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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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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…
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Delta Spirit and WATERS announce Nashville date
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Delta Spirit returns to Nashville to play The Cannery Ballroom on April 6th along with upstart band WATERS. Thanks to the fine folks down in Chattanooga that run The South Rail for the hat tip on that one. You may remember us talking about Delta Spirit as part of that “parking lot” show last…
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The Black Keys announce more tour dates… still no Nashville
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The Black Keys have announced the second leg of their North American tour, and there is still no Nashville date. The closest stop in this second leg is St. Louis. You can check here for ticket information if you want to road trip it. You can get pre-sale tickets with username “elcamino” and password…
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Hatch Show Preview: The Civil Wars at The Ryman
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Based on our site stats, people like to see previews of Hatch Show Prints, so we’ll repost this little sneak peek that The Ryman tweeted a couple of days ago for (the very sold out) The Civil Wars show on Thursday January 12th. It’s pretty cool, but looks like it will be bitch to…
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The Anal Beatles destroyed (literally) The Basement last night
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It was almost a joke for the packed house at The Basement last night. We had a last minute announcement about the “supergroup” called The Anal Beatles with members from Mumford and Sons, Old Crow Medicine Show, Apache Relay, and Matthew and The Atlas. It was billed as a “PunkAmeriAcapellaCana”, and I think most…
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Van Halen to play Bridgestone Arena on April 27th
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Van Halen is getting back together for another record, and another tour of some good, fun, screamy vocal, driving guitar, arena rock. I have a very distinct memory of being 13 years old and LOVING Van Halen. I had tickets to the Nashville date for the OU812 tour, and distinctly remember my parents and…
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Ovvio Arte’s “Bleed The Ballroom”, Round 3, Tonight in Nashville
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It’s 2012, and we have another installment in the Ovvio Arte parties called “Bleed The Ballroom”. These have to be some of the hippest parties going on in Nashville right now. Round 1 and Round 2 of these shindigs were a roaring success, and featured some of Nashville’s hottest rock acts. Round 3 tonight…