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Daft Punk Announce Spring Album Release | Fuel Bonnaroo Speculation
The last time French robot helmet-donning EDM duo Daft Punk released a proper studio album, Skrillex was still just a kid named Sonny who played bass in a screamo band, an up-and-comer named Deadmau5 had just released his very first album independently, and fellow French duo Justice were still two years away from their debut. As much…
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No Country in a Nutshell: The Weekly Recap | 1.21-1.27
It’s been another great week for the site. We can’t thank you guys enough for visiting and reading and supporting everything that we work so hard on! We’ve got plenty of great show and album coverage coming up this week, tons of new Bonnaroo information, and an announcement that we can’t wait to make!…
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The Return of PARAMORE | New Single; Album Details
It’s been a trying few years for Franklin natives Paramore. In late 2009, the band released their most mature and critically well-received record to date, Brand New Eyes. The record subsequently went gold, and spawned five singles for the band, yet came with the cost of internal turmoil behind the scenes. One year later, founding…
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Check out Brendan Benson’s new single “Swimming.”
Local Raconteur, Greenhorne, and Readymade Records label founder Brendan Benson is busy working on his next LP, and we’ve got a single to share with you from that upcoming release. This will be the followup to his April 2012 album What Kind Of World, and I would imagine we will have more tracks and details leaking out in advance…
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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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Golden Spurs Release Second Record, Set to Play Alanna Royale Release Show & ENU Winter 2013
Local East Nashville act, Golden Spurs, released a new record this week and are slated to play two of No Country’s don’t-miss-events of early 2013: Alanna Royale’s CD release and ENU Winter 2013. We had an opportunity to chat with Jared from Golden Spurs about their new record, the local rock scene, and the…
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Civil Wars Release New Unplugged EP on Itunes, cover Michael Jackson & Portishead
The Civil Wars may be in a total state of future ambiguity as they hint at new music, but they have released a new-ish EP of “Unplugged” material from a VH1 taping now on Itunes. The EP comes complete with videos in addition to 7 tracks that include their it’s-so-weird-and-atmospheric-it-totally-works cover of MJ’s “Billie…
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The Delta Saints release Death Letter Jubilee & Grimey’s In-Store
Nashville’s The Delta Saints have been hard at work. They first hit our radar with their 2009 EP Pray On and their 2010 EP Bird Called Angola, and they somehow slowed down from their incessant touring to get a kickstarter funded full-length together. Death Letter Jubilee releases today, and they are celebrating with us…
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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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Local Natives: The Buzz for The New Album “Hummingbird” Looms Large.
I remember the first time I heard the Local Natives’ first record Gorilla Manor in late 2009, and I was absolutely blown away. Their dedication to ear-soothing three-part harmonies and constantly catchy tunes that feature afro-pop guitars made for an amazing record. Shortly thereafter, I went to Grimey’s and bought that record on vinyl. At…