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As we recently announced, local alt country outlaw songstress Nikki Lane is set to headline Lightning 100’s last Nashville Sunday Night of the year, Dec. 28 at 3rd & Lindsley, along with Charlie Mars. Ahead of that announcement, Lane actually dropped a new Christmas tune, “FaLaLaLaLove Ya,” as part of compilation album An Americana Christmas. While you count down the days until…
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While we’ve mentioned them a few times in passing, Nashville punk/power pop trio Wild Minds are a group that have, unfortunately, flown under our radar for awhile. The band’s new single, “1993,” ended up in our inbox, however, and grabbed our attention in a big way. Channeling elements of nostalgic, arena-primed punk and lacing it…
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Local psych/grunge heroes JEFF The Brotherhood want you to know that they are thinking of you this holiday season, and that is why they just dropped the first single, “What’s A Creep,” from their upcoming 2015 follow up to this year’s Dig The Classics and the 2012 shredder Hypnotic Nights. If this is any…
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It’s a crazy month to be Five Knives. The Nashville electro rockers not only made their local headlining return, but also got embroiled in a silly feud with famed producer Deadmau5, and managed to nab a Grammy nomination for 2014 remix album, The Rising Remixes. Ahead of their 2015 Red Bull Records full-length debut, the band…
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Rising pop star Daniella Mason dropped a cover of Paul McCartney’s “Wonderful Christmastime” to brighten your holidays. The cover is released amid a Nick Jonas collaboration (co-writing “Push”), a headlining slot at Communion Nashville, and a swirl of major label rumors. Mason blended a triple shot of caffeine, candy canes, and a load of…
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Nashville-based newcomer Ross Nicol has been quietly recording an EP with Alabama Shakes producer Andrija Tokic. Nicol gave us one of the songs, “Lovely”, to premiere ahead of the EP’s January 5th, 2015 release. It’s a lush, calm stroll of a track with an exhilarating burst of cello and guitar at the end. We…
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As we cross the halfway mark for December, the holidays loom large and the new year feels right around the corner. While the next couple of weeks will be a bit slower for shows, relatively speaking, we’ve got plenty of announcements rolling in that’ll help you start planning for an epic 2015, along with…
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If you listened to Jack White’s most recent album, Lazaretto, or saw him tour at all in support of it, then you definitely noticed fiddle player Lillie Mae Rische. Lillie Mae was a member of White’s all-girl band the Peacocks when he first put out Blunderbuss, and was included in the combined Peacocks/Buzzards he’s…
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It’s been a minute since we’ve heard any new music from Nashville based songwriter Winston Yellen’s Night Beds project, so it was a bit of a surprise today when his label, Dead Oceans, dropped the new single “Me, Liquor, & God” on their Soundcloud Page. The new track surprisingly lays down the guitar driven…
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We first learned back in October that female indie punk trio Sleater-Kinney had reunited, and had plans to release a new album, No Cities to Love, Jan. 20 via Sub Pop. The group, which includes Carrie Brownstein of Portlandia fame, disbanded in ’06, and haven’t released an full-length since 2005. Along with that surprise announcement came a new single,…