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  • This Weekend In Nashville, October 19-21

    Hold onto your extra long hipster beanies Nashville, this is a pretty impressive weekend of shows (especially Friday night), so make some decisions and pace yourself.  Let’s jump right into it, shall we. Friday First off, for those you working that downtown job… or for the gainfully unemployed, you’ll want to check out the…

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  • This Weekend In Nashville, July 12-14

    We have already talked about the difficult early decision that you have to face with Fiona Apple and Zappa Plays Zappa tonight, so let’s get into the rest of your music filled weekend.  Seriously, pace yourselves folks… this weekend rolls through Monday like a freight train. Friday Regardless of your early decisions for Friday…

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  • Weekend Roundup… check out these shows.

    Do you remember us telling you all about Katie Herzig during that little ticket giveaway thingee we did a few months ago?  Well, we aren’t giving any tickets away for this one, but you can catch her again Friday.  It’s a great opportunity to see this Nashville popstress live in the intimate confines of…

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  • By Lightning! wins the first Road to Bonnaroo competition!

    It was a pretty spectacular night with a lot of turnout for the 1st Road to Bonnaroo competition last night at Mercy Lounge.  Eight rapid fire sets with performers giving it their all to earn a coveted spot in this year’s Bonnaroo lineup.  We saw very inspired performances from all the contestants, but it…

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  • The “Road To Bonnaroo” Begins Tonight at Mercy Lounge

    You may (or may not) have noticed that the posts have been scarce for the past week or so.  That’s because I was rumbling along in a truck across the country to officially settle into Nashville.  So, it’s fitting that we start things back up here with a reminder about the road to Bonnaroo…

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  • Last Minute Live Music Suggestions In Nashville Tonight

    Despite the weather, it’s another fine night for some great local acts.  I’m swamped today, so we are going to quickly run through three venue lineups that I think will be pretty damn fun tonight.  I’ve written about most of these bands, so I’ll just throw up some players to give your ears the…

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  • By Lightning, Mercy Lounge, Tonight in Nashville

    It’s high time that I started getting us all familiar with Soundland bands, and a free show tonight is just as good of a reason as any to start that.  So, without further ado, let me tell you what you should do tonight in Nashville! Have you heard of By Lightning?  Have you seen…

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  • Soundland is soon, do you have your wristband?

    Nashville’s version of the famed Austin music festival South by SouthWest (SXSW) is right around the corner. While on a smaller scale, the 4 day, 11 venue, 100 artist festival will take Nashville by storm starting on September 21st with a kickoff performance by Jonny Corndawg, Dawes, and M. Ward at the War Memorial…

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  • We Own This Town mixtape

    The good folks over at We Own This Town have released a mixtape (volume 46) of Nashville bands that are worth listening to right now.  You can download it for free, so head over to their webpage to check it out.  Nice job, guys! A listing of the bands, tracks, album, and upcoming shows…

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  • Soundland filling out its schedule…

    Soundland (formerly known as, Next Big Nashville) is continuing to fill out the line up for the September 21-24 festival in Nashville.  We first brought the news of the initial Soundland lineup to you a few weeks ago.  Well, the lineup continues to grow with the addition of Foster The People, Yelawolf, Big K.R.I.T.,…

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