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  • Hanni El Khatib at The End on Saturday (7/2)

    Don’t despair if you weren’t lucky enough to nail down U2 tickets in the 14 seconds that they were onsale.  Hanni El Khatib is playing at The End on Saturday night, and that show will surely cost you a lot less than your StubHub-ing alternative.  And, just think about it, you will be getting…

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  • Bobby Bare Jr.’s Pixies Tribute Band

    Tonight in Nashville…. Nashvillian Bobby Bare Jr. will be performing tonight (7/1) at The 5 Spot with members of And You Will Know Us By The Trail Of Dead and Cassette Tapes.  They will be performing as a Pixies tribute band called Is She Weird, Is She White.  Tickets are $5.  The evening’s festivities…

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  • GIVERS – Bonnaroo Review

    Indie music’s next Vampire Weekend just might be GIVERS.  This Lafayette, Louisiana indie pop band played at Bonnaroo’s On Tap Lounge on Friday evening (6/10), and they were probably deserving of a larger venue at the festival.  The packed crowd was moving and grooving to the sounds.  Definitely a highlight of the festival for…

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  • F*cked Up, JEFF The Brotherhood, and Diarrhea Planet tonight (6/30)

    Tonight in Nashville….  If you need a bit more energy than David Gray at the Grand Ole Opry, you should check out Fucked Up, JEFF The Brotherhood, and Diarrhea Planet at Exit/In starting at 9pm.  It’s going to be insane!

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  • J. Roddy Walston headlining Lebowski Fest in Louisville

    My personal Bonnaroo stand out band, J. Roddy Walston & The Business (Bonnaroo preview post & Post Bonnaroo review post) are playing at Louisville’s bowling, all-things-dude Lebowski Festival on Friday July 15th.  Tickets are only $15.  So, dig through the Salvation Army to find your best costume, and head a few hours up the…

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  • Wilco at the Ryman and a New Record

    Nashville Cream and Pitchfork are reporting that Wilco will be playing at the Ryman on October 1st and 2nd.  The fall tour will support the release of a new Wilco album The Whole Love which releases on Wilco’s new dBpm label on September 27th. The tickets and shows are not yet listed on the…

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  • Growlers video from The End

    Did you see the Noisey video of the Growlers performing at The End last month.  Nashville Cream posted the video on their blog yesterday, and it includes some fun Nashville references.  Check it out here.

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  • We Were The States at The End on 7/1

    Murfreesboro indie-rockers We Were The States are playing at The End in Nashville on Friday July 1st.  Offering up a frenetic mix of punk-twinged-guitar-rock with pop hooks, these guys have been playing together since 2007.  They released their first LP Believe The Theives in 2008 which received pretty widespread acclaim.  Their sophomore release Rasa…

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  • Foster the People playing at Grimey’s before The Cannery (6/29)

    If you can’t find tickets to Foster the People at The Cannery on Wednesday night, you might want to try to get over to Grimey’s Records for a pre-show starting at 6:30.  Given that the Cannery show is sold out, I would expect the Grimey’s event to be pretty packed, so you might want…

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  • Four new singles from F*cked Up released today

    Fucked Up (who are playing Exit/In with JEFF the Brotherhood on Thursday 6/29) has released four new singles that complete the Rock Opera album David Comes To Life. The four singles and 7 songs comprising the introduction and epilogue to David Comes To Life are out today for lucky participants in the Buy Early…

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