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Longtime Nashville music fans likely remember the good times, but also the ultimate demise of Vanderbilt’s student radio station, WRVU, in 2011. This blog started up mere months before the station was shut down, but, even in our short time in town, we fell in love with the free-form, truly independent station and their…
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Umphrey’s McGee The Ryman Auditorium; Nashville, TN February 6, 2015 Review by Kevin Casler “An evening with Umphrey’s McGee” – such a pleasant way of saying you are going to receive a good old fashioned face melting. Who would have ever thought a “jam band” could sell out a Friday night show in Nashville, Tennessee,…
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Banner by Plan Left Punxsutawney Phil thinks we have six more weeks of winter, but the heat of this weekend’s show calendar might beg to differ. We have a bevy of sold out shows that a lot of you lucky readers will be checking out, but, for those of you without golden tickets, fear not,…
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We’ve been telling you about the impending return of the English explosion that is Alt-J since they first announced their Nashville return, and then we got an extra bump in our anticipation with the addition of Tycho to the April 6 bill at The Grand Ole Opry House. This one, amazingly, is not quite sold out yet. You can either go ahead…
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Ding, ding, ding…. a toast, please. Would you believe that The Basement was one of the main catalysts of starting this blog? Upon my first visit to Nashville before deciding to officially relocate here, I obtained an obnoxious outfit (inspired by the many foolishly dressed folks from Steeplechase that were wandering the city) and…
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It’s that time of year again. The time of year when bands lobby, beg, and plead for your vote to send them to Bonnaroo. The wildly successful (and fun) 8 off 8th variation of Battle Of The Bands, Road To Bonnaroo will retain the same format as last year. There will be ten bands in…
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If you are looking to find your new favorite band tonight, head to fooBAR on the east side to catch Atlanta’s Spirits And The Melchizedek Children. The band has been touring relentlessly in support of their most recent release So Happy It’s Sad, which the AV Club described as “Richly layered meditations that float in the…
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Banner by H Maher Creative In a weekend that will be dominated by overeating and drinking and discussing the inflation psi of footballs, there are still some big shows that are happening over the big game weekend. The pickings are slimmer, but we have some top picks, including a reggae debut and an EP…