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
2d ago
By the time his formal debut LP, Everything is Fine, arrived in 2018, Danny Kiranos, better known by his musical alias Amigo the Devil, had already amassed a cult following, thanks to years of honing his lauded and raw live show and his folky, country, rock and metal infused, dark and macabre themed, confessional sound across a ..read more
No Country For New Nashville
2d ago
Formed more than 30 years ago in their native Tulsa, Oklahoma while still just kids, pop rock brother trio Hanson were only between 11 and 16 years old when they skyrocketed to international superstardom with their breakout, classic 1997 mega-hit “MMMBop” from their multi-platinum major label debut LP, Middle of Nowhere. Though the widespread Hanson-mania ..read more
No Country For New Nashville
1w ago
It’s been just over a decade since New York pop punk outfit State Champs erupted onto the scene with their fantastic debut album, The Finer Things, instantly becoming one of the most in-demand acts of the ’00s pop punk and emo revival (which has, even more recently hit something of a fever pitch). In the years since, the ..read more
No Country For New Nashville
1w ago
Back in July, resident local rock and Third Man head honcho Jack White surprise released his sixth solo album, No Name, initially as an unmarked vinyl spread discreetly through his Third Man storefronts in Nashville and Detroit, then later as a more widespread, formal digital release. In support, White has spent the last few months ..read more
No Country For New Nashville
3w ago
A longtime punk scene favorite, Four Year Strong helped popularize the “easycore” sound of the 2000s, fusing pop punk hooks and melodies with hardcore riffs and breakdowns. Over more than 20 years and across eight LPs, the group have cemented themselves as one of the scene’s most enduring acts, remaining a favorite at a time millennial pop ..read more
No Country For New Nashville
1M ago
Formed in the early ’90s in New Braunfels, Texas, alt pop rockers Sixpence None the Richer released two early albums to some modest success in the Christian rock space, before 1997 third LP, eponymously titled Sixpence None the Richer, catapulted them into superstardom (albeit more than a year after its initial release) thanks to the massive ..read more
No Country For New Nashville
1M ago
Formed in 1977 in Los Angeles, seminal rockers X are lauded as one of the most important acts in the first wave of American punk, with their debut album, 1980’s Los Angeles, and legendary followup, 1981’s Wild Gift, frequently counted among the best records of all time. The later, in fact, was praised as album of the year by ..read more
No Country For New Nashville
1M ago
Hailing from Dallas, Texas, booming, percussive, and genre-bending hip hop artist BigXthaPlug got serious about music after a brief college football career was halted due to legal troubles, ultimately leading to a short stint in prison, during which the rapper began writing lyrics and entertaining more grand musical ambitions. Bursting onto the scene with some ..read more
No Country For New Nashville
1M ago
It’s been nearly 30 years since emo-tinged indie and post-hardcore outfit Cursive first emerged from the Omaha scene, forged by the same communal, musical upbringing that gave birth to acts like Bright Eyes, The Faint, and many, many other related, interconnected, and lesser-known projects. Though their early years showed promise and achieved regional acclaim, it wasn’t until ..read more
No Country For New Nashville
1M ago
It’s hard to believe that it’s been 20 years since Long Beach bluesy indie rockers Cold War Kids first got together, and nearly just as long since they exploded onto the scene to an unheard of level of buzz with their debut, Robbers & Cowards, winning over legions of fans and critics alike and becoming one of the ..read more