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This time last year, we named The Menzingers‘ On the Impossible Past one of the Best Records of 2012. Nearly two years after its release, the album still stands as one of the most well-written, perfectly poppy yet vehemently aggressive, thoroughly enjoyable from beginning to end punk records in recent memory. It’s been years since the…
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MTV has announced that Nashville’s Miley Cyrus will be the latest musician to be featured on the network’s acclaimed Unplugged series. Though it has waned in popularity since its ’90s heyday, the show remains a great outlet for showcasing artists in a stripped down setting, often in stark contrast to the sound they’re known for. Miley Cyrus Unplugged will…
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North Carolina indie rockers Superchunk have announced their first Nashville show in years, presumably to split their long drive to Coachella, April 11 at Mercy Lounge. If that weren’t exciting enough on its own, one of our favorite up and coming local acts, Bully, whose debut EP we named one of the Best Nashville Records of 2013, have been tapped…
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Another busy week, huh? Between festival announcements left and right (but not Bonnaroo- yet), more quality shows than we could handle, ticket giveaways, song and video releases, locals on late night TV, and some major tour announcements, it definitely feels like the holiday lull is over. Look out for even more exciting news and features…
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As we first announced then previewed in depth, Nashville (by way of Birmingham) eclectic folk/rock/pop/country duo John and Jacob will perform this Sunday, Jan. 19 at 3rd & Lindsley. Supporting the show are Los Colognes and Sam Palladio, and tickets are still available right here. Since this marks John and Jacob’s first ever headlining Nashville performance, we wanted to catch up with…
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Let’s be honest: there’s a huge appeal these day for tripped out, chill music. Putting a genre or label on this style of music is fairly hard (trip hop maybe?), but acts of the likes of Bonobo and Tycho keep on resurfacing to continue the legacies of Nightmares on Wax and Boards of Canada.…
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Bonnaroo kicked off its annual lineup guessing game, Roo Clues, last week, and we think we solved the first two as well as number three. Adopting a much simpler format, this year’s clues will just be Instagram-based, and will arrive every Tuesday and Thursday. Roo Clue #4 landed this morning, and Bonnaroo must have been listening when we asked…
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Indie rockers Young the Giant‘s new album, Mind Over Matter, officially drops next Tuesday, Jan. 21, but the good folks at iTunes have made it available to stream in full a week early! The group’s sophomore album and first with Fueled by Ramen, Mind Over Matter has produced singles “It’s About Time,” “Crystallized,” and, most recently, its title…
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Local rockers Moon Taxi literally helped kick of 2014, with a stellar New Year’s performance at Marathon Music Works, and, apparently, that was just a warmup. The group, who are currently on a west coast run in support of their latest record, Mountains Beaches Cities, made their Conan debut last night, to perform single “The New Black.” Check it…
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Pop megastar Katy Perry has announced a huge run of summer dates for her Prismatic World Tour, which will bring the singer back to Bridgestone Arena for the first time in three years on June 27. Though breakout Nashville country artist Kacey Musgraves will be joining Perry for the tour’s middle leg, the Music City date will instead…