Interviews
Get to know Portugal. The Man — they’ll be in Nashville April 26.
Portugal. The Man has maintained a slow and steady climb from the indie label depths — starting with Fearless Records and Equal Vision Record — to realm of Atlantic Records each album along the way is a snapshot of its place on that climb. From the diversity of the tracks to the thoughtful artwork, each [...]
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Lionize Interview
My timeline with Lionize is as follows: The first time I caught the name Lionize was on a Streetlight Manifesto tour in 2010. They were originally billed to play that show at Exit/In, but as the date grew closer, the were dropped from the bill. …
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Polar Bear Club Interview
Hailing from upstate New York, Polar Bear Club is one of the most talked about bands in their respective scene. Since signing to Bridge 9 Records in 2009, they’ve toured on both the AP Tour and Van’s Warped tour. Their new album, Clash Battle…
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20-year punk rock veterans Face to Face look backward and forward
Every day we find more reasons to appreciate Nashville’s music community and here’s your newest reason: Trever Keith, the lead singer of the bi-decadal punk band Face to Face is a Nashville resident. In fact, he’s been here for nearly a year…
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U.K.’s Sharks make the most of their U.S. debut
The contemporary punks from the U.K., Sharks played the Ryman Auditorium on their first ever stop in Nashville. James, Andy, Chris and Sam couldn’t hit up the honky-tonks despite being mere feet from them for the simple reason of being underage,…
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Chuck Ragan talks musical community and the mother church of country music
Chuck Ragan, the garrulous and versatile front man for Hot Water Music and the catalyst of a successful folk/punk solo career played the historical Ryman Auditorium on May 20th.
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London Calling Tesla Rossa
How the band is raising the indie rock bar, making moves and why you should take notice.
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Catching Up With…Defeater
The last time we talked with Defeater, we learned all about their writing process, ideas for the next record and the dynamic combo of all of their influences. It's been a while though, so when they came through Rocketown on May 11, 2011 on the heals…
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Mike Hererra of MxPx, Tumbledown and Arthur
Say all you want about the importance of a tightly arranged song, meticulous beats, quality producing and technical fortitude; give me a 4/4 guitar riff with a sing-able song about girls and my night’s made. That’s why I first dug MxPx nearly a…
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Anamanaguchi Interview
From New York City, Anamanaguchi is not your average punk band. The chip-tune quartet uses modded NES and Gameboys for their 8-bit synth sounds, but don't call them "video game" just because they remind you of old Nintendo soundtracks and one of…
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