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[Review + Photos] No Country’s Americana Fest Recap + Photos
Loretta Lynn. Photo by Sundel Perry. 2014 Americana Fest Nashville, TN September 2014 Review contributions by Jeff Moody [JM], Shawn Jackson [SJ], and Matt Hall [MH] Photos by Shawn Jackson of Sundel Perry We are finally catching our breath after one of the largest and most impressive Americana Fests in the event’s nearly decade…
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Dads to Play The End Nov. 23 with Tiny Moving Parts and Choir Vandals
We’ve spoken at length about the new wave of emo and pop punk bands that have been brewing at the underground level, and about how much fresh life and relevance they’ve been bringing to the scene. No group better exemplifies this movement than Michigan (by way of New Jersey) duo Dads. Perhaps lesser buzzed about…
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Watch The Black Keys Perform “Gotta Get Away,” Cover Edwyn Collins’ “A Girl Like You” on ‘Fallon’
Last night, Nashville blues rock duo The Black Keys took a break from their North American tour and stopped by The Tonight Show Starring Jimmy Fallon to perform “Gotta Get Away,” the latest single from the group’s eighth full-length, Turn Blue. The pair also took the time to tape a special web exclusive performance of Edwyn Collins’ “A Girl…
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No Country in a Nutshell: The Weekly Recap | 9.15-9.21
Today is literally the last day of summer, and what a summer it has been. Between Bonnaroo, Forecastle Fest, Muddy Roots, and more, we took in more live music than ever! While festival season fades into one packed fall of tours, we’re ramping up to bring you more previews, reviews, announcements, and giveaways than…
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[Preview] Don’t Miss Bahamas | Tonight @ The High Watt
We’ve been harping about the Bahamas show for awhile now, but the time has finally come! Tonight, starting at 8 pm, the chilled out songwriter will be playing tunes from his new album at the one and only High Watt in the Cannery Complex. If you’re familiar with Bahamas’ low-key, intimate style of writing, you know it’s going to…
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REVIEW: Balance and Composure w/ Seahaven & Creepoid | 9.17.14 @ The End [PHOTOS]
Balance and Composure w/ Seahaven, Creepoid The End; Nashville, TN September 17, 2014 Review by Philip Obenschain (@pobenschain). Photos by Shayne Garcia. Something has been brewing beneath the surface of the punk scene for the past several years. To be fair, it never really simmered out, at least to those of us tuned into the genre,…
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[Preview] Eastside Americana Rock and Roll Showcase | TONIGHT @ The Building
While the great Americana Festival strums on throughout the weekend, if you don’t feel like spending any money to hear a great variety of Americana-influenced tunes for an entire evening, come out to The Building tonight and BYOB for the GonzoTXTN-hosted Eastside Americana Rock and Roll Showcase featuring the great honky-tonk singer Greg Garing, Graham Wilkinson &…
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Julian Casablancas+The Voidz Stream Debut Album | Catch Them Oct. 21 at Marathon Music Works
Strokes offshoot Julian Casablancas+The Voidz are set to release their debut LP, Tyranny, this Tuesday, Sept. 24, via Casablancas’ own Cult Records, but, shortly after the release of their debut single and music video, the group have made the record available in full for an early stream. Fans of The Strokes and Julian’s prior solo work should…
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JEFF the Brotherhood Stream Pixies’ “Gouge Away” from Upcoming ‘Dig the Classics’ Covers EP
Nashville psych/grunge duo JEFF the Brotherhood have a new EP of covers, Dig the Classics, due out Sept. 30 via Warner Bros., and we’re finally getting an early taste in the form of a fairly straightforward but appropriately fuzzy cover of the Pixies’ classic “Gouge Away.” The record will also include covers of Beck, My Bloody Valentine,…
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GWAR Replace Late Frontman with New Vocalist, Vulvatron; Catch Them Dec. 2 at Exit/In
Photo via Wondering Sound. It appears that it will take not one, but two new vocalists to replace late GWAR frontman and founding member Oderus Urungus (a.k.a. Dave Brockie), who died of an accidental heroin overdose earlier this year. After taking several months to regroup, the part-band part-performance art collective brought former member Mike Bishop (who,…