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Summer’s coming to a close, but that doesn’t mean there aren’t a few tricks left up its sleeve. One such trick is the upcoming release of Bahamas’ third studio album, Bahamas Is Afie, which will hit shelves tomorrow, August 19. However, fans of the Canadian indie rock act can whet their appetite with a very personal…
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The Americana Music Association just released the schedule for the 2014 Americana Music Festival, which is coming to Nashville in just a few weeks. You can find the full schedule here. Festivities begin trickling in on Tuesday, September 16, but they get serious on Wednesday with the 13th Annual Honors & Awards Show and…
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The Casket Girls, Dreamend, Coconut Milk The End, Nashville, TN August 14, 2014 Review by Jacqui Sahagian Last Thursday Savannah, Georgia’s Graveface Records took over The End to showcase the label’s shoegaze weirdness with electro pop duo The Casket Girls and label head Ryan Graveface’s noisy three-piece Dreamend. The Cincinnati-based indie pop band Coconut…
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Writer and broadcaster Craig Havighurst revives his one-man show String Theory for a two-Monday run at Bongo After Hours Theatre, 2007 Belmont Ave., on August 18 and 25 at 8 pm. Part spoken word, part public lecture, part performance, String Theory is an experience designed to reframe music and offer people new avenues into…
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LIVE ON THE GREEN w/ City and Colour, The Weeks, and Spanish Gold Public Square Park; Nashville, TN August 14, 2014 Review by Philip Obenschain (@pobenschain). Photos by Mary-Beth Blankenship. Music City’s premiere outdoor, free music festival, Live on the Green, returned this week, kicking off its biggest season yet! Instead of the typical six…
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Yep, you read that right. THE Macaulay Culkin, famous for portraying the cheese pizza-loving Kevin McAllister in Home Alone (among many, many other memorable roles) has apparently continued to incorporate America’s favorite cheesy, circular dish into his adult career as well, forming a comedic Velvet Underground tribute/parody group, The Pizza Underground, late last year. Now, they’re taking the…
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Rock superstars in residence, The Black Keys’ latest album Turn Blue, which Rolling Stone considers possibly their best LP to date, has spent 13 consecutive weeks on the Billboard top-200 (peaking at number one), and it doesn’t appear the band has any plans of slowing down. Next month they start the US portion of their Turn…
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Last night, psychedelic, garage noise rock ’n’ roller Ty Segall crushed it on Conan, debuting another track called “Feel” from his upcoming album Manipulator, which drops Aug. 26th. Even better, he’s stopping in on Music City September 8th to play Mercy Lounge and tickets are still available here for just $13 (or $15 the day…
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Bear in the Campsite & Jordan Hull Acme Feed & Seed; Nashville, TN August 12, 2014 Review by Philip Obenschain (@pobenschain). Photos by Michael Brooks. Continuing our new weekly Tuesday night showcase at Nashville’s premiere, brand new downtown restaurant and performance space, Acme Feed & Seed, this week we brought you a doubleheader of alt…