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Bonnaroo Band of the Day: Lord Huron
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Bonnaroo Artist | Lord Huron Bonnaroo History | Newbie Stage & Time: | This Tent | Saturday | 2PM Lord Huron began as the solo project of frontman Ben Schneider in 2010. As Schneider’s initial EP began generating buzz, the singer assembled a proper band and hit the road. Their first full band EP, Mighty, was released in the fall…
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Tonight in Nashville | 3.18.13
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What’s that, SXSW is over? Sorry, I couldn’t hear you over the stampede of shows hitting Nashville tonight. Everyone booked it out of Austin at the same time and whether they’re heading home or hitting the road, plenty of them have wound up in Music City this evening. You’ve got no excuse not to…
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Stop Me If You Think You’ve Heard This One Before: Morrissey Cancels Ryman Date
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The Moz giveth and the Moz taketh away. Yep, we unfortunately must announce that, once again, Morrissey has cancelled his upcoming Ryman Auditorium performance (originally set for 1/29 then postponed for 3/29). Given the language of the press release, which I’ve block-quoted below, it sounds like “cancelled” really means cancelled and not pending postponement this time. Sorry Morrissey…
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TWiN | This Weekend In Nashville | 3/15 – 3/17
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With a few notable exceptions, this is the weekend every year that our Nashville music scene shutters its doors and heads for the great state of Texas. We already set you up a ton of live video stream links for the weekend, but I’m sure that’s not going to totally fulfill you. We’ve run…
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Bonnaroo Band of the Day: Futurebirds
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Bonnaroo Artist | Futurebirds Bonnaroo History | 2011 Stage & Time: | This Tent | Thursday | 5:30PM Hailing from the cultural college town hub of Athens, GA (the city that gave us Neutral Milk Hotel, R.E.M., and Drive-By Truckers), Futurebirds will be making their sophomore appearance at Bonnaroo this summer. Since they last made an appearance in Manchester, the group…
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Bonnaroo Band of the Day: Jason Isbell and The 400 Unit
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Bonnaroo Artist | Jason Isbell and The 400 Unit Bonnaroo History | Newbie Stage & Time: | Which Stage | Friday | 1:45PM Alabama native Jason Isbell first made a name for himself as a member of alt-country/southern rock group Drive-By Truckers from 2001-2007. In ’07, Isbell departed from the Truckers, but applied the sharpened songwriting and performance chops…
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Bonnaroo Band of the Day: Charli XCX
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Bonnaroo Artist | Charli XCX Bonnaroo History | Newbie Stage & Time: | The Other Tent | Friday | 2:15PM Hailing from England and only 20 years old, Charli XCX is almost certainly one of the youngest solo performers on this year’s Bonnaroo bill. Charli (born Charlotte Aitchison) self-released her debut album, 14, which, as the title would…
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Animal Collective Postpones Wednesday’s Nashville Show
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Breaking news from bummer town: citing band illness, psychedelic indie rockers Animal Collective have postponed the next five dates of their North American tour, which includes Wednesday’s planned stop at Marathon Music Works in Nashville. The show has been rescheduled for July 19, but, if you can’t bear to wait that long for your Animal Collective fix, you…
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No Country in a Nutshell: The Weekly Recap | 3.4-3.10
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Welcome to the new site! We’re incredibly excited to have a lot more flexibility with what we can do now. As we said this morning, please bear with us while we work on the kinks and settle into the new platform. If you notice any issues, let us know! In case you missed anything…
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Bonnaroo Band of the Day: JEFF the Brotherhood
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Bonnaroo Artist | JEFF the Brotherhood Bonnaroo History | 2011 Stage & Time: | This Tent | Sunday | 1:45PM A lot has changed for Nashville duo JEFF the Brotherhood since their Bonnaroo debut in 2011. For one, they’ve fully graduated to Warner Bros. Records for the release of their latest, 2012’s breakthrough Hypnotic Nights (their previous album was…