No Country in a Nutshell: The Weekly Recap | 7.7-7.13

While Nashville is our home base and primary area of focus, we currently have our sights set a little north. Louisville, to be exact, for the annual Forecastle Fest. We spent a good chunk of last week letting you know more about local acts making the trek this weekend (and will continue our Forecastle coverage this week), and we still found time to bring you plenty local show previews and reviews, news about some exciting fall events, song and video releases, and more. In case you missed anything, here’s a recap of everything we covered:

• NEWS: Americana Music Association announced that it will honor Jackson Brown, Loretta Lynn, and more with Lifetime Achievement Awards this fall!
• NEWS: tUnE-yArDs announced a fall show at Marathon Music Works.
• NEWS: SXSW began accepting artist submissions for 2015.
• NEWS: Beck announced a recorded version of Song Reader featuring several fellow Forecastle headliners!
• NEWS: Brand New announced their first Nashville date in years at War Memorial Auditorium.
• NEWS: Canadian Duo Death from Above 1979 announced a show this fall at Marathon Music Works.
• NEWS: This year’s Tomato Art Fest added a free Friday night concert and announced the music lineup!
• NEWS: Metal band Mastodon announced a fall stop at Nashville’s Marathon Music Works!
• NEWS: Muddy Roots Music Festival announced its 2014 schedule!
• FEATURE: This Weekend in Nashville: Our staff ran down the weekend’s must see shows!
• REVIEW: We took a listen to Old Crow Medicine Show’s latest album. Remedy, ahead of their show at Fontanel!
• REVIEW: We went to Marathon Music Works to catch Phantogram with Bad Things (w/PHOTOS).
• REVIEW: We caught week 4 of Nashville Dancin’, which included The Apache Relay, Steelism and more (w/ PHOTOS)!
• FORECASTLE: Nashville to Forecastle with Goodbye June
• FORECASTLE: Nashville to Forecastle with Willie Watson
• FORECASTLE: Nashville to Forecastle with The Weeks
• FORECASTLE: Nashville to Forecastle with Leagues
• FORECASTLE: Nashville to Forecastle with The Wans
  
• SHOW: We gave away tickets to Hurray for the Riff Raff‘s upcoming Mercy Lounge show with Clear Plastic Masks.
• SHOW: Fall Out Boy stopped by the Woods at Fontanel with New Politics!
• SHOW: Andrew W.K. performed solo at Exit/In with The Nightbeast, Music Band and Punani Huntah.
• SHOW: Another week of Nashville Dancin’ continued with Dumpstaphunk, Sister Sparrow and the Dirty Birds, Terrance Simien and more!
• SHOW: The Bluefields played two sets at The High Watt!
• SHOW: Chalaxy performed at new Donelson venue Phat Bites with Mom and Dad, Creature Comfort, and The Suez!
• SHOW: The Goddamn Gallows and Buzzard Wagon took over Exit/In.
• SHOW: Music City Roots made the move to Franklin with Emmylou Harris, Rodney Crowell and more.
• SHOW: Fucked Up performed at Exit/In with Cy Barkley & the Way Outsiders and JAWWS.
• RELEASE: Steelism released “Cat’s Eye Ring” from their upcoming full length.
• RELEASE: Little Daylight dropped their album ahead of an August show Mercy Lounge.
• RELEASE: Rock n’ rollers That’s My Kid  released not one, but TWO new singles!
• RELEASE: Vinyl Thief premiered another single from their upcoming album, Fathoms.
• RELEASE: Maggie Chapman got patriotic on her new single “Wonder Woman.”
• VIDEO: The War On Drugs performed on Letterman ahead of a fall show at Marathon Music Works!

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