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Yes, country music isn’t our usual focus here at No Country For New Nashville (hence the name), but sometimes there comes an artist, song or video that transcends genres. Rodney Crowell is respected for his incredible songwriting skills that transport you to another time and place. Like thousands of other musical hopefuls, he originally made the move from…
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Last month month was a busy one for HalfNoise, the solo musical outlet of local artist Zac Farro, who, after six years, just officially rejoined his famed former band Paramore, ahead of their highly-anticiapted fifth LP. Indicating that he plans to keep HalfNoise going full speed ahead as well, Farro recently announced a new EP, Velvet…
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While they graced us with both a headlining and co-headling show in 2014, seminal punk outfit Against Me!, whose seventh full-length Shape Shift With Me arrived last fall, seem long-overdue for a Music City return. We’ve gotten our fix at festivals (Forecastle in 2014, Bonnaroo in 2015, Shaky Knees in 2016), but nothing beats catching the unparalleled, long-running,…
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Regular readers my recognize the poppy, post-punk flavored sounds of singer-songwriter Jacob Disedare, who we introduced you to back in the fall when we premiered his new single, “Muse,” along with b-side “These Days I.” Ahead of his forthcoming solo album, which he’s preparing to release this summer through Cold Lunch Recordings, Disedare was gracious enough to…
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Ahead of the April 21 release of their highly-anticipated debut full-length Guppy, and before their recently-announced April 29 headlining show at The High Watt, Brooklyn bubble-grunge outfit Charly Bliss have premiered a music video for their latest single, “Percolator.” Like their last track “Glitter,” the new tune feels more refined and self-aware, still hooking us in with the band’s unparalleled knack…
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Leading up to the release of their 15th album Oczy Mlody, a trippy, psychedelic return to form, earlier this year, The Flaming Lips released an especially prolific string of videos, including “The Castle,” “How??,” “Sunrise (Eyes of The Young),” and “Nidgy Nie (Never No).” Now that the record is out, the group still show no signs of slowing down,…
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First off, if you haven’t yet heard Idle Bloom‘s debut full-length Little Deaths, you need to stop reading and take care of that immediately. You can listen on Bandcamp or your paid streaming service of choice, buy a digital copy, pre-order the vinyl, scoop up the CD or cassette, whatever you need to do to get…
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For years now, we’ve been signing praises about local emotionally-charged alt rock outfit Daisyhead, whose 2015 debut full-length, The Smallest Light, helped introduce them to a broader national audience. The group have been keeping busy, touring the nation, experiencing a few lineup shifts and personal turmoil, and, most recently opening for Dashboard Confessional. They still found…
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As we announced last month, pop punk pioneers New Found Glory are celebrating their 20th anniversary with a lengthy spring run of shows where, each night, they’ll perform two of their classic albums in full, rotating a different combination for each city, with 2004’s Catalyst and 2002’s Sticks and Stones, arguably their two most famous releases, on tap…
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Around 15,000 people marched in Nashville on Jan. 21 in solidarity with the Women’s March on Washington. Nashville folk/pop artist Katie Herzig captures the images and spirit of the movement with the video for “I Want to Make You Proud.” The song’s uplifting synths and harmonies soundtrack on-the-ground footage of the march’s many faces…