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No Country in a Nutshell: The Weekly Recap | 1.18 – 1.24
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While snow certainly slowed weekend show plans to halt, last week was still full of some great releases, announcements, festival news, and even some performances squeezed in before the storm hit. Too busy snow day boozin’ and watching Netflix to keep up with the site? Don’t worry, we’ve recapped everything we covered last week…
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Alabama Shakes to Play Ascend Amphitheater April 21
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Local(ish) breakout southern rockers Alabama Shakes are coming off of a huge year, thanks to their Grammy nominated, critically celebrated sophomore album, Sound & Color. Though, for all of their touring, international success, and ever-increasing presence, it’s actually been a minute since the band played a proper show in Music City (not counting regional festival dates or a…
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No Country in a Nutshell: The Weekly Recap | 1.11 – 1.17
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The new year is obviously in full swing, because this week brought a seemingly endless barrage of show announcements, new releases, and news items. We’ll forgive you if you missed a few, because we barely remember even covering them all. By now you know the drill, read on for everything we covered last…
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Watch Alabama Shakes’ Full ‘Austin City Limits’ Performance
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Acclaimed PBS series Austin City Limits kicked off the new year last week with returning performers Alabama Shakes, who played six cuts from their Grammy nominated latest effort, Sound & Color. The local(ish) band have had a busy year, and their continued commercial success and critical acclaim has been wonderful to watch. While a repeat Bonnaroo outing doesn’t…
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Thunderbitch (Alabama Shakes’ Brittany Howard) Release Surprise Debut LP
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Gather ’round children, and let us tell you about the legend of Thunderbitch. Quite awhile ago, in December of 2012, the local supergroup emerged, fronted by Alabama Shakes’ Brittany Howard (at the peak of the Shakes’ initial success mind you; just a month before Howard would go on to perform at the Grammys), entirely by…
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Bonnaroo Main Stage Roundup: Robert Plant & The Sensational Space Shifters, My Morning Jacket, Bassnectar, Alabama Shakes, Childish Gambino
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Just like last year and the year before, we’re making it our mission to help you get acquainted with every single band on Bonnaroo‘s impressive 2015 lineup. We started from the bottom and have been working our way up, paying special attention to the smaller and lesser known acts on this year’s bill with daily, dedicated Bonnaroo…
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Alabama Shakes Premiere “Future People” Ahead of ‘Sound & Color’
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Ahead of the April 21 release of their highly-anticipated sophomore album, Sound & Color, and amidst an impressive press tour, local-ish roots rockers Alabama Shakes recently premiered another new song, “Future People.” The track follows “Don’t Wanna Fight” and “Gimme All Your Love,” and gives us an even more comprehensive preview of what we can expect from…
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Watch Alabama Shakes Perform “Don’t Wanna Fight” & “Gimme All Your Love” on ‘SNL’
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As we previously announced, roots rockers Alabama Shakes made their return to Saturday Night Live over the weekend, to perform “Don’t Wanna Fight,” the first single from their highly-anticipated upcoming sophomore album, Sound & Color (due out April 21), as well as another new track, “Gimme All Your Love.” You can watch both performances below, and you can catch Alabama Shakes…
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Alabama Shakes to Return to ‘SNL’ Feb. 28
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Just over two years ago (wow, time flies), we were singing Alabama Shakes‘ praises for their top-notch debut on Saturday Night Live. Now, with a new album on the horizon (Sound & Color, out April 21 via ATO Records), a kickass new single (“Don’t Wanna Fight”), an upcoming slot at Bonnaroo, and more, the Shakes have…