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Our main goal at No Country is to share music from our favorite local artists and touring acts that hit Nashville. Now you can get straight to listening on our Nashville Spotify playlist. Local music additions “S.O.S” by Chaz Cardigan “The Middle” by Caroline Spence “Circles” by Dashboard Confessional “Shangri La” by Sugar & The…
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Though we’ve had the pleasure of catching their epic headlining sets at nearby festivals like Bonnaroo, Forecastle, and Pilgrimage over the past couple of summers, it’s been seven long years since beloved Las Vegas alt/post-punk outfit The Killers headlined Nashville proper. Then out in support of 2012’s Battle Born, the band released another whole album, 2017’s Wonderful Wonderful since,…
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Two acts who both made their way to Nashville for the first time in several years last year, Wilco and Sleater-Kinney have announced a co-headlining summer tour, which brings them both back sooner than expected to headline Ascend Amphitheater on Aug. 16! Celebrating their first album in three years, last fall’s Ode to Joy, Chicago alt rockers Wilco (who headed up the…
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As the United States struggles to manage the growing number of cases of Coronavirus/COVID-19 rapidly spreading across the nation, including here in Tennessee, large-scale public events, including early season music festivals, are falling subject to cancelation or postponement seemingly each day. Already, Miami’s March Ultra Festival was “postponed to 2021,” and Austin’s March SXSW…
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Canadian indie pop identical twin sister duo Tegan and Sara have been actively making music together for around 25 years, with nine fantastic full-lengths, most recently last year’s Hey, I’m Just Like You, to their name. The group first found indie acclaim two decades ago, and spent the ’00s steadily rising in recognition, making the major label jump and…
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It’s been a heartbreaking, challenging, and surreal week here in Nashville, as our city grapples to process, mourn, and rebuild in the wake of Monday’s devastating tornado. But, in the face so much tragedy, our community has also shown all of the strength, resilience, and perseverance we’ve come to expect from this wonderful and…
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A fascinating, genre-bending, multifaceted, and beloved indie electropop artist (as well as composer, producer, and much more), Baltimore’s Dan Deacon has, since the earliest days of this site, delivered some of the most memorable, immersive, and unique live shows we’ve ever witnessed in Nashville. Though he’s been busy with a host of other artistic ventures, Deacon’s…
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Longtime friends and collaborators Jake Cochran and Jeff Gorman formed their indie rock project Illiterate Light after spending years playing and performing alongside each other in various projects and endeavors, including eclectic ventures like running an organic farm in the Shenandoah Valley, touring the mid-Atlantic by bicycle, and living in small communities while pursuing modes of alternative…
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It’s only been a few years since local artist Sophie Allison first felt emboldened to embrace a lifetime of songwriting prowess, and released her introductory crop of bedroom recordings online under the moniker Soccer Mommy. Fresh out of high school, the young singer’s knack for crafting laid back, raw, and emotionally resonant songs helped her immediately plug into…
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Born Claire Cottrill and hailing from the suburbs of Boston, indie pop sensation Clairo seemingly exploded overnight thanks to the viral success of her early single and accompanying video, “Pretty Girl,” in late 2017. However, the now 20=1-year-old’s musical aspirations began several years earlier, when, around 13, she began learning guitar and self-recording early original tunes and…