• The Zoltars, Free at Grimey’s, 6pm, July 20

    Austin-based rock band The Zoltars are on their first tour right now, and they will be in Nashville today (7/20) playing FOR FREE at Grimey’s Record Store at 6pm.  These guys are another perfect example of the psychadelic rock that is brewing out of Texas these days. What else do…

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  • Lera Lynn

    My Old Kentucky Blog tipped me off about Lera Lynn and her amazing covers.  Lera is an Athens Georgia based singer songwriter that was formerly the voice of the folk-pop band Birds and Wire.  Lera just released her debut album, Have You Met Lera Lynn?, and she will be in…

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  • tUnE-yArDs @ Exit/in on 9/30

    We talked about Merrill Garbus’ ransom note spelled musical project tUnE-yArDs back when we were talking about Thao and Mirah.  Well, multi-instrumentalist Merrill is taking her show on the road in support of her second record, w h o k i l l, and she will be rolling through Nashville…

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  • Mona’s new Daytrotter session

    Do  you know about Nashville’s own Mona?  Well, if the predictions are correct, you are going to know about them very soon.  Mona is blowing up in the UK right now.  They were long listed in the BBC’s Sound of 2011 poll (a UK poll of bands that are about…

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  • Nirvana tributes and Deervana

    This is the 20th anniversary of Nirvana’s historic Nevermind album (damn, I feel old).  Lots of tributes and concerts are going on to commemorate, and probably the best tribute mix is the one that Spin Magazine will be releasing tomorrow for free.  The Spin tribute includes covers by Meat Puppets,…

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  • Toro y Moi, The End, 7/16

    Chillwave indie-pop funkster Toro y Moi (a.k.a. Chazwick Bundick) is all the rage across the internet these days.  With the upcoming release of another EP, Freaking Out, to follow up his second LP, Underneath The Pine, released in February 2011, multi-instrumentalist Chaz (Can I call you Chaz?  what’s that?  oh,…

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  • Arctic Monkeys and Smith Westerns pre-sale for War Memorial 10/5

    Today is “ticket day”, so dust off that credit card. Tickets for the October 1st and 2nd Wilco shows at The Ryman go on sale at noon.  Tickets for the October 16th Pains for Being Pure At Heart show at Mercy Lounge go on sale at 9am.  Tickets for the…

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  • The Black Keys finish recording new album

    The Black Keys have finished recording a new album according to Spin Magazine.  This will be the duo’s seventh full length, third album produced by Danger Mouse, and the first to be fully recorded in Auerbach’s new Nashville recording studio.  Though temper your expectations for an Attack & Release/Brothers part…

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