(Photo: Marty Watson) Instrumental metal is either your thing or it isn't, unless we're talking about Pelican . They're not Sunn O))), you know? Dudes aren't soft, but the sludge they kick around is more cerebral than it is oppressive. And you don't have to know Calculus to find the first beat of a measure. And some dude who really worships Phil Anselmo isn't deepthroating the mic. It's approachable...
sometimes you have to go all the way to china to have a important conversation, because the world gets thrown into perspective. in vermont right now, about to start my first real tour in ages .the back-up band (who are also my support band), nervous cabaret , sound FUCKING AMAZING. drums! guitar! bass! HORNS!!!i cannot wait to hit the road. i’m really, really excited. i have missed making HUGE...
The often delayed sentencing of Atmospheric Glow Technologies, Inc. (AGT), the company alleged to be Professor John Reece Roth's co-conspirator in the criminal case involving unlawful exports of ITAR controlled technology, has now been set for November 23, 2009 before U.S. District Judge Varlan in Knoxville, Tennessee. As has been widely reported, AGT plead guilty in August 2008 to 10 counts of unlawfully...
KNOXVILLE - Tennessee was ranked No. 10 in the first Associated Press basketball poll that was released Thursday. In Friday's exhibition game, North Alabama found out why the Volunteers are ranked so high.
A staple of our playlists in the second half of this crazy hazy year has been the soothing tones emitted from Imogen Heap 's Ellipse . And now with the news that she's touring in support of the album, we have even more reason to smile. Back in August , I actually had the chance to have a brieft chat with Heap and discuss plans post-album release. She noted that no, there would be no tours anytime soon...
It doesn't get much more disturbing than reading about the brutal double rape and murder in Knoxville, Tennessee, of Chistopher Newsom (23) and his girlfriend Channon Christian (21) in 2007. The couple were carjacked by four men, taken to a house rented by one of the four, and subjected to cruelty and sadism beyond words or description. The attack was overtly sexual, with both victims being repeatedly...
Brooklyn's Bear In Heaven have been at it since 2003, meaning they predate the handful of other ursine named bands from the area. I guess you'd call that unlucky foresight or something. And while their spectral, linear psych-funk is probably not on Jay and B's radar, it is assuredly on ours, as we await their new LP for Hometapes , Beast Rest Forth Mouth . That drops on October 13th, but out now is...
University of Tennessee (UT) Professor John Reece Roth, 72, of Knoxville, Tennessee, was sentenced to 48 months in prison for violating the Arms Export Control Act by conspiring to illegally export, and actually exporting, technical information relating to a U.S. Air Force (USAF) research and development contract. (See indictment here) Prof. Roth was convicted by a [...]
In support of their latest record "Swoon", Silversun Pickups have annouced more dates that will push this tour till the end of October, where they will be playing the Voodoo Music Festival in New Orleans. What kills me is that they are visiting 3 cities in TN and not one of those include Nashville. 09/15 - Grand Rapids, MI - Orbit Room* 09/16 - Green Bay, WI - The Club* 09/18 - Omaha, NE...
Next morning Bunny has me scheduled to fly three Middle Tennessee State University professors back to the school from a seminar at The Homestead. They meet me just before 9am at the Hot Springs Airport. Nice company on the ramp, even one of ours tucked in over there. We climb out and head for the Lewisburg VOR, and of course there's home base below us. Now at our cruising altitude of 10,000' we're...
New Music this Week ! Someone You Should Know When The Devil's Loose is a brand new album from the talented A.A. Bondy . Having performed at both Bonnaroo and Sasquatch this year, Bondy completed a month-long national headlining tour in June, and wrapped up a brief tour with Conor Oberst and the Mystic Valley Band last month. (We caught him with Cold War Kids about a year back and were thoroughly...
The sentencing of Atmospheric Glow Technologies, Inc. (AGT), the company alleged to be Professor John Reece Roth's co-conspirator in the criminal case involving unlawful exports of ITAR controlled technology, has been moved to 10 a.m. on October 28, 2009 in Knoxville, Tennessee. AGT plead guilty in August 2008 to 10 counts of unlawfully exporting defense articles to a citizen of the People’s...
Women and children waiting in a small wooded area near Crematorium IV. Yad Vahem: The Auschwitz Album We are surrounded by evil. New reports boil over with tales of depravity, murder, and rape. And of course, evil is enabled by those who claim the mantle of human rights. A young couple in Knoxville Tennessee are hijacked, tortured, murdered, and their bodies mutilated. And the animals who committed...
Been diggin' this Wooden Birds song since I got it emailed to me two days ago. The Wooden Birds ∞ Hometown Fantasy Go see 'em on tour: September: 24 - South Burlington, VT - Higher Ground 25 - Cambridge, MA - The Middle East Café 27 - New York, NY - Bowery Ballroom 29 - Philadelphia, PA - Johnny Brenda's October 1 - Washington, DC - Black Cat 2 - Carrboro, NC - The Artcenter 3 - Charlottesville,...