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Local multi-instrumentalist, singer songwriter Jas Patrick has a new EP, Inky Ovine, dropping September 25th, and we’ve been lucky enough to get an early listen. Let us assure you it’s wonderful; dancing between genres like jazz, blues, and even world music, while still staying true to it’s Americana/Rock core. Jas wrote, arranged, and produced…
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Night Beds have dropped a brand new single from their upcoming genre-bending album, Ivywild. The project is a culmination of work from Belmont alum Winston Yellen and 25 musicians, including his brother, Abe. “Corner” was written back in 2012, before the release of his highly-praised debut album, Country Sleep. The track features a more pop…
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Summer and synth-pop seem to be the perfect compliment to each other, and the upcoming album, Mixtape Vol. 1 (due out September 4th), from Nashville’s Midnight Mantics very well may turn into your new favorite summer jam. The album is clearly inspired by a love of the 80’s, and Adam McCants (vocals/writers) and Stacy Hogan (producer/multi-instrumentalist) have…
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Piano pop singer-songwriter and unofficial Nashville hero Ben Folds shared another new song this week from his upcoming album with New York City based sextet yMusic. “Phone In A Pool” combines the signature melodies and light-hearted lyrics that Folds is known for with the various strings of yMusic, creating whimsical chamber rock that is…
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Heads up hip hop fans, there’s a new local outfit that you need to know about called Perceptive. Fronted by local rapper, Allen Wilkereson with beats by Mike Gicz, the project ranges through influences from David Wilcock to Three Six Mafia, and carries a mission statement to change the “perception” of one’s reality. Below…
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Pop singer-songwriter Heather Bond has called Nashville home since 2007, and has been busy writing, recording and performing around the city ever since. In an exclusive premiere for No Country For New Nashville, she’s sharing a brand new cut from her forthcoming album, So Long, which will be released in September. “Can’t Undo This”…
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We previously brought you Rayland Baxter’s first single “Yellow Eyes”, from his highly anticipated Imaginary Man album, which releases via ATO Records on August 14th, and he just drops another single, “Mr Rodriguez”, which you can stream below. The new single was inspired by legendary Detroit musician Sixto Rodriguez, and the poppy, laid back jaunt made us…
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Last month, we brought you “Blue Pool,” the first single from piano pop turned indie pop songstress Vanessa Carlton‘s upcoming EP of the same name. Following 2010’s Rabbits on the Run, Carlton, now married to Deer Tick’s John McCauley and living here in Nashville after years in New York, has shifted her tone and direction, employing…
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Ambient local supergroup lylas have just released the track “Sensual People” from their upcoming record Warm Harm. The rotating cast of the players include members of Stone Jack Jones, Lambchop, Coupler, Natural Child, and The Features, as all of lylas serves as a sort of song-making collective for singer/banjo player Kyle Hamlett. “Sensual People” came…
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Ahead of their recently announced headlining outing Aug. 8 at Mercy Lounge with Dinner and a Suit and CAPPA (tickets here), Nashville synthpop outfit Vinyl Thief have returned with their first new single since last year’s soaring debut LP, Fathoms. The new track, which premiered yesterday on Consequence of Sound, is called “Longer,” and it’s a banger. Built around a percussion loop from an Oberheim synth,…