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What Happens When a Label Deal Goes Right and the Band Breaks Up Anyway?new

Sometimes for bands, the stars align just right. Labels clamor for the artist. The terms of the deal are more than fair. Offers for maximum-exposure tours abound, and press is eerily pitch-perfect. And the whole thing goes to hell anyway.
Nashville Scene |
Tracy Moore |
06-05-2009 |
Profiles & Interviews
Tags: Be Your Own Pet, record labels
Hey, Young Nashville Band—Want a Major-Label Deal? Read This Firstnew
If the Nashville curse used to be that no local rock band could snag a record deal, then perhaps now the curse is that they can. It's staying afloat afterward that has proved most elusive.
Nashville Scene |
Tracy Moore |
06-05-2009 |
Music
Tags: Nashville, record labels
A Power Shift Within Nashville's Musicians Union Signals Changing Timesnew

To onlookers, Local 257 became a battleground far larger than Nashville's city limits, in a sort of proxy grudge match for control. At stake was leadership of the fourth largest local in the world's largest trade organization for professional musicians.
Nashville Scene |
Brantley Hargrove |
03-20-2009 |
Music
Roy Orbison and His Nashville Recordings, 20 Years After His Deathnew
With the 20th anniversary of Orbison's death on Dec. 6, and with the recent release of a career-defining box set, Roy Orbison: The Soul of Rock and Roll, it's an apt time to reflect on how several of pop music's most timeless and artful songs unexpectedly emerged from a small Nashville recording studio on 17th Avenue.
Nashville Scene |
Michael McCall |
12-05-2008 |
Reviews
The Drive-By Truckers and The Hold Steady Consummate Their Mutual Crushnew
For a certain breed of rock fan -- those who like their rock literate and loud -- this tour is a wondrous fantasy, Hanukkah come early, OMFG. But for all the mutual man love going around, the two bands don't necessarily seem like a logical pairing.
Nashville Scene |
Lee Stabert |
10-31-2008 |
Music
The State of the Pink Spidersnew

After flirting with fame and fortune, Nashville's most decadent local rockers The Pink Spiders lost a major-label deal and two of the three founding members -- so now what?
Nashville Scene |
Cody De Vos |
08-01-2008 |
Profiles & Interviews
Tags: The Pink Spiders
Pop Wizard Kyle Andrews' Excellent New Album Turns Up the Volumenew

The DIY maestro's second full-length is a marvel: crisp, quirky, studio-quality pop recorded using little more than a laptop. Meet the future of the music industry.
Nashville Scene |
Lee Stabert |
07-25-2008 |
Profiles & Interviews
Tags: Kyle Andrews, Real Blasty
Is Metallica's Bonnaroo Appearance a Sign of the Apocalypse?new

You naysayers can go down with a whimper, but we are offering what we feel is the last, best hope for the survival of mankind: a guide for hippie-metalhead diplomacy.
Nashville Scene |
Jack Silverman |
06-13-2008 |
Concerts
Why So Many Bands Skip Music Citynew
Booking touring acts operates on three principles: warm bodies, location and cold, hard cash. Which do you think Nashville struggles with?
Nashville Scene |
Tracy Moore |
04-11-2008 |
Concerts
Flower Girlnew
Caitlin Rose offers a taste of what's to come on her debut EP.
Nashville Scene |
Lee Stabert |
02-25-2008 |
Profiles & Interviews
Tags: Caitlin Rose, Dead Flowers
The Accidental Touristnew
Kinks' frontman Ray Davies explores his American fascinations in his latest Nashville-recorded effort.
Nashville Scene |
Edd Hurt |
02-14-2008 |
Reviews
Tags: Ray Davies, Working Man's Cafe
The Hit Mannew

From bookie to record mogul to big-screen gangster to Music Row exec, the strange but true life of Frank Dileo.
Nashville Scene |
Jack Silverman |
11-27-2007 |
Music
Foe's Goldnew
Menomena's Brent Knopf talks Portland, prettiness and dealing with ridiculous questions.
Nashville Scene |
Lee Stabert |
10-26-2007 |
Profiles & Interviews
Tags: Friend and Foe, Menomena
Lady Sings the Blues (and Country)new
Blues singer Tracy Nelson returns with a collection of country classics.
Nashville Scene |
Jim Ridley |
10-26-2007 |
Profiles & Interviews
Amy Grant, Off the Recordnew
The recording artist talks about her new book, her divorce and subsequent marriage to Vince Gill, "easy" hair, teenage crushes and more.
Nashville Scene |
Liz Garrigan |
10-19-2007 |
Profiles & Interviews
Tags: Amy Grant