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No Country Does Memphis: Beale St. Music Fest Recap & Photo Gallery
“Long distance information, give me Memphis, TN…” And Memphis in mud it was! For those of you who aren’t from the 901, Memphis in May (MIM) is a month-long festival that is made up of 4 main events, and we got to check out the kick-off event of this year’s fest: The Beale St.…
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Drink it Black: Mercy Lounge Recap of Wall of Death, Hanni El Khatib, and The Black Angels
Black. Black____. The Black_____. Black____Sun. Blackity Black Black. Black is so HOT right now. Can we thank those two men responsible, The *bleep* Keys? Even when I go to work, this is the only wardrobe color allowed. My instruments happen to be black and I carry them in a case that bears this same…
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REVIEW: Jim James @ The Cannery Ballroom | 5.2.13 [PHOTOS]
Jim James w/ Cold Specks The Cannery Ballroom; Nashville, TN May 2, 2013 Review by Philip Obenschain (@pobenschain). Photos by Sean Marshall (Sean Marshall Studios). As I waited in line to enter Jim James’ inaugural Nashville solo performance, a surprising fact occurred to me. Not only had I never seen James perform solo before (though few…
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[Review] Black Rebel Motorcycle Club at Cannery Ballroom 5/1/13
On Wednesday, Black Rebel Motorcycle Club took Nashvillians to the church of voodoo rock n’ roll. And it was good. The trio saturated Cannery’s thousand person-capacity room with a bluesy, angst-filled wall of sound rivaling a show at Bridgestone Arena, with an equally epic light show. Check out our review & some stellar shots…
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[Review] Dick Dale at Mercy Lounge 4/30/13
Sometimes you miss one show that you are really excited to see, and you stumble upon something that you really needed to see. That is exactly what happened on Tuesday night at Mercy Lounge. Specifically, Dick Dale, the king of surf rock, happened. Everyone over the age of actually-reading-this knows the song “Misirlou”, though…
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Review: Vintage Trouble at Mercy Lounge
At one point during Vintage Trouble‘s Sunday-night set at Mercy Lounge, frontman Ty Taylor stopped to remark, “We’re always amazed when people come up to us and tell us that our music has had an effect on their lives. Mostly, we love it when people say that they use our music to make love…
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A Far Out House Concert: The JAG, Beef Oven, and Kinship
Hello, y’all. My name is Tia. I’m a native Nashvillian and a musician from the East. I’m new here at No Country—it’s a pleasure to meet ya. I absolutely, positively, LOVE a man in bellbottoms. Sweat and polyester. Meeooow. I have a theory that the louder the music is–the tighter the pants get. What…
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[Show Review] Quiet Company @ The 5 Spot | 4.18.13
I had the good fortune to check out Quiet Company with Hanzelle and The Winter Sounds at The 5 Spot last week with a good friend who knows a lot more about QC than I do and so I share with you this special guest post by long-time Quiet Company fan and the all…
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Anna Haas @ The Basement 3.29.13
Watch out Nashville, Anna Haas is not to be underestimated. I had the good fortune to spend Good Friday night catching her early set at The Basement and it was good, indeed. Anna, like many artists living in the internet age with instant access to a wide-range of diverse influences and crowd-funded enterprises (Kickstarter…