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Pretty much everyday a group of friends gets together to pursue the noble act of writing tunes. This could go well, or not, but rarely has it gone as well as it did with The Hawk in Paris. Of course, not every group of friends consists of the talented Dan Haseltine of Jars of Clay,…
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How was your Halloween? It kinda sucked, right? It was overly crowded and that wind and rain?!?! Time to scare yourself for one last time tonight with the face-melting fun of “Psych Night” happening over at Mercy Lounge. Yep, you’re looking at 8 (scratch that, 9) of the hottest psych rock acts that Nashville has to…
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We’ve been talking a lot about The Aquaducks upcoming release, and we even premiered one of their tracks on Lightning 100 last Monday night. It’s time to party, folks. We are running a giveaway to let you get into the release show at 12h & Porter this Thursday night, and it is definitely going to be…
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Paid for by Music City (with a $300,000 federal grant originally intended for marketing following the 2010 flood), a new documentary, For the Love of Music: The Story of Nashville, is set to air this afternoon on ABC, the network also responsible for the primetime, scripted show Nashville. Rooted in “truth and authenticity,” the film aims…
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After the Halloween winds, I’m not sure there is a single leaf on a tree in Nashville anymore. Yes, fall is in full force, and winter is showing it’s chilly head. While the number of outdoor events are cooling off, the clubs are heating back up with some amazing shows. We’ve talked quite a…
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Regular readers of this blog might recognize Anderson East from our coverage of his East Nashville Underground show, but back then we supported him because of his tight vocal harmonies and stunning songwriting ability. Now, however, we have a new, and in some ways better, reason to inform readers about this unique artist: his…
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Happy Hallo-Week, friends! It’s time to get your spooky on with our Top Ten Scariest Videos of all time! Those songs that still haunt your dreams thanks to some accompanying visuals intended to torment!
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How do you feel about pop with a bit of twang? If this is your cup of tea, we have a great bill with locals, Drew Michael Blake & Zack Vinson, alongside North Carolinian Brett Harris happening over at The Basement tonight for their tour kickoff show. We have a brief run down of the event, and think…
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Tristen is way more than just another Nashville-based folksy singer/songwriter. Accurately dubbed a “synth-pop siren” by Spin Magazine (who also have a live stream of her new record on their site) the mesmerizing Tristen channels influences from Kate Bush to Henry Rollins in her sophomore effort, which is quite a departure from her first record. The official…
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This is an example of why I freaking love Nashville. We’ve all heard about super-groups. Some of them are bad ass, like Atoms for Peace or Divine Fits to name some recent ones, and some of them are meh. What you never hear about are super-groups that get together to write songs one day,…