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One of the coolest, and undoubtedly the most fun, bands to come out of the local independent rock scene in the 2020s, punk duo Snõõper formed five years ago, initially just as a home recording project between vocalist and visual artist Blair Tramel and guitarist Connor Cummins, during the pandemic lockdown. Early singles captured the…
![[TICKET GIVEAWAY] Snõõper w/ massie99 & Pressure Heaven | Oct. 3 @ Eastside Bowl](https://nocountryfornewnashville.net/wp-content/uploads/2025/09/Snooper-2025-1800-Credit-Blaire-Beamer.jpg)
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One of the coolest, and undoubtedly the most fun, bands to come out of the local independent rock scene in the 2020s, punk duo Snõõper formed five years ago, initially just as a home recording project between vocalist and visual artist Blair Tramel and guitarist Connor Cummins, during the pandemic lockdown. Early singles captured the…
![[TICKET GIVEAWAY] Bad Suns w/ Yot Club | Sept. 25 @ Eastside Bowl](https://nocountryfornewnashville.net/wp-content/uploads/2025/09/Bad-Suns-2025-1800.jpeg)
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Formed nearly 15 years ago in their native Los Angeles, while still mostly in their teens, alt rockers Bad Suns drew influence from classic post-punk artists like The Cure and Elvis Costello, fused with modern indie, in shaping their unique sound. The band’s 2014 debut LP, Language & Perspective, immediately captured the attention of…
![[TICKET GIVEAWAY] Bayside w/ The Sleeping | Sept. 12 @ Eastside Bowl](https://nocountryfornewnashville.net/wp-content/uploads/2025/09/Bayside-2025-1800.jpeg)
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Named for the Bayside neighborhood of their native Queens, New York, Bayside, half of whom have been Nashville-based for a number of years, formed in 2000 and, due to swift underground buzz, inked a deal with Victory Records ahead of their breakthough debut effort, 2004’s Sirens and Condolences. The band’s eponymous followup, Bayside, a year later would…
![[TICKET GIVEAWAY] Bayside w/ The Sleeping | Sept. 11 @ Eastside Bowl](https://nocountryfornewnashville.net/wp-content/uploads/2025/09/Bayside-2025-1800.jpeg)
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Named for the Bayside neighborhood of their native Queens, New York, Bayside, half of whom have been Nashville-based for a number of years, formed in 2000 and, due to swift underground buzz, inked a deal with Victory Records ahead of their breakthough debut effort, 2004’s Sirens and Condolences. The band’s eponymous followup, Bayside, a year later would…

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It feels like it wasn’t that long ago that local alt/emo/post-hardcore outfit Daisyhead were announcing their debut album, The Smallest Light, after several years of drumming up buzz and cultivating a following in Nashville’s flourishing indie punk scene of the time. That album- and the band’s subsequent release show at The End, which we…
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Foxy Shazamw/ The Number Twelve Looks Like You, Lobby BoxerThe ’58 @ Eastside Bowl; Nashville, TNMay 24, 2025 Review by Philip Obenschain. Photos by Mary-Beth Blankenship. For around twenty years now (almost to the date, when their debut album, The Flamingo Trigger, arrived in June of 2005), Cincinnati’s Foxy Shazam have reigned as perhaps…

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Formed more than two decades ago in Cincinnati, Ohio, alt and glam rockers Foxy Shazam have long been one of the most interesting and boundary-pushing bands in rock. Initially born out of the hardcore and metal scene, the group’s debut album, 2005’s The Flamingo Trigger, was also their heaviest, becoming something of a cult…
![[TICKET GIVEAWAY] The Get Up Kids w/ Hot Rod Circuit | Feb. 1 @ Eastside Bowl](https://nocountryfornewnashville.net/wp-content/uploads/2025/01/The-Get-Up-Kids-2024-1800-Credit-Shawn-Brackbill.jpg)
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One of the most beloved and influential emo bands to ever exist, if not quite the mainstream household name of some of the groups they helped influence, Kansas City rockers The Get Up Kids erupted onto the scene with their 1997 debut full-length, Four Minute Mile, following it up with one of the most iconic records of…
![[TICKET GIVEAWAY] Amigo the Devil w/ TK & The Holy Know-Nothings, PJ and the Bear | Dec. 8 @ Eastside Bowl](https://nocountryfornewnashville.net/wp-content/uploads/2024/12/Amigo-The-Devil-2024-1800-Credit-Visons-of-the-Abyss.jpg)
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By the time his formal debut LP, Everything is Fine, arrived in 2018, Danny Kiranos, better known by his musical alias Amigo the Devil, had already amassed a cult following, thanks to years of honing his lauded and raw live show and his folky, country, rock and metal infused, dark and macabre themed, confessional sound across…