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TICKET GIVEAWAY: The Zombies w/ The Ettes @ War Memorial Auditorium | 3.10.13
Half a century before the current pop culture zombie craze of The Walking Dead (hell, half a decade even before Night of the Living Dead), a little band called The Zombies formed on the isle of Great Britain (specifically, St Albans, England). They have the distinction of being the second U.K. group to hit #1 in America, the first being…
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Bonnaroo Band of the Day: Nicki Bluhm & The Gramblers
Bonnaroo Artist | Nicki Bluhm & The Gramblers Bonnaroo History | Newbie Stage & Time: | That Tent | Thursday | 3PM You might know Nicki Bluhm from the musical duo she forms with her husband, Tim Bluhm, which is simply called Tim & Nicki Bluhm. You also might know her from her collaborations with The Avett Brothers, Grace…
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Bonnaroo Band of the Day: The Stepkids
Bonnaroo Artist | The Stepkids Bonnaroo History | Newbie Stage & Time: | The Other Tent | Thursday | 3:15PM Hailing from Connecticut, if you haven’t yet heard of psychedelic soul trio The Stepkids, there’s a pretty good chance you’ve at least heard of some of their former employers: Alicia Keys, 50 Cent, and Lauryn Hill among them. The…
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Music City Mayhem Is Underway | Check Out the Finalists & Vote Now!
A couple weeks back, we mentioned that local independent radio station Lightning 100 had teamed up with Jackalope Brewing and some other great sponsors to host the 5th Annual Music City Mayhem. Music City Mayhem is a fan-driven competition between 32 local artists for a chance to win a month of heavy radio play on Lightning 100, 3 days of studio time with an…
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Ronnie Wood Joined Johnny Marr for “How Soon Is Now?” at Last Night’s NME Awards (VIDEO)
This is almost as amazing and unlikely a pairing as December’s Paul McCartney/Nirvana supergroup. At last night’s NME Awards, former Smiths guitarist Johnny Marr, who just released a fantastic solo album, was joined by Ronnie Wood of The Rolling Stones for a performance of The Smiths‘ classic “How Soon Is Now?” Marr took the lead…
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Bonnaroo Band of the Day: Aoife O’Donovan
Bonnaroo Artist | Aoife O’Donovan Bonnaroo History | Newbie Stage & Time: | That Tent | Sunday | 12:15PM Aoife O’Donovan is perhaps best known as the frontwoman of alt-bluegrass band Crooked Still. O’Donovan is also a member of female folk trio Sometymes Why, as well as frequent collaborator with artists such as Noam Pikelny, Chris Thile,…
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Bonnaroo Band of the Day: Alanna Royale
Bonnaroo Artist | Alanna Royale Bonnaroo History | Newbie (Road to Bonnaroo winner) Stage & Time: | New Music On Tap Lounge | Friday | 12PM Unless you’re just joining us, you’re probably well-aware that we’re practically obsessed with Alanna Royale here at No Country. The band (yep, Alanna Royale is a 7-piece band, but Alanna is also the…
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Music on Television | 2.25-3.1
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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Bonnaroo Band of the Day: Bombino
Bonnaroo Artist | Bombino Bonnaroo History | Newbie Stage & Time: | That Tent | Friday | 1:30PM If you haven’t yet heard of Bombino, we’re betting you’ve at least heard a thing or two about the producer of his new album, Nomad (out 4/2). That would be Dan Auerbach of The Black Keys, who just recently won Producer of…
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Nine Inch Nails to Reunite; Tour in 2013
Back in our 2013 Bonnaroo Lineup Rumors speculation post, we examined the possibility of seeing Nine Inch Nails or, equally likely, Trent Reznor’s new project How to Destroy Angels on the bill. We now know that didn’t happen, but HTDA did end up on the Coachella lineup and Reznor had been hinting at another big announcement…