No Country in a Nutshell: The Weekly Recap | 5.5-5.11

The amount of show announcements and festival news is telling us the same thing as the weather outside – summer is right around the corner. Get excited, mark your calendars, and grab tickets, because we’re sure there is something that you won’t want to miss. Check out all the news with a recap of everything we covered last week:

• NEWS: Jack White and Neil Young were announced to appear on Fallon, where they’ll cut a live vinyl record.
• NEWS: Dave Grohl played a secret show at The Bluebird Cafe!
• NEWS: The Black Keys announced a Bridgestone Arena show with St. Vincent.
• NEWS: Indie rockers The Neighbourhood announced a stop at Marathon Music Works with Travi$ Scott and White Arrows.
• NEWS: twenty | one | pilots announced a Marathon Music Works show in late September.
• NEWS: Surfer Blood announced a show at The Stone Fox with Misfruits later this month!
• NEWS: Beck announced two back to back July shows at The Ryman!
• NEWS: Jack White announced details about his upcoming “Ultra LP” release of Lazaretto.
• NEWS: The Black Keys announced a secret Mercy Lounge Show and an SNL appearance!
• FEATURE: This Weekend in Nashville: Our staff ran down our top show picks for the weekend.
• REVIEW: We checked out the 2014 Memphis in May Beale Street Music Fest and came back with plenty of photos and a review!
• FORECASTLE: Forecastle Fest announced details for this year’s Bourbon Lodge!
• BONNAROO: The full Bonnaroo SuperJam lineups for 2014 were announced!
• BONNAROO: Bonnaroo announced the 2014 schedule, single day tickets, and additional artists!
• BONNAROO: Band of the Day: Lucero
• BONNAROO: Band of the Day: Real Estate
• BONNAROO: Band of the Day: Carolina Chocolate Drops
• BONNAROO: Band of the Day: The Wood Brothers
• BONNAROO: Band of the Day: The Master Musicians of Jajouka
• BONNAROO: Band of the Day: Pusha T
• BONNAROO: Band of the Day: Meshuggah
• BONNAROO: Club Stage Band of the Day: The Griswolds
• BONNAROO: Club Stage Band of the Day: High and Mighty Brass Band
• BONNAROO: Club Stage Band of the Day: Hunter Hunted
• BONNAROO: Club Stage Band of the Day: Jennifer Sullivan
• BONNAROO: Club Stage Band of the Day: Royal Teeth
• BONNAROO: Club Stage Band of the Day: Jamestown Revival
• SHAKY KNEES: We brought you a guide to the local acts performing at Atlanta’s Shaky Knees.
• SHOW: Turquoise Jeep performed at Mercy Lounge with Yip Deceiver and LiL iFFy.
• SHOW: Tokyo Police Club performed at Mercy Lounge, and we gave away tickets!
• SHOW: Deer Tick took over Mercy Lounge with Steelism and Adia Victoria.
• SHOW: Spoon performed at Marathon Music Works with Nashville’s own Blank Range.
• SHOW: New Faces Nite at The Basement had a stellar lineup, including The Novel Ideas.
• SHOW: Cult Leader performed at Cafe Coco with Yautja, Cove, and Demeanor.
• RELEASE: PUJOL dropped another new single, “Dark Haired Suitor,” ahead of his sophomore LP.
• RELEASE: Rodrigo y Gabriela dropped a free EP ahead of their summer show at TheRyman!
• RELEASE: Morrissey‘s tentative singles and cover art for his upcoming album leaked online, ahead of his show at The Ryman.
• RELEASE: The Colored Parade premiered a new single, “Hysterically Speaking,” ahead of a show at South.
• STREAM: Conor Oberst streamed his new album early, ahead of a June 6 show at The Ryman.
• VIDEO: Tipper Whore premiered a new music video for “Tipper Whore Party Program.”
• VIDEO: Moon Taxi debuted their new music video for “Morocco.”

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