Nick Hardy is an artist manager out of Nashville, Tenn and Social Media Strategist for Infinity Cat Recordings. Reach him at nickjhardy@gmail.com & www.harrrdy.com

2-Stroke: Talking the new age of publicity with Chris Hnat of 2:30 Publicity

For this installment of Music Business 2-Stroke, I had the pleasure of briefly interviewing Chis Hnat of 2:30 Publicity. Chris is a 5-year veteran of the industry and his current roster consists of Volcom Entertainment, Infinity Cat Recordings, Dirtnap Records, PDX PopNow and many more. With publicity being such a non-tangible return for a lot [...]

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Knoxville’s A Body Divided prepares for album release at Sweater Fest on Jan. 29.

Knoxville, Tenn. – Knoxville deathcore band A Body Divided plans on dressing to impress at Sweater Fest on January 29th at 9 p.m. at the Longbranch Saloon for the release of their new EP The Rescuer. The faith-based band is excited to release…

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Photo Gallery: Mom and Dad, Ranch Ghost, Don Coyote and Bad Back at The End 1-10-12 Photo credit: Micah Caputo

Photo Gallery: Mom and Dad, Ranch Ghost, Don Coyote and Bad Back at The End 1-10-12

All photos by Micah Caputo  

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Live & Reel present Deer Tick this month

On December 20, 2012,  Live & Reel @ Reel Recording – the monthly music video series featuring high-quality video mixed with professional sound recording – presented a limited release of Diamond Rugs, a combo group featuring John McCauley…

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Drew Wilson, formerly the man behind the curtain of WRVU’S “Loud Love” Show, is a punk rock connoisseur from New York City and one of the last of a generation who can say they grew up going to CBGB's. He moved to Nashville to get into radio and found a spot at the Vanderbilt station in 2008, where he put his training to use and took over the waves of Music City with the only punk rock show on the radio at the time. Now, in 2011, he's still playing the best of new and old punk, hardcore, and garage rock, and he's a fixture at the local shows as well as booking and promoting local bands, and keeping the volume turned to loud.

Loud Love: Gauging influence

“Only a thousand people bought the first Velvet Underground album,” musician Brian Eno famously said, “but all of them went on to form a band.” That well-known rock quote perfectly illustrates how some bands can be…

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The Toasters will be in Nashville 1/18 with the Soul Radics and a.k.a.:RUDIE.

Ska legends the Toasters return to Nashville Jan. 18 with the Soul Radics and a.k.a.:RUDIE

On an October night in 2003, Sinizine.net’s resident slacker, crotchety before the age of 50, abrasive, blow hard, “Those were the good ol’ days” know nothing vinyl critic– yours truly Thomas Harding– was on his way to…

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Can’t Miss: The Features with Kingston Springs and Evan P. Donohue at Mercy Lounge Sat. Jan. 14

Whoa Nashville do you have a treat of grandiose local proportions this Saturday! Welcome back our top-tier indie rockers The Features to Mercy Lounge.  Last time they indulged us with a release party (featuring the delicious Calfkiller Beer) of…

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Nick Hardy is an artist manager out of Nashville, Tenn and Social Media Strategist for Infinity Cat Recordings. Reach him at nickjhardy@gmail.com & www.harrrdy.com

2-Stroke: Charles Alexander’s Artist’s Guide to SOPA

For this installment of Music Business 2stroke, I wanted to repost an Outside The Box Music post on the “Musicians Guide to SOPA.”   Charles Alexander has put together a really great piece of information on SOPA that we should all be…

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Diarrhea Planet On the Local. Photo credit: Micah Caputo

Diarrhea Planet On the Local

My apologies to Diarrhea Planet and Sinizine.net readers for using the seemingly obligatory and definitely overused lead of discussing Diarrhea Planet’s name before anything else. With that said, I have to ask – would you ever expect a…

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