![[TICKET GIVEAWAY] Conan Gray w/ hemlocke springs | Sept. 24 @ Ascend Amphitheater](https://nocountryfornewnashville.net/wp-content/uploads/2025/09/Conan-Gray-2025-1800.jpeg)
It’s been over a decade since Conan Gray first found fame as a teen YouTuber, initially making vlog content about his life in small-town Texas, before increasingly transitioning to acoustic covers, and, eventually, original music, helping him build an organic, loyal following before formally launching his career as an artist in 2017 (he’d sign…
![[TICKET GIVEAWAY] Judas Priest & Alice Cooper w/ Corrosion of Conformity | Sept. 21 @ FirstBank Amphitheater](https://nocountryfornewnashville.net/wp-content/uploads/2025/09/Judas-Priest-Alice-Cooper-1200.png)
Two of metal’s most legendary acts, England’s Judas Priest and Arizona’s Alice Cooper, are gearing up for a co-headlining summer tour, which brings them to nearby Franklin Sept. 21 at FirstBank Amphitheater! Formed in 1969 in Birmingham, Judas Priest spent their first decade honing their unique take on British heavy metal and enjoying early…
![[TICKET GIVEAWAY] Goth Babe w/ Porch Light | Sept. 24 @ The Caverns](https://nocountryfornewnashville.net/wp-content/uploads/2025/09/Goth-Babe-2025-1200.jpg)
Griff Washburn grew up in Memphis and honed his musical chops playing in bands as a teen, but Nashville is where he really got started as Goth Babe, releasing his first EP, Shall We, after some buzzy early tracks, in 2016. We were covering the project a lot back then, at the time very clearly influenced…
![[TICKET GIVEAWAY] Bayside w/ The Sleeping | Sept. 12 @ Eastside Bowl](https://nocountryfornewnashville.net/wp-content/uploads/2025/09/Bayside-2025-1800.jpeg)
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)
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] Big Wild | Sept. 4 @ Marathon Music Works](https://nocountryfornewnashville.net/wp-content/uploads/2025/09/Big-Wild-2025-1800.jpg)
Hailing original from Massachusetts, multifaceted producer, songwriter, and vocalist Jackson Stell began his foray into music as a teen making hip hop beats under the moniker J Beatz, before relocating to California in his 20s, and finding the inspiration to begin making lush, atmospheric, and vibey electronic music as Big Wild. Stell, now based…
![[TICKET GIVEAWAY] The Story So Far w/ Neck Deep, Origami Angel, & Pain of Truth | Sept. 20 @ The Caverns](https://nocountryfornewnashville.net/wp-content/uploads/2025/08/The-Story-So-Far-2025-1800-Credit-Eric-Soucy.jpg)
One of the preeminent pop punk bands of the 2010s- a decade which saw the return to a more visceral, emotionally resonant, and authentic sound after a more overproduced and commodified take on pop punk ruled the late 2000s- The Story So Far first formed in Walnut Creek, California, while still in high school.…
![[TICKET GIVEAWAY] Anderson East w/ Theo Katzman | Aug. 29 @ The Ryman Auditorium](https://nocountryfornewnashville.net/wp-content/uploads/2025/08/Anderson-East-2025-1800.jpg)
Born Michael Anderson, famed local soul, R&B, and roots rocker Anderson East hails originally from Athens, Alabama, raised by a religious and musically inclined family that led to a love of writing songs at a young age. Anderson first moved to the area nearly 20 years ago to attend college at MTSU, pursuing audio engineering, while also performing…
![[TICKET GIVEAWAY] The Dare w/ atlgrandma | Oct. 3 @ Exit/In](https://nocountryfornewnashville.net/wp-content/uploads/2025/07/The-Dare-2025-1800-Credit-Anna-Zina.jpg)
LA born, Seattle raised artist Harrison Patrick Smith is best known now as his musical alias The Dare– an electrifying and much-discussed dance-punk and electropop project which sprung to life with buzzy debut single “Girls” in 2022, and has attracted significantly more attention over the past year thanks to his association with Charli XCX-…
![[TICKET GIVEAWAY] Alabama Shakes w/ Caleb Elliott & Alanna Royale | July 25 @ Ascend Amphitheater](https://nocountryfornewnashville.net/wp-content/uploads/2025/07/Alabama-Shakes-2025-1800-Credit-Brantley-Gutierrez.jpg)
Formed in 2009 in Athens, Alabama (though their friendship and musical kinship extends several years farther back), acclaimed blues and southern rock outfit Alabama Shakes spent their early years generating buzz around the region, and self-funding what would become their first album, Boys & Girls, with producer Andrija Tokic and his Nashville studio The…