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First Listen of Alabama Shakes’ ‘Boys and Girls’ and a video of “Hold On”
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In the honorary mention category of Nashville music, it seems like we should all be pretty proud of Alabama Shakes meteoric rise to fame this past year. They are releasing their first full length, Boys and Girls, next week, and you can have a listen to the entire record over at NPR. You can also…
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New Sigur Ros Record Due Out in May
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Those of you that follow the music news from sources other than here probably already know that Sigur Ros has a new record, Valtari, coming out on May 29th. Those of you that follow both me and other music news are probably wondering why I haven’t mentioned this before… since I am obviously enamored with…
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Mount Carmel, The End, Tonight In Nashville
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If you listen to All Songs Considered, you may have heard Robin Hilton say that he thinks Mount Carmel would eat The Black Keys for lunch. Damn, that’ll get your attention. These Ohio blues rockers bring you some straight up, in your face, grungy, blues rock. While I doubt they are going to unseat…
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Listen to the Flaming Lips and Bon Iver Record Store Day Collab
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Record store day is less than a month away, and there are lots of sneak peeks coming out of some of the collabs we can expect. The biggest news this week has been the Flaming Lips and Bon Iver collab, and you can peep that below. [youtube_sc http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7JqabiTTVh4&w=420&h=315]
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New Vids from Madi Diaz
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We’ve gotten to know Madi Diaz over the past year around here, and we were just as excited to see her new video for “Love You Now” from her recent Breakthru Session. [vimeo 39265517] And then you can check out her recent Attic Session from the folks over at Nashville’s War Memorial Auditorium.…
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Hey Musicians!!! Red Bull Music Academy session w/ Eliot Lipp
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Musicians… listen up. I recently found out about a national “academy” for musicians to hone their skills with other musician “students” and musician “instructors”. Once a year, Red Bull Music Academy brings you, the “students” together for a two week program with lectures, shows, and all the networking you can handle. Check it, everything…
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Kansas Bible Company weekend in Nashville
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Have you seen Nashville’s up and coming music sensation Kansas Bible Company yet? If not, you couldn’t ask for a better weekend of opportunities to see what could possibly be the next Nashville sensation. We talked about them a bit before, so let’s just focus on your options to see them this weekend. Perhaps,…
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Jack White Ticket Instructions for The Ryman
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Surely we all know about Jack White’s two night run at The Ryman coming up in mid May, and that he is bringing Nashville faves Alabama Shakes along with him. Obviously, this is going to be a hard ticket to get, so I thought I would fill you in on the ticketing instructions before…
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Charity Guitars and Music from Jonathan Cain of Journey, Tonight in Nashville
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Free People’s boutique is hosting an event tonight in Nashville in support of their FP Heart Strings project which is a charity organization supporting music and the arts. This event will feature 5 Rickenbacker guitars (three guitars, a bass, and a mandolin) which have been hand decorated by Free People Artists. Each of these…
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Lots of Decisions tonight in Nashville
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Here we go again with another slate of awesome shows tonight in Nashville. I think I’m going to have to flip a coin for this one. We have J. Roddy Walston & The Business bringing their high energy, Jerry Lee Lewis-like act to Exit/In. River City Extension brings their happy folk pop to The…