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AC Entertainment’s Big Ears Festival returns to Knoxville this coming spring, March 28-30. Abnormally large ears are not a requirement to attend this weekend of eclectic, abstract music, art exhibitions, discussions, and film screenings—a format that seems to prove successful for AC, as we saw this past October with Mountain Oasis Electronic Music Summit.…
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After a six-year hiatus, the SuicideGirls Blackheart Burlesque Tour returns tonight to Marathon Music Works with world-renowned choreographer Manwe Sauls-Addison, who has worked with performers such as Lady Gaga, Beyonce, and J.Lo. This isn’t a voluptuous parade of Bettie Boop haircuts and roundhouse tasseling; Manwe has developed a show interpreting some of pop culture’s…
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Now that the holidays are here, we’ve got too much time on our hands and (for those from Nashville) family in town. Besides drinking and watching Netflix, family get-togethers usually involve some form of ridiculous consumer culture, if only to get out of the house. This year, try a day trip to Pigeon Forge…
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There are so many things I want to do before I die. Like… be in a rap video. Well, now I can, and so can you. Yelawolf will be filming the “Black Fall” video at Anthem on Saturday, November 30. The venue will be open to the public as usual; the only exception is…
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Moogfest returns to Asheville, NC, April 23-27, 2014. In previous years, the electronic music festival (intitially during the last weekend of October) was a joint production between Moog Music and AC Entertainment. When Moog Music decided against leasing the name out to AC in 2013, the two went their separate ways. AC put on Mountain…
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Northern Irish indie-rock trio Two Door Cinema Club perform at Marathon Music Works tonight with St. Lucia and Bad Veins. Three years after their platinum debut, Tourist History, TDCC followed up with Beacon in early September, 11 songs of indie-rock prowess (though specifying a band as indie rock is altogether convoluted). Maybe you missed…