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You already know that she’s a goddess, and not like the other girls, but if any of you scrubs out there were thinking of chasing after budding electro-pop starlet CAPPA, here’s her response: “I’m Good.” Back with her first official single of 2016, the local indie songstress, still riding high on her career-defining past year, recently…
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ALT 98.3 may be owned by iHeartMedia, but the Nashville station is developing a reputation for having an ear to the ground of our city’s local alternative music community. Case in point: the debut single from rising alt pop band Nightly. “Xo” features handclaps, pounding percussion, and a light, bouncy topline that describes dipping…
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One of our best new finds of the past year has been local poppy alt rock project Dead Cures. Upon our first listen, we jumped at the opportunity to premiere their debut single “Say Everything Now” ahead of introducing you to their live set at our Acme Feed & Seed showcase. The band, consisting of…
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Blog faves Milktooth are keeping our attention while working on a new record with some ace video releases. You may remember their poignant update of the holiday classic “O Come, O Come Emmanuel,” and then they submitted this well executed submission for NPR’s Tiny Desk Concert series with their single “Voices.” Now, they are back…
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Continuing their awesome ride on a rising tide of popularity, local reggae rockers Roots of a Rebellion recently announced a new record entitled A Brother’s Instinct, slated for a July 8 release. Equally bad ass, we’re lucky enough to call ROAR our friends, so when they asked us to help them spread the word…
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Philadelphia native Ashley Leone came to Nashville in 2014 with the hopes of further evolving her poppy yet soulful R&B sound. The talented songwriter is gearing up to release her debut EP Sugarcoated on May 20, and we here at No Country are excited to bring you a first taste of Leone’s new project. Her…
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We’re only a month out from the release of the highly anticipated new LP, Turn To Gold, from local party punk shredders Diarrhea Planet. We’ve already shared the first two singles “Life Pass” and “Let It Out” from the record, which will be released via Infinity Cat on June 10, and the Belmont products…
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New local electro-pop outfit Chaos Emeralds combine the creative forces of Daniel Ellsworth (of Daniel Ellsworth & The Great Lakes) and Kyle Andrews, and they have come out of the gates swinging in 2016. After dropping their debut single “Too Gone” and then a synth-drenched cover of Ryan Adam’s “Come Pick Me Up,” they hit…
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When we’re polishing off wine glass #3, there’s a certain woozy beeline we make to pour glass #4. Nashville pop artist Bantug finally gives us a soundtrack for this phenomenon, with dreamy guitars and swoon-worthy vocals on single “Wine Beeline.” The actual meaning runs deeper, with Bantug saying, “This song is the realization that…
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Living in Music City, we gain an appreciation for the talented musicians here everyday. However, the sheer volume of music can sometimes be overwhelming and repetitive, and something totally out of left field generally grabs our attention, for better or worse. Enter Nashville based trio roco, who we found on the better end of…