Next Big Nashville 2008!

Next Big Nashville 2008 has announced the first 157 bands who will be playing the festival this September 10-14 all around town. The venues were announced few weeks ago and have been posted on the sidebar, but here they are again for you:

Cannery Ballroom
Mercy Lounge
Exit/In
The Rutledge
12th & Porter
The End
The Basement
3rd & Lindsley
Belcourt Theatre
City Hall
Rcktwn
Edgehill Studios
5 Spot
Grimey's Records
Bluebird Café

Some more should be added in the upcoming weeks. As well, fifty or so more acts will be announced early next week, including two coveted spots for bands selected by the good old democratic process. Head over to Nashville Cream to vote for the local act you'd like to see. All of those already announced are below, with my picks in bold. If you missed the festival last year (and I did, I was working on a show all weekend), it was the it place to be all week both for excellent local music and to strut your stuff around the Nashville scene. The local faux-celebrities were out in full force, the music was killer, and while there were more local favorites than up-and-comers, nearly every show got rave reviews. You can buy wristbands here for only 35 bucks. Look at it this way: if you make it to more than four shows, you've easily made your money back.

13 Ghosts
500 Miles to Memphis
Aaron Robinson
All We Seabees
Altered Statesman
Alva Leigh
And the Relatives
Andy Davis
Angel Snow
Annaliese
Aron Wright
Audrey Spillman
AutoVaughn
Biscuits N Gravy
Brian Ritchey
Bryan Cates
Butterfly Boucher
Caitlin Rose
Cake Bake Betty
Cali
Canon Blue
Carey Ott
Cary Ann Hearst
Cassino
Codaphonic
Coral Castles
Cortney Tidwell
Cory Branan
Cougar Fight
Courtney Jaye
Dabney Morris
Danger Bear--playing Saturday at the Basement
Dawson Wells
Disappointed by Candy
Dead Confederate
Dignan
Duquette Johnston
Eastern Block
Egon (Stones Throw records)
Elle Macho feat. David Mead, Butterfly Boucher & Lindsay Jamieson
Emily DeLoach
Eric Wilson
Erin McCarley
Eureka Gold
Ferraby Lionheart
Forget Cassettes
Foxhole
Ghostfinger
Glossary
Greg Summerlin
Hands Down Eugene
Happy Birthday Amy--Friday at the Rutledge
Harrison Hudson
Heypenny
Hollow Ox
How I Became The Bomb
Homer Hiccolm & the Rocket Boys
Hotpipes
Jabe & The All Night Circus
JEFF The Brotherhood
Jennifer Niceley
Jensen Sportag
Jeremy Lister
Joey & Rory
Judd & Maggie
Katie Herzig
Keegan DeWitt
Kindegarten Circus
Kindercastle
Korean is Asian--Saturday at the Basement
Kyle Andrews
lanky
Levi Weaver
Lorien
Luna Halo
Lylas
Madi Diaz
Magic Wands
Mando Saenz
Matthew Perryman Jones
Matthew Ryan vs the Silver State
McClain
MeeMaw
Megan McCormick
Meghan Kabir
Modoc
MONA
Mother Father
My Tyger
Natalie Warner
Neva Geoffrey
nite nite
Oblio
Ocelots
Ole Mossy Face
Paper Rival
Paper Route
Parachute Musical
Peter Bradley Adams
Pico vs Island Trees
Pink Spiders
Plex Plex
Red White Blue
Repent or Forever Be
Rick Brantley
Ricky Young & The Slow Films
Roman Candle
Royal Bangs
Sam & Ruby
Sara Melson
Sarah Siskind
Six Gun Lullaby
Sons of Roswell
Space Capone
Stephaniesid
Superdrag
Tallest Trees
Ten out of Tenn
The Ascent of Everest--Thursday at the Anchor
The Bridges
The Carter Administration
The Champion and His Burning Flame
The Clutters
The Comfies
The Deep Vibration
The Dexateens
The Dirty Guv'nahs
The Features
The Glib
The Good Wolves
The Hanna Barbarians
The Last Almanac
The Lonely Hearts
The Mattoid
The Nobility
The Non-Commisioned Officers
The Privates
The Protomen
The Running
The Titts
The Worsties
Through the Sparks
Tiger Tiger
Tigers Con Queso
Timbre
Tommy & The Whale
Totally Snake
Tristen
Tyler James
Umbrella Tree
Velcro Stars
Vulture Whale
Waves on Waves
We Were the States
Wess Floyd
Whispertown 2000
Willie Heath Neal