
Though he’s been prolifically making music with a whole host of projects for more than 30 years (despite only being in his mid-40s), from solo work to short-lived emo outfit Commander Venus to cult punk band Desaparecidos to indie pop gem Park Ave. to folk supergroup Monsters of Folk to Phoebe Bridgers team-up Better Oblivion…

One of the most beloved and enigmatic singer-songwriters of the modern era, emotionally-charged indie rock and folk artist Phoebe Bridgers erupted to indie stardom nearly a decade ago, with her now-classic 2017 debut LP Stranger in the Alps, before cementing her generational talent bona fides, and further finding mainstream attention with follow-up Punisher in…
![[TICKET GIVEAWAY] DJ Shadow w/ Open Mike Eagle & Wick-It the Instigator | Oct. 23 @ Marathon Music Works](https://nocountryfornewnashville.net/wp-content/uploads/2026/10/DJ-Shadow-2026-1800.jpg)
One of the most beloved and celebrated hip hop DJs of the last 35 years, California’s DJ Shadow– born Josh Davis- sprung onto the scene in the ’90s with his layered, masterful, instrumental hip hop, going on to join electronic group Unkle for a few years that same decade, and eventually becoming an in-demand…

While he probably will, inevitably, always be known as the vocalist for legendary punk group the Sex Pistols first and foremost, John Lydon (formerly Johnny Rotten) was really only in that band for its original short but massively influential three-year stint, returning for a couple of reunions in the ’90s and ’00s, but not…
![[TICKET GIVEAWAY] toast’s Halloween Album Release Party w/ Casper Sage & Huron John (DJ Set) | Oct. 24](https://nocountryfornewnashville.net/wp-content/uploads/2026/10/toast-2026-1800.jpeg)
The musical alias of artist and composer Marcus Hidalgo, Nashville’s toast makes cinematic, synthy, and ethereal alt and indie pop with a really lush, eclectic, and immersive ethos. Earlier this year, Hidalgo released his best work to date, a conceptual album called Dust & Feathers, and later this month, he’ll follow it up with…

Formed a decade ago in Melbourne, Australia, pub rock and punk outfit Amyl and the Sniffers have really exploded to stardom in recent years, lauded for their wild, ferocious live show, and hailed as one of the most exciting new fixtures of the punk scene. Named for the recreational drug amyl nitrite (which Aussies…

It’s been a minute since we last wrote about indie rock outfit Copeland, who initially formed in Lakeland, Florida 25 years ago, and now partially count Nashville as home. Fronted by Aaron Marsh, Copeland quickly gained a cult following for their lush, sad, and earnest 2003 debut Beneath Medicine Tree, and picked up broader critical and…
![[TICKET GIVEAWAY] Copeland w/ Jenny Dee | Oct. 2 @ The Blue Room](https://nocountryfornewnashville.net/wp-content/uploads/2026/09/Copeland-2022-1200.jpg)
It’s been a minute since we last wrote about indie rock outfit Copeland, who initially formed in Lakeland, Florida 25 years ago, and now partially count Nashville as home. Fronted by Aaron Marsh, Copeland quickly gained a cult following for their lush, sad, and earnest 2003 debut Beneath Medicine Tree, and picked up broader critical and…

Julia Wolfw/ Bee BlackwellEastside Bowl; Nashville, TNSept. 26, 2026 Photos by Karli Bennett Though she played a couple of huge shows last year, opening for Halsey at Ascend Amphitheater and mgk at Bridgestone Arena, it’s been several years since earnest indie and alt pop singer Julia Wolf last headlined in Nashville. That recently changed,…

While “No Country” is in our name, we’ve long maintained that doesn’t mean we don’t like country music, or even that we never cover it. No Country- especially at the time this outlet was established many years ago- is a mission to shed light on the best Nashville music beyond the country music mainstream…