No Country For New Nashville
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While Nashville is known as "Music City USA", this is a pretty small market if you aren't in the country music scene. Our mission with this blog is to raise awareness about the independent music scene in Nashville by spotlighting the great bands that are budding around the Music City, and to attract more of the national acts to swing through Nashville.
No Country For New Nashville
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Rising indie rock and pop star Aidan Bissett has had an impressive few years, from finding online buzz while self-releasing DIY songs and covers in 2020 during the Covid lockdown, to landing a major label record deal and releasing his first EP, More Than Friends, the following year, breaking through to even more mainstream attention ..read more
No Country For New Nashville
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Back at the end of March, on the heels of a residency at Knoxville’s Big Ears Festival, iconic rapper turned experimental flautist André 3000 announced a surprise show at Third Man Records’ The Blue Room, mere hours before it went on sale and days before it was set to take place. Unfortunately, and despite seemingly ..read more
No Country For New Nashville
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Bonnaroo Artist | The Japanese HouseBonnaroo History | NewbieStage & Time | Friday | Which Stage | 3:45-4:45pm Like we’ve been doing for many years now, we’re making it our mission to help you get acquainted with many of our favorite acts from Bonnaroo‘s 2024 lineup. After roaring back to life in 2022, after two years off due to Covid and ..read more
No Country For New Nashville
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If you’re a longtime fan of Australian psych rock outfit Pond, you probably first found them through famed outfit Tame Impala (if not, congrats on being cooler than most), a like-minded, fellow Aussie project which shares friendships, members, crew, production, and musical influences with Pond (Tame’s primary member, Kevin Parker, was once a member and ..read more
No Country For New Nashville
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Just weeks after announcing that her highly-anticipated third album, Hit Me Hard and Soft, will arrive on May 17, again produced and written with her brother and lifelong collaborator Finneas O’Connell, superstar alt pop singer Billie Eilish has just announced a massive world tour in support, beginning with a run of shows throughout North America ..read more
No Country For New Nashville
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Bonnaroo Artist | MichiganderBonnaroo History | NewbieStage & Time | Thursday | That Tent | 2:30-3:15pm Like we’ve been doing for many years now, we’re making it our mission to help you get acquainted with many of our favorite acts from Bonnaroo‘s 2024 lineup. After roaring back to life in 2022, after two years off due to Covid and weather, and ..read more
No Country For New Nashville
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Mitskiw/ Julia JacklinThe Ryman Auditorium; Nashville, TNApril 12, 2024 Review by Philip Obenschain. Photos by Mary-Beth Blankenship. Since springing to national recognition and critical adoration with her brilliant third album Bury Me at Makeout Creek a decade ago, and cementing her status as one of indie rock’s most inventive, unparalleled, multifaceted and generational talents with ..read more
No Country For New Nashville
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Mannequin Pussyw/ Soul GloThe Basement East; Nashville, TNApril 15, 2024 Photos by Elizabeth Marsh One of the most celebrated and dependable fixtures in the indie punk scene for more than a decade, Philadelphia’s Mannequin Pussy have been no strangers to Nashville over the years, performing in many of the city’s intimate clubs and DIY spaces ..read more
No Country For New Nashville
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What started in 2007 as an annual celebration of all things vinyl, marked largely by niche indie releases and celebrating independent stores, Record Store Day has ballooned over the years to become a cultural phenomenon, now bringing a massive number of new, collectible, and limited-edition releases and reissues from artists small and large, and prompting ..read more
No Country For New Nashville
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Julia JacklinThe Blue Room at Third Man Records; Nashville, TNApril 13, 2024 Photos by Gina Di Maio Just one night after gracing the stage at The Ryman Auditorium for the first time, in support of the third of a four-night residency from famed, Nashville-based indie favorite Mitski, Australia’s Julia Jacklin returned to The Blue Room ..read more