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Following in the earlier timeframe adopted over the past couple of years, and keeping in pace with other major national festivals, which have become increasingly more competitive in getting a jump on extra early lineup announcements, Bonnaroo has revealed its full 2o17 performance slate, featuring previously announced headliners U2, along with other top line acts Red Hot Chili…

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Bonnaroo‘s annual lineup guessing game, Roo Clues, has moved in recent years to a social-media based, faster paced tease in the weeks leading up the festival’s full announcement. Though we long for the days that we had to scout out real world hints over multiple months to analyze mind-numbing puzzles, it’s still fun to solve…
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No band are more inextricably linked with the notion of ’00s emo, perhaps, than Chris Carrabba-helmed outfit Dashboard Confessional. Initially conceived as a solo side project, while Chris served as frontman for Florida cult emo favorite Further Seems Forever, Dashboard found a swift indie following with 2000 debut The Swiss Army Romance, and by 2003 third effort, A Mark,…
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Both New York based, Saddle Creek signed acts celebrating fantastic (and somewhat under the radar) debut albums, Big Thief and opener Sam Evian are set to bring their folk rock and glistening indie pop stylings to The High Watt on Jan. 14. We focus on a wide range of shows, and though it’s sometimes easy to overlook up and coming touring…
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Punk veteran turned alt-country singer-songwriter extraordinaire Alejandro Escovedo has been crafting amazing and diverse music since the ’70s, and throughout his many years and projects, has become something of a modern legend. Celebrating his latest solo release, Burn Something Beautiful, Escovedo is set to return to Music City for the first time in several years Jan. 14,…

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Following in the earlier timeframe adopted over the past couple of years, and keeping in pace with other major national festivals, which have become increasingly more competitive in getting a jump on extra early lineup announcements, Bonnaroo has revealed that its full 2o17 performance slate (at least all of it but the club stages, if pattern…
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New Year’s Eve is nearly here, and given the general consensus on how terrible this year has been, 2017 can’t arrive soon enough. Still, though, Dec. 31 is a chance to bid the year farewell and turn an eye towards in the future in most celebratory way possible, and here in Nashville, there’s no better way…
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The alter-ego of celebrated local singer-songwriter Todd Snider, Elmo Buzz and his revolving backing band The Eastside Bulldogs started as a joke persona and a way to dodge radius clauses, but has evolved into a fully realized musical entity, complete with a great new album, Eastside Bulldog. Recruiting the talent of longtime friends and collaborators Elizabeth Cook, Aaron Lee Tasjan, and Rorey Carroll,…
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What started as a small run of shows meant to celebrate the 10th anniversary of their beloved sophomore album, The Everglow, alt rock outfit Mae‘s tour quickly turned into a full-blown affair, which brought them to Exit/In last year for a triumphant Music City return. Since then, the group, who can at least partially claim Nashville…
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Following in the footsteps of both Chris Stapleton and Margo Price last season, breakout local alt-country revivalist Sturgill Simpson, whose brilliant third album A Sailor’s Guide to Earth just nabbed a well-deserved and surprise Album of the Year Grammy nomination (as well as one for Best Country Album), has been tapped to appear as the musical guest on Saturday…