Critic's Pick: Horsehell, Penny Loafer, Sour Tooth & Jeer

Bands from across Nashville and the South will converge at The East Room Thursday night for a showcase of the newest in shoegaze and dreamy, hardcore-inspired indie rock, with many of the groups celebrating their debut releases. Post-hardcore band Horsehell released the debut album Nothing, an Infinity in October, weaving together shoegaze and metal noise to create a droning, heavy sound that gleams with distortion and atmospheric textures. Penny Loafer — a Georgia-based indie-rock band known for upbeat, lush guitar and longing, witty lyricism about the experiences of young adulthood and the stab of growing pains — will join, along with new four-piece indie-rock band Jeer. Rounding out the bill is Sour Tooth, who released their debut Wilt in the fall — a Nashville-based, ’90s-inspired alternative and post-hardcore band with a moody, gothic sound. 

8 p.m. at The East Room

2412 Gallatin Ave.