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[NO COUNTRY PREMIERE] Stream Light Beam Rider’s New LP ‘A Place to Sleep Among the Creeps’
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A few weeks back, we told you about Nashville transplants Light Beam Rider, and their eclectic, proggy, indie alt-rock sound, on display in our premiere of the title track from their newest album, A Place To Sleep Among The Creeps. Today, we up the ante in anticipation of the official release on Feb. 12 with a full…
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Say Anything Stream Surprise New LP, ‘I Don’t Think It Is’ | Catch Them May 22 at Marathon Music Works!
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Over the past few years, indie/pop punk outfit Say Anything have transitioned from pseudo-band (always the brainchild of singer and songwriter Max Bemis, but with a more or less fixed live lineup) to one man show with a revolving door of contributors and players, and, as a result, have taken more artististic risks and experimental leaps than…
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No Country in a Nutshell: The Weekly Recap | 1.18 – 1.24
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While snow certainly slowed weekend show plans to halt, last week was still full of some great releases, announcements, festival news, and even some performances squeezed in before the storm hit. Too busy snow day boozin’ and watching Netflix to keep up with the site? Don’t worry, we’ve recapped everything we covered last week…
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Ty Segall’s New LP ‘Emotional Mugger’ Out Today | Catch Him Feb. 22 @ Mercy Lounge
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Typical out-of-the-box Ty Segall thinking has led to the unorthodox release of his latest gift to music fans, Emotional Mugger. It is the prolific Segall’s second album in just the last six months, the other being his sophomore effort with one of many side projects, a band called Fuzz (we told you all about their recent show in…
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Stream Charlie Abbott’s New EP ‘Invisible Map Beach Parade’
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Photo by Andrea Behrends. It’s been a pretty big year for local songwriter Charlie Abbott. After running around performing as part of The Cunning and Bad Cop, Abbott has been focusing on his solo career of late. We first got a taste of his lo-fi rock sounds when he appeared at one of our weekly…
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No Country in a Nutshell: The Weekly Recap | 1.11 – 1.17
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The new year is obviously in full swing, because this week brought a seemingly endless barrage of show announcements, new releases, and news items. We’ll forgive you if you missed a few, because we barely remember even covering them all. By now you know the drill, read on for everything we covered last…
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Dr. Dog Release New Video for “Bring My Baby Back” | Catch Them April 2 @ The Ryman
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Hot off announcing an LP reissue and a winter tour, blog endorsed Philly rockers Dr. Dog have also released a new music video to keep the wheels to the hype-machine greased. The featured single, “Bring My Baby Back”, is part of the Feb. 5 label (ANTI- records) reissue of the bands first album, Psychedelic…
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Macklemore & Ryan Lewis Announce Sophomore LP | Very Few Tickets Left for Jan. 30 Opry Show
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A few months back, Grammy award winning hip hop duo Macklemore & Ryan Lewis announced a Jan. 30 performance at Grand Ole Opry House, the pair’s first proper Nashville outing. Despite buzzy summer single “Downtown” (featuring a whole bunch of hip hop royalty and Foxy Shazam’s own Eric Nally), Ed Sheeran collab “Growing Up (Sloane’s Song)” before that, and “Kevin,”…
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Third Man Records to Release ‘Hateful Eight’ Limited Edition 7″ Boxset
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box Iconic spaghetti western composer Ennio Morricone is getting renewed attention for helming the score to Quentin Tarantino’s new western The Hateful Eight. The soundtrack just picked up the Golden Globe for best original score and has been nominated for an Oscar, ten years after Morricone received the supposedly career-capping honorary Academy Award in 2006 for…
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[NO COUNTRY PREMIERE] Stream Smooth Hound Smith’s New Album ‘Sweet Tennessee Honey’ Ahead of Its Release
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Foot-stompin’ folk rockers Smooth Hound Smith are about to release their latest full-length effort, Sweet Tennessee Honey, this Friday, and we are excited to give you an exclusive sneak peak at their highly-anticipated new project a little early! Zack Smith and Caitlyn Doyle have been crafting their own mixture of blues, bluegrass, rock, funk,…