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This weekend, May 13-15, marks the return of Atlanta’s annual Shaky Knees Festival, now in its fourth year. Amidst a busy summer landscape chock full of more events than ever, Shaky Knees shines as a beacon of well-curated, affordable weekend fun, counting acts like My Morning Jacket, At the Drive-In, Jane’s Addiction, Deftones, The 1975, Florence +…
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English indie rockers Bloc Party, back together and touring in support of their new album Hymns, which dropped on Jan. 29 via Vagrant, have just announced a spring run of North American shows in between festival appearances, including a May 23 date at Cannery Ballroom, where the group last played in early 2013. Bloc Party first caught…
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Bonnaroo kicked off its annual lineup guessing game, Roo Clues, last week, and we think we solved the first two as well as number three. Adopting a much simpler format, this year’s clues will just be Instagram-based, and will arrive every Tuesday and Thursday. Roo Clue #4 landed this morning, and Bonnaroo must have been listening when we asked…
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January’s really flying by, huh? Once again, as we enter a brand new week, here’s the rundown on everything we covered last week on the site, in case you missed it: NEWS: Animal Collective and Dan Deacon announced a March show at Marathon Music Works. NEWS: East Nashville Underground announced its 2013 winter lineup.…
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Brit rockers Bloc Party are set to perform in Nashville this Friday, January 18, at The Cannery Ballroom. I believe this marks the band’s first stop in town since 2007. Released late last summer, the band’s latest album, Four, found the post-punks’ triumphant return to form after a three year hiatus. Four takes the band’s signature danceable, Britpop-influenced indie rock and pushes it…