Friday, August 8, 2008
Cream Calendar / Creamtastic Next Big Nashville Bands Announced
Posted by Steve Haruch on Fri, Aug 8, 2008 at 12:29 PM
Here they are. Well, at least most of them. After the jump you'll see 157 of the artists playing this year's Next Big Nashville, set to rule the local music world Sept. 10-14. 50 or so more will be announced early next week. Meanwhile, the actual schedule isn't out yet, so you can't quite plan your club crawl yet, but I hear the schedule will be set up with a web application that will allow you to choose your own schedule and see others' schedules as well. Nifty.
Every year there's a band name or two you haven't seen before, and this year for me it's Homer Hiccolm & The Rocket Boys. (Nice October Sky reference, by the way.) Sure, Superdrag are playing, but what happened to Some Hot Chicks and Bob?
Of course the real question is: Why isn't _____ playing?! The answer: Maybe they are. There are two slots open on Saturday night—one at The End and one at Exit/In—that will go to the lucky bands voted in by Nashville Cream readers. That's right, democracy rears its tight-ass jeans. (This has been in the works for a while, so no, it's not in response to a certain open letter.) We'll take your nominations in the comments, then set up the voting next week. Go!
13 Ghosts
500 Miles to Memphis
Aaron Robinson
All We Seabees
Altered Statesman
Alva Leigh
And the Relatives
Andy Davis
Angel Snow
Annaliese
Aron Wright
Audrey Spillman
AutoVaughn
Biscuits N Gravy
Brian Ritchey
Bryan Cates
Butterfly Boucher
Caitlin Rose
Cake Bake Betty
Cali
Canon Blue
Carey Ott
Cary Ann Hearst
Cassino
Codaphonic
Coral Castles
Cortney Tidwell
Cory Branan
Cougar Fight
Courtney Jaye
Dabney Morris
Danger Bear
Dawson Wells
Disappointed by Candy
Dead Confederate
Dignan
Duquette Johnston
Eastern Block
Egon (Stones Throw records)
Elle Macho feat. David Mead, Butterfly Boucher & Lindsay Jamieson
Emily DeLoach
Eric Wilson
Erin McCarley
Eureka Gold
Ferraby Lionheart
Forget Cassettes
Foxhole
Ghostfinger
Glossary
Greg Summerlin
Hands Down Eugene
Happy Birthday Amy
Harrison Hudson
Heypenny
Hollow Ox
How I Became The Bomb
Homer Hiccolm & the Rocket Boys
Hotpipes
Jabe & The All Night Circus
JEFF The Brotherhood
Jennifer Niceley
Jensen Sportag
Jeremy Lister
Joey & Rory
Judd & Maggie
Katie Herzig
Keegan DeWitt
Kindegarten Circus
Kindercastle
Kyle Andrews
lanky
Levi Weaver
Lorien
Luna Halo
Lylas
Madi Diaz
Magic Wands
Mando Saenz
Matthew Perryman Jones
Matthew Ryan vs the Silver State
McClain
MeeMaw
Megan McCormick
Meghan Kabir
Modoc
MONA
Mother Father
My Tyger
Natalie Warner
Neva Geoffrey
nite nite
Oblio
Ocelots
Ole Mossy Face
Paper Rival
Paper Route
Parachute Musical
Peter Bradley Adams
Pico vs Island Trees
Pink Spiders
Plex Plex
Red White Blue
Repent or Forever Be
Rick Brantley
Ricky Young & The Slow Films
Roman Candle
Royal Bangs
Sam & Ruby
Sara Melson
Sarah Siskind
Six Gun Lullaby
Sons of Roswell
Space Capone
Stephaniesid
Superdrag
Tallest Trees
Ten out of Tenn
The Ascent of Everest
The Bridges
The Carter Administration
The Champion and His Burning Flame
The Clutters
The Comfies
The Deep Vibration
The Dexateens
The Dirty Guv'nahs
The Features
The Glib
The Good Wolves
The Hanna Barbarians
The Last Almanac
The Lonely Hearts
The Mattoid
The Nobility
The Non-Commisioned Officers
The Privates
The Protomen
The Running
The Titts
The Worsties
Through the Sparks
Tiger Tiger
Tigers Con Queso
Timbre
Tommy & The Whale
Totally Snake
Tristen
Tyler James
Umbrella Tree
Velcro Stars
Vulture Whale
Waves on Waves
We Were the States
Wess Floyd
Whispertown 2000
Willie Heath Neal
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lots of tiger rock in nashville
I thought 'bear' was the new 'wolf' in band names
It's funny that you mention that, malina, I'm actually holding auditions for my indie-rock super group The TigerBearWolfRock ExplosionExpierience SuperQuintet Plus One.
Maybe this is just a technicality but is Cake Bake Betty a Nashville band (or Festival)? I mean, I realize their "roots" are here and their association with Infinity Cat makes it a tight Nashville association but I believe the principle member of Cake Bake Betty (Lindsey Powell, no?) resides in either Brooklyn or Chicago. Don't get me wrong, I'm a fan - just curious what the technical call on that was?
I know they expanded it this year to regional acts and acts that have roots/strong ties to Nashville. Cake Bake Betty's probably more tied to Nashville than a few of the other acts playing, even.
I'll second that motion. Shoot The Mountain might be the best new band in town in a long long while.
nothing kicks off a local festival better than a film featuring 'batin and eagle breeze! i mean... i'm personally offended neither were asked back.
Jimmy the Lung. (He did a documentary on Ken Berryhill this year that made the Nashville Film Festival. It was good, especially in comparison to the other shameless music doc's out there.) Jimmy also has a sitcom in the works for Music City Arts. And he is a musician, too. Bring on Jimmy the Lung.
How could you not already have "The Mean Tambourines" on here? What the eff man!
The Mean Tambourines. Enough to rock your face off, kick you in the balls and then make love to you!
I am a big " Mean Tambourine " fan and I want to hear them. If you haven't , you are missing a great 3 piece band,,,,
Mean Tambourines... the fact that they're NOT already on is just... well... stupid.
Cactus's ? Oh they are in Toronto playing for adoring fans and Universal music. sorry
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BP, The Selmanaires were originally slotted to play our showcase, but had a scheduling conflict come up a few weeks ago.
And I'm a big fan of both Mean Tambos and STM. They'd both get my vote, that is assuming that Stories That Live were not in contention. Which it looks like we aren't.
Apparently the rest of my band isn't playing with me...since it's listed as "Wess Floyd" not "Wess Floyd and the Daisycutters" - Thanks NBN...NOW I have to pick up my entire band's bar tab that night.
maybe b/c you're an ass and keep changing your band name, daisycutter. in addition, didn't mean tambourines mention in a previous post that they didn't even submit to play nbn? so why the hell would they be on the list? crybabies
I'm gonna go ahead and say
1.ARMED FORCES
2.MEAN TAMBOURINES
but in all honesty, if i had to choose between the two, it'd be MEAN TAMBOURINES.
those dudes deserve it more than anybody else on that list.
Bobbie,
When have we cried about it? We were apprehensive about paying money for the possibility of MAYBE getting a decent slot. . . stupid yes, and in hindsight maybe we should have registered. . . but now an opportunity presents itself so we may as well jump on it.
Only bands that wasted thier money on a dumbass sonicbids account should get a chance
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