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Zac’s Back? Paramore Seemingly Confirm Former Drummer’s Return
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It’s been a long road to Paramore‘s fifth album- the highly-anticipated followup to their Grammy winning, 2013 self-titled effort. Over the past few years, the local group, who still call the Nashville area home more than a decade into their existence, achieved some of the highest critical and commercial success of their career, toured the…
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Paramore Recording New Album with Justin Meldal-Johnsen, Former Drummer Zac Farro
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Earlier this year, local rockers Paramore confirmed that they were writing a new album following the departure of bassist and founding member Jeremy Davis; the followup to their Grammy award winning, critical and commercial smash self-titled fourth effort, released in 2013. Writing seems to have transitioned to recording in recent weeks here in the Nashville (or Franklin) area,…
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Paramore Confirm That They Are Writing New Music
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Late last year, local rockers Paramore announced the amicable departure of bassist and founding member Jeremy Davis, promising, in an official statement, that they “really do believe Paramore can and should continue on,” despite only vocalist Hayley Williams and guitarist Taylor York left in the group’s official lineup (founding members Josh and Zac Farro departed in 2010,…
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Bassist Jeremy Davis Exits Paramore
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In what should come as something of a shock to longtime fans of local rockers Paramore, bassist and founding member Jeremy Davis has exited the group, according to a statement from the band’s Facebook page: These last few years have held some of the most fulfilling moments we’ve had yet… as people, as friends, and…
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CHVRCHES Perform with Hayley Williams at Marathon Music Works, Join Paramore’s Cruise
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Last night at Marathon Music Works, Scottish synthpop trio CHVRCHES surprised the audience by welcoming resident local rockstar Hayley Williams, of Paramore fame, to the stage to join them for a performance of “Bury It,” a track from their latest effort, Every Open Eye. Born and raised in the Nashville area, Williams, despite fronting an arena-sized rock band,…
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No Country For New Nashville Podcast | Episode 10: HalfNoise
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In the latest edition of our No Country For New Nashville Podcast, we sat down with local singer, songwriter, and multi-instrumentlist Zac Farro, who played drums in Paramore from 2004-2010, and, for the past five years, has been making music on his own under the moniker HalfNoise. Just months after the release of his debut LP, Volcano Crowe,…
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TWiN | This Weekend in Nashville | May 15 – 17
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We’re gonna try to change things up a bit, and publish our weekend roundup a little earlier so you can have a little more time to prepare for your weekend – and so our blood pressure will be lower on Friday afternoons. The weekend has rain in the forecast that could dampen some of…
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15 Bands You Can’t Miss at Beale Street 2015
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Are you heading west this weekend for the annual Memphis in May Beale Street Music Festival? You should be. Priced at only $40 a day or $120 for the weekend, the annual fest, hosted at Tom Lee Park in Memphis, seems to bring the most bang for your buck year after year, especially of the major events…
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Watch Taylor Swift Sing “Hands Down” with Members of Dashboard Confessional, Paramore
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Pop megastar and sometimes Nashville resident Taylor Swift has been popping up left and right in Music City lately, and that’s because she’s holed up here rehearsing for her upcoming 1989 world tour, which kicks off next month and will return her to Bridgestone Arena on Sept. 25 and 26 (regular tickets sold out quick, sorry). And, while normal “Taylor Swift at…
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Jack White, Paramore, More Nab Awards at 2015 Grammys
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Even if you didn’t tune in, as a Nashvillian (or, you know, music fan and/or person with an internet connection), you probably know that the 57th Annual Grammy Awards took place last night in Los Angeles. And, if you kept an eye on our coverage, you likely also know that a healthy amount of Nashville artists…