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Rodney Crowell Reflects on Music City’s Glory Days in “Nashville 1972”
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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 Like thousands of other musical hopefuls, he originally made the move from…
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Daisyhead to Host ‘In Case You Missed It’ Release Show May 5 at The End
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As we recently announced, emotionally-charged local alt rock outfit Daisyhead are gearing up to release their sophomore LP, In Cased You Missed It, April 28 via No Sleep Records. A followup to stunning 2015 effort The Smallest Light, the group’s journey to a new album was not without hardship, but from the sound of first single “Don’t Feel Bad”…
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PWR BTTM Premiere “Answer My Text,” Add Tancred & Nnamdi Ogbonnaya to June 13 Mercy Lounge Show
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Ahead of the May 12 release of their highly-anticipated sophomore LP Pageant, and their June 13 show at Mercy Lounge in support, both of which we recently announced, queer, New York punk duo PWR BTTM have unveiled another new single, the relatively low-key but all too real ode to a frustration nearly every millennial can relate to, “Answer My Text.” In…
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[TICKET GIVEAWAY] Cherry Glazerr w/ Ian Sweet & Lala Lala | March 24 @ The High Watt
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Three exciting, rising garage, grunge, punk, and pop influenced acts, LA’s Cherry Glazerr, New York’s Ian Sweet, and Chicago’s Lala Lala are coming to The High Watt later this month, March 24, and with new albums out from every single band, it’s incredible time to see them live. All fronted by (or made up of) women (not that that defines them, but…
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Kishi Bashi to Play The Basement East April 7 with Tall Tall Trees
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Back in 2012, multi-instrumentalist and violin virtuoso K Ishibashi, better known by his pseudonym Kishi Bashi, burst onto the scene with his debut full-length LP 151A. Since then, he’s evolved his unique mixture of orchestral pop tinged with experimental riffs and rhythms that always leave you guessing. With his latest album, 2016’s Sonderlust, he confronts the chaos and pain of…
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Jason Isbell and The 400 Unit Announce New Album, Five-Night Oct. Residency at The Ryman
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After two celebrated and award winning records released under his own name, 2013’s Southeastern and 2015’s Something More Than Free, Alabama native turned breakout Nashville songwriting fixture Jason Isbell has reconvened with his backing band The 400 Unit for a new album, The Nashville Sound, set to arrive June 16 via Southeastern Records. Produced by Dave Cobb, who also helmed Isbell’s last two…
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[TICKET GIVEAWAY] Hippo Campus w/ Magic City Hippies & ELEL | March 22 @ The Basement East
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Celebrating the release of their debut full-length, landmark, Minnesota indie popsters Hippo Campus are set to play The Basement East on March 22 with Miami’s Magic City Hippies and local favorites ELEL. Though they’ve played Nashville twice the last two years in a row, more often as a supporting act, for great bands like The Mowgli’s, JR JR, and Saint Motel, this marks Hippo Campus’s biggest Music…
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Omega Swan, Creature Comfort, The Middle Ground, & Daniel Donato Compete in FREE Road to Roo Semifinals | TONIGHT @ The Basement East
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After last week’s second Road to Roo 2017 preliminary round, the bracket-style battle of the bands contest enters the semifinals tonight, March 14 with a first round at The Basement East (and concludes with the second half of the semifinals March 23 at 3rd & Lindsley). Of the eight remaining bands from the initial 16, four were chosen…
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James Droll Throws Us “Off Beat” with Captivating R&B Single
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Sometimes all it takes is a special someone looking at you to turn the room sideways and throw you off your game. R&B artist James Droll explores this romantic phenomenon in his latest single “Off Beat.” Droll’s beautifully fragile voice and tipsy piano flourishes have us swooning while the beat keeps us grounded enough…