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St. Vincent played at Portlandia: The Tour in New York
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Do you remember that Portlandia: The Tour is coming to Nashville’s Marathon Music Works on February 24th? Well, things are underway with that tour already, and we got a sneak peek of the kind of action that Portlandia will bring. For those of you that have watched the show, you know they like to…
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Free 9th Anniversary Party at Mercy Lounge, Friday & Saturday in Nashville
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Can you believe that Mercy Lounge has been around for 9 years already? Well…. I can, I guess. I mean, I wasn’t here 9 years ago, and I was 17 when I moved out of this area… anyway, it’s still a pretty bad ass line up of shows for their celebration this weekend. I’ve…
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Bonnaroo rumors [updated]: Who’s gonna headline 2012?
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Pre-sale tickets are sold out for the 2012 Bonnaroo festival. This got my rumor wheels turning. I’ve been thinking non-stop about who might be headlining next year, and I’m finally just going to publish this so I can move on to something else. So, let’s start discussing some possibilities. Let me know if you…
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Bleed The Ballroom w/ Denney and The Jets, John McCauley (Deer Tick, Diamond Rugs), and more…
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Have you made it out to a “Bleed The Ballroom” party yet? I made it to the third installment a couple of weeks ago, and it was kind of like I crashed a house party. It’s not to say that I wasn’t welcomed, but it’s rare that you are in such a small space…
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Dr. John & Dan Auerbach working on an album in Nashville
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Most of you have probably already seen this “newsy bit”, but I wanted to reiterate it’s awesome-ness. I was backstage at Bonnaroo watching Dr. John and Dan Auerbach chat it up last summer before their Superjam. It’s the kind of thing that I would normally try to steathily snap an awful, blurry photo which…
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Lana Del Rey backlash… Does Jack White have the answer?
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Things are starting to get nauseating for young Lana Del Rey (and frankly it’s getting funny for the rest of us) as the swirling commentary continues over her performance on Saturday Night Live last week. Things really got heated up when NBC Anchor Brian Williams publicly ripped Del Rey’s performance in an email to…
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Diamond Rugs give you their first single “Gimme A Beer”
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Do you remember us telling you about Diamond Rugs right around the end of the year? Then we caught a glimpse of this madness of that debut show at The Earl in Atlanta and showed you a bit of that mayhem? Well, they are officially releasing their first single “Gimme A Beer”, and they…
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Christian Luthi, Church Mice, and Vinyl Thief, Mercy Lounge, Tonight in Nashville
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We’ve already told you about Cass McCombs playing at FooBar tonight, but let’s say you don’t like slow, heartbreaking music… or maybe you are just afraid of East Nashville. If that’s the case, then you should consider heading over to Mercy Lounge for the Electro-rockers Vinyl Thief, acoustic popster Christian Luthi, and local pop…
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Screaming Females release new song via Tiny Desk Concert
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Screaming Females rolled through Nashville back in October, and they ripped up The End. Well, they are still out making some noise with their new song, “It All Means Nothing” that they debuted on NPR’s Tiny Desk Concert series. You can check that out here. I am sure that lead singer Marissa Paternoster can’t…