Tag Archives: Knoxville Music
Ain’t No Time To Sit Down: Review of Jag Star’s Static Bliss
In writing this review my gut is wanting to swing towards an unhealthy diatribe about the sad state of pop music. Not as a dismissal of what Jag Star does and represents, but the fact that they haven’t broke to a number one download in the iTunes Store. Yet no talent fools like Katy Perry[…] Read More »
Ain’t No Time To Sit Down: Review of Generation of Vipers’ Dead Circle
What do you think of when you hear the term “post-metal”? My best guess is that 99.9999999999% will retort a truly esoteric “huh? Whuzzat?” According to the bastion of truth that is Wikipedia, post-metal is “…broadly characterized by distorted guitar, heavy atmospherics, gradual evolution of song structure, and a minimal emphasis on vocals.” Yup, that[…] Read More »
Ain’t No Time to Sit Down: Review of Blue Mother Tupelo and Mindy Smith Concert
A weekly peek into what makes the Knoxville music scene phenomenal. We’ll be bringing you album + concert reviews from the Knoxville area and interviews with local musicians + people behind the scenes. Blue Mother Tupelo is band that’s been on the edge for a while now. Around here, they’re well known and well respected[…] Read More »
Ain’t No Time To Sit Down: Interview with Chris Armstrong of The Retroholics
A weekly peek into what makes the Knoxville music scene phenomenal. We’ll be bringing you album + concert reviews from the Knoxville area and interviews with local musicians + people behind the scenes. JC: What made you want to start playing the guitar? CA: My brother. He played the guitar, and I liked the loud[…] Read More »
Ain’t No Time To Sit Down: Review of Vertigo’s The Coming and the Going
A weekly peek into what makes the Knoxville music scene phenomenal. We’ll be bringing you album + concert reviews from the Knoxville area and interviews with local musicians + people behind the scenes. Vertigo produces a sound that is difficult to define. That’s not a bad thing; it’s actually a plus. Over the years the[…] Read More »
Ain’t No Time to Sit Down: Review of The American Plague Album, Heart Attack
A weekly peek into what makes the Knoxville music scene phenomenal. We’ll be bringing you album + concert reviews from the Knoxville area and interviews with local musicians + people behind the scenes. Heart Attack, The American Plague’s latest album, came with a lot of baggage. Would it be a forward step from their last[…] Read More »
