No Country in a Nutshell: The Weekly Recap | 11.25-12.1

While we hope everyone had a great Thanksgiving and enjoyed Black Friday (whether shopping – for records or otherwise-  relaxing, or at a show), it is time to move right into the winter season. Last week we covered tons of new releases and videos. After you polish off those Turkey Day leftovers and get your holiday decorations up, sit down and check out anything you might have missed last week with our recap:

• NEWS: Black Friday Record Store Day took place across town.
• NEWS: Night Beds, Future Unlimited and Boom Forest are playing The Stone Fox for just $3!
• NEWS: The Menzingers announced a January show at Exit/In.
• NEWS: BuzzFeed spread the word on why everyone should catch Kayne West on his Yeezus tour.
• NEWS: Third Man Records had a turkey drive for Thanksgiving.
• NEWS: 2014 might hold new album releases for Kayne West and Kendrick Lamar.
• REVIEW: We posted some thoughts on Humming House, The Farewell Drifters, and Jill Andrews‘ performance at Mercy Lounge (w/ PHOTOS).
• REVIEW: We caught Wooden Indian Burial Ground, Gunther Doug, and Megajoos at The Stone Fox (w/ PHOTOS).
• FEATURE: This Weekend in Nashvillle: We rounded up our top weekend show picks!
  
• INTERVIEW: We sat down for five Questions with Five Knives!
• SHOW: The Kingston Springs, Richie, and Faux Ferocious performed at 12th and Porter.
• SHOW: Chance The Rapper, DJ Rashad, and DJ Spinn performed at Mercy Lounge.
• SHOW: Paramore played a hometown show with Metric and Hellogoodbye.
• RELEASE: Paper Route released a cover of Destiny’s Child’s “Say My Name”.
• RELEASE: Chancellor Warhol announced a new single for Dec. 9th, a debuted a collaboration with Wick-it the Instigator.
• RELEASE: Clear Plastic Masks dropped an awesome new EP, as well as a music video.
• RELEASE: Coin released an awesome cover of Simon and Garfunkel’s “Cecilia,” and announced a show at Exit/In.
• STREAM: Check out States‘ new album ‘Paradigm’ one week early!
• VIDEO: The Pixies premiered a new video and it is Star Wars-inspired.
• VIDEO: Check out Tristen’s video for “No One’s Gonna Know.”
• VIDEO: Didn’t get HAIM tickets? Check out this SNL performance.
• VIDEO: Arcade Fire premiered a new video for “Afterlife”.
• VIDEO: Kings of Leon debuted a new video and announced an SNL appearance.
• VIDEO: Seth Rogen and James Franco released a shot for shot remake of Kanye West’s “Bound 2.”

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