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[TICKET GIVEAWAY] Bishop Briggs w/ Foreign Air | May 30 @ Marathon Music Works
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On the heels of her highly-anticipated debut full-length, Church of Scars, rising Los Angeles indie pop singer Bishop Briggs returns to Nashville on May 30 after a Music City debut last year at Exit/In, this time for an upgrade at considerably larger sister space Marathon Music Works with electro-laced alt/indie duo Foreign Air. Thanks to a series of breakout singles, transcending…
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[TICKET GIVEAWAY] Waxahatchee & Hurray for the Riff Raff w/ Bedouine | April 26 @ The Basement East
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Indie/folk tinged, Katie Crutchfield-helmed project Waxahatchee, and folk/Americana group Hurray for the Riff Raff, led by Alynda Segarra, have crafted some of our favorite albums and played some of the best shows we’ve seen of the past several years. Both bands we’ve had an eye on since their early days, the two acts have passed through Nashville…
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[TICKET GIVEAWAY] Chastity Belt w/ Lala Lala & Harlan | April 17 @ The High Watt
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Out in support of their stellar 2017 third album, I Used to Spend So Much Time Alone, Seattle’s Chastity Belt, who last made a Nashville stop with an appearance last summer at Drkmttr, return to Music City April 17 to headline The High Watt. Balancing a tongue-in-cheek sense of humor with earnest self-awareness, the indie group will be joined…
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[TICKET GIVEAWAY] Lorde w/ Run the Jewels & Mitski | April 15 @ Bridgestone Arena
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A certifiable modern pop icon at barely 21, New Zealand’s Lorde has managed to turn personal, poetic, sad, and artsty indie pop into an arena-worthy musical sensation, boosted by last year’s masterpiece of a sophomore effort, Melodrama. It’s been four years since her last Nashville outing, but that finally changes April 15, when Lorde plays Bridgestone Area with beloved alt…
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[TICKET GIVEAWAY] Yo La Tengo | April 13 & 14 @ The Basement East
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On tour in support of their 15th full length record, There’s A Riot Going On, seminal indie rock outfit and critical darlings Yo La Tengo are set to return to Nashville for an intimate two-night run at The Basement East on April 13 & 14. While any YLT show is a not-to-miss affair, we’re even more…
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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,…