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THIS MONDAY: UnderDogs Across Borders Reaches New Orleans!

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Before NOLA MusiCon officially kicks off this Tuesday, we invite you to get a head start on the festivities — whether you’re in New Orleans, or anywhere in the world with internet!

Immediately following our Have You Met…? interview broadcast, we’ll stay put at Cafe Istanbul (2372 St. Claude Ave., New Orleans) to offer you a special UnderDogs Across Borders lineup, featuring artists from across the Southeastern U.S. Several UnderDogs are making the trip to perform alongside rising stars on the New Orleans local scene, offering an exciting preview of the magic to come throughout the week.

The event is open to the public for a $10 suggested donation, which will directly support our ongoing UnderDogs Across Borders campaign. And, if you can’t attend in person, we have good news: this one will be broadcast on YouTube, as well! Funds from this campaign help us connect our creative community to amazing opportunities across the musical landscape — just like those we’ve helped create this year in the Big Easy!

As for the lineup? We think you’ll like it! It features performances from (in order of appearance):

Jazzy the Uncontrolled Goddess
Ja Fearce & Azure Skyz
Yonna Jones
DJX & DJ Agie Gee
Kelsey Muse
Kyle Alexander

Want to reserve your spot? Get tickets here, or make your donation to support UMC as we bring our UnderDogs Across Borders once again!

The Quinn Spinn: Live from Gussapolooza 2025 Day 1!

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In August, we traveled all the way up to Cookstown, Ontario, Canada to once again take part in Gussapolooza, one of Canada’s premier independent music festivals. We took it upon ourselves to bring the ol’ 12-channel mixer and invite attendees to chat with us throughout the weekend — whether artist, industry supporter, volunteer, vendor, patron, or any combination thereof.

On Day 1, we sat down with singer-songwriter John Peterkin, punk rocker (and 2025 Gussapolooza Battle of the Bands winner) Feura, Jake and Mike from Bad Music Club, and LA-based genre-bending artist Edi Callier.

Opening theme: REVEL 9 – All I’ve Become

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Gussapolooza: https://gussapolooza.com
The Peterkin Project: https://instagram.com/the_peterkin_project
Feura: https://instagram.com/feura.mp3
Bad Music Club: https://instagram.com/badclubmedia
Edi Callier: https://instagram.com/edicallier

Brother Dusty: The Release WHOA

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Immediately following our UnderDogs Across Borders benefit concert, head to The Underdog (3206 Gallatin Ave., Nashville) as Brother Dusty celebrates his birthday with a release party for his new music video, “Whoa.”

Dusty will be joined by a dynamic multi-genre lineup of artists, plus vendors and other fixtures in Nashville’s creative community — uniting Music City’s creative landscape under one roof.

LISTEN: Spence Brown’s ‘2024’ is an Anthem of Self-Discovery and Resilience

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The New Year may not be as “new” as it once was, but there’s still plenty of time remaining to make your mark.

For Spence Brown, that means coming back to his own artistry in triumphant fashion, as he continues to blaze a trail in the production world. He claims his purpose on the new single, “2024.”

“Until recently, I felt like I had pretty much given up on my own music career, and was focusing mainly on my producer career,” Brown said. “I realized that I really regretted getting to this point over the last few years, and wanted to change it. So, I decided I would start the year off with an affirmation to myself about my purpose, and set my intentions to change my career’s trajectory. ‘2024’ is really about me saying ‘I’m going all in now,’ which I’ve needed to do for a while.”

“2024” provides a modern update to Brown’s previous single, “2020,” complete with the refreshed perspective that comes with four years of self-discovery in business and life.

“I had made this beat a while ago, and had it sitting on my computer until I came across it again. I immediately had an idea for what I would do with it,” Brown said. “Four years later, (this is) how I see things, and where I see myself going this year. There are even some callbacks to 2020 in the new song!”

How will you remember 2024, when all is said and done? Reflect on that question as you listen to “2024” below!

This Holiday Season, We’re Giving Back!

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Last holiday season, our community gave so generously to us during our Underground Rising campaign.

This holiday season, we’re giving the love right back!

Beginning this Monday, December 11 and continuing through the holiday season, the UMC Giving Tree will bear gifts for all who seek to enjoy its splendors. We’re offering giveaways, discounts, and special offers to thank you for another tremendous year of support and growth!

What will you find underneath the Giving Tree?

  • Discounts to our UMC Academy coaching program.
  • Discounted and FREE memberships to our UMC UnderDogs community.
  • Coupon codes for use in the UMC Shop.
  • …and maybe some other surprises (but we’ll keep those under wraps for now!)

Stay tuned here and on Instagram for up-to-the-minute updates from the UMC Giving Tree. Happy Holidays!

Sunday Replay: Organic Creation, Droppin’ Bars, and 10 Years

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Looks like we have some catching up to do with this first Sunday Replay of 2023.

We reach back into December for a couple of Quinn Spinn memories centered on the organic creation of music. Then, we turn our focus to the present — and everything that figures to make Year 10 of our Official Podcast what it is.

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Songs You Should Hear: Got a ‘Death Wish?’; Keep ‘Running’ and Stay ‘Golden’

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As a quick aside, figuring out how to incorporate all three song titles into each week’s Songs You Should Hear headline is consistently one of the week’s simple joys.

Another simple joy? Uncovering these songs in the first place! We’ve got some high-powered anthems on tap for you, and it seems like we should get right to them. Dig in!

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NashLive! Presents: Sly Boy, The Sewing Club, Tiger Sex, and SHELBYY

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We’re excited to announce a new rock show at The Cobra Nashville on Friday, December 10. This time, we’ll welcome locals Sly Boy, The Sewing Club, and SHELBYY, who will be joined all the way from Cincinnati by internationally-known punks Tiger Sex, whom we had the pleasure of meeting right here in Nashville a couple years back.

Sly Boy is a dark alternative outfit based in Nashville, TN. After producing records for several Nashville area artists, Sly Boy released his self-produced, genre-fluid LP “Jibō Complex” in May of 2021. His live performances feature a mixture of rock, noisewave, and pop macabre.

The Sewing Club is a Nashville Rock band that formed in 2019. The group released their first single on January 16th, 2021 and are working with Jared Corder of Repeat Repeat* to release their debut EP this year.

Tiger Sex is an energetic, in your face, animalistic rock and roll band currently based in Cincinnati, Ohio. Known for pulling out all the stops during their live performances, the band has performed across the United States several times over, as well as in Canada, Mexico, and the United Kingdom.

SHELBYY is a modern pop-punk/rock artist from Los Angeles, currently residing in Nashville. Her recent single, “LOUD,” is the quintessential post-COVID anthem, and a sign of the fun, edgy material she has coming down the pipeline. She’ll surely bring that same energy to the table when she joins us in East Nashville!

$10 | 21+ to enter

No Sugarcoating Allowed with The Poptimist’s Taylor Berryman

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The word “sugarcoat” is not in Taylor Berryman‘s vocabulary. As host of his own podcast, The Poptimist, Taylor leaves no stone unturned, and shows no fear as he goes deep on topics from the music industry, to the state of society, to his own life experience.

Taylor is also a musician with a number of projects in and around Nashville, as well as an avid Yankees fan. We touch all of that and a whole lot more on today’s Quinn Spinn!

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