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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…
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The Nashville Pioneers Will Be on 102.5’s Steve Gorman Sports @ Noon!
Yep, that’s right. Our very own official (by default) Nashville Pioneers basketball team will be appearing on 102.5 The Game (ESPN Radio Nashville) at noon today on Steve Gorman Sports! The Pioneers recently won an overseas game against Korea, then celebrated with an epic pep rally at The Stone Fox. We covered the teams’…
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No Country in a Nutshell: The Weekly Recap | 2.11-2.17
Last week is a bit of a blur. We blame East Nashville Underground (which was a blast- congrats to them for selling out both nights!). In case you missed anything, here’s a recap of everything we covered on the site: NEWS: Tyler, the Creator announced the release date for his new album and dropped a…
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Bonnaroo’s Roo Clue Number 14! (and that’s all she wrote…)
Well, this is it folks. It’s been fun solving these over the past couple months, but Roo Clue #14 is going to be the last one. Bonnaroo’s lineup announcement is happening LIVE on Tuesday and, for the first time, the festival has confirmed that they’ll be matching the Roo Clues with their answers this year (so you…
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Justin Timberlake Releases a New David Fincher-Directed Video for “Suit & Tie”
Last month, we brought you word of Memphis native Justin Timberlake‘s cryptic announcement about a return to music, then his unveiling of a new track and album details that shortly followed. If you haven’t heard “Suit & Tie” in the month since, you’ve either been actively avoiding it or living in a cave, because not only has…
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Tyler, the Creator Announces New Album; Debuts Video for “Domo 23”
Tyler, the Creator, the leader, artistic brains, producer, and mastermind behind the Odd Futre Wolf Gang Kill Them All hip hop collective (usually just Odd Future or OFWGKTA), has finally announced a release date and details for his highly-anticipated new album Wolf. The record has been talked about since before Tyler’s last album, 2011’s career catalyst release, Goblin,…