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Lower Dens leaks new track and hint of new record
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Lower Dens was one of my favorite shows of 2011, and was one of those shows where the opener one upped the headliner (Cass McCombs) at The Basement. Ironically enough, McCombs is back in Nashville tomorrow night, but more about that tomorrow. For now, I wanted to post up the leaked track called “Brains”…
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Vampire Weekend’s side projects and a new record coming
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Whether they admit it or not, every hipster loves Vampire Weekend, and is waiting with baited breath on bearded faces for their next record. Supposedly that record is in the works, but those kids are all ADHD about it, and keep getting distracted by their own side projects. Fear not, this has happened before,…
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Lana Del Rey’s performance on Saturday Night Live
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Did you see Saturday Night Live this past weekend? If you missed it (like I almost always do), then you didn’t get to see Lana Del Rey’s first real performance for a national audience. As I mentioned in a News and Tracks post a couple of weeks ago, she is about as buzzy as…
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Jessie Baylin, FREE In-Store at Grimey’s today
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You may know Jessie Baylin as the wife of Kings of Leon drummer Nathan Followill, but you should know her as a very talented local folk popstress. You get a chance to catch her performing at Grimey’s today at 6pm as she prepares to release her new record Little Spark tomorrow. Jessie has been…
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“Humor-Tonk” night at The Basement, Tonight in Nashville
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I’m not sure the bands on tonight’s bill will like the “Humor-tonk” moniker, but I think it is fitting for what’s about to happen at The Basement on this Friday the 13th. Here’s the Three’s Company inspired promo video for the show tonight. [vimeo 34798859] It’s a mixture of Americana, Country, Folk, Psychedelic Rock,…
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Nicolas Jaar’s new single with Demi Moore & Bruce Willis’ kid Scout LaRue
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This song was leaked out a couple of weeks ago, and the fine folks over at Gorilla vs. Bear started blabbing about it. It’s an okay song, and I feel like everyone is blowing this thing out of proportion because of the Hollywood implication. That being said, it’s a pretty mesmerizing sultry vocal debut…
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LCD Soundsystem releases trailer for new documentary
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Do you miss LCD Soundsystem? Yeah, me too. Well, I guess James Murphy isn’t done… quite yet. Pitchfork (via Entertainment Weekly) dropped the trailer for the upcoming, Sundance Film Festival featured documentary of LCD Soundsystem which chronicles the days before that epic final show at Madison Square Garden in April 2011. The documentary, titled…
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Vinyl Thief & Stokeswood, Exit/In, Tonight In Nashville
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We’ve talked a lot about Vinyl Thief on this blog, and I hope you are getting out to see them. If you haven’t had a chance, tonight is another opportunity at Exit/In with Atlanta band Stokeswood. Vinyl Thief is that Nashville electrorock outfit that has been steadily gaining traction here in the Music City. …
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Watch Arcade Fire on PBS’ Austin City Limits starting this weekend
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We’ve been hearing for a while that Arcade Fire was amongst another stellar line up in PBS’ Austin City Limits program for 2011/2012. The concert was performed on September 17th, and the video dudes (and dudettes) have done all of their editing and mixing and what not. The show will be broadcast starting this…
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Portlandia: The Tour is coming to Nashville’s Marathon Music Works
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Have you heard about the IFC program Portlandia? The show stars Saturday Night Live star Fred Armisen and former Sleater-Kenney and current Wild Flag star Carrie Brownstein, and it’s a pretty hysterical show that clowns on the hipster world that we are embattled in everyday. Well, they are taking their show on the road…