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| 13 Ghosts The Strangest Colored Lights represents the first time since 2002 that 13ghosts’ recordings have involved a full and consistent line-up of musicians; the same five guys arranged and performed the material on every song, with the exception of the horn... [Read more...] http://myspace.com/13ghostsband |
| 500 Miles To Memphis Named after the distance from the band�s hometown of Cincinnati to Graceland, 500 MILES TO MEMPHIS plays rowdy, insanely catchy, sometime heartbreaking but always inspiring "country punk" on their debut SUNSHINE IN A SHOT GLASS. These songs are whi... [Read more...] http://www.myspace.com/500milestomemphis |
| A Verse Unsung Formed in Minneapolis in 2005, A Verse Unsung is a unique five piece rock band that has already made a dent in the music scene. Every member of the band, just out of high school, started playing shows early 2006 at local house parties. This Midwest r... [Read more...] http://www.myspace.com/averseunsung |
| Aaron Robinson & the Lost Verses Nashville songsmith Aaron Robinson released his debut solo album, We Are Racing Ghosts (Undertow) on April 15th, 2008. The sound and story of the record confirm the maturation of the former leader behind Nashville’s lamented indie-pop quartet Imagina... [Read more...] http://www.aaronrobinsonmusic.com |
| All We Seabees Nashville transplants by way of Motor City, All We Seabees craft fresh, contemporary songs that sound as if they've always existed. A good folk song can do that. Just like Yo La Tengo, Built to Spill or Sebadoh before them, All We Seabees manage to t... [Read more...] http://www.myspace.com/allweseabees |
| Altered Statesman The Altered Statesman is both a recorded and live performance musical situation created in 1998 by Steve Poulton as an outlet for his songs. The current lineup includes Scot Martin on drums and Adam Bednarik on bass, with regular assistance from Jenn... [Read more...] http://www.myspace.com/alteredstatesman |
| Alva Leigh One might assume that it must be pretty intimidating for a musician to hail from the state of Mississippi, a land made famous by the likes of B. B. King, Elvis Presley, and Muddy Waters; however, Alva Leigh, a musician whose home is in Gulfport, show... [Read more...] http://myspace.com/alvaleigh |
| Amanda Shires Arising from the sun-driven plains of West Texas is fiddler and singer/songwriter Amanda Shires. She sews lyric to melody like land turns to sky. Her muse brings forth songs of heartache; losing loved ones, finding happiness, and the interludes of li... [Read more...] http://www.amandashires.net/ |
| And The Relatives Hailing from Music City, native sons And the Relatives forged their bonds of brotherhood in the trenches of the record industry’s Ground Zero. With backgrounds as a studio musician, a music journalist, and an exhaustively practiced singer/songwriter... [Read more...] http://www.myspace.com/andtherelatives |
| And Then There Were 2 [Read more...] http://www.myspace.com/andthentherewere2 |
| Andy Davis Alternative pop songster Andy Davis returns this fall with his piano and soaring falsetto for his first full-band LP. Recorded in 10 days in Los Angeles with legendary producer Mitchell Froom (Sheryl Crow, Los Lobos, Elvis Costello, Crowded House, Ra... [Read more...] http://www.myspace.com/andydavis |
| Angel Snow I want to relate to people in their most vulnerable state; to inspire people most scarred. -- Angel Snow When Angel Snow sings, she hands her heart to the listener. Onstage she pours out raw emotion through honest and introspective music. ... [Read more...] http://myspace.com/angelsnowmusic |
| Annaliese [Read more...] http://www.annaliesemusic.com |
| Aron Wright Currently calling Nashville his home, Aron was born in Little Rock, AR, raised in St. Louis, MO, and moved to South Africa at the age of 16. Throughout his teen years, Aron learned how to play trumpet, bass trombone, and tuba through marching band an... [Read more...] http://www.myspace.com/aronwright |
| Ashthon Jones She sings, she writes, she decorates, and she paints - she’s an artist in every sense of the word. Ashthon Jones was born to create and her unique R&B/Urban sound is infectious. Born in Joplin, Missouri, Jones divided her childhood between her mom in... [Read more...] http://www.myspace.com/ashthonjonesmusic |
| Audrey Spillman Here's the rest of the story... I spent most of my childhood living off the coast of Georgia on a small island called St. Simons. Spending almost every day on the island's white beaches with my mother created the most amazing childhood.... [Read more...] http://www.myspace.com/audreyspillman |
| AutoVaughn Drawing inspiration from blue-collared roots in the midwest, this awe-striking four piece creates a musical experience blending the post-80's tension of Nirvana with the brit-pop influence of Oasis and The Police, while striking a chord in crowds eve... [Read more...] http://myspace.com/autovaughn |
| Betsy Roo [Read more...] http://www.myspace.com/betsyroomusic |
| Biscuits and Gravy Their musical chemistry is undeniably perfect. Their style is unique. Even their name is one of a kind. Biscuits and Gravy. And after attending one performance from this dynamic Jazz, Hip-Hop, Funk, and R&B band, you'll understand the name clearly. I... [Read more...] http://www.myspace.com/biscuitsandgravyband |
| Brandi Sellerz What do you get when you combine the influences of Stevie Wonder, The Beatles and Rufus, with vocal comparisons to John Legend with a taste of Feist? You get the soulful and melodic sounds of Brandi Sellerz! Born and raised in Birmigham, A... [Read more...] http://www.myspace.com/brandisellerz |
| Brenn The electrifying sounds of Brenn have been captivating the Nashville rock scene, being described by critics as a “breath of fresh air”. Garnering early comparisons to the likes of Radiohead, Muse, and Coldplay, while extracting influences from Pink F... [Read more...] http://www.myspace.com/brennmusic |
| Brett Rosenberg Brett Rosenberg, 29, writes Americana pop that possesses the funny/sad autobiographical quality of Loudon Wainwright III and the classic pop quirk of Big Star. An electric showman with a dry sense of humor, Brett has shared bills with Damien Rice, Jo... [Read more...] http://myspace.com/brettrosenberg |
| Brian Ritchey Brian Ritchey was born in Bedford, IN which lies just south of Bloomington. He left home and relocated to Nashville in pursuit of a publishing opportunity at Sony Tree. After a key contact at Tree moved on to another company, the publishing deal beca... [Read more...] http://myspace.com/brianritchey |
| Brooke Waggoner [Read more...] http://www.brookewaggonermusic.com/ |
| Bryan Cates [Read more...] www.myspace.com/bryancates |
| Butterfly Boucher Events that shape your reality, you remember. I remember where I was when I first heard Sergeant Peppers' Lonely Hearts Club Band. I remember where I was when I heard the first demos from Beck. Maybe it's because the music world has produced so few m... [Read more...] http://www.myspace.com/butterflyboucher |
| Caitlin Rose American Songwriter: "Much has been surmised about what attendance at Loretta Lynn's first teenaged performance might have entailed. Caitlin Rose's Dead Flowers seems answer the question, once and for all. Rose unflinchingly tackles the timeless t... [Read more...] http://www.myspace.com/caitlinrosesongs |
| Cake Bake Betty 'Songs about Teeth!' Review (Thanks RAZORCAKE!!!): This is a collection of intriguing, piano-driven songs about creepy things like spines and seaweed and shooting doves in your backyard. Cake Bake Betty is one of those bands that is actually just on... [Read more...] http://www.myspace.com/cakebakeb |
| Cali Stepping outside the ordinary into extraordinary! Psychedelic dance rock that forms a life of its own. Melodic rock ballads that take the shape of a modern day opera. Influences from Radiohead to Ryan Adams, Cali makes a statement in a predominately ... [Read more...] http://www.myspace.com/freshwaterproductionscali |
| Canon Blue if canon blue is a soundtrack, here is the movie....... SILENCE 2:00am SOLITUDE MINIMALISTIC KAFKA KNEE-HIGH BOOTS WITH FUR MASTERPIECE THEATER CARTOON WOLVES PARIS AT NIGHT FLOODLIGHT WAREHOUSE WWI IMAGES AND STORIES NIGHT WALKS RUSSIAN HISTORY... [Read more...] http://www.myspace.com/canonblue |
| Carey Ott "Carey Ott writes cinematic music. It's almost like he's shooting little movies on a super 8 camera each time he writes a song. In this respect, you could say there is something of Randy Newman in Otts craft. But, perhaps most importantly, when you l... [Read more...] http://www.myspace.com/careyott |
| Cary Ann Hearst Mississippi sown, barrel aged in Tennessee and finally cultivated in the Marsh of the Carolina Low country, 26 year old songwriter Cary Ann Hearst is pleased to present her first full length album..... CAH: Dust and Bones. Recorded in the ... [Read more...] http://www.myspace.com/caryannhearst |
| Cassino Folk rock? Alt-country? Rock, rooted in Americana? Alt-Americana? Artists notoriously loathe to categorize their work, and Cassino, a duo from Huntsville, Alabama, is understandably hard-pressed to find a neat label to describe the sound of their int... [Read more...] http://www.myspace.com/cassinoband |
| Chanel Campbell chanel campbell isn't really new to any of this. she was born underneath a sound board , wrapped in swaddling band t-shirts on the gold coast of australia. her father managed a rock and roll band which led to her to being raised by a pack of 20 som... [Read more...] WWW.CHANELCAMPBELL.COM |
| Chris Janson The Missouri-born Chris Janson has electrified Nashville's country music scene. In fact, it only took two days at a local Nashville bar to incite a wave of interest from country music's biggest record labels. It could be his intense and vocally stunn... [Read more...] http://www.myspace.com/chrisjanson |
| Claire Small Maybe it was when Johnny Cash visited her fourth grade music class to play a couple of tunes on the acoustic guitar that ignited something inside Claire Small. From a very early age Claire had shown not only an interest in playing instruments and wri... [Read more...] http://www.clairesmall.com/ |
| Clay Cumbie A roll of duct tape, a vacuum cleaner, and a microphone may sound like a Macgyver tool kit to most, but to Clay Cumbie, it was his first mic stand. “In all seriousness, I love music, always have, and can’t see myself doing anything else.” A self-taug... [Read more...] www.claycumbie.com |
| Codaphonic Codaphonic began in Nashville, TN during the summer of 2005 when three friends, Cody Newman (guitar), Taylor Jones (bass) and Justin Harris (drums) came together out of a deep appreciation for literate pop/rock music in the tradition of The Beatles, ... [Read more...] http://myspace.com/codaphonic |
| Coral Castles Coral Castles released their debut EP, the Corpse & the Cake, April 2008. The band embarks on a mini-tour of the Midwest with Heypenny during the Summer. Since 2007, Coral Castles has been active in Chattanooga, Nashville, Murfreesboro and... [Read more...] http://myspace.com/coralcastles |
| Cortney Tidwell CORTNEY TIDWELL’s debut album, Don’t Let Stars Keep Us Tangled Up, was released to universal critical acclaim in 2006 (2007 in the US). Cited as one of the best ten albums of the year by the UK’s Sunday Times newspaper, it was an astonishingly eclect... [Read more...] http://www.myspace.com/cortneytidwell |
| Cory Branan "Intense dynamics, deep humor, brave production and heavy songwriting: A new voice emerges to run with the greats." - Playboy on "12 Songs" "4 Out of 5 Stars." - Blender on "12 Songs" "There's a new breed of singer-songwriter - ... [Read more...] http://myspace.com/corybranan |
| Cougar Fight "With the release of their debut EP, Relapse , Cougar Fight is poised to emerge as one of Nashville's biggest sounds. Driven by powerful, dynamic songwriting and a determination to redefine what people expect from a Nashville rock band, Cougar Fight ... [Read more...] http://myspace.com/cougarfight |
| Courtney Jaye Courtney Jaye is an artist on a lifelong musical and spiritual journey. Her first memories? Sitting in her high chair bubbling with pure toddler joy while her parents spun “Strawberry Fields Forever” and “Penny Lane” on the record player. When she wa... [Read more...] http://www.myspace.com/courtneyjayemusic |
| Dabney Morris The decadent decade of the 80's was filled with neon lights and synthetic sounds, but an ironic desolation clung to our bodies like a cloud of old cigarette smoke. Everything was too bold and too bright as if our collective conscious was attempting ... [Read more...] http://www.dabneymorris.com |
| Dan Wilson Dan Wilson is renowned in music circles for the elegance of his melodies, the intelligence of his lyrics and the purity of his voice. The onetime member of storied cult band Trip Shakespeare and the critically acclaimed Semisonic is now active as a s... [Read more...] http://www.danwilsonmusic.com/ |
| Danger Bear danger bear was formed in february 2008 by jacob jones, brandon wilson, and greg celentano. jones and wilson moved to tennesee just last year to form the group from new york city, but both are from atlanta, georgia. celentano is from tennessee orig... [Read more...] http://www.myspace.com/dangerbearband |
| Darnell Levine Louisville, KY birth a new voice in 26-year-old singer/songwriter Darnell Levine. Journal Entries EP is Levine's third release, a new six-song precursor to a 2009 sophomore album currently untitled. With a fresh sound void of the today’s recycled t... [Read more...] http://www.darnelllevine.com/ |
| David Condos We are men and women from Nebraska, Minnesota, Michigan, Virginia, Louisiana, and Florida. We met in Tennessee. We fancy gluten-free cuisine, metropoleis, and making lovely sounds happen together. Enjoy. [Read more...] http://www.myspace.com/davidcondos |
| Dawson Wells 10 Things That Make Dawson Awesome 1. '[Dawson's] voice has this certain David Bowie-esque quality that makes me want to lick it.' -Jennifer Tucker, a favorite fan for obvious reasons. 2. "Dawson Wells combines the p... [Read more...] http://myspace.com/dawsonwells |
| Dead Confederate Dead Confederate reviewed on Three Imaginary Girls. The Sleepwalker interviewed Dead Confederate for Three Imaginary Girls and reviewed their recent gig at TT the Bear's in Cambridge, MA. "First, let me start with the basics: Wi... [Read more...] http://myspace.com/deadconfederate |
| Deas Vail It would be easy to describe Deas Vail simply by pointing at vocalist Wes Blaylock's upper register range and falsetto and then to slap on the indie label. Granted, it's an unmistakable voice that sounds as if it bides its time floating amid the st... [Read more...] http://www.myspace.com/deasvail |
| Destroy Destroy Destroy Destroy Destroy Destroy was spawned in January of 2003 in the town of Murfreesboro, TN. They have 2 independently released EPs under their belt and their debut full-length album entitled "DEVOUR THE POWER" on Black Market Activites. Their sound consi... [Read more...] http://www.myspace.com/destroydestroydestroy |
| Dexateens Montgomery, Alabama The first capital of a society, now mostly dead. The last capital of a society, now mostly dying. In its heart, a cemetery, where Hank Williams lies buried and, on its margins, a road where Wilson Pickett learned to walk. At 64... [Read more...] http://www.dexateens.net/ |
| Dignan Welcome to Dignan. Meet 5 friends from McAllen, Texas:: Andy, Devin, Trey, Heidi and Davy. Meet their auroral melodies, their poetic percussion, and their ethereal lyrics. Meet their shy smiles as they glance downward when asked why they p... [Read more...] http://www.myspace.com/dignan |
| Dixie Whiskey "DW is a slightly goofy but delightfully shambolic country project composed of various Nashville rock castaways: Jon Decious and Bob Ferrari (ex-Pink Spiders), Dillon Napier of Paper Rival and indie-folk solo artist Caitlin Rose. Tracks on their Honk... [Read more...] http://www.myspace.com/dixiewhiskeymusic |
| Dukes of DaVille Cedric Lindsey (Ric) and James Small, unknowingly crossed paths many times as young kids. Both were sons of military families, who often moved to the same country or city without ever meeting. In 6th grade fate finally fell upon them on a baseball fi... [Read more...] http://www.myspace.com/dukesmuzik |
| Duquette Johnston Duquette was bathed in a creek as a child. Duquette's first instrument was a violin played in the mountains. Duquette's third sentence was the hardest. Duquette has many roots. Duquette made his mistakes. Duquette believes in redemption. Duquette has... [Read more...] http://www.myspace.com/duquettejohnston |
| Eastern Block Aaron and Jon began Eastern Block early January, 2007. It was cold and they were in the basement. Jon had discovered how much he loved the slide and Aaron was playing an acoustic constantly. They continued writing until September and tried a lot of d... [Read more...] http://www.myspace.com/easternblockmusic |
| Eef Barzelay Eef Barzelay is the S.S.W.G (singer/songer/with/guitar) for the band Clem Snide. He enjoys old-timey music but also has an out-of-left-field interest in the apocalyptic and the ways human folly and failure might influence it. Wake up! Goodnight. [Read more...] http://www.myspace.com/eefbarzelay |
| Egon Eothen Alapatt, aka Egon, is Stones Throw Record's general manager. Alongside art director Jeff Jank, he came on board in 2000 when Peanut Butter Wolf moved the label from San Francisco to Los Angeles. At Stones Throw, he has produced anth... [Read more...] http://www.stonesthrow.com/egon |
| Elle Macho (feat David Mead, Butterfly Boucher, Lindsay Jamieson "Elle Macho is the most powerful band of noise in the world today. Combining elements of the melody, aggression and sexiness, they triumphs each time and gains the multiple contests throughout the world. The members of Elle Macho are Butterfly Bouche... [Read more...] myspace.com/ellemacho |
| Emily DeLoach Keen observers peeking into the oversaturated world of indie music will undoubtedly notice that there's no shortage of neo-folk singer/songwriters on the scene these days. This is especially true in Nashville, where even the most daring and idiosyncr... [Read more...] http://www.myspace.com/emilydeloach |
| Eric Wilson & Empty Hearts From songs about President Andrew Jackson to a Civil War battle ballad, Eric Wilson and Empty Hearts use vivid storytelling and introspective emotional songs to create a refreshing sound that falls somewhere between Americana and indie rock. Though t... [Read more...] http://myspace.com/ericwilson |
| Erin McCarley Erin McCarley calls the music on her debut album, Love, Save the Empty, a document of her search for authenticity in herself and in others. If that sounds heavy, there’s a reason why: According to McCarley, “Loving You” is about “being honest at the ... [Read more...] http://www.myspace.com/erinmccarley |
| Eureka Gold Eureka Gold may be a tough band to classify, but they're easy to describe. Is it indie? FOlk? Country? New Wave? Sure, all of that and more. That's not how I put it when I sing their praises and spread the work. ... [Read more...] http://www.myspace.com/eurekagold |
| Evil Bebos Evil Bebos hails from the underground experimental scene of Murfreesboro, TN. In the shadows of Music City, Nashville, Evil Bebos blends genres such as metal, post rock, shoegaze, and psychedelic music in a way that "shake[s] foundations with rumblin... [Read more...] http://www.myspace.com/evilbebos |
| Ferraby Lionheart [Read more...] http://www.myspace.com/ferrabylionheart |
| Ford Turrell This is the self-titled full-length debut release by Ford Turrell, a folk-rock singer-songwriter based in Nashville, TN. All of the songs, including vocals, were tracked live in just a few days over the Spring and Summer of 2007. Says Fo... [Read more...] http://www.myspace.com/fordturrellmusic |
| Forget Cassettes The two elements that comprise salt, sodium (Na) and chlorine (Cl) are considered two of the most volatile in the periodic table. When they combine to form salt, instead of creating another unpredictable ion, they become one of the most versatile, st... [Read more...] http://www.myspace.com/forgetcassettes |
| Foxhole [Read more...] http://www.foxhole.info |
| Funky Good Time [Read more...] |
| Ghostfinger Raised by a mountain, forged on an island. [Read more...] http://www.myspace.com/ghostfinger |
| Glossary Ten years into their career, Murfreesboro, TN rock denizens Glossary have learned a few things. The band’s latest offering of bleeding heart defiance and optimism, The Better Angels of Our Nature, represents those attributes in both exhibition and ex... [Read more...] http://www.glossary.us |
| Gnarwhal We’re Gnarwhal, we play music, we enjoy it, we hope you do too. [Read more...] http://www.myspace.com/gnarwhalisokay |
| Gone City I'm getting old. I haven't enjoyed going to shows for years. When I do venture out into society to observe live music, I take special pains to miss the opening bands and catch the mid section of the set I want to see. I have literally seen The Cure p... [Read more...] http://www.myspace.com/gonecityrock |
| Greg Summerlin Selected by the influential KOOP FM in Austin, TX for their "Best of 2007" list One of Planeta Pop's (Madrid, Spain) Best Albums of 2007 One of Best 40 Albums of 2007 (#21) by Alztron The record has just been licensed... [Read more...] http://www.gregsummerlin.com |
| H-Beam If pig masks, epileptic light shows, robot voices, panda suits, costume changes, hyphens in band names, long hair and beards kinda freak you out, you may want to steer clear of Nashville's captivating experimental rock trio H-Beam. Unafraid to occasi... [Read more...] http://www.h-beamlive.com |
| Hands Down Eugene now: Matt Gunar Moody, MDA (Lead Vocals, Lead Bass, Lead Beard), left the experience of making the Shadow Plains cult Favorite, Madison (xoxo records, 2005), with the taste of milk and honey. After a lavish month celebrating its release with a w... [Read more...] http://myspace.com/handsdowneugene |
| Happy Birthday Amy Since January 2006, Happy Birthday Amy has been hard at work making progressive indie pop in the Nashville area. Fronted by vocalist/keyboardist, Amy Smith, Happy Birthday Amy is a trio with Dillon Smith on bass and various other instruments and Mile... [Read more...] http://myspace.com/amysmith |
| Harrison Hudson Hailing from Nashville, Tennessee, HARRISON HUDSON is comprised of Brandon Dees (Bass), Steven Kadar (Drums), and front man, Harrison Hudson (Vocals, Guitar). Described by critics as raw Americana, and by themselves as "no-frills" rock'n'roll, HARRIS... [Read more...] http://www.myspace.com/harrisonhudson |
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| Hell Ya! [Read more...] http://www.hellyadeejays.com/ |
| Heypenny Heypenny began as seed blown about by giant breath, grown in the dirt made of rocks, and sprouting out of the sweat and toil of karate experts and kids with firecrackers. Actually, the group started as a solo project of Ben Elkins's in Ark... [Read more...] http://myspace.com/heypenny |
| Hollow Ox Hollow Ox are a hauntingly effective, instrumentally astute and creatively inventive four-piece from Nashville, Tennessee. Post-rock is a style, an artistic endeavour if you like, which Hollow Ox toy with and then shy away from on a regular basis, ... [Read more...] www.myspace.com/hollowox |
| Homer Hiccolm And The Rocket Boys From the unassuming town of Abilene, TX, Homer Hiccolm & the Rocketboys brings a focused and mature sound to a sometimes uninspired national music scene. Dubbed ambient rock by their counterparts, the Rocketboys show “a mastery of mood and subtlety .... [Read more...] http://www.myspace.com/rocketboys |
| Hotpipes Heartburn is caused by the reflux of acidic stomach fluids that enter the lower end of the esophagus, an ailment which a childhood friend’s mother referred to as having “hot pipes”. This is our name, our town is Nashville, Tennessee, and you are read... [Read more...] http://myspace.com/hotpipes |
| How I Became the Bomb Formed June 2005 to make pop music. We are big, strong men. We possess ring awareness. We have veteran presence. We have tremendous hand speed. We are long. We have wingspan. We have an EP. As we become more myspace savvy, we will change t... [Read more...] www.howibecamethebomb.com |
| Howlies Howlies (no 'the') formed in August 2007, after a group camping trip where all four members were attacked by wolves. Based upon basement recordings only, the band quickly secured the praise and producing duties of legendary producer Kim Fowley (The R... [Read more...] http://www.myspace.com/howlies |
| Jabe & The All Night Circus I WAS BORN IN OCTOBER. I DONT REMEMBER IT AT ALL. I LIVED IN THE COUNTRY WITH MY FOLKS, SISTER, 6 DOGS & 2 GHOSTS. THE GHOSTS BLEW OUT ALL THE LIGHT-BULBS IN THE HOUSE BUT THEY SAVED MY SISTER WHEN SHE FELL DOWN THE STAIRS. WE SHARED A FARM WITH OUR ... [Read more...] http://www.myspace.com/jabemusic |
| Jeff the Brotherhood Jake plays three string guitar, Jamin plays drums, they are brothers. JEFF The Brrotherhood has been playing jams for about five years now. Their most recent release is "The Boys R Back In Town", 12" vinyl on Infinity Cat Recordings. [Read more...] http://www.myspace.com/jakeandjamin |
| Jennifer Nicely "If you're still wondering what Billie Joe and his paramour threw off the Tallahatchie Bridge, here's an unexplored theory: It was the unborn blueprint for the music of Jennifer Niceley, a Knoxville-raised, East Nashville-based singer and songwriter ... [Read more...] http://www.jenniferniceley.com/ |
| Jensen Sportag Here's a little "Post Techno" for your morning commute. Jensen Sportag are an unsigned duo residing in Nashville, TN. The cover pretty much says it all. Keyboards, trashy 80's beats, post punk weirdness, and an arty sense of the absurd coalesce into ... [Read more...] http://www.myspace.com/jensensportag |
| Jeremy Lister Nashville-based Jeremy Lister started connecting with music from early childhood while growing up in the middle of Mississippi. A son of a preacher, he began singing and learning harmonies in church at the age of two. When his father would leave, he ... [Read more...] http://www.myspace.com/jeremylister |
| Joe Marc's Brother There's almost no point in attempting to pigeonhole Joe, Marc's Brother at any one musical moment. This trio can veer from mind-blowing three part harmonies that would make Brian Wilson shiver to an ear-splitting psychedelic freakout in just a few ba... [Read more...] http://www.myspace.com/joemarcsbrother |
| Joey & Rory Joey+Rory have a story that was made for TV…. long before a chance meeting led them to audition for the popular CMT reality performance show, Can You Duet. Joey Martin and Rory Feek combine the talents of a gifted vocalist and a hit songwriter to cr... [Read more...] http://www.myspace.com/joeyandrory |
| Josiah Bell Like many artists and songwriters, 21-year-old Josiah Bell grew up surrounded by music. But while others took those experiences and grew slowly into their craft, Josiah leapt into it. "I would come home from school and sit down at the piano and start... [Read more...] http://www.myspace.com/josiahbell |
| Judd and Maggie (Q&A between Judd and Maggie) J. Maggie, how long have we been playing together? M. About 6 years, although we've been singing together our whole life with our 5 other siblings. M. What was it like having a major labe... [Read more...] http://myspace.com/juddandmaggie |
| Kat Maslich Bode [Read more...] http://www.myspace.com/katbodecom |
| Katie Herzig In 2006, after eight years of fronting the critically acclaimed Colorado-based band, Newcomers Home, and releasing her first solo record, Watch Them Fall, as a side project—singer/songwriter Katie Herzig retreated to the solitude of her bedroom studi... [Read more...] http://www.katieherzig.com |
| Keegan DeWitt From the sad simplicity and grace of his NY Times heralded film scores to the ornate and diverse string sections ringing throughout his brand new LP, Keegan DeWitt is someone who represents the human heart in all it's variations. A native son to Port... [Read more...] http://www.myspace.com/keegandewittmusic |
| KinderCastle KinderCastle is... - Transfixing your eyes - Electronic fruit flavored candy sounds - Riding a dinosaurs back - A boy and a girl sharing a seat - Sine waves creeping up the side of a tree - Birds courting - Running ... [Read more...] http://www.myspace.com/kindercastle |
| Kyle Andrews "Armed with a guitar, Casio keyboard and drum loops, Andrews escaped the crushing Nashville scene to create his own brand of indie-rock with a southern drawl. Reminiscent of poppy Bright Eyes, Postal Service and an adolescent Eels, Andrews has 13 tra... [Read more...] http://www.myspace.com/kyleandrews |
| Kyler England Listening to any Kyler England song, it's easy to believe you're hearing a classic in the making: gorgeous, organic pop music that speaks to your heart like a close friend. Her soulful voice draws you in with its fragile strength, then leaves you bre... [Read more...] http://myspace.com/kylerengland |
| Lanky Lanky is the moniker of songwriter Francis Stabile. The NJ-native has spent much of the last four years as a die-hard road warrior, winning a national following along the way. A reluctant troubadour, his music is more of an evolution of acoustic Pop... [Read more...] http://www.myspace.com/lanky |
| Levi Weaver Let's say you grew up listening to country music, (you have a good reason, because your dad is a professional cowboy, and you spend copious amounts of time in the truck going from rodeo to rodeo) but then you realize that country sucks. And so you st... [Read more...] http://www.myspace.com/leviweaver |
| Lorien Experimentation consumes the music of Nashville-based L�rien. Formed in September 2005, L�rien has created a unique blend of a poetic and thought provoking perspective through breathy vocals, classical piano, progressive rhythm, and melodic guita... [Read more...] http://www.myspace.com/lorienmusic |
| Luna Halo The sound of Luna Halo is tight and dynamic. All the pieces fuse together to radiate their collective passion. Shades of dozens of bands and disparate influences hover overhead, but in the end every note on the record belongs to this unique young ban... [Read more...] http://www.lunahalo.com/ |
| LYLAS The songs of shapeshifting folk ensemble lylas are sparkling bits of unusual pop. Like a coffin shaped candy bin, lylas populates its world with bloody nightgowns, suburban dissatisfaction, friendly demons, and pre-teen princesses with a penchant for... [Read more...] http://www.myspace.com/lylas |
| Madi Diaz kyle grew up in nebraska. madi grew up in western pennsylvania. they were friends with fields and cows and ponies and corn and tobacco barns. they both tried to go cow tipping at one point or another. they both found their way to the big cities. madi... [Read more...] http://www.myspace.com/madidiaz |
| Magic Wands Magic Wands are hotly tipped Nashville based girl/guy duo Chris and Dexy Valentine. With instantly memorable poppy hooks and melodies, backed by huge washes of distorted guitars and immense drums machine rhythms and bass lines, Magic Wand... [Read more...] http://www.myspace.com/themagicwands |
| Mando Saenz Wandering the streets of Houston, playing regular gigs at bars like the Continental Club, or settling down for drinks with the kinds of characters that populate poetry (but rarely read it), Mando Saenz wrote it all down – in melody, on little scraps ... [Read more...] http://www.myspace.com/mandosaenz |
| Matthew Perryman Jones "Throwing Punches In the Dark" REVIEWS & QUOTES "There are some people on this earth with soul of a poet. Even if they don't dabble in verse, you recognize them immediately-by a sparkle in the eye, the gentleness of tone, the way they ca... [Read more...] http://myspace.com/mpjmusic |
| Matthew Ryan vs The Silver State Matthew Ryan grew up in the rusty Northeastern United States just south of Philadelphia in Chester, PA. He recently bought a house on a hill in Tennessee. His early loves and influences were The Clash, Doc Martins, The Replacements, MLK, Paul Buchana... [Read more...] http://myspace.com/matthewryan |
| McClain Pop-Americana act McClain moved to Nashville less than a year ago to further pursue a career that was birthed in a kitchen. Songs sung into a microphone held up by two water glasses and recorded on a simple eight-track recorder emerged as a 12 song L... [Read more...] http://myspace.com/mcclainmcclain |
| MEEMAW MEEMAW, son of Quapaw, Cherokee and Comanche, also known as Warm Blood, son of Hot Blood of the Moonlight Battles Where the White Wolf Descended From the Three Weeping Stars and during which many souls were sent to the Lazy River of Oblivion; this m... [Read more...] http://www.myspace.com/pigsinpossumalley |
| Megan McCormick Born of a long line of accomplished troubadours, jazz bands, and players, Megan McCormick’s past delivers her from the most remote reaches of Alaska to Music City, USA. As a recipient of East Tennessee State’s Public Performance scholarship Megan ech... [Read more...] http://myspace.com/meganmccormicksmusic |
| Meghan Kabir This exotic Afghan-Irish singer/songwriter, at the young age of 19 years old, is well on her way to becoming the next successful artist on the scene. She tastefully infuses her rich Middle Eastern background in her music and has been compared to the ... [Read more...] http://myspace.com/meghankabir |
| Modoc In the Spring of 2005, four local musicians set aside their pop-projects to follow their hearts for rock and roll. They quickly found that their creativity as a band was something to build on and commanded a bigger audience. After releasing their deb... [Read more...] http://www.myspace.com/modoc |
| Mona all 3 hailing from dayton ohio and have been in nashville for about a year. childhood friends and at one time all either pastors sons...pastors or both...take their soulful upbringing with a raw non traditional three piece punch...and raise the bar ... [Read more...] http://www.myspace.com/monatheband |
| Moon Taxi These guys are to dancing what Viagra is to...well you get the idea. Moon Taxi is a rock quintet hailing from Nashville that synthesizes the elements of progressive rock and improvisation/jam with a grandiose mixture of folk and jazz. A Moon Taxi sh... [Read more...] http://www.myspace.com/moontaxi |
| Mother/Father Very intense, extremely remarkable - Mother/Father write, perform and deliver an intense brand of post punk with a twist of their own interpretation of 60's soul and 80's synthpop called soulgaze. Mother/Father's rock and roll is theirs and their sce... [Read more...] http://www.myspace.com/thisismotherfather |
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| My Tyger Fair warning: what follows is a biased and slanted take on a bands bio written in the first person by a long-time friend and collaborator. Deal with it. Anyway, here's a bit about Nashville's My Tyger. The first time I saw Sam Ashworth and Ben... [Read more...] http://myspace.com/samashworth |
| Natalie Warner Born in Shreveport, Louisiana, Natalie and her family moved around a lot as a kid, eventually settling in the Nashville suburb of Franklin, Tennessee when she was just 7 years old. Always playing and writing, by the time she was 12, Natalie was deter... [Read more...] http://www.nataliewarner.com/ |
| Neva Geoffrey Neva Geoffrey’s melodies have come together to form torch songs that take you to the depths of obscurity while remaining in your <3 The Days are Rolling on Alias Records (Archers of Loaf, Yo La Tengo, American Music Club) could easily compliment a re... [Read more...] http://www.myspace.com/nevageoffrey |
| nite nite What do you do if you're 22, preternaturally stylish and you quit your job to intern at Matt Frictionï's Mean Buzz Records? Why, start a band, of course. Enter nite nite, the latest byproduct and underground darling-hearts of Nashville's indie scene.... [Read more...] http://myspace.com/niteniteband |
| November Based out of Nashville, Tennessee, November combines a mixture of classic hard rock riffs with contemporary songwriting. Pounding drums, raucous guitars and soulful vocals make this band one that will be celebrated by many in the music world for year... [Read more...] http://www.myspace.com/novembernashville |
| Oblio Nashville trio Oblio circle, pierce and entwine ’70s folk pop immediacy and epic millennial indie dissonance to create sounds that simultaneously comfort and jolt their audiences. Formed in 2004, Oblio (Terry Price, Travis Vance and BenJarvis Dumas) ... [Read more...] http://www.myspace.com/oblio |
| Ocelots Chris Hargrow (guitar, vocals) and Greg Wagner (bass, vocals) had played together for several years in the instrumental noise-rock band Garage Sale, while Paul Spivey (drums) had previously played with Hargrow in the short-lived indie pop band, Somet... [Read more...] http://myspace.com/ocelots |
| Ole Mossy Face Back when German science was what was...Nazi's secretly implanted Gerald with a unheard of micro/all-controling/thwarted by Dr.Pepper and aluminum home-made devices mind control chip.....and it was under his guard and a magnolia tree filled with bird... [Read more...] http://www.myspace.com/olemossyface |
| Paper Rival If, as the well-worn line goes, you can’t know where you’re going till you know where you’ve been, then Paper Rival absolutely know where they’re headed with their Photo Finish debut album, Dialog. Refining their trademark warm, Charles Atlas-lean so... [Read more...] http://www.myspace.com/paperrival |
| Paper Route PAPER ROUTE:://:: (as told by Chad Howat) I was tired. There was just this lingering sense of exhaustion in the summer of 2004. I was tired of false starts. Tired of dreaming. Tired of being jaded. Tired of being tired. So it seems fitting that this ... [Read more...] http://www.myspace.com/paperroute |
| Parachute Musical One of the most elaborate and expansive pieces [Everything Is Working Out Fine In Some Town] the local independent rock scene has produced in recent memory. -Dave Paulson, All The Rage Nashville, TN, 6/12/2008 Perfect pop songs. -Jennif... [Read more...] http://www.myspace.com/parachutemusical |
| Perrin Lamb [Read more...] http://www.myspace.com/perrinlamb |
| Peter Bradley Adams Peter Bradley Adams was formerly one half of the duo eastmountainsouth, signed by Robbie Robertson (of The Band) to Dreamworks Records. The duo toured with acts such as Traci Chapman, Lucinda Williams, and played their final show at the Hollywood Bo... [Read more...] http://www.peterbradleyadams.com |
| Pico Vs. Island Trees Bands overflowing with the wide-eyed exuberance of youth are not hard to find, but Nashville's Pico vs Island Trees are a rare commodity: a group able to back up its innocence and enthusiasm with musical proficiency and keen pop sensibilities. By fus... [Read more...] http://www.myspace.com/pico |
| Plex Plex the sound of plex plex is informed by a heavy electronic influence, slightly blanketed in esoteric melody, while still closely adhering to our rock and roll purist innuendo. we derive great pleasure from transforming our traditional set-up (that is g... [Read more...] http://www.plexplex.com/ |
| Quiet Entertainer Music is fun for me. It has been for a while. I have had the privilege of seeing a lot of concerts and studying some things that I like about my favorite shows. My favorite performance on a stage has to be Blue Man Group. Not the rock star one but... [Read more...] http://www.myspace.com/quietentertainer |
| Quote "...Nashville duo "quote" have contributed a sleeper classic to the folk/sing-songwriter canon. Not only do the pair spin engaging narratives, but producer Mike Odmark weaves exquisite mixes around them. Intimate yet spacious, the songs exist as free... [Read more...] http://www.myspace.com/quotemusic |
| Red White Blue [Read more...] http://www.myspace.com/redwhitebluemusic |
| Reid & Wright Reid & Wright are just 2 guys having a good time. They play music together and sometimes they listen to music together too. Don't worry, they hang out with other folks too. [Read more...] http://www.myspace.com/reidandwright |
| Repent or Forever Be Damned I'm an Englishman living in Nashville. I came here to record, fell in love with a girl and stayed. I'm a drummer. I played with Ben Folds and recorded his last album (Songs For Silverman) and toured around the world for 3 years. I�ve als... [Read more...] http://www.myspace.com/rofbd |
| Rick Brantley When Rick Brantley opens his mouth, it is time to listen. Behind his thunderous voice, pounding piano, and pulsing rock guitar lies a vision, or, as Brantley puts it, a "battle cry." Expect to discover the heart of the human existence: the desperatio... [Read more...] http://www.rickbrantley.com/ |
| Ricky Young "Listen to Suitcase Afternoon by Ricky Young. This is for fans of Wilco, Neil Young and Dylan. These tracks are perfectly fitting for a Sunday drive on the Pacific Coast Highway." - Kings of A&R "(Ricky Young's) debut album Learn to Steal ... [Read more...] http://www.myspace.com/rickyyoung |
| Roman Candle It's after midnight on a hot Friday night in June, a mile outside of Chapel Hill and remarkably quiet for being so close to campus. Impenetrably dark woods surround the duplex, the house's outside lights casting hyper-extended shadows of four people... [Read more...] http://www.romancandlemusic.com/ |
| Royal Bangs Rock and roll music that beeps and shakes. We must and will use electrical guitars, drum machines, sampling, electrical bass guitar, electrical pianos, personal computers, shakers, 2 many drums, and everything else. ROYAL BANGS GOT HOT DOG FEVER! [Read more...] http://www.myspace.com/royalbangs |
| Run Run Run Previously, Run Run Run's unique indie rock sound and hypnotic lo-fi light show, two EPs and support slots for the Strokes, Psychedelic Furs and My Chemical Romance caught the attention of Billboard Magazine in fall of 2005. Billboard organized a sho... [Read more...] http://www.myspace.com/runrunrun |
| Sam & Ruby 1999...independently submersed in the music scene in Nashville, before words were ever exchanged, Sam and Ruby knew someday they would record a project together. Ruby spent her time hopping ponds with her Top 5 charted pop album, Smoke and Honey (Pol... [Read more...] http://www.myspace.com/samandruby |
| Sara Melson Sara Melson grew up in a small town in Indiana, the daughter of two college professors, in a house with books covering every wall from floor to ceiling. Her parents also had an impressive record collection. Sara spent hours after school memorizing ev... [Read more...] www.myspace.com/saramelson |
| Sarah Sadler Singer-songwriter Sarah Sadler releases her sophomore record, Where It Started, the follow-up release to her 2002 self-titled debut. With an unconventional method of record making set out for mainstream success, the artist establishes herself as an ... [Read more...] http://www.myspace.com/sarahsadlermusic |
| Sarah Siskind Sarah Siskind's music is not easily explained or contained. She's a singer and songwriter based in Nashville and grounded in Appalachian roots, but one who transcends category with a beguiling fusion of the traditional and the modern. Whether solo, f... [Read more...] |
| Shawn Byrne "Four and a half stars! Fantastic album from Nashville's best kept secret. Could well be in our top ten list come end of the year." -Maverick Magazine "Shawn Byrne takes an expansive view on the possibilities of roots music." -Nashville Scene Shawn's... [Read more...] http://www.myspace.com/shawnbyrne |
| Shelly Fairchild I’m Shelly Fairchild and I grew up in a town called Clinton, about five miles west of Jackson, Mississippi. I live in Nashville, Tennessee, right now. I sing. I write songs. I record the songs that I write, and sometimes songs that I don’t write. I’v... [Read more...] http://www.shellyfairchild.com |
| Shoot the Mountain Shoot The Mountain is a new band from Nashville, TN. Bubbling like a cold mountain stream, the music is best described as fresh and excited. The Nashville Scene has said, "A new sound that is a glorious conflation of styles—balancing an airtight, dan... [Read more...] http://www.myspace.com/shootthemountain |
| Six Gun Lullaby Six Gun Lullaby is a three piece Rock n’ Roll band based out of Nashville, TN. Tiffany Minton (drums), Martin James Schneider (guitar/vocals), and Claire Adams (guitar/vocals) have been playing, recording, and touring together since 2005. Their first... [Read more...] http://www.myspace.com/roboticconcubine |
| Skyblazer SKYBLAZER IS A SUPERGROUP WITH MEMBERS OF JEFF THE BROTHERHOOD, FESTIVAL, CAKE BAKE BETTY, AND WHIRLWIND HEAT. [Read more...] http://myspace.com/skyblazer420 |
| Sons of Roswell Since their formation in the summer of 2005, Sons of Roswell has been on a constant rise. As the band has steadily toured the eastern US, they released their self titled debut album in March 2006 to rave reviews, as well as praise for being an act wi... [Read more...] http://myspace.com/sonsofroswell |
| Space Capone "Capone sounds like the real deal. His malleable voice can fall into a rumble or rise to a tingly falsetto, though he's best when gettin' his baritone on. He takes his songwriting cues from the '70s, by way of the neo-soul artists who reintroduced au... [Read more...] http://www.myspace.com/spacecapone |
| stephaniesid stephaniesid is indie pop revelry! We always play with heart and lust and gusto, because there's no point in doing anything else. We care about things in the world. We often brood about them. But not for terribly long, as there is no real gain in tak... [Read more...] http://www.stephaniesid.com |
| Superdrag Though Superdrag may be best known for their 1996 major-label debut Regretfully Yours and the hit single “Sucked Out” that helped launch the band towards international success, the follow-up Head Trip In Every Key, issued in 1998, was widely regarded... [Read more...] http://www.superdrag.com/ |
| Tallest Trees Tallest Trees is primarily the project of Thomas Samuel, a songwriter out of Nashville, TN. The often large band is known for dynamic performances involving a host of instruments and often the "octopus," a two drummer set-up featuring one left-handed... [Read more...] http://myspace.com/tallesttrees |
| Ten Out of Tenn THE CONCEPT Nashville, TN: It’s no secret that the home of country music serves as a hideout for one of America’s most bustling music scenes. American Songwriter is co-sponsoring the Ten Out of Tenn Christmas Tour –a 10 artist, 12-city, Christmas co... [Read more...] http://www.myspace.com/tenoutoftenn |
| Thad Cockrell "one of the best young songwriters in Nashville..." --Grayson Currin "From the first measure, you hear the unmistakable sound of the pure and uncompromised spirit of an artist who just wants to sing what’s in his heart. And it rocks you ri... [Read more...] http://www.myspace.com/thadcockrell |
| The Armed Forces from wikipedia: The United States Armed Forces are the overall unified military forces of the United States. The United States military was first formed during the Continental Congress and was permanently established after World War II.[2] Its co... [Read more...] myspace.com/thearmedforces |
| The Ascent of Everest The Ascent of Everest formed in the spring of 2005 in the shadows of Music City USA (Nashville, Tennessee). Since then the band has embarked on two east coast tours and played dozens of regional shows in support of their 2006 release "How Lonely Sits... [Read more...] http://www.ascentofeverest.com |
| The Bridges The Bridges were born July, 2002 with a disposition to blend lyric and harmony with haunting melodies and the poetry of reality. Brittany Painter lends her gifted voice, writing, and acoustic guitar to providing the basis for intriguing arrangements ... [Read more...] http://www.myspace.com/thebridges |
| The Carter Administration NASHVILLE, TN - For nearly ten years, Nashville power trio The Carter Administration have been winning over critics and fans alike with their sharply crafted, near-perfect, beat up basement pop gems. Their recordings and live shows have consistenty d... [Read more...] http://myspace.com/thecarteradministration |
| The Champion and His Burning Flame First things first; bands can and should be important. I remember the first time I listened to Needle in the Hay, Eleanor Rigby, Hallelujah; these were Moments. Real Moments in my life proving to me that music is a true Art form capable of bringing b... [Read more...] http://www.myspace.com/thechampionandhisburningflame |
| The Clutters Nashville's The Clutters are one of the few proper rock bands playing in the city. Within seconds of seeing them live or hearing their record, T&C, you'll know that they are a band unconcerned with the fashion of the moment. They bash out three minut... [Read more...] http://www.theclutters.com/ |
| The Comfies The Comfies shine amongst Nashville's outstanding current pop rock company, affixing the retro magnetism of 60's and 70's rock to a range of contemporary influences from Ben Folds and Beck to The Posies and Superdrag. With an impressive ear for the i... [Read more...] http://www.thecomfies.com |
| The Deep Vibration Matt Campbell and Jeremy Fetzer met in Nashville three years ago and bonded over a shared love of the way it used to be done, the way it used to sound, the way it used to FEEL. After years of lineup changes because of a lack of work ethic and dedicat... [Read more...] http://myspace.com/thedeepvibration |
| The Dirty Guv'nahs The Dirty Guv�nahs have quickly become the most talked about rock and roll band in East Tennessee. As a six piece, The Guv'nahs naturally grip the stage with energy; the amps are always loud, the piano barreling, and the percussion makes you feel l... [Read more...] http://www.myspace.com/dirtyguvnahs |
| The Dynamites If the first attention-grabbing horn lines of The Dynamites album Kaboom! evoke a dramatic curtain call from a late ‘60s funk concert at the Apollo Theater, it’s no accident. After all, that’s exactly where Charles Walker, the band’s singer and front... [Read more...] http://www.myspace.com/thedynamitesband |
| The Features The Times - Brilliant. 4 stars NME 8 of 10 stars Q Q Recommends - 4 stars Hit Sheet- Weve never seen a drummer leap five feet above his stool and land perfectly in time before, or that much head nodding in the audienc... [Read more...] http://www.thefeatures.com/ |
| The Glib We are a four piece indie-experimental-rock band inspired by the energy of bands like Nirvana and Fugazi, the vocal character of David Bowie, Frank Black, and the crooners of the 1950s, and the compositions of The Pixies, The Clash, and the late Beat... [Read more...] http://myspace.com/theglib |
| The Good Wolves A history of rock icons: THE GOOD WOLVES After toiling away for years in the smokey bars of Nashville, TN, THE GOOD WOLVES shot to the top of the rock scene in 2007 with their debut album, LITTLE SITUATION. The band's latest album, EVERYBO... [Read more...] http://www.myspace.com/thegoodwolves |
| The Hannah Barbarians We've been involved with some other stuff like: the fur traders, the ready section, de novo dahl, the delaware, imagineasians, and the noncommisioned officers to name a few. we like to play football and basketball and other barbarian types of stuff. [Read more...] http://www.myspace.com/thehannahbarbarians |
| The Hollywood Kills In 2006, just outside Nashville, Tennessee, The Hollywood Kills came together as a unified front against the mundane cookie-cutter “rock” that has smothered recent popular music. Drawing upon creative influences such as The Beatles, Jimmy Eat World... [Read more...] http://www.myspace.com/thehollywoodkills |
| The Kindergarten Circus In the world of Sour-Patch-Kid-fueled rock and roll, The Kindergarten Circus rules all. Probably because they are the only act in that genre. But maybe, just maybe, it is because they are awesome. The teenage trio was formed spring of Murfreesboro... [Read more...] http://myspace.com/thekindergartencircus |
| The Last Almanac The Last Almanac front man, Josiah Rosen, has felt his share of heartbreak and incorporates every lingering sting into his new album, "A Memoir." After co-founding Augustana and spending three and a half years supporting "All the Stars and Boulevards... [Read more...] http://www.myspace.com/thelastalmanac |
| The Lonely Hearts [Read more...] http://www.myspace.com/thelonelyhearts |
| The Mattoid An ever roving cast but one solid constant, the Mattoid (Ville Kiviniemi) hails from the cold morelle land of Finland. After traveling the countries of Western Europe, Mexico, Thailand, India, and Egypt the Mattoid decided to spread his message among... [Read more...] http://www.myspace.com/themattoid |
| The Nobility The Nobility is a humble little rock band based in Nashville, TN. On new album The Mezzanine, The Nobility broadens their rock repertoire with a deeper exploration of narrative lyrics and less conventional arrangements, with orchestrations featuring ... [Read more...] http://www.thenobility.com |
| The Non-Commissioned Officers The Band: The Non-Commissioned Officers was formed to perform the music of Make-Out with Violence, the first feature film from the Deagol Brothers of Nashville, TN. The Deagol Brothers, Andy Duensing, Chris Doyle, and Eric Lehning, brought together N... [Read more...] http://www.myspace.com/thenoncommissionedofficers |
| The Pink Spiders Fronted by charismatic singer-songwriter-guitarist Matt Friction, power-pop band THE PINK SPIDERS has gained almost as much notoriety for their exploits, attitude and iconic look, as they have for the catchy and explosive sound they generate. Infamy ... [Read more...] http://www.thepinkspiders.com/ |
| The Privates Drawn from a host of Nashville�s finest local, national and international indie exports, The Privates quickly shot to the top of the local rock hierarchy with their frenetic pinball rock after forming in 2003. 23-year-old singer and guitarist Dave ... [Read more...] http://www.myspace.com/theprivates |
| The Protomen The Protomen have rewritten a popular modern tale as a dark allegory on the dominance of the media and general public apathy in this day & age. The device can be traced back to David Lynch's Wild At Heart, Akira Kurosawa's Seven Samurai or George Orw... [Read more...] http://myspace.com/theprotomen |
| The Running The Running (thuh ruhn-ing): An original rock/reggae/blues band originating in Nashville, TN In March of 2006, The Running set out on a journey to cross the metaphorical borders of the music industry and swore to set no boundaries on their... [Read more...] http://www.myspace.com/TheRunningband |
| The Titts The Tits moved to Nashville a year ago to melt the faces of the Music City with their interpretation of rock 'n' roll. Influences range from 60's garage rock, 70's punk, and 80's cock rock. [Read more...] http://myspace.com/tittsrock |
| The Whispertown 2000 The Whispertown 2000 is such a fitting name for a whole bunch of reasons. Morgan Nagler, (lead vocals, guitar) has been whispering for years before making this record. For the longest time, her songs were only heard in the most casual settings; pas... [Read more...] http://www.myspace.com/whispertown2000 |
| The Worsties The Worsties are a raw mix of pure sexiness, party, and rock and roll. We're full of "mean riffs, surfy guitar licks, FM-ready melodies and layers of ball-busting female vocals." Throw in a bit of "sinister post-punk" and some "garage-rock" and you'v... [Read more...] http://www.theworsties.com |
| Through The Sparks The garage is scattered with rows of old keyboard instruments and guitars. Some are rescues from the Goodwill, others encased in inch-thick Guitar Center gloss. Crumpled horn charts are a pile of papers littering a nightstand beneath a framed hologra... [Read more...] http://www.myspace.com/throughthesparks |
| Tiger! Tiger! Tiger! Tiger! "The Kind of Goodnight" Tiger! Tiger! roars back with their new album. Sixteen sexy, catchy songs that carry the noir-ish theme of debut album "Collisions" while managing to rock even harder than it's predecessor. Enhanced C... [Read more...] http://www.myspace.com/tigertigerband |
| Tigers Con Queso Tigers Con Queso are a quirky folk/punk outfit from Nashville, TN, led by Seth Graves (know for his one-man synthpop act Casio Casanova). With the mantra of "less is more" as their main philosophy, they churn out quick, upbeat acoustic punk rock with... [Read more...] http://myspace.com/tigersconqueso |
| Timbre Most widely known as the harpist collaborator with mewithoutYou and Anathallo, Timbre�s solo project is a distinctly unique musical experience. She combines the sounds of harp with a gentle soprano voice, joined by her band mostly made up of famil... [Read more...] http://myspace.com/timbre |
| Tommy and The Whale Tommy and the Whale is an independent band. They are quite simply, a collective of great musicians playing great songs and taking those songs to as many people as possible. In only a year and a half, Tommy and the Whale has managed to make their mar... [Read more...] http://www.myspace.com/tommyandthewhale |
| Totally Snake Totally Snake was formed at the beginning of time when a wad of drunken sludge first slithered forth from the sea and wheezed the word "whiskey," causing the Big Bang; hence, creating everything that already existed in the first place. For the next 2... [Read more...] http://myspace.com/totallysnake |
| Trent Dabbs and Ashley Monroe Singer-Songwriter Trent Dabbs lives in Nashville, TN where he is pursuing a full time career in music, consisting of songwriting for other artists and playing and recording his own songs. Dabbs' first solo release was 'Quite Often' produced by Den... [Read more...] http://www.myspace.com/trentdabbs |
| Tristen Tristen: Not your run-of-the-mill migrant songwriter (by Seth Graves). Give us your poor, your tired, your huddled masses longing to get signed; the wretched refuse of lifeless music scenes across the country. Send these, the homeless notebook-carryi... [Read more...] http://www.tristen.com/ |
| Turbo Fruits [Read more...] http://www.myspace.com/turbofruits |
| Tyler James I was born in the evergreens of the pacific northwest. I was raised in the cornfields of small-town iowa. I live in the home of country music, nashville, tn. I write my songs on the upright piano in my house under the windows where the sun shines... [Read more...] http://www.tylerjames.com |
| Umbrella Tree If you're going to be weird, then it helps to be good. If you're going to wail and flail, forcing people to either come with you or sit ther gawking, then you need to hit all the notes and include moments of exquisite beauty. Local rock trio Umbrella... [Read more...] http://www.myspace.com/umbrellatree |
| Velcro Stars The Velcro Stars are one of the most interesting, original, and level-headed bands to come out of Murfreesboro in a long time. Their songs are simplistic and well arranged, and bring with them hints of Pavement, Blake Babies, and Superchunk. - (Nashv... [Read more...] http://myspace.com/velcrostars |
| Vulture Whale Vulture Whale has business with your stereo. If your ears and stereo have not set up a meeting with the first VW record, you should check your calendar and see how yesterday looks for you. The straight-up and earnest rock effort from this Birmingha... [Read more...] http://www.myspace.com/vulturewhale |
| Waves on Waves For a near decade, Waves on Waves has followed the creative footsteps of art rock visionaries without coming off retro or reeking of derivation. They have evolved their pallet into something between The Police�s Synchronicity and Brain Damage era P... [Read more...] http://www.wavesonwaves.com/ |
| We Were the States We live off Bukowski, red wine and Italian food. Our stereos swell with the sounds of The Kinks, The Walkmen, Oasis, Dandy Warhols, and the like. We are men of passion. Some are college educated, some would rather stay out of it. It is no doubt that ... [Read more...] http://myspace.com/thestates |
| Wess Floyd & The Daisycutters I’m sitting in the back row of some writer’s conference at Vanderbilt University and I start talking to this amazing redhead who looks like Lindsay Lohan off coke. We hit it off and I wind up meeting her later at some bar called 3 Crow that she recom... [Read more...] http://myspace.com/wessfloydmusic |
| What Bird What Bird is Julia Harrison and Winston Harrison. The duo from Nashville, TN describe their music as “late-night driving music,’ as they are most influenced by the dark, kinetic, peaceful, yet unsettling feeling of a late-night drive. Musically this ... [Read more...] http://www.myspace.com/whatbird |
| Willie Heath Neal [Read more...] http://www.myspace.com/willieheathneal |
