Israel Darling in Nashville & Knoxville in November

Now, having mentioned Ryan Adams and why I’m not a fan in the last post (sorry for stirring that hornet’s nest up yesterday, eek) – those of you that ARE Ryan Adams fans, and other artists along those lines, might enjoy this new show coming up in Nashville and Knoxville.

I had a tip recently from a music exec about Israel Darling out of Greensboro, North Carolina, who bills themselves on their MySpace profile like so: “We love music. We love being southern. The aftermath is what Israel Darling has become, an observation of the things we either love or hate.”

Oddly (to me), they don’t list Adams as one of their influences (though they do cite Wilco and Elliott Smith).

So I moseyed on over to their profile and listened a bit. As I kind of expected, it kind of missed the mark for me – but remember, I don’t much care for Adams and really the only band of that general genre I ever got into much at all was Son Volt for a spell. But Israel Darling is certainly interesting (I’m a little bit intrigued by the fact there are eight – yes, eight! – members in the band), and actually, I was kinda digging the lyrics a lot of some of the tunes I gave a listen to. So that’s cool and I will continue to investigate this band a bit further, I believe.

So anyway, Israel Darling is playing at The Basement in Nashville on November 17th, and Preservation Pub in Knoxville on November 18th. I think those of you who dig/dug Wilco, Son Volt, Uncle Tupelo, Elliott Smith, Whiskeytown, He Who Shall Not Be Named Again But Whose Initials Are R.A., and the like would probably like this show and you should go (and send me a review and I’ll guest post it here). Or at least check out their music on their page and see what you think! If you like ‘em, send me cookies.