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Moonface at 12th and Porter, July 30th
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Are you into experimental, electronic, synthey-rock music? Then you might have just figured out your plans for Saturday night in Nashville. Moonface is the moniker of Spencer Krug who you might know as the lead man of his other projects Wolf Parade (Sub Pop), Sunset Rubdown (JagJaguwar), and Swan Lake (JagJaguwar). This doesn’t include…
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Bon Iver rocked the Ryman
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Bon Iver showed Nashville that they deserve to be playing at a venue like The Ryman Auditorium. They showcased the new LP, and they brought us back to what got it started. Good lights, great sound, and an energy that everyone in the mother church could feel. The highlights were undoubtedly the cover of…
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Decemberists’ Colin Meloy Releases Children’s Book
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I guess having seen a broke mother turn her children’s subway entertainment into the world-wide phenomenon of Harry Potter made an impression on indie-rocker Colin Meloy of the Decemberists. Well, now that Harry Potter is over, Meloy, along with his wife, has released a children’s book entitled, Wildwood. You can read a quick little…
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J. Roddy Walston & The Business, 12th and Porter, 10/8
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If you aren’t a fan of J. Roddy Walston & The Business, then you are probably getting tired of hearing me talk about them. I was excited about them before Bonnaroo, and then they thoroughly blew me away during their set at Bonnaroo. I was so excited that I started stalking them, and found…
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Delicate Steve, The Basement, July 22
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Delicate Steve (a.k.a. Steve Marion) is an enigma who is described in his press release as a 40 piece multi-instumentalist, who sounds like My Bloody Valentine without the guitars, and is destined to be a wordless, new jersey, U2. NPR did a great story about unraveling the truly hysterical and totally fake press release…
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Way to drop a 4:20 bomb!!!
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So, FILTER, Mercy Lounge, Cannery Ballroom, and Toyota (I think they are in there too), just dropped a free concert announcement bomb. Saturday, August 20th from 6pm to midnight, you can head over to the parking lot outside Mercy/Cannery for free (let me repeat that last part, FREE) for a block party featuring Delta…
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The Zoltars, Free at Grimey’s, 6pm, July 20
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Austin-based rock band The Zoltars are on their first tour right now, and they will be in Nashville today (7/20) playing FOR FREE at Grimey’s Record Store at 6pm. These guys are another perfect example of the psychadelic rock that is brewing out of Texas these days. What else do you have to do…
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Lera Lynn
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My Old Kentucky Blog tipped me off about Lera Lynn and her amazing covers. Lera is an Athens Georgia based singer songwriter that was formerly the voice of the folk-pop band Birds and Wire. Lera just released her debut album, Have You Met Lera Lynn?, and she will be in Nashville to perform at…