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Wednesday, August 31, 2011
Next Big Nashville / SoundLand SoundLand Announces Details of 'Field Trips' and VIP Parties
Posted by D. Patrick Rodgers on Wed, Aug 31, 2011 at 4:25 PM
- Photo: Jordan Jaquess
- Important people talking about important things at last year's NBN Summit.
Among the trips will be a sit-down jaw sesh with members of The Civil Wars' "team" regarding how to "break the mold and re-write the way you self-release an album," an "intimate conversation and performance" with Justin Townes Earle hosted by American Songwriter, talks about A&R, crowd-sourcing, "the new challenges that music 2.0 brings to the industry" and much more. The events will take place at venues including The Belcourt, The Gibson Room, the SoundLand Registration House and more TBA.
SoundLand also announced their full schedule of VIP parties. You can see the full schedules of both the trips and the parties at SoundLand's site or after the jump.
Tuesday, August 23, 2011
Next Big Nashville / SoundLand SoundLand Adds More Artists, Posts Official Interactive Schedule
Posted by D. Patrick Rodgers on Tue, Aug 23, 2011 at 12:34 PM
Since we last spoke about SoundLand, honcho Jason Moon Wilkins & Co. have added several artists to the lineup, among them The Ettes, Sleepy Sun, How I Became the Bomb, Kyle Andrews, Sam & Tre, Machines Are People Too, Cherub, Treekeeper, Rich Robinson, Charlie Mars, Humming House, The Watson Twins and plenty more.
The festival formerly known as Next Big Nashville — which will take place Sept. 21-24 at venues including Mai, 12th & Porter, Cannery Ballroom/Mercy Lounge, The Basement, The Station Inn, a special outdoor stage, War Memorial Auditorium and Third Man Records — has also up and posted their interactive schedule. Some matters are subject to change and there is still a handful of TBAs mixed in there, but you can already start creating your own custom schedule. Psyched about the opening night at War Memorial with Corndawg, Dawes and M. Ward? Stoked on the all-day, outdoor-stage show featuring JEFF the Brotherhood, The Black Belles, Those Darlins, Tristen, The Apache Relay, Jessica Lea Mayfield and Royal Bangs? If you like it then you oughtta put a check by it. Log in using our ubiquitous friend FB or create your own SoundLand account. Advance tickets are still available for $55.
Thursday, July 28, 2011
Next Big Nashville / SoundLand SoundLand 2011 Adds Foster the People, Yelawolf, CULTS, Those Darlins and More to Lineup
Posted by Adam Gold on Thu, Jul 28, 2011 at 4:10 PM
And Bam! Mission accomplished! That lede sucks! Magnificently. It’s choked blue with forced enthusiasm. It’s cheesy, stupid, assumes you’re stupid, assumes you’re totally out of the loop and have absolutely no idea what SoundLand 2011 is and, most importantly, fails to immediately inform as to why the fuck you’re even reading this in the first place — to learn that Foster the People, Yelawolf, The Low Anthem, CULTS, Big K.R.I.T., Those Darlins, Ben Sollee, Jonny Corndawg, Tristen and The Apache Relay have been added to the festival’s lineup.
Thursday, July 7, 2011
Next Big Nashville Next Big Nashville's SoundLand Announces Initial Lineup, Feat. M. Ward, Dawes, Justin Townes Earle, Ghostland Observatory and More
Posted by D. Patrick Rodgers on Thu, Jul 7, 2011 at 3:56 PM
With the name change came a heightened focus on pulling in national acts, and given the artists that have already been announced at the SoundLand site, I'd say they're off to a good start. Among the headlining performers are local, regional and national acts including M. Ward, Ghostland Observatory, Dawes, Justin Townes Earle, Jason Isbell and the 400 Unit, JEFF the Brotherhood, PUJOL, Caitlin Rose, Bonobo, Paper Route, Jessica Lea Mayfield and Chancellor Warhol. According to the site, "over 100 more" bands will be announced soon. Advance tickets are now available for $55, and I recommend following SoundLand at those wacky social media platforms we all know and love — Tweetsville and Bookface, for starters.
Tuesday, June 7, 2011
Hot Goss / Next Big Nashville Next Big Nashville Changes Name to SoundLand, Announces Preliminary Venues and Dates (Sept. 21-24)
Posted by D. Patrick Rodgers on Tue, Jun 7, 2011 at 7:45 AM
While information is limited regarding the official changes, SoundLand does have an official site, and they're already selling "Earlybird all-music wristbands" for $35. Price goes up to $55 in late June. From a release:
NBN isn't going away; it is evolving. With SoundLand, we'll still be putting on great shows in Nashville's best venues featuring local, regional and international artists ala NBN. But now there will be more parties, outdoor stages, arts, crafts, local food and more.Stay tuned, as more SoundLand secrets will be revealed soon. In the meantime, you can check out the FAQs to gain a little more insight (and clues?).
The aforementioned FAQ page notes that participating venues "will include Mercy Lounge, Cannery Ballroom, Public Square Park, Third Man Records, 12th & Porter, MAI, The Basement, The Station Inn and more." The SoundLand folks also indicate that — while the conference element of the festival will still be present — "it will not be a traditional conference and it will not take place in a single location." There will instead be "field trips" and "artist-led workshops."
One of the biggest changes affecting local musicians is that, though there will still be local bands in the lineup, there will not be a submission process. "For this year," says the site, "the event will be purely curated/booked by NBN with the help of our Programming Committee and our organizational partners (Record Labels, Performance Rights Organization's, Booking Agencies etc.)." SoundLand says the initial lineup will be announced "very soon," and folks who follow them on Twitter, Facebook and their email list will be privy to clues and VIP ticket giveaways.
Wednesday, October 13, 2010
Thursday, October 7, 2010
Next Big Nashville Open Thread: What Was Right With Next Big Nashville? What Was Wrong With Next Big Nashville?
Posted by D. Patrick Rodgers on Thu, Oct 7, 2010 at 1:30 PM
It’s been a week since the NBN festivities first kicked off. It’s in our rear-view mirrors. We’ve settled into our workweek. The boozy fog of last weekend’s debauchery has lifted, and now all we’re left with are the ringing ears, tattered wristbands and half-intact memories … oh, and The Spin, of course. So how was it? I really want to know. Not only do I want to know, so do the Next Big Nashville reps. You can go here and fill out a survey — brutal truthiness is encouraged — letting NBN head Jason Moon Wilkins and all his people know what you liked and disliked about the fest. Filling out the survey earns you the chance to win passes to next year’s NBN Summit.
But seriously, now. Let’s level about this. What are your criticisms? Your kudos? Do you think pitting locals’ showcases against one another reduces respective crowd sizes and creates an unnecessary air of hostility and competition? Conversely, do you think it encourages higher attendance across the board? Do you think booking national acts forces deserving locals off the bill, or do you think it gives NBN the credence it needs in its formative years? Should more venues be involved? Fewer? Just right? Did you like Third Man’s involvement this year? Was there enough diversity? Enough parties? Too many freeloaders? Not enough out-of-towners? Is NBN heading toward being more like SXSW, and is that what it needs? Or should it forge on in a new direction — create a more unique identity? Is Next Big Nashville the sort of shot in the arm that local music needs, or do they need to pull some sort of overhaul? Should NBN change its name if the organizers hope to become a top-tier festival? Did you discover anything new, or just find your favorite clubs inundated with the same old? Did you attend any of the panels/summit events? How about the Scene/Cream’s coverage? Were we helpful in getting you where you wanted to be, or were there things we didn’t cover that you would have liked to see?
Now, it’s important to remember something in all of this: Let’s be constructive and civil, shall we? Whether you were thrilled by this year’s festivities or let down in some respect, a lot of people worked very hard — for little or no money — to try to show this town a good time and boost the local music scene. Please share your thoughts, but let’s not be trolls about it.
Tuesday, October 5, 2010
Next Big Nashville / The Spin Next Big Nashville: The Pink Spiders, Majestico & The Lonely H at The End, 10/2/10
Posted by The Spin on Tue, Oct 5, 2010 at 11:06 AM
- Photo: Steve Cross
After a few days of hitting up various venue about town to soak in some complimentary booze and grub, it wasn’t too much a change of pace to find most of the same regulars doing very much the same at The Cannery Ballroom on Saturday. Only this time it was in celebration of nuptials involving none other than legendary local talent booker John Bruton. It is for this reason The Spin stayed true to our tardy roots and showed up halfway through the showcase at The End.
Monday, October 4, 2010
Next Big Nashville / The Spin Next Big Nashville: Yeasayer, Tallest Trees & More at Cannery, 10/1/10
Posted by The Spin on Mon, Oct 4, 2010 at 5:52 PM
- Photo by Weston Heflin
Cannery Row seemed like a smart home base for Friday night, so we resigned ourselves to hopping back and forth between the Lounge and the Ballroom. While waiting for the Cannery spectacle to kick off, we caught The Kopecky Family Band upstairs. They’ve got the shambolic ensemble thing going on — plenty of musicianship and instrument-swapping with an aesthetic something like a Southern-framed Broken Social Scene. Not that we’re willing to say they’re as good as Broken Social Scene or anything.
Next Big Nashville / The Spin Next Big Nashville: JEFF the Brotherhood, Heavy Cream & Cheap Time at Third Man Records, 10/1/10
Posted by The Spin on Mon, Oct 4, 2010 at 11:12 AM
- Photo: Jordan Jaquess
Jack White was indeed in the house, clad in black and camouflaged by the darkness as he attentively watched the show from the edges of the crowd. While the gawkers were stuck outside trying to talk their way into the slice the of rock ’n’ roll heaven he and his Third Man crew have created for the city’s young punks, the attention inside was focused squarely on the stage, where a leopard-print leotard-clad Jessica McFarland was leading Heavy Cream through the most focused set of Ramones-gone-Go-Gos garage-rock we’ve ever seen from them.
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