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[Preview] Cory Branan Album Release Show | Aug. 23 at The High Watt
When do you stop calling underrated songwriters, well, underrated? Playing the underdog for so long, Cory Branan’s No-Hit Wonder album is rocking rave features across the country, with rosy-cheeked praise from Rolling Stone, Consequence of Sound, and the Wall Street Journal. This Saturday, August 23, we get a chance to toast to Branan’s success…
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[TICKET GIVEAWAY] Banks | Sept. 24 @ Cannery Ballroom
As we told you earlier this summer, breakout electropop/r&b singer Banks is set to perform at the Cannery Ballroom on Sept. 24, marking her first time in Music City. Banks is one of our favorite new artists, and her upcoming full-length debut, Goddess, is one of our most-anticipated releases of the year, so, naturally we’re counting down the days until…
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Bahamas Drops New Video and Single Ahead of Sept. 22 High Watt Performance
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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Americana Music Festival Schedule Released
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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[REVIEW] The Casket Girls w/ Dreamend & Coconut Milk | 8.14.14 @ The End
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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[Preview] String Theory: A One Man Show About Music @ Bongo After Hours on August 18 & 25
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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REVIEW: Live on the Green w/ City and Colour, The Weeks & Spanish Gold | 8.14.14 [PHOTOS]
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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Macaulay Culkin’s Pizza-Themed Velvet Underground Tribute Band to Play The High Watt Nov. 5 with Har Mar Superstar
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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The Black Keys Release New Short Film for ‘Weight of Love’ | Catch Them at Bridgestone Arena on 12/8!
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…