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Chicago born bedroom pop artist Claud Mintz, who makes music as Claud, started out self-releasing songs to SoundCloud and honing their dreamy, homegrown sound as an introverted teen. Upon arriving at Syracuse University, Claud (who is nonbinary and uses they/them pronouns) made a new best friend in Josh Mehling, forming the dream pop duo Toast…
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Icons of ’90s alternative rock, responsible for some of the most influential and successful albums of all time, Chicago’s Smashing Pumpkins have hardly ever disappeared throughout their 35-year run (save for a six-year split at the start of the millennium), but it seems like every few years they recapture headlines, whether it’s for the…
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For nearly 30 years, musical comedy duo Tenacious D have been a beloved institution in the rock scene, rising to prominence in the 2000s while the group’s Jack Black also became a household name as a comedy movie star (his bandmate, Kyle Gass, has also appeared in numerous films and TV shows over the…
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Bullyw/ Bev Rage & the DrinksBrooklyn Bowl; Nashville, TNAugust 31, 2023 Review by Philip Obenschain. Photos by Mary-Beth Blankenship. Since instantly asserting herself as one of the most exciting new rock artists in Nashville a decade ago with her frenetic, punk spirited, grungy eponymous debut EP, Bully– the musical alias of singer, songwriter, multi-instrumentalist,…
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Made up of cousins Ruby da Cherry and $crim, New Orleans hip hop duo $uicideboy$ have been one of the biggest underground success stories of the last few years, rising from the online buzz of self-produced, independently released and incredibly subversive mixtapes to selling out giant shows nationwide, collaborating with stars like Travis Barker, and becoming one…
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If you’ve been following No Country for awhile, you should be more than familiar with halfnoise, the solo musical vehicle of Paramore drummer Zac Farro, a longtime local fave and friend of the site. Formed and cultivated more than a decade ago, between Farro’s 2010 departure from Paramore and his return to the renowned group in…

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Just weeks after wrapping her epic, months-long, record shattering North American Eras Tour (which we reviewed back in May when it stopped in Nashville), and as she begins taking the show around the world throughout the next year, before returning for another North American leg in the fall of 2024, pop megastar (and sometimes…
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It’s been 10 years nows since Alicia Bognanno first sprung onto the Nashville scene as Bully, blowing us away with her fiery early performances at local haunts like The Stone Fox (where she used to run sound before her music career took off) and making a stunning introduction with Bully’s eponymous first EP in…
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If you’ve been following No Country for awhile, you should be more than familiar with halfnoise, the solo musical vehicle of Paramore drummer Zac Farro, a longtime local fave and friend of the site. Formed and cultivated more than a decade ago, between Farro’s 2010 departure from Paramore and his return to the renowned group in…
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It’s been almost 15 years to the day since Long Island-formed indie rock and pop duo The Narrative sprung onto the scene with their debut EP Just Say Yes, earning the band- vocalist and keyboard player Suzie Zeldin and vocalist and guitarist Jesse Gabriel- instant praise, a passionate fanbase, and a buzz within the…