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Twas a week before Christmas, but by all accounts, Not a soul was rejoicing, except in the South. Where musicians were stringing guitars with great care, Preparing to carol at to-night’s affair. No Country was busy, all up to their heads, Printing off lyrics, and scouring for threads’. So you can all sing, and…
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Even if you’re not into adult-alternative roots/jam-rock, you have to respect bands like Carbon Leaf. Though the genre experienced a renaissance in the ’90s with the rise of names like Blues Traveler and DMB, it remains perhaps the most “blue-collar” domain of popular music. Blue-collar not necessarily in terms of the genre’s audience, but…
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Are you excited to come out and show your support at this Friday’s Luella and the Sun Benefit Show at Mercy Lounge yet? We certainly are. In case you haven’t heard, Luella and the Sun guitarist, Joe McMahan, recently lost a portion of his home and their studio to a fire, and we’re helping to…
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It’s my opinion that well-written, non-trite website bios are extraordinarily difficult to come by in the world of music, so it’s quite a treat when I dig up those that just say it much better than I was ever going to. From Truth and Salvage Co.‘s website: Afraid of destruction? Doom got ya down? …
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I don’t always go out. But when I do, I usually prefer to go out to Mercy Lounge, Cannery, or High Watt. As I mentioned in last week’s TWiN, there is no better place to “maximize your weekend-ly intake of beer, loud music, and general shenanigans than at good ‘ol 1 Cannery Row, Nashville…
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If Summerdaze didn’t satiate your appetite for indie rock this past weekend, you’ll have another chance to fill yourself up this coming Saturday at Neoteric Nashville 2013. We already gave you the scoop on the incredible lineup back in March, and, though some changes have been made since then, you can bet your britches…
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It seems to me that there are a few types of musical couples in the world. First, there are the gag-me-with-a-spoon, “why did you have to go and break up the Beatles,” John-and-Yoko type couples. Second, there are the incredibly badass, Jay-Z and Beyonce type, that you just know are poised to launch their…
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I’ve never realized my dream of becoming a radio DJ (at least not yet), but I try my hardest to turn strangers onto good music via the sound system at my local gym. So far, I’m 2/2 with this one guy. He’s just picking up what I’m putting down. A month ago, he stopped…
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Two interviews in one day?! Whhaaaaat? We got a chance to talk with another one of the bands set to perform at our Second Anniversary Show, Daniel Ellsworth and the Great Lakes. In case you haven’t heard yet, we’ll be celebrating our two-year anniversary this Saturday at the Basement with a cohort of amazing…
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Milktooth has got a bit of a leg up on the other bands performing at our Anniversary Show. First, they’ve already arranged and performed a song from Beck’s Song Reader as part of their “Stay Home America” cover series. Second, their arrangement was solid enough to get re-tweeted by the B-man himself. We got…