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615 Indie Live Expands Into Year-Round Showcase Series

Following the success of the annual 615 Indie Live festival, organizers today announced the launch of the 615 Indie Live Showcase Series, a monthly concert series that will rotate among Nashville’s independent venues, pairing each host venue with a lineup of emerging local artists. The new series is designed to keep support for independent venues in the spotlight throughout the year, culminating each February with the annual 615 Indie Live festival.

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Melinoe Macaria Mourningstar

Princess Goes ‘Sincere Chroma’ | New Single & Video Review

Welcome Ghouls, Demons, and Fellow Wyrd Ones! I find myself, once again, struggling on where to begin with the tale I am about to tell. Another Tale of Princess Goes. The Tale of their phenomenal new single, “Sincere Chroma.” A Second Single Release. Another stepping stone leading us through this intimate journey towards the final Masterpiece that is their next LP. I love the sensation of an enticing, slow burn. Especially after witnessing the next chapter crafted by this inspiring group of men. A trio of artists. I was going to gasp if it were a trio of Air Signs. Along this pathway, I have discovered Matt Katz-Bohen to be a Gemini. The Plot thickens. My curiosity could not remain at bay for much longer. The anticipation was killing me. What is Peter?! How do these men compliment each other in such Divine Harmony?? What is the spiritual, Astrological alignment of these Three Musketeers? Well, I did some googling. Turns out our Pal Peter, is a Virgo. A nugget of information that only expanded the HeartFelt message I was receiving through this song, the previous single, and what I am anticipating to be an Album full of Musing Medicine.

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Jason Shrum

Mr. Dinkles’ Insightful EP is Out Now

So, in their messaging you will definitely feel that presence of the punk rebellion. As it was with The Sex Pistols, Black Flag and so many more, Mr. Dinkles keeps this format of not backing down and challenging the norm. Punk is not dead. This is exemplified in “Letter to Elon”, which I have written about in a past article. It speaks on his hypocrisy of not being American yet hating immigrants and spending on rockets when we could use the aid domestically or at least Earthly. It is served up nicely alongside a bed of “Socialism Ditty” that screams about sharing the wealth. “Socialism Ditty is about billionaires taking everyone’s money,” says Rettig. There is humor in the ask but also a furious frustration that looms large.

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Jason Shrum

Cam Gallagher & The Tasty Soul Are Set To Release New Music

I’d say that Cam Gallagher is at it again, but the truth is this dude never stops. I often read about or see the moniker “The Hardest Worker in Showbiz” tied to an artist, and I can honestly say that I have met that someone personally. I first saw Cam play with a southern rock band, and then a soul band and a jazz band, then with operatic band and most recently at a rock/punk show. Oh, by the way, he is a saxophone player. This guy is so versatile that he can play across any genre of music and fit the part. And let me just say that calling him just a saxophone player is very limiting to the full description of what Cam brings to the Nashville music scene.

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Melinoe Macaria Mourningstar

Princess Goes (To The Butterfly Museum) “Stranger” Single Review, Released May 13th

Princess Goes (To The Butterfly Museum) has done it once again. They have created yet another song that tickles my inner child pink with feverish enthusiasm. I don’t know a more accurate way to describe what their music does to me. I am fulfilled with the same Ecstasy a Child experiences when they Witness the world for the first time. When everything is shiny and new. When every moment is met with the highest of expressions of the human spectrum. I suppose I could summarize the sensation by stating I am an Aficionada or a Devotee to the band and their sound. Internally I feel as if I am the loudest and giddiest of screaming fans. However, not in a cringey, parasocial way. Without sounding too mad? This music speaks to me on a deeper level than most. This art has tapped into something lost and forgotten within me. A soul retrieval if you will. Not simply this song, but the works of the group as a whole.

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Melinoe Macaria Mourningstar

Freaky Wilderness: “Immeasurable Heaven” | Psychedelic Rock For the Soul

I remember the day I sat down to listen to the album. I was outside in the freakishly warm Nashville weather. It was December after all. The sun was bright. You would’ve sworn it was Gemini Summer, not end of the pole Sagittarius Winter. I was walking my dogs down a median field near our apartment subdivision. A Sacred ground full of Sacred Trees. My own Nashvillian “Freaky Wilderness.” (Fun Fact: This Land is considered Sacred and Protected by the City/State. It is preserved to avoid building more stupid, tall and skinny, unaffordable, and cheaply crafted “housing.” I have a few Tree Spirits here. Two of which deceased during the Nashville Ice Storm of 2026. May they RIP. However, Blanche is still standing strong!) The Entire Album is beautifully entrancing. I told Michael I envision myself walking down the street to the beat on a half gram of mushies. For those squares out there, a joint is just fine too.

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Melinoe Macaria Mourningstar

Forrest Frank- “Your Way’s Better” A Christian Artist Spotlight for Felicity 

It is not my job to project myself onto anyone. I do express myself vibrantly proud. I am not ashamed of myself, nor how I choose to express myself. Something I have battled with. I have been ridiculed most of my life for who I am and how I choose to be. I do not want anyone else to feel the same sorrow I have felt in the past. To question oneself is an indescribable pain. A pain particularly inflicted upon others by Christians. A pain my Christian Family, Country and Globe continues to inflict upon me to this day. In fact, I can dread sharing my thoughts out of anxiety that it may inflict a negative feeling onto someone else. I hate the thought that my perception, my feelings and my life could trigger such outrage in another being. An outrage so vastly intense that it wishes to diminish my right to exist. It wishes to exile me (and others) out of the tribe. Starve us of love and belonging. All for the Sin of being different. The Sin of Defining God/The Universe/The Divine for oneself. Yet, I shall bravely persevere in presenting this article to you all. 

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