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Milk is good for your bones and MELK is good for your ears. Our favorite local protopunks are opening for Wisconsin-based garage-psych band The Rashita Joneses at Springwater on Saturday, along with local indie rockers Caligulove and psychedelic rock band also out of Wisconsin Filter Free Rodeo. If you saw MELK around the time they played…
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Legendary singer-songwriter, multi-instrumentalist, Shuggie Otis just may be the most legendary performer in the beginnings of hip-hop, but he’s not a rapper or producer. He’s simply laid down the grooves that have been sampled ad nauseum to create some of the seminal hip hop hits, but that doesn’t mean that the older generation…
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Babes in Toyland are the legendary ’90s riot grrl band credited by many with essentially inventing the riot grrl genre, from the kinderwhore look of tattered baby doll dresses and bow barrettes to the aggressive feminist message played within the punk/grunge sound coming out of the Pacific Northwest. Almost 30 years after they broke…
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Have you recovered from Bonnaroo? Have you been drinking unbelievable amounts of water all week too? Hopefully, you are back in the swing of things, and are ready to tackle a festival sized lineup of shows going on around town this weekend. From two very important benefit shws, to a pair of opposite ends…
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Though his global fame is relatively newfound, British singer-songwriter James Bay is no stranger to Nashville. Not only did he perform in Music City for the first time last fall, opening for a pair of Hozier shows at Exit/In on the cusp of Hozier’s own superstardom, but he also recorded his debut full-length, Chaos and the Calm,…
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Red Bull Sound Select is hosting their June showcase with Ben Nichols (of Lucero), Ryan Culwell, and Somebody’s Darling at The Basement East – TONIGHT, June 18. If you RSVP, you’ll pay $3, but, if not, it will be $15 at the door. Note that entry is not guaranteed once the venue’s capacity is reached,…
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By now we hope you’ve heard, our live events production wing, No Country Presents, has taken up residence at Lower Broadway’s hippest new restaurant, lounge, retail, and event space, Acme Feed & Seed, where we’ve been bringing you a weekly, FREE, Tuesday night showcase, featuring some of our favorite emerging local and national talent. The curated showcase runs…
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We’ve been hip to HalfNoise, the ambient, indie, electro rock project of former Paramore drummer Zac Farro since just about day one, and it’s been amazing to watch Farro really come into his own as a songwriter and performer over the past several years, first with his debut EP, then last year’s incredible full-length, Volcano Crowe.…
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Though she’s appeared on occasion in compilation-style performances like the Grand Ole Opry in recent years, it’s been more than a decade, July 2002 to be exact, since country legend Dolly Parton last played a proper concert in Music City. That’ll all change next month, however, when Dolly returns to The Ryman for an acoustic benefit show dubbed…
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Allen Thompson, the man sitting front and center in that photo above, is a face, and more importantly a voice, around Nashville’s east side. You may recognize him as the leader of the ever-popular Allen Thompson Band, or you may know him as a friendly face and cool bartender to chat with at…