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Sleigh Bells leak “Born To Lose”
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We talked recently in a News and Notes post about Sleigh Bells sophomore record “Reign of Terror” that is due out on Valentine’s Day 2012 (that’s February 14th for those of you without a heart or a girlfriend to remind you). We showed you the teaser trailer for that new release in our previous…
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2012 Bonnaroo Rumors updated: The Beach Boys announce reunion
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We had a pretty popular post a couple of weeks ago about rumors of headliners for the 2012 edition of Bonnaroo. We touched upon some of the possibilities including Radiohead, Black Sabbath, The Cure, Red Hot Chili Peppers, No Doubt, Raconteurs, Foo Fighters, and lots and lots more… One of the responses that I…
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The Futurebirds, The Basement, Tonight In Nashville
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The holidays are fast approaching, and, after this weekend, you will start to notice lots of gaps in concert calendars around town. I have quite a few shows this weekend that you should think about treating yourself to before the full blitz of the holidays comes crashing down on you. First up, The Futurebirds…
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The Head and The Heart pre-sale ticket information
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The Head and The Heart are playing at The Cannery Ballroom on Saturday March 24th. I know that is a long way away, but you can get pre-sale tickets today until 10pm. If you don’t know who The Head and The Heart are, you can check out the post that we did about them…
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Hanni El Khatib’s “You Rascal You” is NPR’s Song of the Day
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I haven’t really gotten back to Hanni El Khatib since we talked about him before Bonnaroo and then again for his little (if you didn’t have tickets to U2) gig at The End in July. Well, thank you NPR for a tweet to remind me to listen to his debut full length record again…
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Ovvio Arte’s “Bleed The Ballroom” Thursday night party, Round II
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We told you last week about the weekly Ovvio Arte parties that were starting up, and that first installment was a pretty big success. Well, riding on the coattails of that success, we have our second installment tonight. Party residents Denney and The Jets will again be headlining, but this week will also include…
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News and Notes, Nashville Edition – mid December
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In the Nashville edition of “I need to clean off my desktop and restart my computer”, we have a Nashville City Guide by Diarrhea Planet, JTB’s TDC, and some videos (The Kingston Springs, Vinyl Thief, The Lonely H, and Vitek) from a recent 8 off 8th at Mercy Lounge. Wow, that is even shorter…
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News and Notes (that aren’t quite Nashville) – Mid December edition
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Must. Restart. Computer. So, here we go again with some not necessarily Nashville news about EMA, WU LYF, The National with Bon Iver and Phish, ?uestlove gets his hand slapped, Pete Sandoval plays some amazing drums, and Lou Reed disses on Nashville to save himself from Lulu. EMA has more tour dates announced in…
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Pitchfork Releases their Top 100 tracks of 2011 with a Spotify playlist
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We just gave you a very scant rundown of new music releases for this week. However, we can also direct you to Pitchfork’s Top 100 tracks for 2011 that just released this morning. That’s always a fun read. To up the ante, Pitchfork also made some poor intern put all of those tracks together…
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New Music Releases for 12/13/11
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This is probably going to be the shortest new music release post of the year. Do you remember back in the fall when we were clocking out 10-12 new records each week that you needed to find time to listen to? Well, below you will see the scant pre-holiday selection. I’ve tried to link…