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No Country in a Nutshell: The Weekly Recap | 1.14-1.20
January’s really flying by, huh? Once again, as we enter a brand new week, here’s the rundown on everything we covered last week on the site, in case you missed it: NEWS: Animal Collective and Dan Deacon announced a March show at Marathon Music Works. NEWS: East Nashville Underground announced its 2013 winter lineup.…
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The Road to Bonnaroo Returns for 2013!
Returning for its fifth year, The Road to Bonnaroo contest is again set to replace 8 Off 8th for three nights at Mercy Lounge: February 25, March 25, and April 15. As with previous years, each night will feature 8 bands performing short, battle of the bands-style sets for fans and a panel of judges,…
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No Country in a Nutshell: The Weekly Recap | 1.7-1.13
It’s been a spectacularly busy week here at No Country. Even reading this recap list is a bit of an undertaking, so we don’t fault you if you missed a feature or two. As always, we appreciate all of you reading, sharing, and commenting on the site and we’re eager to continue to grow along with…
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Bonnaroo’s Roo Clue Number 3!
Alright Bonnaroo, you finally might have stumped me. I’m positive Clue #1 is Japandroids. I’m pretty sure Clue #2 is Animal Collective. Clue #3, released yesterday, however, has me a bit stumped. If this was The Hobbit, Gollum would be allowed to eat me now (shoutout to my nerds!). (UPDATE: Andrew has a guess that…
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‘Roo Clue Number 2!
We’re a little late on posting this one, but Bonnaroo released their second official lineup clue a few days ago. Along with the clue, the festival announced that they’re going to make the guessing game a little more complicated this year. This clue came in 3 parts (which are each lines to a haiku):…
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Bonnaroo Drops a Clue (and We’ve Got It Figured Out)
Yesterday on their official Facebook page, Bonnaroo posted this, their first lineup clue: Any guesses as to what it could mean? Here’s our best bet: I’m going to go ahead and call this one for Japandroids. Lots of people are making claims like David Bowie (wouldn’t that be rad), Tom Petty, Fleetwood Mac, Atoms for…
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Ray LaMontagne to play SOLD-OUT, solo-acoustic TONIGHT at the Ryman after reschedule, No Country writer writhes in jealousy
Ok. I debated whether or not I was going to devote a post to Ray LaMontagne at the Ryman tonight. Not because I don’t love him – because I really do. His songs kill me. Just straight-up slay me. If I were held hostage and forced against my will to list my Top Five…
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2013 Bonnaroo Lineup Rumors
Today is the day that Bonnaroo rumors really kick into full swing with the release (and sell-out minutes later) of 2013 pre-sale tickets starting at 11pm CST. We had a lot of fun and feedback from our posts last year, and were thrilled to have pretty much nailed the headliners early on. So, given…
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An Interview at Bonnaroo with Nashville’s Pujol
Our pal David from local writing blog The Great Runaway Truth sat down with Pujol at Bonnaroo last week, and we are excited to publish that interview for all our fans. Check out his blog at that link up there. — I caught up with Daniel Pujol hours before his Bonnaroo performance. The garage…
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Nashville Cream vs. Glenn Danzig Goes Viral
Yesterday, while at the gym (yes, that is what Bonnaroo has done to me), I was listening to Brooklyn Vegan’s weekly blog show, and he mentioned Glenn Danzig going after Nashville Cream’s photog Michael W. Bunch at his Bonnaroo set. Damn, Cream… way to almost get your ass kicked to have mega-bloggers in New…