Bass god Les Claypool, who rose to fame as the frontman for alternative rock band Primus, will perform Tuesday (July 7) at The Bijou Theatre in Knoxville.
12:30 PM - The most iconic image of Les Claypool? Dressed in a disturbing rubber cowboy costume, cavorting to the Primus hit "Wynona's Big Brown Beaver" on MTV. Read more...
12:35 PM - Roger Clyne is a romantic, enamored with tales of the Old West and the desert that stretches for miles in his home state of Arizona. Read more...
12:30 PM - Often overshadowed by the tempetuous antics of their cousins in the glam-metal scene that arose out of Los Angeles in the 1980s, LA Guns is still at it -- withering drama and long drives and depleted bank accounts to rock fans like they'll do Sunday... Read more...
12:30 PM - Jay Reatard works at a breakneck pace, as if something inside him demands to be released. Read more...
12:35 PM - Getting a grip on the music made by the husband-wife duo of Wreckless Eric and Amy Rigby is a difficult thing. There are definite country roots, '60s pop flourishes, harmony vocals ... Read more...
12:30 PM - They may be city-slickers, but the members of New York-based "citi-billy" outfit The Defibulators play roots music as well as any batch of Southerners raised in an Appalachian holler. Monday, they'll do a whirlwind tour of East Tennessee. Read more...
12:30 PM - It's a year later than expected, but singer-songwriter Matt Urmy is finally ready to release his new album -- "New Season Comin'" -- to fans tonight (July 3) at Barley's in Knoxville. Partake of the brilliance. Read more...
12:30 PM - Roundup of area events celebrating Independence Day 2009 Read more...
11:30 AM - His last album, "Snake Farm," features a title track about a tattooed woman who works at a reptile ranch. Read more...
11:35 AM - No one really knows what year he was born -- he claims to have celebrated his 89th birthday, his sister says he's a couple of years younger than that and both his driver's license and passport give two other, different dates. Read more...
11:35 AM - Fugazi meets The Replacements meets Bruce Springsteen -- sounds like an odd combination, but once you get into the music of Durham, N.C.-based Red Collar, it starts to make sense. Check out the band on Saturday (June 27) at the Longbranch in Knoxville. Read more...
11:30 AM - The Deadstring Brothers, out of Detroit, sound like the second coming of the Stones, if Mick, Keith and the boys had wrapped up recording "Exile on Main Street" and got into a time machine headed for 2009. Read more...
11:30 AM - Neither rain nor sleet nor biting ticks will stop Murfreesboro band The Last Straw from making a rock 'n' roll delivery tonight (June 26) to Big Daddy's in Maryville. Read on. Read more...
11:57 AM - Combine West African tribal rhythms, the funky backbeat of Parliament and the laid-back vibe of Asheville, N.C., and you get The Afromotive. Go to the World Grotto on Thursday (July 2) and you can hear them as well. Read on. Read more...
11:30 AM - Lineup for the Last Friday Art Walk, taking place on the final Friday of every month throughout downtown Maryville. Read more...
12:35 PM - Weekend editor Steve Wildsmith's personal/entertainment column for Friday, July 3, 2009. Read more...