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David Bazan was the driving force and primary songwriter behind the band Pedro the Lion. Since the “break-up” in January of 2006, Bazan’s music under his own moniker has been resolutely great and probably liberating. However, in order to celebrate the vinyl re-issues of Pedro The Lion’s back-catalog and the 10th Anniversary of the band’s…
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Mike Patton’s stage presence during live Tomahawk shows is just as unique as his character and vocals. He resembles a chemist on stage, concocting vocal formulas and potions that produce interesting sounds. He wears a gas mask with a microphone inside of it to produce a muffling effect, and the sound is like that…
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Today is another pretty big Record Release Tuesday in the world of music. I’ve highlighted some of the albums that I am most excited to hear today. A lot of them are coming through Nashville too, and I’ve included links to buy tickets to see these shows over the next couple of months. I…
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After I made your morning, hell your whole year, by getting you excited for the Balkans tonight, I have to crush your spirit and tell you that they have cancelled. Bummer!
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Tonight In Nashville…. Have you seen JEFF The Brotherhood yet? These guys are getting some pretty serious national publicity right now. I’m in San Francisco this week for Outside Lands, and I was talking the Nashville brothers up. People here know about them….. it’s not just a Nashville thing anymore. You may have seen…
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You know Das Racist? The hysterical, not-afraid-to-rap-over-anything dudes from NY? The dudes that rapped over Billy Joel in “You Oughta Know”, brought you the inspirationally confusing “Combination Taco Bell and Pizza Hut” which followed into the hysterical White Castle opening lyrics to start the following song “Rainbow In The Dark”….. and all of this…
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We mentioned this when tickets went on sale, but it is worth reminding. “Flower Punk” rockers, Black Lips will be destroying Nashville’s Exit/In on Wednesday, August 3rd. The tour is in support of their acclaimed new LP, Arabia Mountain. Click here for tickets. The opener Night Beats starts things off at 8pm. I’ve attached…
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We talked about Merrill Garbus’ ransom note spelled musical project tUnE-yArDs back when we were talking about Thao and Mirah. Well, multi-instrumentalist Merrill is taking her show on the road in support of her second record, w h o k i l l, and she will be rolling through Nashville with a stop at…
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Tonight in Nashville…. If you need a bit more energy than David Gray at the Grand Ole Opry, you should check out Fucked Up, JEFF The Brotherhood, and Diarrhea Planet at Exit/In starting at 9pm. It’s going to be insane!