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Formed 15 years ago in Indianapolis, progressive metal outfit The Contortionist have, across four full-lengths and four EPs, earned a solid reputation for being one of the best, most consistent acts in the modern metal scene. They’ve toured with the likes of Hatebreed, All Shall Perish, Protest the Hero, Between the Buried and Me, Nothing…
![[TICKET GIVEAWAY] Emo Nite | Oct. 7 @ Eastside Bowl](https://nocountryfornewnashville.net/wp-content/uploads/2022/10/Emo-Nite-10-7-22.png)
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These days, emo nights are all the rage, popping up in cities across the nation (including several curators here in Nashville) to celebrate millennial nostalgia for the emo, pop punk, indie, and hardcore music that dominated the scene from the late ’90s to the late ’00s. And though they didn’t invent the concept, Morgan…
![[TICKET GIVEAWAY] NIKI w/ sundial & Valories | Oct. 4 @ Eastside Bowl](https://nocountryfornewnashville.net/wp-content/uploads/2022/10/NIKI-2022-1200-Credit-Gabriel-Chiu.png)
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Hailing originally from Indonesia, and at one time based in Nashville, where she studied music at Lipscomb (before more recently settling in LA), breakout pop singer NIKI gravitated towards making music at a young age, inspired by American pop and r&b artists like Taylor Swift and Destiny’s Child. After signing to 88rising and earning…
![[TICKET GIVEAWAY] Palaye Royale w/ Mod Sun | Sept. 27 @ Wildhorse Saloon](https://nocountryfornewnashville.net/wp-content/uploads/2022/09/Palaye-Royale-2022-1200.png)
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Originating from Las Vegas, and made up of siblings Remington Leith, Sebastian Danzig, and Emerson Barrett, Palaye Royale have been making music together since childhood, though they adopted their current moniker and musical style a decade ago, and sprung onto the scene with their debut, Boom Boom Room (Side A), in 2016. Taking cues…
![[TICKET GIVEAWAY] Lagwagon w/ Grumpster | Sept. 23 @ Eastside Bowl](https://nocountryfornewnashville.net/wp-content/uploads/2022/09/Lagwagon-2019-1800-Credit-Ilkay-Karakurt.jpg)
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Formed in 1989 in Southern California, punk outfit Lagwagon became a staple of the underground punk, skate punk, and melodic hardcore scene of the ’90s, a musical movement that would see peers like The Offspring and NOFX rise to mainstream success, and acts like Green Day achieve superstardom, while also helping influence and inform…
![[TICKET GIVEAWAY] Sarah Kinsley w/ Hannah Cole | Oct. 9 @ 3rd and Lindsley](https://nocountryfornewnashville.net/wp-content/uploads/2022/09/sarah-kinsley-banner.png)
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New York’s Sarah Kinsley writes and produces surreal indie-pop that is pulling in fans across the world. Her signature sound is a tasteful blend of orchestral strings, grounded guitars and a wonderfully emotive vocal range. Her latest EP Cypress is perfect for a fall travel playlist to get over some heartbreak and figure out…
![[TICKET GIVEAWAY] The Dead Daisies w/ Enuff Z’Nuff & Joecephus and The George Jonestown Massacre | Sept. 14 @ Eastside Bowl](https://nocountryfornewnashville.net/wp-content/uploads/2022/09/The-Dead-Daisies-2022-1800.jpg)
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Founded a decade ago by Australian guitarist and businessman David Lowy, hard rock supergroup The Dead Daisies have had something of a rotating roster of musicians from iconic outfits (largely from the ’60s-’80s) over the years, with their lineup currently rounded out by drummer Brian Tichy (Ozzy Osbourne, Whitesnake, Billy Idol), lead guitarist Doug…
![[TICKET GIVEAWAY] Ginger Root w/ King Pari | Sept. 13 @ Eastside Bowl](https://nocountryfornewnashville.net/wp-content/uploads/2022/08/Ginger-Root-2022-1800.jpeg)
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The brainchild of singer-songwriter, multi-instrumentalist, producer, video editor, and multimedia artist Cameron Lew, Ginger Root has been an organic and wholly self-sufficient success story, forged over several years of homegrown, independently released efforts, which helped him find early buzz. After signing to Nashville’s Acrophase Records, 2020 record Rikki helped the Southern California-based project break…
![[TICKET GIVEAWAY] Tessa Violet w/ Will Joseph Cook & daysormay | Sept. 12 @ Eastside Bowl](https://nocountryfornewnashville.net/wp-content/uploads/2022/06/Tessa-Violet-2022-1200-Credit-Sarah-Pardini.jpg)
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Though, early on, she found attention online as a vlogger and media personality under the moniker Meekakitty, for the past decade or so, indie pop singer Tessa Violet has been mostly focused on making music under her own name, met with early buzz for her self-released 2014 debut Maybe Trapped Mostly Troubled. With 2019’s Bad Ideas, however, Violet…