It’s officially April and spring has sprung! Last week brought the start of local festival season, some surprising and exciting show announcements, premieres and releases, and more fantastic performances than we could even keep up with! In case you missed anything, here’s a recap of everything we covered last week on the site:
- NO COUNTRY PRESENTS: Femke, Joshua Fletcher, & Will Dailey | April 7 at Acme Feed and Seed
- NEWS: Morrissey announced his return to Nashville for a summer performance at the Grand Ole Opry House.
- NEWS: Neon Trees announced an “intimate” return at Cannery Ballroom this July with COIN and Fictionist.
- NEWS: Detroit pop punk group Fireworks announced a summer show at The End with Weatherbox and Dryjacket.
- NEWS: Clap Your Hands Say Yeah announced a 10 year anniversary tour for their debut LP, including a summer stop at Exit/In.
- FEATURE: This Weekend in Nashville: Our staff highlighted the weekend’s must-see shows!
- REVIEW: Damien Rice played a sold out show at The Ryman with My Bubba, and we were there to check it out (w/PHOTOS).
- REVIEW: We recapped our latest Acme showcase, featuring Matt Walberg & The Living Situation, Heathen Sons and Marcella Simien (w/PHOTOS).
- REVIEW: We caught SQURL‘s noisy performance at Third Man Records’ Blue Room (w/PHOTOS).
- REVIEW: Dr. Dog performed at The Ryman with mewithoutYou and we told you all about it (w/PHOTOS)!
- REVIEW: We checked out Circa Survive at Cannery Ballroom with Balance and Composure and CHON (w/ PHOTOS).
- INTERVIEW: We had a lengthy chat with Lucette and brought you a recap of her performance at William Collier’s with Justin Wells (w/ PHOTOS).
- BONNAROO: The lineup for the 2015 Bonnaroo Comedy Theatre was announced!
- BONNAROO: Band of the Day: SZA
- BONNAROO: Band of the Day: Courtney Barnett
- BONNAROO: Band of the Day: Rhiannon Giddens
- BONNAROO: Band of the Day: Royal Blood
- BONNAROO: Band of the Day: Tanya Tagaq
- BONNAROO: Band of the Day: Woods
- BONNAROO: Band of the Day: Hurray for the Riff Raff
- SHOW: Edgehill Rocks returned with performances from Los Colognes, The Future, Shannon Labrie, and more!
- SHOW: Amy Speace performed at The Basement with Ryan Culwell in celebration of her new album, That Kind Of Girl.
- RELEASE: Brandy Zdan debuted a new single, “More of a Man.”
- RELEASE: Joy Williams premiered a new solo single, “Woman (Oh Mama),” ahead of her upcoming LP.
- VIDEO: My Morning Jacket debuted a visualizer video for their new single “Spring (Among The Living).”
- VIDEO: Up and coming Nashville pop singer Grave Pool premiered a new video for “Neon Summers.”
- VIDEO: Local indie outfit Phin premiered a video for their new single “The Pieces.”
- CONTEST: Ticket Giveaway: Jeremy Enigk | April 15 at Mercy Lounge
- CONTEST: Ticket Giveaway: JJ Grey & Mofro | April 16 at Marathon Music Works
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