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Cole Villena

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Associate Editor at @NashvilleScene. Tar Heel. Formerly @Tennessean, @INDYWeek. 🇵🇭🇺🇸

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Lipstick Lounge, East Nashville's lesbian-owned 'bar for humans,' turns 20

Lipstick Lounge, East Nashville's lesbian-owned 'bar for humans,' turns 20

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Paramore's Hayley Williams is sowing a new creative scene in Nashville from Tennessee roots

Paramore's Hayley Williams is sowing a new creative scene in Nashville from Tennessee roots

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Fifth + Broadway, downtown's largest development, is a crowning achievement for Pat Emery

Fifth + Broadway, downtown's largest development, is a crowning achievement for Pat Emery

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The very long road back for soccer standout Jessica McDonald

The very long road back for soccer standout Jessica McDonald

Profile of World Cup winner Jessica McDonald. This story was written during the COVID-19 pandemic, so all rep…

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Pokémon Go bridges age gaps with an unlikely audience

Pokémon Go bridges age gaps with an unlikely audience

Story written with Media Hub at UNC-Chapel Hill.

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Ancient trees a natural wonder at Three Sisters Swamp near Wilmington :: WRAL.com

Ancient trees a natural wonder at Three Sisters Swamp near Wilmington :: WRAL.com

Written with Media Hub at UNC-Chapel Hill. I worked on a team with two videographers on this story.

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Critic's Pick: Soccer Mommy & Snail Mail

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By Cole Villena
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Hometown hero Soccer Mommy (aka Sophie Allison) has racked up several Best of Nashville awards throughout her decade-long career, including Best Single (for 2024’s “Lost”), Best Rock Album (for 2022’s Sometimes, Forever) and Best Record That’s Accidentally Perfect for a Pandemic (for 2020’s Color Theory). This fall, she’s teaming up with her friend Snail Mail for the 26-date S&M Tour, which will make a strong case for next year’s Best No-Brainer Indie Rock Tour award.
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Critic's Pick: My Chemical Romance

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By Cole Villena
| Nashville Scene Verified
You might think My Chemical Romance would take the easy path with their Long Live The Black Parade tour, which commemorates the album that still inspires swoopy-haired teens and emo adults two decades after its release. The album’s original 2007 tour brought era-defining fashion and creepy but cool over-the-top theatrics, including blimps that would rise over the crowd during the album’s title song. Would it have been so bad for the band to just do that again, 20 years later? We’ll never know.
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Critic's Pick: Tori Amos

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By Cole Villena
| Nashville Scene Verified
Tori Amos has spent three-and-a-half decades putting her declarations on pretty much any topic worth talking about — religion, womanhood, loss, politics, family legacy and abuse, to name a few — to music, powering her way to commercial and critical success thanks to virtuosic piano playing and rich lyricism.
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Interview

What was your first job as a journalist?

Intern at INDY Week

Why did you become a journalist?

It allows me to do three of my favorite things: meeting people, learning new things and writing.

What advice can you offer to aspiring journalists?

Start writing, making videos or creating whatever content you can! It's easier than you think to get started.