Wednesday, September 23, 2009
Creamtastic / National Skyline / Next Big Nashville Next Big Nashville Gets Pitchfork Shout-Out
Posted by Tracy Moore on Wed, Sep 23, 2009 at 12:58 PM
Yeah yeah, Pitchfork is full of hipster elite snobby obsessives who wouldn't know good music if it shit on their white capris, but we're excited to see them mention the Next Big Nashville festival in a news roundup yesterday. Why? Because it's proof of what we suspected was happening when we noticed Jason Moon Wilkins began expanding the festival along regional and national lines.
Sure, Pitchfork only mentions acts they've already shown interest in: the Chicago transplant David Vandervelde, Jemina Pearl, Phosphorescent, Black Angels. But as anyone who's been rejected from the current NBN lineup knows, this year involved fewer bands, shrewder cuts and more high-profile out-of-town acts. And who knows? Maybe a bastion of hipsterdom and festival coverage like Pitchfork noticing means they might even review it, and as a result start noticing hometown flavor. Before someone gets their striped bikini briefs in a wad, I'm not saying Pitchfork taking notice of an unknown Nashville band is some kind of local-scene saving grace, or that they've even got the christening power they once had. But they're still major players with a widespread readership, and that could mean more exposure for this little hometown festival modeling itself on SXSW.
Look for a more in-depth take with Moon Wilkins on the festival's growth in our upcoming NBN coverage.
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Pitchfork is meh....can we get the AV Club to cover it? Can we get an AV Club Nashville? Can Nashville Cream turn into AV Club Nashville?
I like the AV Club (and most of Nashville Cream)
Someone call Nathan Rabin....
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If it convinces Noel Murray to return to his hometown, I'm all for it
definitely go see Luna Halo... new band here in town, fresh on the scene, who knows whats next for them.
also, don't miss a band called "how i became the bomb". they are new on the scene as well and their live show is TIGHT. they sing about gays and spaceships. very unprecedented and not at all gimmicky.
i'd go see JEFF The Brotherhood. they have what it takes to be really sweet in the scene. They have cool friends with mustaches and sweet clothes. Big houses to throw concerts with 20 people. And most importantly, friends that write reviews of everything they do !
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