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[NO COUNTRY PREMIERE] Watch Sad Baxter Perform “Love Yew,” Cover Nirvana’s “On a Plain” for 615 Sessions
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We’ve been obsessing over local duo Sad Baxter for years now, who, with their grungy riffs, pop accessibility, and personal and melancholy themes craft typically sad, sarcastic songs which are delightfully juxtaposed with singalong worthy hooks, making them an essential rising act in Nashville’s flourishing underground rock scene. Their debut LP, Weirdy, arrived in 2016, and since then the group have only…
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[Hump Day Diversion] Get Pixelated
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Music and video games can be a pretty epic pairing when done right (and not like this). Remember that time we got you addicted to that Skrillex game (that was awesome and you’re welcome). Being big fans of all things throwback here in the Diversion realm, we couldn’t resist this super fun 8bit rendering…
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[PHOTOS + VIDEO] Dave Grohl Played a Secret Show at The Bluebird Cafe Last Night
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Pulling a move out of the Steven Tyler playbook, Foo Fighters frontman and former Nirvana drummer Dave Grohl played an unannounced show for an unsuspecting crowd of less than 100 people last night at Nashville’s Bluebird Cafe. While no stranger to surprise performances, this one appears to have been Grohl’s most intimate yet, and featured nine…
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Stream Brooke Waggoner’s cover of Nirvana’s “Polly” | ‘The Cover Up’ Releases April 22nd
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If you are anything like us, you spent the better part of last weekend scouring through YouTube trying to find the best cell phone videos you could of the Nirvana tributes featuring the remaining members pouring through hit after hit with the help from the likes of St. Vincent, J. Mascis, Joan Jett, Lorde, and…
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No Country in a Nutshell: The Weekly Recap | 12.10-12.16
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In case you missed it, here’s everything we covered this week on the site: NEWS: Paul McCartney and the members of Nirvana performed for the 12-12-12 Hurricane Sandy Benefit concert then again on Saturday Night Live. NEWS: The 2nd wave of SXSW artists was announced, and included several locals. INTERVIEW/PREMIERE: We sat down for…
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Paul McCartney Performs with Nirvana AGAIN | SNL 12.15.12 (VIDEO)
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As we mentioned on Wednesday, the legendary Paul McCartney joined forces with the surviving members of Nirvana (and touring guitarist- practical shoe-in for permanent member had Kurt survived, Pat Smear) to perform at the 12-12-12 benefit concert for Hurricane Sandy relief at Madison Square Garden. Despite hope and speculation of a possible Nirvana or Beatles cover…
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Paul McCartney to sub for Kurt Cobain in Nirvana reunion for Sandy Benefit | 12.12.12 | What the WHAT?
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Yeah. We know. What?! So The Guardian (and then subsequently Paste and many other news outlets) are currently reporting that none other than Sir Paul McCartney will be subbing in for Kurt Cobain in a Nirvana reunion of Krist Novoselic and Dave Grohl (and maybe Pat Smear). Novoselic and Grohl have not really played together…
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Deer Tick, Mercy Lounge, Saturday Night in Nashville
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All the music world has been going nuts over the CMJ Festival in New York this week. CMJ is a smorgasbord (yeah, I had to spell check that) of up and coming musicians that take over various clubs in New York for the week with innumerable parties hosted by all the powers that be…
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Monday’s News & Notes
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You wouldn’t believe the number of tabs and browser windows that I have open at any given time. So, I am going to take this opportunity to tell you about the stuff that is rambling through my scrambled gray matter, and to be able to restart this sputtering computer. I hope I still have…
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Nirvana tributes and Deervana
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This is the 20th anniversary of Nirvana’s historic Nevermind album (damn, I feel old). Lots of tributes and concerts are going on to commemorate, and probably the best tribute mix is the one that Spin Magazine will be releasing tomorrow for free. The Spin tribute includes covers by Meat Puppets, Vaselines, Telekinesis, JEFF the…