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Photo by AP How do you celebrate the holidays during a time of such tragedy as what happened to the Philipinnes? Well, you get into the spirit of giving, and head out to a charitable event to support others. That’s why we would be remiss not to tell you about the fundraiser to help…
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Our new live events wing, No Country Presents, in conjunction with the fine folks at East Nashville Underground, is throwing a Christmas party Dec. 19 at The Stone Fox. Featuring members of tons of our (and, hopefully, your) favorite local bands, the show will consist of renditions of some holiday standards, both old and new. We’ll be printing…
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Nashville’s psychedelic grunge pop act Fancytramp isn’t calling it quits, but they are rebranding themselves as Idle Bloom. The the new lineup will include Weston Sparks of Conestyle on drums and Karl Bergman of Breast Massage on second guitar. Not sure what to think of this new lineup addition? Fancytramp are playing one last show…
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Cage the Elephant stopped by Jimmy Kimmel Live! last night to perform two tracks from their latest record, Melophobia, “Come a Little Closer” and “Take It or Leave It,” live on the outdoor stage. As you may recall, the group performed “Come a Little Closer” on Letterman back in the fall, and recently appeared on the season 2 premiere of Critter’s…
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Holiday shopping and christmas bonuses help to stuff the stockings for festival revelers this time of year. We saw the Bonnaroo pre-sale come and go (in our annual Bonnaroo rumors post), and now it is time to let you know about the pre-sale for Louisville’s Forecastle Festival. We caught a bit of the festival…
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In one of his first major plays since being appointed to run RollingStone.com, Gus Wenner has announced a country-focused Rolling Stone offshot, Rolling Stone Country, which aims to became a major player in mid-2014. Web-based (though it will kickoff with a one-time special print issue), Rolling Stone Country will be an entirely separate venture from its parent site and…
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Nominations for the 56th Annual Grammy Awards were announced live last night in Los Angeles (instead of Nashville, like last year) and, unsurprisingly, a ton of local artists scored nods. Though fewer Nashville rock acts were included in (or were qualified for) the major categories, some of our faves like Jack White, Kings of Leon, The Civil…
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With the weather like this, you plan to stay inside…. a local venue! There is a lot of music that is worthy of braving the elements this weekend. Lots of free stuff to keep that loot in your pocket for the holidays, and a few shows that’ll cost you a small pittance. Check below…
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First an introduction, No Country For New Nashville has long strived to bring you the best bands in Nashville. We have listened to possibly every crappy demo that has been made in this town, and we hope that we have helped to bring you some of the newest and best that this city has…
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Local rockers Natural Child are prepping to release a new LP, Dancin’ With Wolves, on February 25th via Burger Records, and we have the first single, “Saturday Night Blues” from the record for you to check out below. The boys have been in Europe for most of the fall, and, as you can see…