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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…
![[TICKET GIVEAWAY] Youth Lagoon w/ Valley James | April 18 @ Exit/In](https://nocountryfornewnashville.net/wp-content/uploads/2025/04/Youth-Lagoon-2025-1200-Credit-Tyler-T-Williams.jpg)
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An artist we’ve been obsessing over and writing about since his debut album way back in 2011, Youth Lagoon is the musical alias of Idaho-based eclectic and experimental pop artist and producer Trevor Powers. The project initially began in Powers’ early 20s, with debut album The Year of Hibernation recorded during a holiday break…
![[TICKET GIVEAWAY] Denzel Curry w/ Kenny Mason, 454, & CLIP | April 12 @ The Pinnacle](https://nocountryfornewnashville.net/wp-content/uploads/2025/03/Denzel-Curry-2024-1200-Credit-Giovanni-Mourin.jpg)
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Raised just outside of Miami, Florida, rapper Denzel Curry was drawn to music and poetry as a child, and began battle rapping at his local Boys & Girls Club, eventually releasing his first mixtape at just 16, and subsequently joining fellow underground Florida rapper SpaceGhostPurrp’s hip hop collective Raider Klan. After exiting the group and while…
![[TICKET GIVEAWAY] The Wonder Years and The Little Kruta String Ensemble w/ Kevin Devine | May 14 @ The Caverns](https://nocountryfornewnashville.net/wp-content/uploads/2025/03/The-Wonder-Years-2022-1800.jpeg)
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Now an impressive two decades years in, enduring Pennsylvania punks The Wonder Years first formed in 2005, and rose to widespread acclaim with a run of early 2010s efforts and bona fide scene classics The Upsides, Suburbia I’ve Given You All and Now I’m Nothing, and The Greatest Generation. Part of a revivalist movement of…
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Lauren Mayberryw/ Cult of VenusThe Mil at Cannery Hall; Nashville TNFebruary 22, 2025 Review by Philip Obenschain. Photos by Mary-Beth Blankenship. Though we’ve been fans of Lauren Mayberry through her acclaimed synth-pop band CHVRCHES for more than a decade now, having caught the group at early performances at spots like Exit/In and Marathon Music…
![[TICKET GIVEAWAY] Killswitch Engage w/ Kublai Khan TX, Fit for a King, & Frozen Soul | March 5 @ The Pinnacle](https://nocountryfornewnashville.net/wp-content/uploads/2025/03/Killswitch-Engage-2024-1200.jpg)
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Formed at the end of the ’90s in western Massachusetts, seminal hardcore outfit Killswitch Engage became one of the most essential and popular heavy bands of the 2000s, thanks to efforts like breakout 2004 third LP The End of Heartache and followup As Daylight Dies. Forging a distinct fusion of New England hardcore with…
![[TICKET GIVEAWAY] The Plot in You w/ Holding Absence, Boundaries, Acres | March 4 @ Cannery Hall](https://nocountryfornewnashville.net/wp-content/uploads/2025/02/The-Plot-in-You-2024-1200.jpg)
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One of the most enduring acts of the 2010s metalcore scene, Ohio’s The Plot in You began as a solo side project for frontman and multi-instrumentalist Landon Tewers, before swiftly morphing into his full-time focus by 2011 debut LP First Born. A group who’ve always been a little bit sonically hard to pin down,…
![[TICKET GIVEAWAY] Lauren Mayberry w/ Cult of Venus | Feb. 22 @ Cannery Hall](https://nocountryfornewnashville.net/wp-content/uploads/2025/02/Lauren-Mayberry-2024-1200-Credit-Charlotte-Patmore.jpg)
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Best known for fronting beloved Scottish synth-pop trio CHVRCHES, a group which formed in 2011 and shot to fame throughout the 2010s thanks to albums like their 2013 debut, The Bones of What You Believe, and 2015 followup, Every Open Eye, eclectic singer and songwriter Lauren Mayberry had already been making music for a…
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Hans ZimmerBridgestone Arena; Nashville, TNFebruary 2, 2025 Review by Philip Obenschain. Photos by Suzanne Teresa, courtesy of the artist (taken from various performances). The average person probably can’t name many film composers, aside from legends who transcended into the mainstream zeitgeist, like John Williams, Ennio Morricone, or Danny Elfman. But save for the great…
![[TICKET GIVEAWAY] Hulvey w/ nobigdyl. | March 5 @ Cannery Hall](https://nocountryfornewnashville.net/wp-content/uploads/2025/02/Hulvey-2024-1800.jpg)
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Hailing from a small town in southeast Georgia, Christopher Michael Hulvey, better known simply as Hulvey, has been a rising star in the hip hop and contemporary Christian music scene since 2019, when, after dropping out of college and moving to Atlanta to pursue music more seriously, he released an early string of singles,…