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[TICKET GIVEAWAY] The Contortionist w/ Rivers of Nihil | Oct. 13 @ Eastside Bowl
Formed 15 years ago in Indianapolis, progressive metal outfit The Contortionist have, across four full-lengths and four EPs, earned a solid reputation for being one of the best, most consistent acts in the modern metal scene. They’ve toured with the likes of Hatebreed, All Shall Perish, Protest the Hero, Between the Buried and Me, Nothing…
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![REVIEW: Lil Nas X | 10.2.22 @ Municipal Auditorium [PHOTOS]](https://nocountryfornewnashville.net/wp-content/uploads/2022/10/Lil-Nas-X-10-2-22-9-scaled-1.jpg)
REVIEW: Lil Nas X | 10.2.22 @ Municipal Auditorium [PHOTOS]
Lil Nas XNashville Municipal Auditorium; Nashville, TNOctober 2, 2022 Review by Mary-Beth Blankenship and Philip Obenschain.Photos by Mary-Beth Blankenship. It’s hard to believe that three years after breaking records and erupting onto the scene with his genre-defying single “Old Town Road,” superstar rapper and singer Lil Nas X is only now in the midst…
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![[TICKET GIVEAWAY] Emo Nite | Oct. 7 @ Eastside Bowl](https://nocountryfornewnashville.net/wp-content/uploads/2022/10/Emo-Nite-10-7-22.png)
[TICKET GIVEAWAY] Emo Nite | Oct. 7 @ Eastside Bowl
These days, emo nights are all the rage, popping up in cities across the nation (including several curators here in Nashville) to celebrate millennial nostalgia for the emo, pop punk, indie, and hardcore music that dominated the scene from the late ’90s to the late ’00s. And though they didn’t invent the concept, Morgan…
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Grunge Pioneers L7 Celebrate the 30th Anniversary of Breakout LP ‘Bricks Are Heavy’ | TONIGHT @ Brooklyn Bowl w/ Vera Bloom
Formed in 1985 in Los Angeles (preceding both the grunge and riot grrrl music scenes that they’re often linked to), punk rockers L7 erupted onto the scene with their eponymous 1988 debut on taste-making SoCal punk label Epitaph. Swiftly gaining notoriety and sharing the stage with other seminal acts on the rise like Nirvana,…
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![[TICKET GIVEAWAY] NIKI w/ sundial & Valories | Oct. 4 @ Eastside Bowl](https://nocountryfornewnashville.net/wp-content/uploads/2022/10/NIKI-2022-1200-Credit-Gabriel-Chiu.png)
[TICKET GIVEAWAY] NIKI w/ sundial & Valories | Oct. 4 @ Eastside Bowl
Hailing originally from Indonesia, and at one time based in Nashville, where she studied music at Lipscomb (before more recently settling in LA), breakout pop singer NIKI gravitated towards making music at a young age, inspired by American pop and r&b artists like Taylor Swift and Destiny’s Child. After signing to 88rising and earning…
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![[TICKET GIVEAWAY] Barns Courtney | Oct. 1 @ Eastside Bowl](https://nocountryfornewnashville.net/wp-content/uploads/2022/09/Barns-Courtney-2022-1200.jpeg)
[TICKET GIVEAWAY] Barns Courtney | Oct. 1 @ Eastside Bowl
UK born, Seattle raised rocker Barns Courtney sprung onto the scene in the mid-2010s, swiftly drawing acclaim for his earnest, occasionally folky, and frenetic sound, which helped him amasses millions of streams, placements in films and video games, praise from a host of huge media outlets, and spots opening for huge acts like The…
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![[TICKET GIVEAWAY] Palaye Royale w/ Mod Sun | Sept. 27 @ Wildhorse Saloon](https://nocountryfornewnashville.net/wp-content/uploads/2022/09/Palaye-Royale-2022-1200.png)
[TICKET GIVEAWAY] Palaye Royale w/ Mod Sun | Sept. 27 @ Wildhorse Saloon
Originating from Las Vegas, and made up of siblings Remington Leith, Sebastian Danzig, and Emerson Barrett, Palaye Royale have been making music together since childhood, though they adopted their current moniker and musical style a decade ago, and sprung onto the scene with their debut, Boom Boom Room (Side A), in 2016. Taking cues…
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![[TICKET GIVEAWAY] Lagwagon w/ Grumpster | Sept. 23 @ Eastside Bowl](https://nocountryfornewnashville.net/wp-content/uploads/2022/09/Lagwagon-2019-1800-Credit-Ilkay-Karakurt.jpg)
[TICKET GIVEAWAY] Lagwagon w/ Grumpster | Sept. 23 @ Eastside Bowl
Formed in 1989 in Southern California, punk outfit Lagwagon became a staple of the underground punk, skate punk, and melodic hardcore scene of the ’90s, a musical movement that would see peers like The Offspring and NOFX rise to mainstream success, and acts like Green Day achieve superstardom, while also helping influence and inform…
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![[TICKET GIVEAWAY] The Dead Daisies w/ Enuff Z’Nuff & Joecephus and The George Jonestown Massacre | Sept. 14 @ Eastside Bowl](https://nocountryfornewnashville.net/wp-content/uploads/2022/09/The-Dead-Daisies-2022-1800.jpg)
[TICKET GIVEAWAY] The Dead Daisies w/ Enuff Z’Nuff & Joecephus and The George Jonestown Massacre | Sept. 14 @ Eastside Bowl
Founded a decade ago by Australian guitarist and businessman David Lowy, hard rock supergroup The Dead Daisies have had something of a rotating roster of musicians from iconic outfits (largely from the ’60s-’80s) over the years, with their lineup currently rounded out by drummer Brian Tichy (Ozzy Osbourne, Whitesnake, Billy Idol), lead guitarist Doug…
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![REVIEW: Blondie w/ The Damned | 8.24.22 @ Grand Ole Opry House [PHOTOS]](https://nocountryfornewnashville.net/wp-content/uploads/2023/08/Blondie-40-Opry-8-24-22-Credit-Amiee-Stubbs-1-scaled-1.jpg)
REVIEW: Blondie w/ The Damned | 8.24.22 @ Grand Ole Opry House [PHOTOS]
Blondiew/ The DamnedGrand Ole Opry House; Nashville, TNAugust 24, 2022 Review by Philip Obenschain Photos by Amiee Stubbs, courtesy of the artist. One of the most iconic and celebrated musical acts in history- and one fairly hard to classify, as their contributions to punk, new wave, and disco are all monumental- the one and…