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Last night was a plethora of music in the Music City. It started for me with Night Beds and Madi Diaz at Revolver before I rolled over to the Basement to catch sets by Megan Jean and KFB, Paranormals, Electric Hearts, and The Sheepdogs. That’s six bands in a matter of four hours… life…
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The Basement runs a weekly event called New Faces Nite for up and coming bands to get out and play in the “becoming legendary” Nashville venue. It’s free for all (of age), and is one of the best events in town for checking out the up and coming bands from Nashville and beyond. Tonight…
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To celebrate the release of her new record Plastic Moon, Nashville’s own Madi Diaz will be performing two sets tonight. The first will be at Grimeys for FREE! at 6pm. She will follow this up with a headlining set at one of Nashville’s newer event spaces, Revolver. Doors for the Revolver show will open…
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I guess today is THE day to tell you about new tracks and upcoming Nashville shows. So, without further ado… In anticipation of Andrew Bird’s upcoming album Break It Yourself, the whistling-fiddle-meister has dropped the first single from that new record onto his SoundCloud page. This is the new record that he will be…
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Nashville resident, former Raconteur and new record label owner Brendan Benson has dropped the first single “Bad For Me” from his upcoming record, What Kind of World, over at Stereogum. The record is set to release on Benson’s newly formed Readymade label in April, and he will have a string of dates to support…
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We’ve talked a bit about Cloud Nothings on this blog before when they opened for Crystal Antlers at The End back on the first day of November. Well, they are coming back through Nashville, and, unfortunately for The End, this is probably your last chance to see them in such a small venue. Their…
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Do you remember that Portlandia: The Tour is coming to Nashville’s Marathon Music Works on February 24th? Well, things are underway with that tour already, and we got a sneak peek of the kind of action that Portlandia will bring. For those of you that have watched the show, you know they like to…
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Can you believe that Mercy Lounge has been around for 9 years already? Well…. I can, I guess. I mean, I wasn’t here 9 years ago, and I was 17 when I moved out of this area… anyway, it’s still a pretty bad ass line up of shows for their celebration this weekend. I’ve…
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Pre-sale tickets are sold out for the 2012 Bonnaroo festival. This got my rumor wheels turning. I’ve been thinking non-stop about who might be headlining next year, and I’m finally just going to publish this so I can move on to something else. So, let’s start discussing some possibilities. Let me know if you…