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The alter-ego of celebrated local singer-songwriter Todd Snider, Elmo Buzz and his revolving backing band The Eastside Bulldogs started as a joke persona and a way to dodge radius clauses, but has evolved into a fully realized musical entity, complete with a great new album, Eastside Bulldog. Recruiting the talent of longtime friends and collaborators Elizabeth Cook, Aaron Lee Tasjan, and Rorey Carroll,…
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Jay Farrar is a pioneer in the alt-country movement. After the demise of his collaboration with Jeff Tweedy in Uncle Tupelo, Farrar stayed the alt-country course, and founded the highly acclaimed Son Volt in the mid 1990s. The band, through their rotating lineup over the years, may not have seen the commercial success of Tweedy’s Wilco,…
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Friend of the site James Wallace has made quite an impression on us over the years, starting with his James Wallace & The Naked Light project. He is now back with a new vehicle to present his pop folk laden tunes which explore the metaphysical boundaries between space, time, and humanity. With Skyway Man, Wallace…
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One of our newest finds of the past year Okey Dokey have teamed up with one of our favorite bands of the past few years in Kansas Bible Company to release one of the coolest Christmas covers yet this season with their rendition of “Blue Christmas.” Though this is the first official release together…
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Stand out Nashville psych pop outfit the Paperhead are gearing up to release their fourth album Chew on Feb. 17 via Trouble In Mind Records. This is the first release that we’ve had since the young trio’s 2014 release Africa Avenue, which totally blew our minds, and spent months in the proverbial rotation. This…
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Local electro-popsters MYZICA are going to be topping year end lists this year with their incredible full length debut, Love & Desire, that dropped this summer, and if your ass isn’t firmly planted on their bandwagon already, you are behind the curve. We got a late night message from the duo, consisting of Micah Tawks…
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Acclaimed singer-songwriter Josh Ritter, who most recently released his eighth studio album, Sermon On The Rocks, has announced an early 2017 run of solo dates for a mini “work in progress” tour, which will kick off at Nashville’s City Winery on Jan. 18. If you are a fan of Ritter’s heartfelt lyrics and catchy songs,…
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Photo by Jake Giles Netter It’s been a hot minute since we last reported on Thelma and the Sleaze when they were in the midst of an amazingly awesome month long intra-city tour, but that surely doesn’t mean that they haven’t been hard at work since. The well honed, punk influenced, sludge rock trio are…
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Fans of the site should already be familiar with local alt garage punks Sad Baxter (read this post), but if you’re not acquainted, fear not! You can click on after the jump to get hip to their socials, plus go ahead and dig into their latest LP, Weirdy, released on local indie label Cold…
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Last year, beloved local singer-songwriter Drew Holcomb and his band The Neighbors performed an epic show at The Ryman Auditorium in support of their seventh studio album, Medicine. The show spawned the group’s first live album, appropriately titled Live at the Ryman, which was released earlier this year and marked a milestone in their long-running career. Now,…