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The Dead Weather Announce Sept. Release for Third LP ‘Dodge & Burn’
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Third Man Records have just announced that supergroup The Dead Weather will release their much-anticipated and long-awaited third album finally this September after half a year of teasing fans with tracks released exclusively to Third Man’s vinyl collecting fan club The Vault and promising a new record despite the members’ busy schedules. Dodge &…
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[PREVIEW] The Melvins w/ Le Butcherettes @ Exit/In This Sunday
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Grunge pioneers The Melvins are playing with Mexican punk band Le Butcherettes at Exit/In on Sunday night for a bill that any punk purist would be remiss to miss. The Melvins are best known for essentially creating the slow, sludgy sound that would define the grunge movement of the Pacific Northwest, and they toured…
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ZZ Ward Drops New Single “Lonely” | See her at Marathon Music Works on 9/4!
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Soul-pop singer ZZ Ward is gearing up to release her sophomore record This Means War, as well as start a national tour that includes a stop at Marathon Music Works on Friday, September 4. The first couple of songs from the album are showing a poppier, more electronic side of Ward, whose music has…
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[REVIEW + PHOTOS] Secret Club, The Smoking Flowers, The Cunning, & Brian Ritchey | The Basement | June 26, 2015
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Secret Club. photo by Gary Acquaro. Secret Club w/ The Smoking Flowers, The Cunning, & Brian Ritchey The Basement; Nashville, TN Friday, June 26 Review by Jacqui Sahagian. Photos by Gary Acquaro. Local punks Secret Club celebrated the release of their debut album Apocalypse Meow with a rollicking show at The Basement on Friday night, which showed…
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[PREVIEW] Mary Gauthier & Allison Moorer @ City Winery | Sunday, June 28
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Two of alt-country’s finest female troubadours are playing City Winery on Sunday night. Between them Mary Gauthier and Allison Moorer have more songwriting awards, critical accolades, and stories from troubled southern pasts than one can quite believe. Gauthier’s new album, Trouble and Love, came out earlier this month and has been getting rapturous reviews…
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Ruby Amanfu Covers Kanye West’s “Streetlights” Ahead of New Album
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Nashville-based singer Ruby Amanfu is probably best known for lending her vocals to Jack White’s first solo album Blunderbuss, in particular on the first single “Love Interruption.” She did work with White on both of his solo records, and toured with him in support of Blunderbuss, but Amanfu has also sung with Ben Folds,…
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Lindi Ortega Debuts New Single “Ashes” | Catch Her at Ink N Iron Festival This Summer!
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Alt-country americana singer-songwriter Lindi Ortega cut her teeth for nearly a decade in her hometown Toronto’s indie scene before relocating to Nashville. Her brand of super authentic country music infused with traditional folk music of America and Mexico as well as gospel, soul, and alternative rock make her much-adored by critics and music lovers…
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[PREVIEW] The Rashita Joneses w/ MELK, Filter Free Rodeo, & Caligulove @ Springwater on Saturday
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Milk is good for your bones and MELK is good for your ears. Our favorite local protopunks are opening for Wisconsin-based garage-psych band The Rashita Joneses at Springwater on Saturday, along with local indie rockers Caligulove and psychedelic rock band also out of Wisconsin Filter Free Rodeo. If you saw MELK around the time they played…
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Riot Grrls Babes in Toyland Announce Show @ Exit/In November 2, Tickets on Sale Today
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Babes in Toyland are the legendary ’90s riot grrl band credited by many with essentially inventing the riot grrl genre, from the kinderwhore look of tattered baby doll dresses and bow barrettes to the aggressive feminist message played within the punk/grunge sound coming out of the Pacific Northwest. Almost 30 years after they broke…
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ZZ Ward Drops “Love 3X” Video Ahead of Sept. 4 at Marathon Music Works
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We’ve already let you know that ZZ Ward is playing Marathon Music Works on Friday, Sept. 4 as she tours in support of her upcoming album This Means War. The vintage pop singer was a breakout face from the festival circuit last year, including a killer Thursday set at Bonnaroo 2014. Fans have been waiting…