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No Country’s Guide to Freakin’ Weekend VIII | March 9-11
Founded as a humble, DIY, single-location festival by the fine folks at Nashville’s Dead, the annual Freakin’ Weekend fest helped propel Nashville’s underground punk scene to national relevance, growing, over the years, to a multi-venue, multi-day showcase of the best of local and national punk, indie, garage rock, hardcore, and more. Announced last…
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Watch Hippo Campus Perform “Way It Goes” on ‘Conan’ | Catch Them March 22 @ The Basement East
Greeted with praise for the recent release of their debut full-length, landmark, Minneapolis indie popsters Hippo Campus made a return visit to Conan last night to perform infectious new single “Way It Goes.” The group have visited Nashville twice the last two years in a row, more often as a supporting act, for great bands…
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See Fossil Youth w/ Pumpkinseed, Grand Transit, Sequoia Movement, & Parks | TONIGHT @ Dad’s
Hailing from the small town of Enid, OK, up and coming alt/emo act Fossil Youth are set to make a stop at Murfreesboro DIY space Dad’s Garage, along with a great local support bill, tonight, March 9! We mention a lot of little punk shows in passing, but it’s important to stress just how vibrant…
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HalfNoise Debuts New Video for “French Class”
Last month month was a busy one for HalfNoise, the solo musical outlet of local artist Zac Farro, who, after six years, just officially rejoined his famed former band Paramore, ahead of their highly-anticiapted fifth LP. Indicating that he plans to keep HalfNoise going full speed ahead as well, Farro recently…
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Send LUKR, EZA, My Red + Blue, & More Off to SXSW w/ a Nashville House Showcase TONIGHT @ The High Watt
As we detailed a few weeks back, not only are a huge mass of local artists headed to Austin next week for SXSW, per usual, but this year many Nashville favorites are also coming together at the fest for something extra special: a totally stacked “Nashville House” showcase on Tuesday, March…
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Against Me! Debut “Haunting, Haunted, Haunts” Video | See Them Tonight in Memphis
While they graced us with both a headlining and co-headling show in 2014, seminal punk outfit Against Me!, whose seventh full-length Shape Shift With Me arrived last fall, seem long-overdue for a Music City return. We’ve gotten our fix at festivals (Forecastle in 2014, Bonnaroo in 2015, Shaky Knees in 2016), but nothing beats…
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No Country Presents: The Broomestix & Chris Ayer | Tuesday, March 14 @ Acme Feed & Seed
We are powering into Spring with the 2017 season of our long-running showcase series at Acme Feed & Seed, settling into a new format that includes rotating DJ sets ahead of largely two-band bills going forward. Our next show will take place Tuesday, March 14 with funk/soul ensemble The Broomestix in the headlining spot, along with pop…
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Allen Thompson, Creature Comfort, Stelle Amor, & More Compete in FREE Road to Roo Preliminary Round | TONIGHT @ Acme
We went over this last year, but former Battle of the Bands-style competition series the “Road to Bonnaroo,” in which three Mercy Lounge showcases resulted in three local bands earning a coveted Bonnaroo spot, came to a close after its 2015 season. However, last year, the similarly-named but very differently structured Road…






