Beirut

  • Beirut, Cannery Ballroom, Tonight In Nashville

    It’s Monday, I know.  It is kind of the punishment that all mid-sized markets have to deal with.  The bigger acts will come through town, but you aren’t going to get the two night Friday/Saturday shows that a New York is going to have.  That being said, in New York tickets would have sold…

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  • Monday’s News & Notes

    You wouldn’t believe the number of tabs and browser windows that I have open at any given time.  So, I am going to take this opportunity to tell you about the stuff that is rambling through my scrambled gray matter, and to be able to restart this sputtering computer.  I hope I still have…

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  • Monday Updates: Radiohead, Beirut, The Black Belles, Swans

    Since the whole music world doesn’t revolve around SoundLand, let’s talk about some other mid-day news that might be exciting to you. Radiohead Numerous outlets are reporting of a few Radiohead shows on this side of the pond in New York.  Lots of rumors have been swirling that the English “league of their own”…

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  • 2011 Outside Lands Reviews

    I’ve been AWOL for the past three days.  I know, I missed you too.  I escaped the Tennessee heat for a little time in San Francisco to check out some bands at the Outside Lands festival (thanks a lot to the folks over at Superfly Presents for making it possible).  Outside Lands is set…

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  • The Final Day at Bonnaroo

    The final day of Bonnaroo, and I was able to check out The Head & The Heart, Smith Westerns, Fences, Ryan Bingham, Nicole Atkins & The Black Sea, Neon Trees, Black Dub, The White Buffalo, Beirut, Cold War Kids, and the Superjam (Dr. John and Dan Auerbach w/ a guest appearance by the Preservation…

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  • New Beirut Track

    In a convoluted twisting of artistry (and record release news), Blondie has released a new album called Panic of Girls (only in the UK only via collector’s pack sold at Europe’s equivalent of Walmart, for now) which includes a cover of Beirut’s “Sunday Smile”.  While I choose to avoid unraveling Blondie’s issues, I will…

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