On Thursday, November 13, Brooklyn Bowl Nashville felt less like a venue and more like a time warp. The bowling lanes were lit, the disco balls spinning, and a shoulder-to-shoulder crowd packed in early for a double bill of Charlotte Sands and electropop chaos duo 3OH!3. Charlotte Sands opened the night with the highest energy. I loved her quick thinking when a mic went out to lead the crowd in a acapella performance of “Since You’ve Been Gone” by Kelly Clarkson while the crew scrambled to get a new mic to her. Sands performance walked the line between polished and raw, just enough grit to sell the lyrics, and enough control to still soar on the choruses. The set leaned into fan favorite, shout-along hooks and darker, moodier tracks that let the band stretch out a bit. Then it was time for 3OH!3 – and subtlety left the building. The Colorado duo, long known for turning electro-pop into full-on party anthems like “DONTTRUSTME,” hit the stage like they’d just been shot out of a confetti cannon. From the jump, it was all big movement: hands in the air, call and response chants, and two frontmen who treat every square foot of stage like a trampoline. The set pulled from across their catalog, stitching together older MySpace era staples with newer material that leans even further into hyperactive, genre-blending production. What really made this show work was the way Charlotte Sands and 3OH!3 complemented each other. Sands brought the emotionally grounded, modern edge songs that tackle anxiety, relationships, and self doubt but still feel cathartic and fun to yell back at the stage. 3OH!3, on the other hand, leaned fully into the “leave your problems at the door” part of the night, reminding the room that sometimes you just need to scream along to a ridiculous hook with a few hundred strangers.

Review and photos by I’m Music Magazine Photographer/I’m Music Nashville Associate Editor Kris Cagle

3OH!3

Charlotte Sands