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No Country in a Nutshell: The Weekly Recap | 4.8-4.14
Another exciting week down. Last week brought tons of a tour announcements, a couple of local Kickstarters worth checking out, a new night for our favorite local radio show, some great new record and video releases, the national television debut of a local favorite, and even a surprise Record Store Day performance announcement from the biggest…
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Paramore Expected to Debut at #1; Set to Perform at Grimey’s for Record Store Day
In recent weeks, we’ve brought you news about new singles, videos, magazine covers, television appearances, and more from Nashville indie pop/pop punk group Paramore, leading up to this week’s release of the band’s highly-anticipated new self-titled album. Their first release since the departure of founding members Josh and Zac Farro, Paramore is a sonic leap forward…
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[Ticket Giveaway] Cold War Kids w/ Houses | Cannery Ballroom | 4.16
Earlier today, when we told you about our ticket giveaway for Tuesday’s Wavves & FIDLAR show at Mercy Lounge, we mentioned that we’d be running a lot more giveaways over the next few weeks. Well, to prove we weren’t kidding, here’s another great show you can score tickets for! Not only are Cold War Kids and Houses playing…
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Bonnaroo Band of the Day: Lee Fields & The Expressions
Bonnaroo Artist | Lee Fields & The Expressions Bonnaroo History | Newbie Stage & Time: | What Stage | Sunday | 12:30PM Soul singer Lee Fields has been making music since his first release in 1969, but his collaboration with backing band The Expressions dates back only to 2009. Their latest (and second) album, Faithful Man, is a further expansion of the new-meets-old, dense…
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Battle of the Pop Stars
Nashville’s own Taylor Swift just debuted her brand new commercial for Diet Coke, one week after Beyonce unveiled her new Pepsi ad. Swift’s spot depicts the country pop singer writing the lyrics for her hit song “22,” with a little help from fans of all walks of life (and from Diet Coke, of course). Beyonce’s ad, on the other hand, showcases…
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Jay-Z Wants You To Chill About His Trip to Cuba
As you’ve provably heard, the royal couple of hip hop, Jay-Z and Beyonce, recently took a Cuban vacation. The trip, which was officially sanctioned by the U.S. treasury department, has stirred up some minor controversy and requests for inquiry from Florida politicians over the past week. U.S. tourism to Cuba is officially illegal, but the couple was granted a license to travel…
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Bonnaroo Band of the Day: Fatoumata Diawara
Bonnaroo Artist | Fatoumata Diawara Bonnaroo History | Newbie Stage & Time: | That Tent | Friday | 3PM We’ve featured several Bonnaroo bands from outside of the U.S. so far, but Malian singer Fatoumata Diawara (sometimes shortened to simply “Fatou”) is the first artist we’ve covered that you’d likely find filed under “world music” in your record store.…
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States Launch Kickstarter Campaign to Fund Sophomore Album
Last week, we told you a bit about Nashville poppy indie rockers States when we brought you an awesome Justin Timberlake cover video from frontwoman Mindy White. Just to recap, States was formed by former members of Lydia and Copeland. They exploded onto the indie pop scene in late 2010 with their stellar debut EP Line ‘Em…
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Paramore Debut New Album; Video | Set to Perform on Kimmel
Nashville indie pop rockers Paramore released their self-titled new album, the group’s first since 2009, today (and it’s already dominating the iTunes charts)! Paramore is the band’s first release since the departure of brothers and founding members Josh and Zac Farro. Produced by Justin Meldal-Johnsen (Beck, Nine Inch Nails, M83), the record marks a dramatic shift in…
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Nashville Pioneers to Host Second Press Conference
As you may recall, the Pioneers, Nashville’s official basketball team, hosted their inaugural press conference back in December and we were in attendance. Since then, the team has appeared on Steve Gorman Sports, sent a representative to compete in Korea, and have hosted such live events as a Space Jam movie night/dance party. This press conference is taking…