• Free Beer Island Show, Nashville

    The always entertaining Nashville Cream is reporting that a music festival is happening at the awesomely named Free Beer Island in Nashville’s Percy Priest Lake.  The festival starts at noon on Sunday, August 14th (don’t believe any poster stating August 13th that you may see) and continues until 5:45 pm. …

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  • Das Racist in Nashville!!!

    You know Das Racist?  The hysterical, not-afraid-to-rap-over-anything dudes from NY?  The dudes that rapped over Billy Joel in “You Oughta Know”, brought you the inspirationally confusing “Combination Taco Bell and Pizza Hut” which followed into the hysterical White Castle opening lyrics to start the following song “Rainbow In The Dark”…..…

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  • Did you miss Bon Iver at The Ryman?

    Did you miss Bon Iver at The Ryman last week?  If so, don’t fret, NPR recorded last night’s show at The 9:30 Club in Washington, DC.  You can head over to NPR’s website to listen or download (for free) the entire show.  I listened to about half of the live…

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  • New show listings – Childish Gambino and Raconteurs

    Two new Nashville shows were just announced.  Childish Gambino will bring his intelligent, underground hip-hop to the Cannery Ballroom on October 6th (tickets on sale Friday 8/5 at 10am), and Jack White’s Raconteurs will play The Ryman on September 15th (tickets on sale Friday 8/5 at Noon).  You know the…

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  • Black Lips at Exit/In on August 3rd

    We mentioned this when tickets went on sale, but it is worth reminding.  “Flower Punk” rockers, Black Lips will be destroying Nashville’s Exit/In on Wednesday, August 3rd.  The tour is in support of their acclaimed new LP, Arabia Mountain.  Click here for tickets.  The opener Night Beats starts things off…

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  • WU LYF

    Why can’t I stop listening to this WU LYF album? WU LYF (an acronym for “World Unite! Lucifer Youth Foundation”….. well, that sure clears it up) is a post-rocky sort of band out of Manchester, England.  They are an emerging British buzz band who interacts (by design) very little with…

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  • Trigger Hippy, The Basement, Tonight in Nashville

    Tonight in Nashville, WHOA!!!! Do you know about Trigger Hippy?  No, not that Morcheeba song (“Trigger Hippie”) that you cheesed out to back in the day.  I’m talking about the “super”group that teased in 2009, and has since resurfaced with new recruits Joan Osbourne and Jackie Greene.  The band’s founding…

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  • Little Tybee, The End, Tonight in Nashville

    Tonight in Nashville…. Are you looking for some good music to see tonight (7/29/11) in Nashville?  Then look no further than Little Tybee at The End.  An orch-pop (or progressive folk) band with Paper Garden Records, Little Tybee is an Atlanta based upstart (ranging from five to eight members) that…

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