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UMC20: This One Goes Places! (Apr. 18, 2023)
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Anyway, onto this week’s edition of UMC20…
Listen to UMC20Long Live the Legendary: Dirty Heads Add to Their Legacy with ‘Midnight Control’
“Well all hail and long live the legendary
-Dirty Heads, “Indigo”
We will prevail
And make old laws imaginary
It’s our time to shine light
Upon the darkest souls
I follow those who search for more than just a common role.”
Anyone who has followed Dirty Heads for a while know that this is a band unafraid of defying convention. The Huntington Beach, California natives — who gradually caught fire with their 2008 debut, Any Port in a Storm — have shown remarkable versatility over a career that spans nearly 20 years of exploration through reggae, hip hop, rock, roots, and all points in between.
It makes sense, then, that the band’s latest album, Midnight Control, features the band’s most seamless experimentation to date. True to the lyrics referenced above, they unapologetically continue to push the envelope in the modern music landscape.
Read our review!NEW SHOW ALERT: Josh Del, YEARLOVE, and Nicole Boggs & The Reel, Sept. 15 at The Cobra Nashville
Here is the first of a few NashLive! fall lineup announcements coming your way this week!
Learn MoreREVIEW: Alex Radus – Tributaries (Recorded Live at Godfrey Daniels)
Alex Radus’ new album, Tributaries – Recorded Live at Godfrey Daniels, is a beautiful amalgamation.
Hear the albumPREMIERE: Nicole Boggs & The Reel Have the ‘Existential Blues’
The onset of the COVID-19 pandemic made many of us question just about everything about the state of the world — and our places in it.
This feeling was palpable for Nicole Boggs & The Reel, and it helped them create some of their most gripping art to date with their new single, “Existential Blues.”
Hear it FirstWATCH: ‘Believer’ Video Follows MIDTONES’ Daily Journey
Do you believe in your own dreams?
Watch the VideoWATCH: On ‘With Us All,’ Arts Fishing Club Helps Us Reflect on the Important Things in Life
Love, understanding, acceptance: these are the keys to a better world. “With Us All,” the single released last month by Arts Fishing Club, is both a plea and a love letter. It’s a plea for opened hearts, a love letter to the world and to self, and a loving attempt at extinguishing useless hate.
Read moreUMC20: May We Tempt You with an All-New Playlist? (May 4, 2021)
Yeah, we did have to throw the May pun into the headline, because it’s May. If you didn’t see what we did there at first, now you know.
Listen to UMC20LISTEN: Ryanhood Finds Truth ‘Under the Leaves’
Photo credit: Ehab Tamimi
In a world that is increasingly superficial, we often lose sight of that which takes time to grow.
Hear ‘Under the Leaves’