Bill Evans Some Other Time: The Lost Session from the Black Forest (Resonance, 2016) This double-disc set of forgotten music from a short-lived Bill Evans lineup is a welcome exception …
Local Music Review: Mic Harrison and the High Score, ‘Vanishing South’
Knoxville’s Mic Harrison and the High Score are best known for plying a muscular brand of Americana—its primary roots in honky-tonk and trad county, crossbred in later generations with Alex …
Local Music Review: Shriek Operator
Shriek Operator The God Who Answers by Fire (Striped Light) The long-gestating debut album from the local ensemble Shriek Operator is, as the Old Testament reference in the title indicates, …
Local Music Review: The CrumbSnatchers
The CrumbSnatchers Big House On its long-delayed and much anticipated debut album, Knoxville’s premier indie/punk/art pop party band shows that it takes more than a lot of energy and a …
Local Music Review: Yak Strangler
Yak Strangler Fist Pump at the Pearly Gates “Burned Bread Alarm,” the first track on Yak Strangler’s new album, opens with a short, jagged, jazzy guitar riff over a drum …