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[TICKET GIVEAWAY] Rogue Wave w/ Dear Boy | April 6 @ Mercy Lounge
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Out in support of the tenth anniversary of their seminal and now classic third full-length, Asleep at Heaven’s Gate, Bay Area indie rockers Rogue Wave return to Nashville for the first time in a couple of years April 6 at Mercy Lounge to play the whole thing in full, along with openers Dear Boy. With a deluxe re-issue also in tow, which includes…
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[TICKET GIVEAWAY] The Decemberists w/ Tennis | April 13 & 14 @ The Ryman Auditorium
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Out in support of their brand new eight album I’ll Be Your Girl, a weird and bold and synth-soaked departure from their more typically folk-informed indie rock sound, Portland staples The Decemberists, are, like clockwork, set to return to Nashville for a spring outing (they’ve played here three of the last four Aprils), this time across…
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[TICKET GIVEAWAY] Fleet Foxes w/ Amen Dunes | May 22 @ The Ryman Auditorium
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Out on the road in support of last year’s phenomenal third album Crack-Up, their first record in six years, newly reenergized indie folk act Fleet Foxes are set to return to Nashville May 21 and 22 for a pair of dates at The Ryman Auditorium, both with New York’s Amen Dunes, their first Nashville shows since 2011. While night one is nearly sold out, save…
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[TICKET GIVEAWAY] Cut Copy | April 2 @ Exit/In
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Out in support of last year’s excellent fifth album Haiku from Zero, Australian indie dance rock pioneers Cut Copy are set to play their first proper Nashville show in four years, April 2 at Exit/In. Fusing DJ and electronic roots with the disco, dance punk, and synth rock boom of the early ’00s, Cut Copy emerged more than a decade…
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[TICKET GIVEAWAY] Khruangbin w/ The Mattson 2 | April 2 @ The Basement East
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When you hear “instrumental music” applied to contemporary bands, at least in the scene we frequent, it’s typically some sort of post-rock or droning metal or electronic outfit doing something cool, but wholly removed from the instrumental outfits of the past. Though unmistakably new, Khruangbin find their instrumental influences in musical traditions that span many decades,…
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[TICKET GIVEAWAY] Twin Peaks w/ The Districts & Chrome Pony | March 30 @ The Basement East
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One of the best bands to emerge from the underground garage rock scene in recent years, Chicago’s Twin Peaks only released their debut less than five years ago, but already feel like a familiar, accomplished, and proven musical force, thanks to a relentless tour schedule, several more excellent albums, and the chops to back up their…
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[TICKET GIVEAWAY] Arctic Monkeys | June 18 @ Ascend Amphitheater
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English indie rockers Arctic Monkeys have slowly been springing back to life over the past year, ending a brief hiatus following their 2013 fifth effort AM and subsequent tour, to focus on personal lives and side projects, including the sophomore effort from Alex Turner’s pop-geared endeavor The Last Shadow Puppets. As they gear up to release their as-yet-untitled and…
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[TICKET GIVEAWAY] James Bay | Sept. 14 @ Ascend Amphitheater
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Now a few years removed from the breakout success of his fantastic debut effort, Chaos and the Calm (recorded in Nashville, as it so happens), British singer-songwriter James Bay has certainly settled into the modern musical landscape as an impressive and interesting figure in the pop and rock world, and one who has a lot more range and…
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[TICKET GIVEAWAY] Caroline Rose w/ WASI & Nightingail | March 27 @ The High Watt
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Few musical reinventions have been as stunning or as gratifyingly well-executed as Caroline Rose‘s turn from alt-Americana up and comer to full-fledged synth-punk-pop-feminist rock badass with her stellar new sophomore effort LONER. Quirky, darkly funny, self-assured, and unique, Caroline Rose has never seemed more in tune with her own artistic self-expression, and when she returns to…
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[TICKET GIVEAWAY] Albert Hammond Jr. w/ Hinds | March 25 @ Exit/In
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Strokes guitarist turned respectable solo artist Albert Hammond Jr. recently released his most deeply personal and musically focused effort to date, Francis Trouble, and, in support, will bring his latest tour back to Nashville’s own Exit/In on March 25. With the longest-running solo career of any of his Strokes bandmates, Hammond has proven time and time again with numerous great…