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Delicate Steve, The Basement, July 22
Delicate Steve (a.k.a. Steve Marion) is an enigma who is described in his press release as a 40 piece multi-instumentalist, who sounds like My Bloody Valentine without the guitars, and is destined to be a wordless, new jersey, U2. NPR did a great story about unraveling the truly hysterical and totally fake press release…
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Way to drop a 4:20 bomb!!!
So, FILTER, Mercy Lounge, Cannery Ballroom, and Toyota (I think they are in there too), just dropped a free concert announcement bomb. Saturday, August 20th from 6pm to midnight, you can head over to the parking lot outside Mercy/Cannery for free (let me repeat that last part, FREE) for a block party featuring Delta…
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The Zoltars, Free at Grimey’s, 6pm, July 20
Austin-based rock band The Zoltars are on their first tour right now, and they will be in Nashville today (7/20) playing FOR FREE at Grimey’s Record Store at 6pm. These guys are another perfect example of the psychadelic rock that is brewing out of Texas these days. What else do you have to do…
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Lera Lynn
My Old Kentucky Blog tipped me off about Lera Lynn and her amazing covers. Lera is an Athens Georgia based singer songwriter that was formerly the voice of the folk-pop band Birds and Wire. Lera just released her debut album, Have You Met Lera Lynn?, and she will be in Nashville to perform at…
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tUnE-yArDs @ Exit/in on 9/30
We talked about Merrill Garbus’ ransom note spelled musical project tUnE-yArDs back when we were talking about Thao and Mirah. Well, multi-instrumentalist Merrill is taking her show on the road in support of her second record, w h o k i l l, and she will be rolling through Nashville with a stop at…
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Toro y Moi, The End, 7/16
Chillwave indie-pop funkster Toro y Moi (a.k.a. Chazwick Bundick) is all the rage across the internet these days. With the upcoming release of another EP, Freaking Out, to follow up his second LP, Underneath The Pine, released in February 2011, multi-instrumentalist Chaz (Can I call you Chaz? what’s that? oh, you didn’t answer, so…
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Arctic Monkeys and Smith Westerns pre-sale for War Memorial 10/5
Today is “ticket day”, so dust off that credit card. Tickets for the October 1st and 2nd Wilco shows at The Ryman go on sale at noon. Tickets for the October 16th Pains for Being Pure At Heart show at Mercy Lounge go on sale at 9am. Tickets for the September 16th Girls show…
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Girls tickets on sale 7/15
San Francisco based indie rock band Girls (not to be confused with the early 80’s English Glam Band, Girl, that was the precursor to Def Leopard and L.A. Guns) announced a fall tour today in support of their new album Father, Son, Holy Ghost (releasing on September 13th via True Panther). Girls is often…
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Pains of Being Pure At Heart, Mercy Lounge, 10/16
Pains of Being Pure at Heart are coming to Nashville’s Mercy Lounge on October 16th with support from Twin Sister. This show is part of a MASSIVE 3-month tour that they are currently on which includes stops through numerous independent and festival gigs in Europe and North America. Tickets for the Nashville date go…