No Country in a Nutshell: The Weekly Recap | 10.20-10.26

Based on a review of our site traffic last week, folks in Nashville are clearly excited about the Foo Fighters Halloween show at The Ryman that we were speculating, but one show, no matter how special, does not make a Music City.  We had plenty of news of upcoming shows, reviews, new music releases, and a couple of new contests!  In case you missed anything, here’s a recap of everything we covered last week on the site:

• NO COUNTRY PRESENTS: Modoc & Featherface | Tuesday, Oct. 28 | Acme Feed & Seed
• NEWS: The 2015 festival dates keep coming with Forecastle announcing July 17-19 2015.
• NEWS: The Midtown Monster Mash takes over Division Street on Halloween night.
• NEWS: SXSW announced their first round of artsits for 2015, including some Nashville acts!
• NEWS: We (correctly) predicted that the Foo Fighters would be performing at The Ryman on Halloween!
• NEWS: Don’t miss Swedish duo First Aid Kid at the Ryman on Wednesday October 28th.
• FEATURE: This Weekend in Nashville: Check out the weekend’s must see shows.
• REVIEW: Check out what we thought of Lonesome Shack‘s performance at Little Lights.
• REVIEW: We had to catch the new Julian Casablancas project with The Voidz last week.
• REVIEW: Our weekly showcase at Acme Feed & Seed continued with The Cunning and Emily Wolfe.
• REVIEW: We went down to the Mother Church to celebrate 20 years of Wilco during their two night run.
• REVIEW: We got the weekend started early when we caught Shakey Graves’ performance at Mercy Lounge with Joe Sundell and Esme Patterson.
• REVIEW: Check out what we thought of Sons of Bill‘s performances at both Grimey’s and The High Watt.
• REVIEW: We had a great time seeing OK Go perform at Mercy Lounge earlier this month. Check out the review and photos here!
• SHOW: Lake Street Dive performed at Cannery Ballroom with Congress.
• SHOW: The East Room had quite the night with Sexx, French Lips, fauna halo, Home & Away and Vestiges.
• SHOW: JenHodges and Spurge celebrated their first EP with a performance at The East Room.
• SHOW: Lonesome Shack performed a relaxed show at Little Lights with The Bones of J.R. Jones and Candle Kid.
• SHOW: David Bazan and Passenger String Quartet performed at 3rd and Lindsley last week.
• SHOW: Wilco returned to Nashville for their two night run at the Ryman.
• SHOW: Indie folk band Runner of the Woods performed at The 5 Spot.
• SHOW: Julian Casablancas + The Voidz performed at Marathon Music Works with Mr. Twin Sister and Sleepies.
• SHOW: We ran down our Guide to Nashville at this year’s CMJ festival in New York City.
• RELEASE: A.C. Thompson released quite the record in his debut release.
• RELEASE: Eliot Bronson released his self-titled LP earlier this week.
• RELEASE: Check out Daytrip‘s remix of ELEL‘s “40 Watt.”
• STREAM: Take an early listen to Fly Golden Eagle’s release of “Stepping Stone” off their 26 song LP Quartz.
• STREAM: Take a listen to the debut EP from Joseph Aaron and catch his performance at The Listening Room.
• VIDEO: Watch the new video “Kelly” from The Pains of Being Pure at Heart.
• FUN: Hump Day Diversion: How Smart Is Your Music?
• CONTEST: Enter to win a pair of tickets to see The New Pornographers at Cannery Ballroom early November!
• CONTEST: We are giving away a pair of tickets to see Interpol at Marathon Music Works with Rey Pila and Hundred Waters.

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