No Country in a Nutshell: The Weekly Recap | 4.06 – 4.12

Festival season is right around the corner, and our Bonnaroo coverage is now in full swing. In addition to our daily band features, we began our new Bonnaroo Comedian of the Day series, and the timing couldn’t be better, since this week marks the Wild West Comedy Fest here in town. Last week also brought tons of exciting announcements, some exclusive premieres, another great contest, and so much more!

In case you missed anything, here’s a recap of everything we covered last week on the site:

• NO COUNTRY PRESENTS: Tetherball, Femke, and TWIGGS | Tuesday, April 14 @ Acme Feed & Seed
• NEWS: Palaver Records announced a FREE East Side Crawfish Bash with bands and beer next month!
• NEWS: Indie punks You, Me, and Everyone We Know announced a summer show at Rocketown with locals Daisyhead.
• NEWS: Musicians Corner announced its fantastic spring lineup!
• NEWS: The Vans Warped Tour announced the rest of its full 2015 lineup!
• NEWS: Jack White announced a new music history documentary in collaboration with T Bone Burnett and more.
• NEWS: Forecastle Fest announced additional artists and detailed its daily lineups!
• NEWS: Mates of State announced a summer show at The High Watt.
• NEWS: Bob Mould announced a solo show this fall at City Winery.
• NEWS: The 5th annual Tour de Fun announced its 2015 lineup, featuring Pujol, Richie, Idle Bloom and more!
• NEWS: The Rentals announced their first Nashville show in eight years next month at Mercy Lounge!
• NEWS: The Vans Warped Tour announced an inaugural comedy tent ahead of its July return to Nashville!
• NEWS: Dwight Yoakam announced Sept. 4 return to The Ryman and streamed his new record early.
• FEATURE: This Weekend in Nashville: Our staff highlighted the weekend’s must-see shows!
• REVIEW: Check our our review of last week’s No Country showcase featuring Femke, Joshua Fletcher and Will Dailey.
• REVIEW: Sylvan Esso sold out Cannery Ballroom with Flock of Dimes and we were to check it out (w/PHOTOS).
• INTERVIEW: We sat down with Jessie Baylin and to discuss her latest LP, musical evolution, and more.
• BONNAROO: The 2015 Bonnaroo Club Stage lineup was revealed!
• BONNAROO: Local rockers Chrome Pony won the third and final Road to Bonnaroo competition of the season.
• BONNAROO: Band of the Day: Unknown Mortal Orchestra
• BONNAROO: Band of the Day: Jungle
• BONNAROO: Band of the Day: Benjamin Booker
• BONNAROO: Band of the Day: Houndmouth
• BONNAROO: Band of the Day: The Growlers
• BONNAROO: Band of the Day: Glass Animals
• BONNAROO: Band of the Day: Songhoy Blues
• BONNAROO: Comedian of the Day: Kurt Braunohler
• BONNAROO: Comedian of the Day: Big Jay Oakerson
• BONNAROO: Comedian of the Day: Dan Soder
• BONNAROO: Comedian of the Day: Jamie Lee
• BONNAROO: Comedian of the Day: Cameron Esposito
• BONNAROO: Comedian of the Day: Matt McCarthy
• BONNAROO: Comedian of the Day: Mark Normand
• SHOW: Lady Lamb performed at The High Watt with Luke Rathborne.
• SHOW: Blank Range, Music Band and Joey Plunket performed at The Basement.
• SHOW: Omega Swan performed at Exit/In with That’s My Kid and Kat Milk Blu.
• SHOW: St. Lucia performed a Red Bull Sound Select Show at Acme Feed & Seed.
• RELEASE: CAPPA released a downtempo new second single called “In the Morning.”
• RELEASE: We exclusively premiered “Facts,” the opening track from Nashville duo Beer Head‘s debut EP.
• RELEASE: Ahead of their debut LP, Bully premiered a new track called “Trying.”
• RELEASE: Between the Buried and Me premiered a new single ahead of shows at Bonnaroo and Marathon Music Works.
• RELEASE: Ahead of their May 11 Ryman show, Tame Impala dropped a new single and announced a new LP.
• RELEASE: New local pop group Myzica premiered their first two tracks!
• RELEASE: Liza Anne debuted a second single from her upcoming sophomore LP.
• VIDEO: Locals Blackfoot Gypsies debuted a new video for “Under My Skin.”
• VIDEO: Panda Bear dropped a new video ahead of his solo Nashville debut next month at Exit/In.
• VIDEO: JEFF the Brotherhood returned to KEXP to perform two new songs and two covers.
• VIDEO: Taylor Swift sang “Hands Down” with members of Dashboard Confessional and Paramore at a friend’s party!
• VIDEO: Yelawolf dropped a video for “American You” ahead of his new album and summer show at Marathon Music Works.
• VIDEO: Ahead of their show at The Ryman, Death Cab For Cutie performed on Kimmel, NPR, and more.
• VIDEO: Morrissey dropped an interesting music video for “Kiss Me a Lot” ahead of his summer show at the Opry. 
• VIDEO: Colony House released a stripped down video for their track “Second Guessing Games.”
• VIDEO: Alt-J performed “Every Other Freckle” on The Tonight Show ahead of their show at the Opry.
• CONTEST: Ticket Giveaway: Marathon Village Block Party | April 25 at Marathon Music Works

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