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Tonight: Mercy Bell with Adrian Krygowski and James Maple
As Lightning 100’s Wells Adams prepared to hand over the 2013 Music City Mayhem crown to local family-band folk-rockers Lulu Mae, he stopped to give a special acknowledgement to runner-up Mercy Bell. “In all our years of doing this,” he mused, “we’ve never seen anyone hustle like Mercy and her crew.…
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[Ticket Giveaway] The Generationals with Brass Bed | The High Watt | May 10
It’s been almost two years since I started this little rag, and the band I’m about to talk about is one of the reasons that it ever started at all. As a transplant from a larger market, bands that pinged highly on Pitchfork (I’ll save my diatribe on that one for…
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The National w/ Frightened Rabbit | 9.8 @ The Ryman | Presale Details!
Indie post-punks The National recently announced a fall tour in support of their highly-anticipated new album, Trouble Will Find Me (out 5/20), which includes a stop at our very own Ryman Auditorium on Sunday, September 8. The group last played The Ryman in 2010, and last played Nashville at Vanderbilt’s Rites of Spring in 2011.…
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Neutral Milk Hotel Add Tennessee Dates to Reunion Tour
While it looks like we’re still going to have to wait a bit for a Nashville show (more east and midwest dates are still TBA, so we’re not giving up hope!), the newly-reunited Neutral Milk Hotel have just unveiled another round of tour dates. In addition to the previously-announced Athens and Asheville dates,…
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East Nashville Underground Spring 2013 | Friday Night Preview
Hell to the YES! It’s that time again, Nashville — where we celebrate another season like some indie rock pagans in a home-grown festival fit for Dionysus in skinny jeans. Spring is SPRUNG and we’re making like Punxsutawney Phil and heading underground for what is sure to be the most…
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Courtney Jaye Releases Love and Forgiveness Today & a Grimey’s In-store
I’m admittedly not a fan of today’s country music. It’s a personal choice. I respect your personal choices, so please don’t waste your time or mine leaving hating messages about my personal choices. To be honest, I haven’t always cringed at country. I actually have a very soft spot in…
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Drink it Black: Mercy Lounge Recap of Wall of Death, Hanni El Khatib, and The Black Angels
Black. Black____. The Black_____. Black____Sun. Blackity Black Black. Black is so HOT right now. Can we thank those two men responsible, The *bleep* Keys? Even when I go to work, this is the only wardrobe color allowed. My instruments happen to be black and I carry them in a case…
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Interview: Chad Stokes of Dispatch
Recently, I was lucky enough to chat with Chad Stokes Urmston of legendary indie-rock outfit Dispatch, who are preparing to launch their upcoming summer tour with a night at The Ryman on May 29th. Check out what Chad had to say about Nashville, NASA, and Dispatch’s new album Circles Around the…
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