No Country in a Nutshell: The Weekly Recap | 12.9-12.15

Last week, we brought you tons of show coverage, news on some of our most-anticipated events of 2014, spotlights on several talented female artists, and a whole slew of preview posts featuring some of the amazing bands performing this week at our Christmas Carol Party!

We know it’s a busy time of year, so, in case you missed anything, here’s a recap of everything we covered last week on the site:

• NEWS: Youth Code and Coming are scheduled to support AFI‘s upcoming Nashville show.
• NEWS: Vans Warped Tour has added The Protomen to its lineup.
• NEWS: Cut Copy announced a spring show at Marathon Music Works.
• NEWS: St. Vincent released a new single and announced a Nashville tour date.
• NEWS: The Rentals announced their first album in 15 years, with The Black Keys’ Patrick Carney on drums!
• NEWS: mewithoutYou and Touche Amore announced a Feb. 21 show at Exit/In.
• NEWS: John and Jacob announced a Jan. 19 3rd & Lindsley show.
• NEWS: Forecastle Festival‘s pre-sale began Dec. 13th.
• NEWS: Chancellor Warhol is set to release his new album Feb. 11, and premiered a new song on VH1.
• NEWS: Local Natives are coming to The Ryman this spring, and we gave away tickets!
• FEATURE: This Weekend in Nashville: We rounded up our top weekend show picks.
• FEATURE: No Country Presents: Sherbert Spotlight
• FEATURE: No Country Presents: Pretty Ugly Spotlight
• FEATURE: No Country Presents: Thelma and The Sleaze Spotlight
• FEATURE: No Country Presents: Kate Tucker and the Sons of Sweden Spotlight 
• FEATURE: No Country Presents: Tesla Rossa Spotlight
• FEATURE: No Country Presents: El El Spotlight
• FEATURE: Women Who Rock: The Electric Hearts
• FEATURE: Women Who Rock: Anna Haas and The Effect
• FEATURE: Women Who Rock: Forte Femme
• FEATURE: Women Who Rock: Gina Venier & The Gentlemen
• REVIEW: We caught the Suicide Girls‘ Burlesque show at Marathon Music Works (w/PHOTOS).
• BONNAROO: Is Lady Gaga a possibility for Bonnaroo? Her tour was announced, without a Tennessee date.
• SHOW: December Communion at The High Watt closed out the year with a great lineup.
• SHOW: Marathon Music Works held a star-studded charity event.
• SHOW: Sarah Jarosz, Jim Lauderdale, The North Mississippi Allstars, and more performed at Music City Roots.
• SHOW: Dec. 11 was a night full of great shows, and we rounded up our top picks.
• SHOW: Pokey LaFarge, The Tillers, and Bradford Lee Folk and the Bluegrass Playboys performed at the Mercy Lounge.
• SHOW: Fancytramp played their last show at The Stone Fox, along with Swearin’ and Bully.
• SHOW: Wild Child performed at The High Watt with Nina Diaz and Holiday Mountain.
• RELEASE: JEFF the Brotherhood released a box set of out-of-print 7″ records!
• RELEASE: Chancellor Warhol’s released a brand new single, “Nothing!”
• VIDEO: We Are The In Crowd premiere new music video, and will be at Rocketown this spring.
• VIDEO: Wild Cub recently performed for MTV Hive!
• VIDEO: Darling Parade’s recent New York performance was live-streamed on MTV.
• VIDEO: Young the Giant premiered a new music video for “Crystallized,” and announced a show at The Ryman.
• VIDEO: Body of Light premiered a music video for “Somebody Else.”
• VIDEO: The Pixies debuted a new animated video, and changed bassists once again.
• VIDEO: Cage the Elephant performed two songs on Kimmel.

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