
The indie pop project of musician, director, and author Michelle Zauner, who cut her teeth performing in the Philadelphia indie and emo scene in groups like Post Post and Little Big League, Japanese Breakfast is a project initially born from grief, which has blossomed into a personal, earnest, and primary outlet of artistic expression for a phenomenal…

Bonnaroo Artist | Die SpitzBonnaroo History | NewbieStage & Time | Thursday | This Tent | 3:00-3:45pm 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 2025 lineup. A festival that feels like it’s ever evolving (especially with some big tweaks and…
![[TICKET GIVEAWAY] BADBADNOTGOOD w/ Baby Rose | May 7 @ Brooklyn Bowl Nashville](https://nocountryfornewnashville.net/wp-content/uploads/2025/05/BABDBADNOTGOOD-2024-1800-Credit-Ivan-Narez.jpg)
Canadian jazz, hip hop, and electronica genre-benders BADBADNOTGOOD first met while studying music in college, quickly bonding over a love of subversive hip hop artists like Odd Future and MF Doom, and achieving early viral attention for their instrumental covers of rap songs. Their debut album, BBNG, would drop in 2011, featuring a mix…

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)
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)
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)
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…
![REVIEW: Lauren Mayberry | 2.22.25 @ The Mil at Cannery Hall [PHOTOS]](https://nocountryfornewnashville.net/wp-content/uploads/2025/12/Lauren-Mayberry-The-Mil-2-22-25-Credit-Mary-Beth-Blankenship-11.jpg)
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)
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…