![[TICKET GIVEAWAY] Franz Ferdinand w/ Master Peace | Oct. 10 @ Cannery Hall’s Mainstage](https://nocountryfornewnashville.net/wp-content/uploads/2025/10/Franz-Ferdinand-2025-1800.jpg)
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An integral part of the post-punk revival that massively dominated and influenced rock in the early ’00s and spanning throughout the 2010s, Glasgow’s Franz Ferdinand sprung to international acclaim with their breakout hit “Take Me Out” more than 20 years ago, not long after first forming, having previously played together in various projects in the ’90s,…

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One of the coolest, and undoubtedly the most fun, bands to come out of the local independent rock scene in the 2020s, punk duo Snõõper formed five years ago, initially just as a home recording project between vocalist and visual artist Blair Tramel and guitarist Connor Cummins, during the pandemic lockdown. Early singles captured the…
![[TICKET GIVEAWAY] TOPS w/ Starcleaner Reunion | Oct. 9 @ Exit/In](https://nocountryfornewnashville.net/wp-content/uploads/2025/10/TOPS-2025-1800-Credit-Aabid-Youssef.jpg)
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Emerging from the vibrant Montreal indie scene of the early 2010s (the same scene that and era that gave us greats like Mac DeMarco and Grimes), TOPS were formed out of the dissolution of synthpop group Silly Kissers, of which vocalist Jane Penny and guitarist David Carriere (as well as former bassist Thom Gillies)…

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Though most visibly known for starring as Steve Harrington in one of the most gigantic TV shows of the last decade, Stranger Things, actor and multifaceted artist Joe Kerry, better known musically as his artist moniker Djo, has been writing songs since well before his acting career took off. Originally from Massachusetts, Kerry moved…
![[TICKET GIVEAWAY] This Will Destroy You w/ Luke Schneider & Dreamage | Oct. 7 @ Exit/In](https://nocountryfornewnashville.net/wp-content/uploads/2025/10/64_Original.jpg.png)
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One of the most lauded instrumental bands of the 21st century, Texas post-rockers This Will Destroy You combine influences of shoegaze, doom metal, and ambient rock to forge their dynamic and critically-acclaimed sound. Formed in San Marcos, Texas in 2005, and helmed initially by guitarists Jeremy Galindo and Christopher King (with drummer Robi Gonzalez and…

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Born Marina Diamandis in Wales to Welch and Greek parents, MARINA, who rose to fame over the last 15 years under her former moniker Marina and the Diamonds, relocated to London as a teen, funneling an eclectic mix of musical influences and a lifelong love of pop into the off-kilter, synth-soaked, new wave, dance, and indie…

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Formed in California late ’90s (though most closely associated with New York, where they moved early on and where they broke out as a band), The Rapture were one of the forerunners of the dance punk and post-punk revival that swept the rock scene in the 2000s, first capturing widespread attention with their single…
![[TICKET GIVEAWAY] Empire of the Sun w/ Roi Turbo | Oct. 8 @ Municipal Auditorium](https://nocountryfornewnashville.net/wp-content/uploads/2025/09/Empire-of-the-Sun-2025-1200-Credit-William-Barrington-Binns.jpg)
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Even before launching celebrated electropop project Empire of the Sun, duo Luke Steele and Nick Littlemore had been friends in collaborators already in the music scene in their native Australia, separately fronting alt rock group The Sleepy Jackson and electronic outfit PNAU, respectively, since the mid-’90s. The pair began increasingly working on music together…
![[TICKET GIVEAWAY] Snõõper w/ massie99 & Pressure Heaven | Oct. 3 @ Eastside Bowl](https://nocountryfornewnashville.net/wp-content/uploads/2025/09/Snooper-2025-1800-Credit-Blaire-Beamer.jpg)
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One of the coolest, and undoubtedly the most fun, bands to come out of the local independent rock scene in the 2020s, punk duo Snõõper formed five years ago, initially just as a home recording project between vocalist and visual artist Blair Tramel and guitarist Connor Cummins, during the pandemic lockdown. Early singles captured the…
![REVIEW: Wet Leg w/ Hana Vu, mary in the junkyard | 9.23.25 @ Marathon Music Works [PHOTOS]](https://nocountryfornewnashville.net/wp-content/uploads/2025/09/Wet-Leg-19.jpg)
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Wet Legw/ Hana Vu, Mary in the JunkyardMarathon Music Works; Nashville, TNSeptember 23, 2025 Photos by Mary-Beth Blankenship English indie rockers Wet Leg released one of the best albums of 2025 with their sophomore effort moisturizer, and are currently touring the world in support, recently returning them to Music City for the first time…