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 …
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 …
Best Burger in Knoxville: Litton’s, a Knoxville Institution
The Best Burger in Knoxville series is our attempt to find the best local burger joint. Follow us on our taste testing journey. In the two plus years we’ve been around, we here at Knoxify have dedicated ourselves to bringing our readers everything we can find that makes Knoxville a …
Sawyer’s Loses Its Greatness
No more paper towels. No more pellet-shaped ice. Coleslaw recipe change. No customer service. Has Sawyer’s lost it’s greatness? For nearly 9 years I have always enjoyed Sawyer’s for their “never frozen” chicken fingers, famous Sawyer’s sauce and laid back atmosphere. But that all changed last week.
Cupcakes Galore
If you are paying attention, you have noticed cupcakes everywhere now a days. So, Rose Kennedy’s article about Knoxville’s cupcake trend caught my attention in last week’s The Metro Pulse. My roommate is an avid baker and true cupcake-lover (she has been raving about Williams-Sonoma cupcakes since Christmas). I decided to …
‘Coffee and Chocolate’ sets par for Knoxville coffee shops
Sometimes, the only way to truly experience a place is to spend a lot of time there. Like, an entire afternoon. I did exactly that last Saturday by spending at least five hours in one of downtown Knoxville’s newest additions: the Coffee and Chocolate coffee shop. But this wasn’t the …