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[Review+Photos] Cat Power w/ Nico Turner | 3rd & Lindsley | 11/6/2013
We got the pleasure of checking out Cat Power’s set at 3rd & Lindsley last week as part of a solo tour around the country to support her most recent album, Sun, which made our list of top 10 albums of 2012. Undoubtably, this show was going to be one to remember. 3rd & Lindsley is such an intimate…
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[Review] Oak Creek Basement Bash | 11/8/13 | Five Awesome Live Acts You Should See
Oak Creek Band. Photo by Shawn Jackson. Part of the reason I started contributing to No Country was to discover great bands that I was missing. It might sound like an unforgivable sin living in Middle Tennessee, but I consider myself exceptionally ignorant when it comes to music in Music City. This concentration of…
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A Psychobilly Freakout: Hillbilly Casino, Unknown Hinson, and Reverend Horton Heat Show Review (11/1)
With red necks and black sleeves, southern punk fans embody that subversive spirit that gave America its first true culture. So what better bands to see in Music City than a bunch of hicks with picks? And what better venue could be had for such melodious hayseeds – A group of ruffians who value…
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[Review + Photos] Fitz and the Tantrums w/ Capital Cities and Beat Club
Have you ever gotten that eerie sense of captivity from an older record? There’s just something about the way that the voices of Marvin Gaye or the Four Tops radiates through the vinyl cracks and grasps any listener that many people think modern artists simply cannot replicate. To that, we only have one thing…
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[Review] No Country’s Top 5 Moments at Mountain Oasis Electronic Music Summit
Mountain Oasis Music Festival Ashville, North Carolina October 25-27, 2013 Review by Sarah Sharp If you checked the Instagram, you saw that we had a blast at Mountain Oasis Electronic Music Summit in Asheville, NC, this past weekend. Unfortunately, we couldn’t be everywhere all at once, but we hopped around as much as possible.…
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[Review] Lee Ranaldo and The Dust with Chris Scruggs | Exit/In | October 22, 2013
Lee Ranaldo and The Dust w/ Chris Scruggs Exit/In; Nashville, TN October 22, 2013 Words by: Jacob Ryan (@Gonzowithgusto) Photos by: Jake Giles Nutter Sometimes the best shows aren’t the ones you’ve been making plans for months in advance but rather the ones you stumble upon by accident or circumstance. I’ve had my mind…
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[Review + Photos] J. Roddy Walston & The Business w/ Reignwolf and The Wans | Exit/In | 10.27.13
J. Roddy Walston & The Business w/ Reignwolf & The Wans Exit/In, Nashville, TN October 27, 2013 Photos by Jake Giles Netter We’re huge fans of J. Roddy Walston & The Business here at No Country. After first stumbling (literally) upon them at a tiny off the beaten path stage at Bonnaroo, we instantly…
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[Review + Photos] Salvador Dali Parton | The High Watt, Exit/In, FooBar | 10/27/13
Salvador Dali Parton (featuring Winston Marshall [Mumford & Sons], Justin Hayward-Young [The Vaccines], Gill Landry [Old Crow Medicine Show], Mike Harris [Apache Relay], and Jake Orrall [JEFF The Brotherhood]) Various Venues, Nashville, TN October 27, 2013 Review by Matt Hall and Philip Obenschain Photos by Jake Giles Netter Several of us No Countrians were checking…
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[Review] Gary Clark Jr. and Warren Hood at Marathon Music Works
GARY CLARK JR. w/ Warren Hood Marathon Music Works; Nashville, TN October 15, 2013 Words by: Jacob Ryan (@gonzowithgusto) A few weeks ago we told you Gary Clark Jr. was coming to Marathon Music Works to melt skulls with his amazing guitar skills and soulful vocals and even offered you a set of free…
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No Country Spends 24 Hours At CMJ Festival in New York
We’ve covered a lot of festivals and a lot of shows. Usually, we know what we are getting into before we arrive, but occasionally, we find ourselves constantly tripping over our own big, dumb, fat feet. That is exactly what happened at this year’s CMJ Festival. We were rookies rolling into Austin for SXSW…