No Country in a Nutshell: The (Bi-)Weekly Recap | 10.21-11.3

Where did October go? As we switch from pumpkins to peppermints and have an eye beyond the holidays onto the ever-looming new year, things are feeling busier than ever, both around the site (say hi to all of our new contributors!) and in the amount of music happening around town!

If you rely on these weekly recaps for keeping up to date, we apologize for skipping a few. We’ll have a way for you to sign up to receive them by e-mail soon (along with some other exclusive news, the scoop on contests and more) as we tweak the format and do some housekeeping, but, for now, here’s two weeks of coverage, all in one place for your convenience. Keep an eye out tomorrow for last week’s recap.

• NEWS: For the Love of Music: The Story of Nashville, a new documentary funded by the city, aired on ABC.
• NEWS: Anderson East partnered with LSTN Headphones and The Starkey Hearing Foundation for a good cause.
• NEWS: We took over Lightning 100‘s The 615. You can listen to it here.
• NEWS: Night Beds were added to Lord Huron‘s February show at The Cannery Ballroom.
• NEWS: Kings of Leon will play their first hometown show in years, this winter at Bridgestone.
• NEWS: Kanye West announced a fall show at Bridgestone Arena with Kendrick Lamar.
• FEATURE: This Weekend in Nashville (11/1-11/3): We highlighted our picks for the best weekend shows and events around town.
• FEATURE: This Weekend in Nashville (10/25-10/27): We highlighted our picks for the best weekend shows and events around town.
• REVIEW: We gave you the rundown on our top 5 moments from Asheville’s Mountain Oasis Electronic Music Summit.
• REVIEW: We checked out Sonic Youth’s Lee Ranaldo and The Dust with Chris Scruggs at Exit/In (w/ PHOTOS).
• REVIEW: We caught J. Roddy Walston & The Business with Reignwolf and The Wans at Exit/In (w/ PHOTOS).
• REVIEW: We attended half of supergroup Salvador Dali Parton‘s six and only shows (in one night) (w/ PHOTOS).
• REVIEW: We caught Gary Clark Jr. and Warren Hood at Marathon Music Works.
• REVIEW: We spent a little time at CMJ in NYC, and gave you our take on it.
• REVIEW: We brought you some thoughts on FIDLAR, The Orwells, The Kingston Springs, & Bully at Exit/In (w/ PHOTOS).
• REVIEW: We checked out Hanni El Khatib, Bass Drum of Death, and Bad Cop at Mercy Lounge (w/ PHOTOS).
• INTERVIEW: We chatted with Tristen about the release of her new album, CAVES.
• INTERVIEW: We had a chat with Jared Watson of The Dirty Heads.
• SHOW: Sleigh Bells and Doldrums performed at Marathon Music Works, and we gave away tickets and meet and greet passes.
• SHOW: Cat Power performed at 3rd and Lindsley, and we gave away tickets!
• SHOW: Tristen played a record release show with Meadownoise and Penicillin Baby, and we gave away tickets.
• SHOW: Drew Michael Blake, Zach Vinson, and Brett Harris performed at The Basement.
• SHOW: Carbon Leaf and Andrew Duhon played The High Watt.
• SHOW: Tonight Alive, The Downtown Fiction, For the Foxes, and Echosmith performed at The End.
• SHOW: Desaparecidos and The So So Glos played at Mercy Lounge.
• SHOW: Supergroup Salvador Dali Parton performed six shows in one night all over town.
• SHOW: Kim Logan hosted a vinyl release party at the East-Centric Pavilion.
• SHOW: Taking Back Sunday played a show with fill-in vocalist Spencer Chamberlain at Marathon Music Works and we gave away tickets.
• SHOW: Women Who Rock took over 12th & Porter with Daphne Willis, Allie Farris, Valerie Mize, and Heidi Burson.
• SHOW: We told you about the Mountain Oasis Electronic Music Summit in Asheville.
• SHOW: Nine Inch Nails performed at Bridgestone Arena with Godspeed You! Black Emperor.
• SHOW: Aoife O’Donovan performed at The High Watt and we gave away tickets.
• STREAM: We premiered “Blood Pulse,” the debut single from Nashville’s Ponzi.
• VIDEO: Penicillin Baby dropped a new video for “Thought It Couldn’t Be This Way.”
• VIDEO: Buzzworthy up and comer Chelsea Lankes premiered a stripped-down, live video of her single “Ghost.”
• VIDEO: Moon Taxi released a “fan appreciation video” for “The New Black,” and announced a New Year’s Eve show.
• VIDEO: Cage the Elephant showed up for the hilarious season two premiere of Critter’s Galaxy.
• VIDEO: Milktooth premiered a video of Beck’s “Do We? We Do” from our anniversary party.
• FUN: Hump Day Diversion: Get Your Spooky On

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