New Zealand rock outfit The Beths dispelled Saturday night’s rain and gloom with 90 minutes of power-pop perfection, serving up catchy riffs, impeccable musicianship and delightful onstage energy. It was the band’s first headlining set in Nashville since 2023, though they have been back through since, supporting The National at Ascend Amphitheater and playing Bonnaroo.

Despite the weather — and the show arriving immediately after a holiday when folks tend to go out and stuff themselves with booze, candy or both — it was a fairly packed house at Brooklyn Bowl . Fellow Aucklanders Phoebe Rings kicked off the night with slick dream- and city-pop grooves that occasionally sounded like the musicians of Lake Street Dive had swapped out instruments you might expect to hear in a

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