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Trombone Shorty, Mercy Lounge, Tonight in Nashville
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When I was in college in New Orleans, we scheduled classes around music. For instance, the Rebirth Brass Band played every Tuesday night at The Maple Leaf, and you had your choice of weekly Kermit Ruffins’ shows at either Donna’s (on Monday) or Vaughn’s (on Thursday). You might think I am joking about this,…
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Screaming Females, The End, Tonight In Nashville
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It’s hump day, and you need a mental release. I’ve got just the thing to cure your mid-week ailments. You should get out to see some music tonight in Nashville. Screaming Females are a “punk” rock band out of New Jersey. With four full length releases and a smattering (love that word) of 7″…
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Fitz & The Tantrums, Cannery Ballroom, Tonight In Nashville
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It’s a busy night for live music in Nashville. We’ve already talked about the bleepy-blurpy math rock of Battles at Exit/In tonight, and the awesome 8 off 8th showcase tonight at Mercy Lounge. Well, you also have the high energy indie-soul pop of Fitz & The Tantrums tonight. It’s like it is my birthday…
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Awesome 8 off 8th, Mercy Lounge, Tonight In Nashville
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Who has been to an 8 off 8th event? It is a bunch of bands playing rapid fire, 3-song sets to help you to get to know the up and coming Nashville bands, and what is the best part of it… It’s free! That’s right, NO COVER CHARGE FOR YOU. So, if you aren’t…
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Battles, Exit/In, Tonight In Nashville
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Remember me telling you about the “math rock” supergroup Battles a while back? Do you remember me telling you that Battles was one of Spin Magazine’s top 30 fall tours of 2011? Well, I am going to remind you about it today, so you will know what you should do tonight in Nashville. Battles…
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The Big Nashty Festival, Today in Gallatin
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Usually we talk about Tonight In Nashville which would be me raving about Deer Tick, but, if you are looking to support some local acts (and you know where Gallatin is), you could head out to the Big Nashty Festival. It’s a two stage event that gets started at 1pm and howls straight throught…
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Deer Tick, Mercy Lounge, Saturday Night in Nashville
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All the music world has been going nuts over the CMJ Festival in New York this week. CMJ is a smorgasbord (yeah, I had to spell check that) of up and coming musicians that take over various clubs in New York for the week with innumerable parties hosted by all the powers that be…
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My Morning Jacket, Memorial Gymnasium, Tonight In Nashville
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I am sure this is big enough news that I don’t really need to tell you about it… My Morning Jacket is playing at Vanderbilt’s Memorial Gymnasium tonight. We have talked about My Morning Jacket in the past with the release of their new record Circuital, and their awesome set at Bonnaroo this summer.…
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Blitzen Trapper & Dawes, Mercy Lounge, Tonight In Nashville
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It’s hump day, and I can’t think of a better way to celebrate than with some music. Blitzen Trapper & Dawes are set to rock the Mercy Lounge tonight, and you shouldn’t miss it. I’ve been talking about this show for a while now because Blitzen Trapper is one of my favorite bands, and…
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Trampled by Turtles, Exit/In, Tonight In Nashville
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Do you know what progressive bluegrass is? Who am I kidding? You’re from Nashville, and you can probably tell me about chill-grass, post-grass, new-grass, firstwave-grass, shoe-grass, and that funny smelling “grass” that people bring to music festivals. So, let me be more specific… if you are down some high tempo bluegrass action, then I…