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15th Annual Thanksgiving Bash feat. Bonepony Third & Lindsley	Thu., November 27, 9:00pm	Nolensville Rd./Woodbine/Murfreesboro Rd.	Pop/Rock
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	Pop/Rock
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	Pop/Rock
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.	Pop/Rock
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>>

The Duke Spirit w/Eulogies & The Black Fortys Exit/In	Sun., November 30, 8:00pm	Broadway/The Gulch/Music Row/West End	Pop/Rock
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.	Pop/Rock
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>>

Hotpipes w/The Carter Administration & The Ladybirds Mercy Lounge	Sat., November 22, 9:00pm	Broadway/The Gulch/Music Row/West End	Pop/Rock
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>>

JJ Grey and Mofro w/Trombone Shorty and Orleans Avenue Exit/In	Sat., November 29, 8:00pm	Broadway/The Gulch/Music Row/West End	Pop/Rock
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>>

Manchester Orchestra w/Dead Confederate, Kevin Devine & All Get Out Rcktwn	Sat., November 29, 7:00pm	Broadway/The Gulch/Music Row/West End	Pop/Rock
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>>

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	Pop/Rock
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	Pop/Rock
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	Pop/Rock
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	Pop/Rock
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>>

Alcohol Stuntband w/The Tits & more The Basement	Wed., November 26, 9:00pm	Broadway/The Gulch/Music Row/West End	Pop/Rock
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.	Pop/Rock
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	Pop/Rock
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	Pop/Rock
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	Pop/Rock
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 enough... More>>

8 off 8th Mercy Lounge	Every other week Monday, 8:00pm	Broadway/The Gulch/Music Row/West End	Pop/Rock
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 enough... More>>

New Faces Nite The Basement	Every other week Tuesday, 8:00pm	Broadway/The Gulch/Music Row/West End	Pop/Rock
With election fatigue setting in, November 5th is sure to bring a collective sigh of relief, but not until after super Tuesday, and what better place to witness the culmination of 2 years worth of stump speechs and mudslinging then The Basement? Where their regular New Faces Nite coincides with... More>>

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84001 w/Schenker/Rauh/Sevits/Dumars, Square People & more The Basement	Mon., November 24, 9:00pm	Broadway/The Gulch/Music Row/West End	Pop/Rock

AC/DC Sommet Center	Sat., January 31, 7:30pm	Broadway/The Gulch/Music Row/West End	Pop/Rock

The Addiction w/Shanna Crooks Twelfth and Porter	Sat., November 22, 9:00pm	Broadway/The Gulch/Music Row/West End	Pop/Rock

Alesana w/A Static Lullaby, Greeley Estates, Motionless in White & Jamies Elsewhere Rcktwn	Tue., November 25, 6:00pm	Broadway/The Gulch/Music Row/West End	Pop/Rock

Americana Hootenanny 2 feat. Matt Lindahl, The Lavamen, Marcus Brown, Les Honky more Tonkies, Hurricane Doyle & more Windows on the Cumberland	Sat., November 29, 9:00pm	Nolensville Rd./Woodbine/Murfreesboro Rd.	Pop/Rock