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Rayland Baxter w/ Ruby the Rabbitfoot 3rd & Lindsley; Nashville, TN August 30, 2015 Review by M. Olivia Burd (@nashweekender). Photos by Amber Davis. He came home to shine his light on us, Rayland Baxter did. He played Lightning 100’s Nashville Sunday Night at 3rd & Lindsley to share that light, sonically, with all the listeners across the land. ATO Records released…
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In the latest edition of our No Country For New Nashville Podcast, we sat down with Dillon Hodges, the singer, songwriter, and musical mastermind behind electro-bluegrass project firekid. Prepping to release his debut album under the firekid moniker on Sept. 25 (through Atlantic Records, no less), Dylan told us all about growing up in Muscle Shoals, Alabama,…
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Earlier this summer, we told you that progressive/experimental rockers The Dear Hunter were prepping to release a new album, Act IV: Rebirth in Reprise, and will play Exit/In on Oct. 9 with CHON and Gates in support (grab tickets here)! The highly anticipated LP, which drops this Friday, Sept. 4, continues a series of concept albums which the Casey Crescenzo-led band started between 2006…
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With artists like Mac DeMarco and Real Estate currently at the forefront of festival lineups and record stores, surf rock has become an undeniable new indie sensation. Jelly are one of the latest acts to break into the genre, and just so happen to be local to Nashville. Made up of Will Aiken and Kyle Buckley,…
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Pony Boy. photo by Gary Acquaro. Pony Boy w/ Justin & the Cosmics, Lilly Hiatt The Basement; Nashville, TN August 29, 2015 Review by Jacqui Sahagian. Photos by Gary Acquaro. Over the weekend, noir alt-country singer Pony Boy celebrated the release of her debut full-length, Blue Gold, at The Basement with the record’s producers Justin Collins and Adam Landry, who are…
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Alt-country singer Pony Boy has been impressing us with her unique mix of art rock, classic country, and a noir Hollywood aesthetic, and she just released her latest video in support of her debut full-length Blue Gold, which dropped on Friday. The album was produced by Justin Collins (who has worked with Diamond Rugs among…
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We told you last fall about our surprise when we first caught wind of studio outfit, Jupiter Is My Hard Drive. The synth & European electro beat heavy compositions would be a perfect fit for an 80’s John Hughes film, and represent a fresh look at what some fine local musicians are filling their time creating.…
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Local blues rock shredder Patrick Sweany continues to promote his upcoming 7th LP, Daytime Turned To Nighttime, which is due out on September 18th via Nine Mile Records. We already told you about the incredible bluesy number, “First Of The Week”, which was the first single from Sweany’s “grown up record”, and he recently dropped…
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Every single person reading this post probably has a story to tell about a night at Exit/In. Well, the folks over at Uproxx dug a little deeper, and got some of the back story on the infamous mid town rock venue. They sat down to talk to the founders, and current and past employees…
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We’ve long defended the artistry and intent of Nashville-raised pop megastar Miley Cyrus, who, over the past year or so, has really made strides in shaking her “former Disney kid turned shock-value pop star” reputation. Not only has Cyrus become an advocate for homeless LGBT youth, going to far as to start a foundation to aid…