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No Country friends, Marathon Music Works and Lightning 100, have teamed up for a full on spring time stroll down awesome lane with the announcement of their Spring Block Party. What separates this from any of the other welcome-out-of-winter parties? The stellar line up, of course including The Wild Feathers, The Apache Relay, Sol Cat,…
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Here we go again. It’s time for the Music City Mayhem competition. Hundreds of artists submit to make the 32 spot playoff field, and from there it is all about getting the votes and hustling. Lulu Mae won the competition last year, and past winners have included Roots Of A Rebellion (2012), Eastern Block…
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Where did October go? As we switch from pumpkins to peppermints and have an eye beyond the holidays onto the ever-looming new year, things are feeling busier than ever, both around the site (say hi to all of our new contributors!) and in the amount of music happening around town! If you rely on…
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Lightning 100’s local radio hour, The 615, has moved to a new night. As always, DJs Wells and Hammel use this program to bring you the best of the local music scene for an hour starting at 6:15pm. If you haven’t had a chance to check out the awesome that is The 615, we’ve…
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Dawes was getting in the spirit for their spirited SXSW run (they played an unbelievable 14 sets down there) when they stopped in Nashville last week, and what more fitting of a spot to play before a SXSW marathon than a run through our own Marathon Village. Lightning 100 was there to bring you…
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Were you lucky enough to be in the packed Cannery Ballroom on Monday night for British sensations Alt-J? We were there and I can’t say much about their live show. Maybe they were as freaking tired as I was in that hot, packed room, but their live show didn’t relate to me the same…
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A couple weeks back, we mentioned that local independent radio station Lightning 100 had teamed up with Jackalope Brewing and some other great sponsors to host the 5th Annual Music City Mayhem. Music City Mayhem is a fan-driven competition between 32 local artists for a chance to win a month of heavy radio play on Lightning 100, 3 days of studio time with an…
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Lightning 100 had a change in their mission statement last year with a committment to focus more on local music, and we, obviously, support that mission 100%. One of the programs that came from that promise is The 615 which is a weekly, hour-long rundown with afternoon hosts Wells and Hammel to spotlight Nashville’s local independent music…