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No Country in a Nutshell: The Weekly Recap | 6.9-6.15
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We’re back from another epic year of Bonnaroo, and working hard to catch up, bring you coverage of the fest, and return to our regularly scheduled content for the week. We might still have ‘Roo on the brain, but nothing is slowing down here in Music City, with summer performances still in full swing.…
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HalfNoise Premieres Music Video for “Mountain”
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HalfNoise, the solo vehicle of Nashville-based ex-Paramore drummer Zac Farro, recently debuted a new single, “Mountain,” and accompanying music video. Filmed partially in New Zealand, where the singer spent seven months writing and recording his upcoming album, Volcano Crowe, the video was directed by Aaron Joseph, and boasts epic, sweeping landscapes and artistic performance shots. Farro…
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Wild Cub Covers Beyoncé for A.V. Club’s “Undercover”
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If you’re not familiar with the A.V. Club’s “Undercover” series, you should check it out. Basically, the site makes a list of songs each year, and invites various bands to come in and pick one to cover, crossing them out as they go (forcing later bands to select from fewer choices). In their most recent…
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Jack White Premieres New Music Video, Appears on ‘Fallon’
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Nashville transplant Jack White stopped by The Tonight Show Starring Jimmy Fallon last night to chat Lazaretto, his sophomore album, which hit stores today (stream it at the bottom of the page). The former White Stripe appeared on the program just a few weeks ago, along with Neil Young, to demonstrate Third Man Records’ Voice-O-Graph booth and promote Young’s…
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ELEL Drop Video for “40 Watt”
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Nashville indie-popsters ELEL have just dropped the video for their second single, “40 Watt,” and appear primed for a huge summer. After the official release of the track in the middle of May, “40 Watt” climbed into the top 10 on Hype Machine, fueling the fire even further for the rising band. Those of you…
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Check Out “Thin Man Blues” from The Whippoorwills | Album Release Show June 7th @ The Rutledge
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Nashville based rockers The Whippoorwills are set to release their debut self-titled album this Saturday, June 7th at The Rutledge. We’ve heard a bit of this debut, and we’re pretty excited to share the first single “Thin Man Blues” from that release. It’s a mixture of high energy rock that lies somewhere in the noisey void between The Yeah Yeah…
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No Country in a Nutshell: The Weekly Recap | 5.26-6.1
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It’s officially June, and, if we seem like a broken record lately, it’s because only one thing is truly on our minds for the next few weeks: Bonnaroo. Last week, our Bonnaroo Club Stage artist previews came to a close, and, over the next week, we’ll be winding down our coverage of main stage…
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Denney & The Jets Drop Video For “Bye Bye Queenie”
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We’ve been raving about Denney & The Jets for pretty much all of 2014 at this point. Their 2014 release Mexican Coke is still on non-stop rotation around here, and, yesterday, the band dropped a video for the single, “Bye Bye Queenie”. The video was directed and edited by Josh Shearon, shot by George Pauley,…
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JAMRA Dusts Off “Old Shoes” in New Video
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If you miss all the swooning over Lana Del Rey’s sold-out Ryman show from earlier this month, new local artist JAMRA will reignite those vibes for you. JAMRA, full name Christine Jamra, shares a lower range with Del Rey, along with a love for pairing smart beats with moody instrumentation. We don’t know much…