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Lorde grows up on long-anticipated sophomore album ‘Melodrama’

In Music Reviews by JoAnna BrookerJune 22, 2017leave a COMMENT

In 2013, the world was introduced to the 16-year-old witchy pop sensation known as Lorde; her debut single, “Royals,” sold 10 million copies and spent nine weeks atop the Billboard …

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Kevin Abernathy gets to the point on ‘Family Hour’

In Music Reviews by Matthew EverettJune 21, 2017leave a COMMENT

For the last decade, Kevin Abernathy has been releasing an album every couple of years, each one showcasing a slightly different side of his musicianship. He dug into Southern rock …

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Tree Tops Head to the Top of Knoxville’s Prog Scene With ‘Ghosts Don’t Dance With Shoes’

In Music Reviews, Music Stories by Ryan ReedMay 3, 2017leave a COMMENT

Tree Tops, Cory Smith’s ever-rotating “progressive groove-rock” project, has been at the center of Knoxville’s expanding prog scene for the past four years. But only now—after running the treadmill of …

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Local Music Review: Meob

In Music Reviews, Music Stories, Program Notes by Nick HuinkerApril 26, 2017leave a COMMENT

If you spent the 2000s listening to all the right indie rock, Knoxville trio Meob’s self-titled debut may offer a sustained and rather welcome sense of deja vu. It’s clear …

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Local Music Review: White Stag, ‘Emergence’

In Music Reviews, Program Notes by Ryan ReedMarch 23, 2017leave a COMMENT

More than 11 minutes into “Emergence,” the monster title track from White Stag’s debut album, the prog-metal quartet breaks the spell of a brooding acoustic guitar atmosphere, introducing a carnivalesque …

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