it takes a city of thousands to hold us back

In every interview I’ve read with the HOTSHOT FREIGHT TRAIN , the band makes reference to the range of the members’ previous projects (inclu...

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...

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...

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

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

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...

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

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...

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...

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 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...

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...

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

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...

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

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 ...

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...

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...

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...

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

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...

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

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...