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Radiohead fills in tour after Coachella announcement… still an opening for Bonnaroo
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With the announcement of the Coachella lineup yesterday, we can start to better predict the Bonnaroo headliners. Radiohead filled in their tour schedule today after the Coachella announcement, and they still have an opening around Bonnaroo. But, I started thinking… if you headline one massive festival (Coachella), can you still headline another massive festival…
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Get to Know: The Amboys
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Lots of times you can peg where a band is from by their sound. When I first heard The Amboys, I thought… How have I not heard this Nashville band before? Alas, they threw me a curveball, they are from New Jersey. The Amboys are a band to keep your eye on. It is…
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The Black Keys announce more tour dates… still no Nashville
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The Black Keys have announced the second leg of their North American tour, and there is still no Nashville date. The closest stop in this second leg is St. Louis. You can check here for ticket information if you want to road trip it. You can get pre-sale tickets with username “elcamino” and password…
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First News and Tracks of 2012
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I have 63 tabs open in 3 different browsers, and my computer… is… officially… crawling. So, here’s another installment of news and notes. Actually, right before I hit publish, I decided that I should change the name to News and Tracks. What’s that? You don’t like that title? Well, opinionated one, you are free…
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Van Halen to play Bridgestone Arena on April 27th
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Van Halen is getting back together for another record, and another tour of some good, fun, screamy vocal, driving guitar, arena rock. I have a very distinct memory of being 13 years old and LOVING Van Halen. I had tickets to the Nashville date for the OU812 tour, and distinctly remember my parents and…
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Ovvio Arte’s “Bleed The Ballroom”, Round 3, Tonight in Nashville
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It’s 2012, and we have another installment in the Ovvio Arte parties called “Bleed The Ballroom”. These have to be some of the hippest parties going on in Nashville right now. Round 1 and Round 2 of these shindigs were a roaring success, and featured some of Nashville’s hottest rock acts. Round 3 tonight…
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The Anal Beatles, The Basement, Tonight In Nashville
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In a competition for the most disgusting band name, The Anal Beatles have finally provided some competition to Nashville rockers Diarrhea Planet, and they are playing their first (and possibly only) show as second on the bill at The Basement tonight in Nashville. No one knows very much about The Anal Beatles. I did…
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Live Music Day 2012
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Wolfgang’s Vault is probably the largest collection of live concert recordings on the web, so when they claim today (January 5th) to be Live Music Day, it is something equivalent to Hallmark making up “Buy Everyone A Card Day”. Regardless, it is an opportunity for us to talk about live music today, so I…
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Jack White’s televised garage sale
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Jack White is showing us the skeletons in his closet… literally. He invited the folks from the History Channel show American Pickers to horse trade for some of the rare collectibles from his collection. You can check out a promo clip of that below, and you can see the Third Man Records founder’s garage…
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New Music Releases -1/3/12
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We continue in the holiday doldrums… shows are scattered few and far between, artists are tweeting about their cats more than their music, and the pickings for new music continues to be slim. While you can look forward to some great new releases that will be happening this winter, I’m only going to give…