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Aaron Lee Tasjan Gears Up to Release ‘Silver Tears’ with Week of Shows!
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Ever rising East Nashville alt-Americana songwriter Aaron Lee Tasjan found considerable acclaim with the release of In The Blazes last year. Tasjan is set to follow that up with one of the most-anticipated records of the year in the Americana realm with Silver Tears, which drops via New West Records this Friday, Oct. 28. Singles have…
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Jack White Plays ‘Fallon,’ Shares Michel Gondry-Helemd Video for White Stripes Song “City Lights”
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It’s been a busy few weeks for resident local rocker Jack White, who just released a new career-spanning compilation, Acoustic Recordings 1998-2016, collecting rare, unreleased, and stripped down versions of songs from both his solo career and from his numerous, prominent bands (buy it here). Over the weekend, White appeared on The Tonight Show, where he made…
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Local Natives Cover Beyoncé, Stream New LP Early Ahead of Oct. 14 Show at The Ryman!
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We already told you about Local Natives‘ upcoming show at The Ryman Auditorium on Oct. 14, their first proper Music City outing in a couple years, and raved about their performance this summer at Forecastle Fest. The other big news in the LA indie rockers’ camp, however, is the release of their highly-anticipated third album and followup to 2013’s Hummingbird, titled Sunlit…
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[NO COUNTRY PREMIERE] Alt-Rock Project CanvasBeta Builds Radio-Ready ‘Bridges’ EP
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With Nashville’s rock scene as strong as ever and its pop community burgeoning, it was only a matter of time before we started seeing more artists emerge at the intersection of the two. Alt-rock project CanvasBeta exudes the grit of a rock band that is unafraid to feature swirls of electronic and pop music.…
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[NO COUNTRY PREMIERE] Listen to Harpist Natalie Lurie’s ‘No Mercy in the Night’ EP
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Natalie Lurie’s love of the harp has taken her across the globe: Jerusalem, France, Switzerland, and, currently, Nashville. Lurie takes the elements of her globe-trotting studies and combines them with graceful pop songwriting to craft sprightly musical journeys. We’re proud to premiere her new EP, No Mercy In The Night, ahead of its release…
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Sturgill Simpson Confirms New Album Is Done, Will Arrive This Year
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Breakout local county artist Sturgill Simpson, whose beloved 2014 sophomore effort Metamodern Sounds in Country Music and all of its critical buzz helped fuel his gigantic 2015, including a recent three-night sold out trek at The Ryman, has been insanely busy for at least a couple years straight, but that hasn’t stopped him from already talking new album.…
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No Country’s Best Nashville Albums of 2015
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As we have for the past few years, we have ranked all of our collective favorite records of 2015 from both a National and Nashville perspective. To come up with a list, our staff nominated their top local records, and then we had a vote to rank the results. If you saw our Best National Records of 2015…
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Third Man Records to Release Tarantino’s ‘Hateful Eight’ Soundtrack on Vinyl, feat. The White Stripes
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Modern cinematic auteur and film revivalist Quentin Tarantino is prepping to release his eighth feature, an ensemble, American Western, called The Hateful Eight, beginning with an unprecedented, nearly 100 screen 70 mm, Ultra Panavision 70 rollout on Christmas Day (that’s film nerd speak for a super wide, super rich, analog format that hasn’t been used for…
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Grimes Debuts Stunning New LP ‘Art Angels’ Ahead of Nov. 10 Marathon Music Works Performance
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A couple months back, when we first told you about Grimes‘ forthcoming show at Marathon Music Works, next Tuesday, Nov. 10 with Nicole Dollanganger, we assumed she would be releasing, or at least announcing, new music soon, but, at the time, had no concrete details. It’s been a busy few weeks since, however; not only did the Canadian electro-pop…
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Fleurie Reinvents Herself With Tastefully Complex EP ‘Arrows’
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Nashville songwriter project Fleurie, alias of Lauren Strahm, recently released her dense and gorgeous second EP Arrows. Raised on classical piano, with songwriting inspired during time living in Australia, Fleurie lends a fresh perspective to the current crop of Nashville pop releases. Continue on after the jump for a stream of Arrows, track-by-track commentary, and info…