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No Country in a Nutshell: The Weekly Recap | 11.17-11.23
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As we dive into a holiday week, we look towards a somewhat slower season for shows. While there will certainly be no shortage of quality music throughout the remains of November and into December, the marathon pace at which we’ve been previewing, reviewing, and running giveaways will ease up a bit, until we kick…
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SXSW 2015 Announces Second Wave Of Artists With More Nashville Bands
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Every year Nashville has a huge representation in Austin for SXSW, and this year is proving to be no different. We already told you about the confirmed showcase artists, Blacklist Royals and Natural Child, in the first announced wave, and we just got the word that our pals ELEL, Turbo Fruits, and PUJOL have…
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[INTERVIEW] Madi Diaz on her new record, Dino’s, and returning to Nashville | Playing Mercy Lounge Nov. 10
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Los Angeles-based songstress Madi Diaz made waves while living here in Nashville from 2010 to 2012. With mesmerizing and quirky songwriting packed into albums Plastic Moon and We Threw Our Hearts in the Fire, Diaz caught the attention of Paste Magazine, American Songwriter, and Nettwerk Music Group. Diaz changed up her game with September…
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Check Out This Daytrip Remix of ELEL’s “40 Watt”
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From single releases to video releases to taking part in one of our podcasts, blog pals and local standout indie popsters ELEL have had quite the 2014. They’ve pretty much blown up on the local circuit, and have been teasing us with bits and pieces of their new record Geode for months now. While…
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REVIEW: Alanna Royale w/ Kansas Bible Company & ELEL | 10.4.14 @ Exit/In [PHOTOS]
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Alanna Royale w/ Kansas Bible Company, ELEL Exit/In; Nashville, TN October 4, 2014 Review by Philip Obenschain (@pobenschain). Photos by Matt Cairns. We joined longtime friends of the site and breakout local r&b and soul band Alanna Royale to celebrate the release of their debut full-length, Achilles, last week, and, as expected, it was…
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Alanna Royale Celebrate the Release of ‘Achilles’ TONIGHT at Exit/In w/ Kansas Bible Company & ELEL
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One of our most-anticipated local shows of the fall, and easily the can’t-miss club performance of TONIGHT, longtime friends of the site Alanna Royale are celebrating the release of their debut full-length album, Achilles, at Exit/IN with two of Nashville’s other finest acts: Kansas Bible Company and ELEL. If you don’t already know these three bands, then, sadly, we’ve failed you as a…
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No Country Guide To Tomato Arts Fest 2014
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Tomato Art Fest is coming up this weekend (starting tonight, actually), and we decided to help you get acquainted with the musical aspects of this year’s event. Things get started tonight at The Crying Wolf with the King & Queen Costume Contest & Concert, and that rolls right into the “Block Party” tomorrow night in Five Points. Saturday…
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Nashville Outlines Announces Initial Lineup | August 22nd | The Stone Fox
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Remember that killer FREE block party that our pals at The Stone Fox threw last summer dubbed as Nashville Outlines? It was the one that featured sets from most of our favorite bands in town including an epic set by Jeff The Brotherhood. Yeah, do you remember that, or were you too hammered by then? …
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No Country in a Nutshell: The Weekly Recap | 7.14-7.20
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It was a busy week for us in preparation for last weekend’s Forecastle Festival, and there were plenty of great shows going on around town too. We also had the exciting news of the release of our Podcast featuring Ben Elkins of ELEL! If that’s not enough, Vinyl Thief just released their debut album…
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No Country For New Nashville Podcast | Episode 5: ELEL
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In the latest edition of our No Country For New Nashville Podcast, we sat down with Ben Elkins, frontman of local indie/soul/afro cuban band on the rise, ELEL, to discuss basketball, philosophy, band history, plans for ELEL’s debut album, and more. Ben was also kind enough to perform two acoustic songs for us. You’ll find a…