Park Fest hosted in, where else, Sevier Park, has become a great annual tradition. An all-day, all ages, free Saturday event is slated this year for May 5, with a variety of great local…