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U.K.-based all-female post-punk group Savages are comprised of four of the most badass women to take up the post-punk mantel with well-crafted artistic noise, a singer that sounds like the French Patti Smith, two albums that have garnered raves, and a live show that’s said to be the best in rock and roll right now.…
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Able to transcend genres, “scene” labels, audience demographics, and conventional musical business models, Say Anything, largely the live vehicle of eclectic frontman Max Bemis, have, over the last decade and half, become one of the most important pseudo-underground bands in rock. Celebrating the release of their surprise new album and ferocious return to form, I Don’t…
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We’ve been waiting for Swedish indie-pop outfit Miike Snow to arrive in Nashville since January, and now that moment is almost here. With the release of the trio’s highly-anticipated third studio album iii earlier this year, we’ve been counting down the days until they bring their incredible bangers to Marathon Music Works on May 20. If you’re like us and can’t get their…
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Still riding high on the release of their fourth album, last year’s Tell Me I’m Pretty, local (by way of Bowling Green) breakout rockers and friends of the site Cage the Elephant are set to headline Ascend Amphitheater for the first time, May 19 with Portugal. The Man and BRONCHO. Tiny pop up club shows, special fan-centric events, and festival spots aside, it’s actually been a…
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Multi-instrumentalist, rapper, producer and musical jack-of-all-trades Mayer Hawthorne is returning to Nashville for a headlining show at Marathon Music Works on May 18. After years of supplying incredible music that combines the spirit of 1960s Motown, 1970s soul and modern day R&B, he brought his sound to a whole new level with the release…
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Acclaimed singer-songwriter, composer and producer Citizen Cope is returning to Nashville for a couple of very special shows at City Winery on May 7 and May 8. The Memphis native has been supplying his own brand of stellar acoustic jams mixed with lots of blues, R&B and rock influences since the early 1990s. He’ll be…
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Making their seemingly annual pilgrimage to Nashville following a Red Bull event last fall, famed Atlanta garage rock outfit the Black Lips are set to return to Exit/In on Monday, May 2! Still riding high on the success of their 2014 LP Underneath the Rainbow, and already turning an eye towards their next release, the band are as exciting, fun, and energetic…
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Out in support of their refined, surprisingly poppy, and energetic tenth album, Painting With, Baltimore-bred musical supergroup Animal Collective will return to Nashville’s own Marathon Music Works on May 6 (where they last played in 2013, after a series of delays) along with Kaitlyn Aurelia Smith. One of the most versatile, compelling, and dynamic groups in the scene, we shouldn’t have to…
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We’ve been raving about the sounds of Poliça ever since their first Nashville show at The Basement in support of their 2012 debut, Give You The Ghost. Since then, the electro-pop group have been busy on the touring circuit, most recently visiting Mercy Lounge in support of their stellar 2013 album Shulamith. We’ve already become obsessed with their brand new record, United Crushers, thanks to slick tracks…
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Set to return to Nashville for the first time in a couple of years, when The Avett Brothers announced their May 6 show at Bridgestone Arena back in December, we hoped that meant new music would be on the way as well. Thankfully, that is indeed the case, as the group gear up to release their highly-anticipated ninth album, True Sadness, this…