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  • The “Road To Bonnaroo” Begins Tonight at Mercy Lounge

    You may (or may not) have noticed that the posts have been scarce for the past week or so.  That’s because I was rumbling along in a truck across the country to officially settle into Nashville.  So, it’s fitting that we start things back up here with a reminder about the road to Bonnaroo…

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  • New Music Releases – 2/21/12

    We at No Country are road tripping the great United States.  Not in the really fun way that you might think of touring all the great American venues from coast to coast, but in the driving a Uhaul 2,400 miles through the southern US kind of road tripping.  That being said, this notable new…

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  • Ringo Starr to play The Ryman on July 7th

    It’s a July 7th birthday tradition for the unheralded Beatles drummer to pray for love and peace.  This year those 60’s traditions will be here in our fair city of Nashville when Ringo Starr will grace the Mother Church with a little prayer session at the Hard Rock Cafe in the afternoon.  You can…

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  • Hear a new Luke Roberts’ track

    Remember us telling you about Luke Roberts a few months ago?  Well, the Nashvillian, New Yorker, adventurer, and Nashvillian again Luke Roberts is at it again.  He has a new record titled The Iron Gates At Throop and Newport that will release on March 20th via Thrill Jockey.  You can pre-order that record here. …

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  • Sleigh Bells are playing a live online show tonight!

    Sleigh Bells are playing tonight at Terminal 5 in New York City.  It is very sold out, and, let’s face it, you probably weren’t traveling up there to see it anyway.  Well, the folks at The Bowery Presents are bringing the performance to you from the comfort of your own computer.  All you have…

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  • Vid of JEFF The Brotherhood playing with Alison Mosshart of The Kills

    We told you about the JEFF bros touring with The Kills.  T’was some primetime spotlight for these guys, and there is a pretty cool vid that recently surfaced of them performing “Whatever I Want” with Alison Mosshart of The Kills.  Check out that vid below, and get ready to see the Bogus Bros at…

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  • Alabama Shakes go global…

    The little indie band that got it’s start here in Nashville is all grown up.  Alabama Shakes have seen a meteoric rise in notoriety since we first started talking about them last summer.  They are confirmed to play SXSW, Sasquatch, Hang Out Festival, and Bonnaroo; they just announced tour dates with a swing through…

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  • Check out this awesome Polica video for “Amongster”

    Poliça’s debut record, Give You The Ghost, dropped on Tuesday, and it is in heavy rotation over here.  Spin just premiered the video for “Amongster” below, and you can check out their amazing Daytrotter session here. Once you are all finished with that stuff, roll down to Grimey’s to grab some tickets for Poliça…

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  • First listen of Lambchop’s new record

    Kurt Wagner is back with another Nashville collective of musicians for Lambchop’s 11th studio release, titled Mr. M.  The record is a really pretty and delicately orchestrated effort.  The record officially releases on February 21st on Merge Records, but they are offering a first listen over at NPR this week.  It’s definitely worth your time.

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  • New Music Releases – 2/14/12

    Here we go again with our picks of interesting New Music Releases for the week of February 14th.  As always, we’ve done our best to link some good reviews and a couple of tracks for you to check out.  It’s a pretty big list again this week.  So, I would start with Heartless Bastards,…

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