it takes a city of thousands to hold us back

music and goings-on, knoxville, tennessee

Friday, June 16, 2006

review - The Hotshot Freight Train's We Are...

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In every interview I’ve read with the HOTSHOT FREIGHT TRAIN , the band makes reference to the range of the members’ previous projects (inclu...
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review - Scott Miller & The Commonwealth's Citation

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SCOTT MILLER has long been Knoxville’s prodigal son du jour, from his stellar work with the still-missed V-Roys to his more recent solo out...
Sunday, May 07, 2006

shameful self-promotion

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Blue Cats, notorious among many for wasting their primo venue on awful heavy rock and 80s cover bands (and notorious among me for, last I ch...
Thursday, April 27, 2006

goings on - SATURDAY 4/29

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I was going to prepare another Outsources entry, but over the past few weeks there hasn't really been any relevant music articles...just...
Tuesday, April 18, 2006

live - Diacon Panthers

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Saturday evening, the DIACON PANTHERS took the stage at Old City Java for their fourth show ever, a not-quite-sparsely attended EP release ...
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Monday, March 27, 2006

profile - Cold Hands

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Henry Gibson has been a tireless presence in local music over the last few years, running the gamut from the Invocation's fiery emo to h...
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Saturday, March 18, 2006

outsources 3.18

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A weekly roundup of what's happening in the local music articles people actually read: MARYVILLE DAILY TIMES Wil Wright & Skeleton C...
Friday, March 10, 2006

in rememberance - The Shape

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Before mallratcore took over as the annoying sound du jour , you couldn't throw a rock in any given music community without hitting a fe...
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review - Fistful Of Crows' Cabezas Fritas

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It's at this point in the project that I must admit to being woefully behind the curve pertaining to the two-fifths mysterious, three-fi...
Tuesday, February 28, 2006

miscellany

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I wanted to take a moment to thank the wonderful Mike Allred from the wonderful CITY OF TRAITORS for gifting me the webspace to post music ...

the City Of Thousands comps

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The IT TAKES A CITY OF THOUSANDS TO HOLD US BACK project started as a series of two DIY compilations to which a total of 42 Knoxville bands...
Monday, February 27, 2006

live - The Royal Bangs

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Hail, hail the ROYAL BANGS , who made a well-received return at the Pilot Light last night after the loss of two members and months of inact...
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Friday, February 24, 2006

no excuse - 10 Years

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New York, NY- Republic/ Universal Records recording artists, 10 YEARS , scored another major coup this week with their first single, “Wastel...
Thursday, February 16, 2006

profile - Matgo Primo

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It's not unfair to say that most of the more prominent bands in Knoxville lack self-conscious theatricality, but it's not unkind, ei...
Saturday, February 04, 2006

in rememberance - The V-Roys

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While Superdrag flirted with mainstream success in the late 1990s and became erstwhile ambassadors of Knoxville guitar pop, THE V-ROYS less...
Tuesday, January 31, 2006

review - Generation Of Vipers' Grace

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It seems, to me at least, that metal has hit a wall in the past few years. Popular taste has seen fit to champion shameful hybrids (I'm ...
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Friday, January 27, 2006

review - Westside Daredevils' Twilight Children

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It's said that Knoxville is known for its power pop; though I would argue that if Knoxville is known for anything it involves a toppled...
Thursday, January 26, 2006

live - The Midnight Bomber What Bombs At Midnight

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THE MIDNIGHT BOMBER WHAT BOMBS AT MIDNIGHT played their second show tonight at the Pilot Light and it's clear that they're quickly b...
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Wednesday, January 25, 2006

review - Tenderhooks EP

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I spend a lot of time talking about how the TENDERHOOKS are the best band in Knoxville, and was relieved last fall when they finally finish...
Tuesday, January 24, 2006

in rememberance - The Chelsea Horror

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Though short-lived (2003-2004), THE CHELSEA HORROR cemented a certain legacy before the final chord of their first live show, as singer Hen...
Monday, January 23, 2006

in rememberance - The Sense

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I've never been a fan of poppy punk, despite (still) owning the Green Day and Offspring tapes requisite to any seventh grader circa 1993...
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profile - Sadville

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Around my 10th grade year, a group calling themselves the Johnson City Collective started putting on DIY hardcore & punk shows in my hom...
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Sunday, January 22, 2006

a new beginning

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this music blog will be an extension of the It Takes A City Of Thousands To Hold Us Back project i embarked upon a few years ago to promote...
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