
After two years of pandemic and weather related postponements and cancellations, the region’s preeminent music festival, Bonnaroo, made its triumphant return last summer, balancing a familiar vibe with some exciting new updates, and showcasing a pretty stellar lineup. Unfortunately the fest’s attendance was a bit lower than usual in 2022, but that seems to…

It’s only been a couple months since Paramore gave us their first new music in nearly five years, the title track from highly-anticipated forthcoming six album This Is Why. But, in the short time since, the band have embarked on an intimate run of tour dates, announced a more extensive slate of larger shows…
![[TICKET GIVEAWAY] Julian Lage w/ Margaret Glaspy | Dec. 11 @ Brooklyn Bowl Nashville](https://nocountryfornewnashville.net/wp-content/uploads/2022/12/Julian-Lage-2022-1800-Credit-Shervin-Lainez.png)
One of the preeminent and most acclaimed guitarists in modern jazz music, Julian Lage first captured attention in the ’90s as a child prodigy, and in the years since has gained prominence as a bandleader, prolific solo artist, sideman, and collaborator with many contemporary and legendary jazz artists. Versed in jazz, classical, pop, and…
After getting his start as a stage actor, Nickelodeon star, and model, all the while flexing his musical prowess and a songwriter, Max Schneider, better known by his stage name MAX, began branching out as a solo artist in the mid-2010s, inking a deal with Fall Out Boy’s DCD2 label and hitting the road…
![[TICKET GIVEAWAY] Jake Hill w/ Belmont & Oliver Francis | Dec. 15 @ Eastside Bowl](https://nocountryfornewnashville.net/wp-content/uploads/2022/11/Jake-Hill-1200.jpeg)
Hailing from Southern Alabama, alternative rapper and singer Jake Hill, who also goes by iAmJakeHill got his start in music in 2016, initially prompted by a Reddit challenge. Soon, Hill, who regularly collaborates with Florida rapper and producer Josh A, began releasing original songs of his own, dropping a prolific run of singles and…

Local pop artist GAYLE, whose rise has been absolutely meteoric over the last couple of years since we premiered her first-ever music video for “dumbass” back in early 2020, has just nabbed her first-ever Grammy nomination, for Song of the Year for breakout single “abcdefu.” Released last year and part of her first EP,…

In what feels like déjà vu after a similar situation occurred with the Cannery Row-based Mercy Lounge venue complex earlier this year, beloved and historic Rock Block venue Exit/In is set to close under current management after a run of shows leading up to Thanksgiving, reopening at a later date under its new investor…
![[PREMIERE] Suzie Chism Reflects on Loneliness, Defies Genre with Sophomore Album ‘Pobrecita’ | See Her TONIGHT @ Vinyl Tap!](https://nocountryfornewnashville.net/wp-content/uploads/2022/11/Suzie-Chism-2022-1800-Credit-Ryan-Hartley.jpg)
It’s been around a decade since local rocker and longtime site favorite Suzie Chism first sprung onto the Nashville scene fronting Moseley- an alt rock trio we’ve sorely missed since their disbandment several years ago (though they did recently reunite for a one-off show). Post-Moseley, however, Chism has been keeping busy, initially debuting a…
![[TICKET GIVEAWAY] Homesafe w/ A Will Away, Valleyheart, & Khamsin | Dec. 5 @ Cafe Coco](https://nocountryfornewnashville.net/wp-content/uploads/2022/11/Homesafe-2022-1200.jpg)
Emerging out of Chicago’s rich emo and pop punk scene of the 2010s, alt punks Homesafe first rose to wider attention with their 2016 EP Evermore, before broadening their layered, emotive, alt punk sound with ’90s alt rock influences on 2018 debut LP One. Their latest project, last year’s Nervous Reaction, saw the group…

Since springing onto the scene and instantly becoming critical darlings with their eponymous 2014 debut, Canadian indie pop outfit Alvvays have been one of our absolute favorite bands, responsible for some of the best records of the last decade and always a delight in concert. The Toronto-based group recently released their highly-anticipated third album-…