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Watch alt-J Perform on ‘Fallon,’ NPR’s Tiny Desk | See Them Nov. 6 at Municipal Auditorium
Ahead of their recently announced Nov. 6 return to Nashville, for a headlining show at Municipal Auditorium, and in anticipation on their upcoming third album, Relaxer, due out June 2, English indie rockers alt-J have been making a lot of recent press rounds. Two of their most essential appearances over the past few weeks, one such stop brought them to The Tonight Show…
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Watch Julien Baker Perform for NPR’s Tiny Desk | Catch Her March 9 at Exit/In
If you’re dialed into the indie scene, then you’ve very likely heard of buzzworthy up and coming songstress Julien Baker, whose sprawling, sad full-length debut, Sprained Ankle, was ranked among 2015’s best releases (and for good reason; it’s incredible). What you might not know, however, is that Baker is local, or at least local-ish. Raised in Memphis,…
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Kacey Musgraves Plays “Follow Your Arrow” On NPR’s Tiny Desk for Marriage Equality
Yesterday’s historic ruling legalizing same-sex marriage nationwide drew plenty of love from Nashville-based musicians. Our friends at Nashville Cream have a nice roundup of our creative community’s responses. With impeccable timing, Bonnaroo highlight Kacey Musgraves just stopped by NPR’s “Tiny Desk” for a session and, fittingly, dedicated her breakout single “Follow Your Arrow” to the Supreme Court’s decision.…
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Stream Justin Townes Earle’s New Album ‘Single Mothers’ Ahead of Sept. 9 Release
Less than a week after he announced a Nov. 20 headlining performance at The Ryman with Cory Branan, Nashville folk/Americana singer-songwriter Justin Townes Earle has made his upcoming fifth album, Single Mothers, available to stream early, thanks to the good folks at NPR. After a nasty public falling out with short-lived label home Communion, Single Mothers arrives via Vagrant on Sept. 9. Stream Single Mothers HERE.…
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Hump Day Diversion: Everybody Mosh Now
Ah, Mosh Pits. I had almost forgotten they existed since I have gotten soft and singer-songwriter friendly in my old age (yikes, I know). But I do have many a fond memory awkward recollection of being involuntarily fondled in a hardcore crowd in my days of questionable fashion choices and punk show outings. Proving…
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The Kills & Jeff The Brotherhood are streaming live on NPR tonight!
Nashville’s own Jeff The Brotherhood are currently on tour opening for The Kills. They are at Washington DC’s 9:30 Club tonight, and NPR will be streaming the entire show on their website. There isn’t much more that I need to tell you about that. If you know who these bands are… you will understand…
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Watch Portishead on Fallon
Portishead straight off her first east-coast American appearances in 13 years at All Tomorrow’s Parties in New Jersey, which she curated this year, stopped by Late Night with Jimmy Fallon to perform a couple of tracks. You can check them out below. You can also head over to NPR’s website to hear a number…
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Gem Club’s new NSFW video
Do you remember the group Gem Club from that list of interesting new releases from this week? Well, they dropped a really beautiful video for the song “Twins” with lots of play on lights and shadow (and a lot of skin) off at NPR today. Head over there to check it out! BUT, BE…
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Phosphorescent Tiny Desk Concert
Matthew Houck (aka Phosphorescent) just finished a European tour with The National, and he celebrated by rolling straight into the NPR offices to record a Tiny Desk Concert. It just released today, so head over to NPR’s website to hear it. You can also click back to our Bonnaroo preview to read more about…