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Canon Blue, Brooke Waggoner, & Empires at The Basement, December 9, Nashville (FREE TICKET GIVEAWAY)
Normally, I just give you a day notice for great shows, but I am posting this one up early for several reason. First, I’m pretty excited about this show. Second, there are a lot of things going on in Nashville this weekend, and want to let you know about it before weekend plans are…
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Third Round of SXSW Bands Announced
The SXSW lineup is beginning to fill out, and, of course, It is freaking massive. In the initial lineup announcement, Nashville was represented by The Ettes, Matthew Perryman Jones, PUJOL, & Turbo Fruits. We we can now add the names of Nasvhille’s The Apache Relay, The Black Belles, Cory Branan, David Mayfield Parade, &…
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New Music Releases 12/6/11
This will probably be one of the last weeks of any notable new music releases this year before the holidays start. Most everyone is talking about the Black Keys release of El Camino today, but there are a few others that you might want to consider as well. I’ve given you a run down…
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Get to Know: Diamond Rugs
Supergroup news… Deer Tick leadman (and new Nashville resident) John McCauley has joined up with Ian Saint Pé of Black Lips, Steve Berlin of Los Lobos, Hardy Morris of Dead Confederate, and Bryan Dufresne of Six Finger Satellite to bring us a side project known as Diamond Rugs (you think that could come from,…
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Best Music of 2011 List (Nashville Shows edition)
We started this blog when I returned to Nashville in May of 2011. Since then, I’ve been to see LOTS of shows and met lots of great people. I’m excited about all the comments, emails, tweets, and facebook posts that we have gotten, and the general enthusiasm that people are showing us for our…
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Mr. Gnome, The End, Tonight In Nashville
Loud, melancholic guitar rock. Man, I could eat that for breakfast, lunch, and dinner, and that why I’m going to see Mr. Gnome tonight at The End in Nashville. Mr. Gnome are a two piece indie rock band out of Cleveland, OH. They’ve been putting out records since 2006, and have an awesome new…
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New & Notes for Nashville – December edition
Once again, I can’t even open a webpage on my computer because I have so many tabs open. So, it’s time for me to clean off the desk. Here’s what I’m throwing into the files today. I have enough to do a Nashville edition and a not-so-Nashville edition. I’ll break those into two for…
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The Alabama Shakes, Mercy Lounge, Tonight In Nashville
I am not sure there has been a bigger buzz band in the past 6 months than The Alabama Shakes. The origins of this Athens, ALABAMA four piece began two years ago when Heath Fogg called on Brittany Howard to open a set for his own band. Who knows what happened to Fogg’s original…