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Taylor Swift Yells at Goats; Billy Corgan Jumps into the Ring | Thank You, Internet!
As a hopelessly internet-addicted individual, I come across weird and hilarious things on a daily basis. Two of those things, which came to my attention today, are not only music-related, but also just too good to keep to myself. Enjoy! Taylor Swift yells at goats in “I Knew You Were a Goat When You Walked In”…
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Third Shift Spotlight: Los Colognes
If you haven’t heard, we’re teaming up with Third Shift Lager and some of our pals Electric Western Records, Elevent Productions, and East Nashville Underground for a one-night, two-stage, ten-band bill celebrating the diversity of Nashville’s independent music scene, and to send off the bands that have been selected to represent Nashville at South By Southwest 2013. The show is March 2nd, admission is totally…
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Third Shift Spotlight: The Howlin’ Brothers
If you haven’t heard, we’re teaming up with Third Shift Lager and some of our pals Electric Western Records, Elevent Productions, and East Nashville Underground for a one-night, two-stage, ten-band bill celebrating the diversity of Nashville’s independent music scene, and to send off the bands that have been selected to represent Nashville at South By Southwest 2013. The show is March 2nd, admission is totally…
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Bonnaroo’s Roo Clues | How’d We Do?
As you probably know, for the past 7 weeks Bonnaroo has been releasing lineup clues via haiku (some pieced together from 3 different sources, some hidden in a real-world location) called Roo Clues and we’ve been playing along to solve them. The festival JUST ANNOUNCED their official lineup, but, as with previous years, didn’t specifically match…
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Bonnaroo’s 2013 Lineup ANNOUNCED
It’s finally here! Here’s the ENTIRE 2013 Bonnaroo Lineup so far (more TBA announced at a later date): Here’s the lineup in alphabetical order: A-Trak Action Bronson Allen Stone Alt-J Amadou & Miriam Animal Collective Aoife O’Donovan Araabmuzik Ariel Pink’s Haunted Graffiti A$AP Rocky Baroness Beach House Bernhoft Big K.R.I.T. Billy Idol Björk Bombino…
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Don’t Miss Indie Rockers Frank Smith | Tonight @ The 5 Spot!
Let’s get one thing out of the way first: Frank Smith is a band, not a guy. Hailing from Austin by way of Boston, they’re also a band you need to know. They’ve actually got a decade of releases under their belt, but, if you’ve slept on them this long, there’s never been a better…
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Music on Television | 2.18-2.22
Once again, we’re bringing you our roundup of the best live music on television for the week. The amount of great performances can be hard to keep track of, so every Monday I’ll recap the best and most interesting of what’s coming up. I’ll be sure to give you one essential pick for each…
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Third Shift Spotlight: The JAG
If you haven’t heard, we’re teaming up with Third Shift Lager and some of our pals Electric Western Records, Elevent Productions, and East Nashville Underground for a one-night, two-stage, ten-band bill celebrating the diversity of Nashville’s independent music scene, and to send off the bands that have been selected to represent Nashville at South By Southwest 2013. The show is March 2nd,…
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Kickstarter Launches Their Official App; Gives Tristen a Nod
Kickstarter has long been the most popular platform for crowd funding creative projects. It’s widely-known, accessible, incentive-based, and easy to use. Because of this, it’s become a go-to platform for independent musicians to reach out to fans in order to secure funding for tours and record releases. It’s a really interesting and, so far, fruitful funding model…
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Alabama Shakes Rock SNL (Video)
It’s been a pretty crazy couple of weeks for Brittany Howard, huh? The Alabama Shakes (and Thunderbitch) frontwoman performed live in a Grammys ensemble that included Elton John last week. Though she and the band didn’t nab any of the three Grammys they were nominated for, this weekend they made their Saturday Night Live debut. And that’s…