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No Country’s Guide to Shaky Knees 2016: 12 Can’t Miss Friday Bands
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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Bloc Party to Play Cannery Ballroom May 23
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’s Roo Clues ’14: Number 4
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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No Country in a Nutshell: The Weekly Recap | 1.14-1.20
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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Bloc Party This Friday @ Cannery Ballroom! | 1.18.13
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…