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15th Annual Thanksgiving Bash feat. Bonepony Third & Lindsley	Thu., November 27, 9:00pm	Nolensville Rd./Woodbine/Murfreesboro Rd.	Music
Thanksgiving is tradionally a day for Americans to stay home, travel, or endure interactions with extended family more so then it is a day to go and check out live music. However, for 15 years 3rd & Lindsley has provided at least one option for those lonely souls with no where to go on turkey... More>>

Black Cobra w/Sound & Shape & Under The Earth The End	Tue., November 25, 9:00pm	Broadway/The Gulch/Music Row/West End	Music
A plethora of low-frequency-minded doom-metal bands have cropped up in the past few years, and bands like Lightning Bolt, the White Stripes and Death From Above 1979 have helped make two-piece bands much more fashionable. You’d also run out of fingers and toes listing bands whose names... More>>

Centro-Matic w/Glossary & Baptist Generals Wall Street	Sat., November 22, 9:00pm	Murfreesboro	Music
If Robert Pollard had grown up in Austin, he might’ve become Centro-Matic singer/guitarist Will Johnson. Like Pollard, Johnson writes prolifically—so much so that he started a second band (South San Gabriel, same lineup) to handle the quieter, introspective stuff. Centro-Matic evinces... More>>

Dar Williams w/Katie Herzig Third & Lindsley	Sat., November 22, 10:00pm	Nolensville Rd./Woodbine/Murfreesboro Rd.	Music
Though she hails from New England and got her start on the coffeehouse circuit during the ‘90s, Williams never fit too comfortably in the folk camp. Her storyteller lyrics and social conscience (her latest, Promised Land, includes “Buzzer,” a song about Stanley Milgram’s... More>>

Diane Marino Sambuca	Wed., November 26, 7:00pm	Broadway/The Gulch/Music Row/West End	Music
The veteran Nashville jazz singer drew national airplay and press raves for her recent album Just Groovin’ by tapping into the timeless melodic brilliance of a well-chosen list of pop and rock standards, most from the 1960s. Working with big-band arrangements and assisted by jazz blowers... More>>

The Duke Spirit w/Eulogies & The Black Fortys Exit/In	Sun., November 30, 8:00pm	Broadway/The Gulch/Music Row/West End	Music
Let’s say Grace Slick was born about 40 years later. And in England. What if, by chance, she listened to a lot of shoegaze and art rock and joined a sorta drone-y pop rock band? This Grace Slick v2.0 would be named Liela Moss, and her band would be called The Duke Spirit. The Spirit... More>>

Eric Hutchinson w/Meaghan Smith & Matt Hires Third & Lindsley	Sun., November 23, 7:00pm	Nolensville Rd./Woodbine/Murfreesboro Rd.	Music
The video for this Canadian singer-songwriter’s current single, “A Little Love,” pays homage to early Walt Disney, complete with a cute black-and-white mouse gallivanting about as Smith lounges and snaps her fingers. It’s a perfect setting for a newcomer whose songs pair... More>>

Ghostland Observatory w/Jensen Sportag Cannery Ballroom	Fri., November 21, 10:00pm	Broadway/The Gulch/Music Row/West End	Music
Despite electronic music's many stumbling blocks—the anxiety of influence or too-strict adherence to all things hip—Austin’s sleek two-piece Ghostland Observatory have evolved into a national, albeit underground, phenomenon. Shaking off the dust of the rural Texas towns from... More>>

Hotpipes w/The Carter Administration & The Ladybirds Mercy Lounge	Sat., November 22, 9:00pm	Broadway/The Gulch/Music Row/West End	Music
Hotpipes and The Carter Administration are two of the club scene’s most beloved mainstays. The former sounds like XTC re-interpreted by the Walkmen, the latter a history lesson of American rock ‘n’ roll radio; both are top-shelf Nashville rock. If you were to fill a time capsule... More>>

Jensen Sportag CD Release Aerial	Fri., November 28, 10:00pm	Downtown	Music
Since so many critics dubbed local electro duo Jensen Sportag’s self-titled debut “post-techno,” we’re gonna use a little artistic license and dub their new Sergio EP “post-spaz.” More Sadé than Squarepusher, the Sergio EP sees the pair move beyond... More>>

JJ Grey and Mofro w/Trombone Shorty and Orleans Avenue Exit/In	Sat., November 29, 8:00pm	Broadway/The Gulch/Music Row/West End	Music
You wouldn’t know that Orange Blossoms—JJ Grey and Mofro’s fourth album and their second for Alligator Records—is the Florida-based band’s most refined work yet from the fact that it’s got a sinewy jam titled with the not-so-subtle come-on acronym of... More>>

Little Joy w/The Dead Trees & Courtney Jaye Exit/In	Fri., November 21, 8:00pm	Broadway/The Gulch/Music Row/West End	Music
Having obviously listened to a lot of Pavement, Silver Jews, classic rock and American roots music, Portland’s The Dead Trees don’t stray terribly far from their influences. They do, however, use their adroitness for melodies, taste in arrangements and seemingly boundless enthusiasm... More>>

Manchester Orchestra w/Dead Confederate, Kevin Devine & All Get Out Rcktwn	Sat., November 29, 7:00pm	Broadway/The Gulch/Music Row/West End	Music
Not unlike their Nashville counterparts Paper Rival, with whom they shared the stage at Next Big Nashville earlier this year, Athens, Ga., five-piece Dead Confederate represent a handful of bands below the Mason-Dixon making efforts to dig Southern rock out of its tired blues roots. Adopting as... More>>

Mashville feat. DJ's Wick-It, Local Motion, Kidsmeal, Orig, Chozen & Mike Vulcan The End	Sat., November 22, 9:00pm	Broadway/The Gulch/Music Row/West End	Music
Please let us abuse our bully pulpit here for a moment: Yo, DJ Kidsmeal, where is that mixtape of yours? We’ve been jonesin’ for a while and seeing your name pop up in the venerable music mag Wax Poetics got us all riled up. You’ve gotta drop that tape soon, because every time we... More>>

Michele Ari w/The Mattoid, The Outlaw Lovers, The Transcenders, The Country Punks & Jaired Denali The End	Wed., December 3, 9:00pm	Broadway/The Gulch/Music Row/West End	Music
Like Big Star in their Southern interpretation of the British Invasion or The Rolling Stones in their British interpretation of American roots music, local traditionalists The Outlaw Lovers are equal parts bar rock and UK garage. Wet from 96 tears of classic organ sounds and deafening from amps... More>>

O'Death w/Those Darlins & Chris Crofton Exit/In	Mon., December 1, 8:00pm	Broadway/The Gulch/Music Row/West End	Music
If you've ever gotten really drunk, stumbled home and found yourself noshing hardcore on whatever happened to be sitting in your fridge, only to realize after a few minutes of inebriated wolfing that you had—woops—devoured an entire chicken, then Those Darlins have a song for you.... More>>

World AIDS Day Observation Renaissance Center	Mon., December 1, 6:30pm-8:30pm	Dickson	Art: Openings & Receptions Benefits/Fundraisers LGBT Music
With a couple of wars on our hands and an economic meltdown of gargantuan proportions, it's easy to lose sight of the AIDS pandemic--assuming you're not one of the roughly 33 million people worldwide living with the disease. And while strides have been made in treatment and prevention, AIDS... More>>

The Reverend Horton Heat w/Nashville Pussy & Backyard Tire Fire Mercy Lounge	Wed., December 3, 9:00pm	Broadway/The Gulch/Music Row/West End	Music
With its buttery chord changes and melodies that seem lifted from any number of sophisticated ’70s pop records, Backyard Tire Fire's new full-length The Places We Lived is as sly and sneaky as its sources. From Bloomington, Ill., by way of North Carolina, Ed Anderson sings in an irresolute... More>>

Roger Day Belcourt Theatre	Sat., November 29, 10:00am	Belmont/Edgehill/Hillsboro Village	Children Music
He likes yaks, his pal Zach hates bumblebees, and he regales his young audiences with the revolutionary message to "Turn Off the TV." Didn't anyone tell Roger Day that songs for kids are supposed to be audio Ritalin? With his third full-length children's LP Dream Big! recently given a Parents'... More>>

Savage Knights w/Hudson-Maddox Complex Twist Art Gallery	Sat., November 22, 12:00pm	Downtown	Music
Instead of tormenting your mind watching the battle for Biggest SEC Embarrassment that is Saturday afternoon’s Vandy/Tennessee game, why not expand it with some truly mind-bending sounds? Raleigh, N.C.’s Savage Knights create compelling instrumental music that blends the noirish... More>>

Alcohol Stuntband w/The Tits & more The Basement	Wed., November 26, 9:00pm	Broadway/The Gulch/Music Row/West End	Music
Perpetually irreverent and delightfully derivative, the Alcohol Stuntband is the piston-pumping, well-oiled vehicle of local funnyman Chris Crofton. Set to bar-rock chord progressions echoing the likes of AC/DC, Metallica or The Stooges, the Stuntband’s true forte is unbridled... More>>

Sweethearts of the Rodeo w/Danny Flowers Third & Lindsley	Sun., November 30, 8:00pm	Nolensville Rd./Woodbine/Murfreesboro Rd.	Music
In recent years, the ’80s hit country duo of sisters Kristine Arnold and Janis Gill usually surface only on the weekend after Thanksgiving, when they play a longstanding Friday night gig at the Bluebird Café (which they repeat again this year). But they’ve been recording in... More>>

The Jack Silverman Ordeal Family Wash	Sat., November 29, 9:00pm	Five Points/Shelby Bottoms	Music
We’re all aware that Jack Silverman knows his way around the English language. Turns out he’s pretty handy with a mean lick, as well. You can only pal around with old studio types for so long before you start making some jammy instrumental tunes that are chock full of chops, and Jack... More>>

VHS or Beta w/The Hollywood Kills & Mother Father Exit/In	Fri., November 28, 8:00pm	Broadway/The Gulch/Music Row/West End	Music
As pop music has splintered into numberless directions and garnered more compound epithets from snarky music critics than the '80s ever dreamed of, groups such as VHS or Beta have been there to corner the pastiche market. Call it dance punk; call it, if you will, funxploitation. This Louisville... More>>

8 off 8th Mercy Lounge	Every other week Monday, 9:00pm	Broadway/The Gulch/Music Row/West End	Music
Mercy Lounge's weekly 8 off 8th series is without a doubt one of the grandest events boasted by Nashville's burgeoning rock scene. It's completely free and regularly plays host to some of the finest bands Nashville has to offer. At roughly 15 minutes per set, each artist only offers about... More>>