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Stream the Complete John Peel Library
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Music blogs are all about bringing you the newest music without a lot of commercial influence. How do you think that happened 50 years ago though? Most radio stations (by my opinion) were operated by the machine, but there were a few pirate radio stations out there that made sure you were able to…
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Stream The New Record by Grizzly Bear Before Their Show at The Ryman!
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Well, if you are going to spend the entire day streaming new records that we have recommended to you, then we’ll just keep this train rolling. Grizzly Bear are releasing their first record since 2009’s Veckatimest. Edward Droste (vocals, guitar, omnichord, keyboard), Daniel Rossen (vocals, guitar, banjo, keyboards), Chris Taylor (bass, backing vocals, various…
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Stream Dinosaur Jr’s New Record “I Bet On Sky” Before They Play Mercy Lounge!
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Dinosaur Jr. is going to round out the return to the roots of indie rock tour that has swept Nashville this summer. We’ve already heard from Sebadoh, Guided By Voices, and Archers of Loaf this summer, but it is Dinosaur Jr. that really seems to aging like a fine wine. Since reforming in 2005,…
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Stream The New Record By The Sheepdogs Before Their Show At Exit/In
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If you haven’t gotten to know Canada’s The Sheepdogs yet, then you haven’t been paying attention. You didn’t hear about them being the only unsigned band ever to grace the cover of Rolling Stone, and you didn’t listen to us telling you about them playing an absolutely packed New Faces Night at The Basement…
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Milktooth’s Video Cover Series Starts with Beach House and Kavinsky
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Nashville band Milktooth has started a pretty innovative idea of simply covering tracks that they like. The first two in the series are Beach House’s “Wild” from their new record Bloom and the other is a cover of Kavinsky’s “Nightcall” from the Drive Movie Soundtrack. Both are sonically and visually appealing, and well worth…
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Nashville-Based The Campaign 1984 Wins a Slot To Open For Slash
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Nashville-based band The Campaign 1984 was selected as one of 20 winners by Slash to open for him in his upcoming tour thanks to a contest run by Guitar Center. At the end of the 20 date tour, Slash will pick his favorite of the 20 acts to win about $15,000 in gear from…
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This Weekend in Nashville, Sept. 7-9
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By Contributor Andrew Johnson This weekend probably has a light schedule as far as Nashville goes, but you should still check out some live music if you can. Friday As Matt already mentioned in his post titled More National Love for the Nashville Rock Scene, the Turbo Fruits are playing their “Butter” record release show…
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GIVEAWAY TIME: Hacienda This Weekend
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San Antonio based Hacienda is spending the weekend in Nashville, and it is definitely something that should be on your radar. There music is a fun, summertime, inspirational stewpot with two dashes of Spoon, a teaspoon of The Beach Boys, a sprinkle of Foster The People, a Fitz & The Tantrums garnish, and a…
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Have A Listen To Nashville’s Mystery Twins Covering Leonard Cohen
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We told you about the EP, Love Is Strange, released from Nashville’s Mystery Twins back in May, and they are at it again, releasing a new 7-inch on September 22nd. The B-side leaked out about a week ago, and it is nice fun harmonized cover of Leonard Cohen’s “I’m Your Man”. You can have a…
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Huge Thursday Night In Nashville!!!
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Things get started tonight with this season’s debut of Live On The Green with Dr. John & The Lower 911, Moon Taxi, & John Cleary. Now, I’m not some brainy engineer, but I do know that there is mad love for onstage collaboration and jam sessions down in Dr. John’s homeland of New Orleans,…