Author Archive: Guest
Show Journal: Flogging Molly at The Fillmore Charlotte
By Heather Fowler: The Luck of the Irish came early this year with the 8th Annual Green 17 Tour presented by Sailor Jerry’s. Flogging Molly, Black Joe Lewis and the Honeybears, and The Devil Makes Three rocked The Fillmore in Charlotte, NC [2.26.2012] only 1 night after rocking Myrtle Beach, SC. Along with free [...]
Run Dan Run – “Recording Normal; The Mantras That Made It Happen”
This is Dan McCurry of the Charleston-based indie rock band Run Dan Run. I’d like to take a moment to share some DIY recording wisdom & mantras that I’ve acquired over the past 5-6 years with Run Dan Run. RDR has been DIY from the get-go and much of what we have learned has been [...]
Run Dan Run – “Recording Normal; The Gear That Made It Happen”
This is Dan McCurry of the Charleston-based indie rock band Run Dan Run. You probably haven’t heard of us. That’s okay, we get that a lot actually. If you hadn’t heard, well, we recently put the finishing touches on our sophomore release Normal (out nationally on 1.10.12 on Hearts & Plugs), which we recorded entirely [...]
Album Review-The Sea Wolf Mutiny-The Last Season
By Gavin Brown: Solid. It’s the only word that comes to mind when I try to describe The Sea Wolf Mutiny’s First EP, The Last Season. It’s funny, the definition of “solid” is a near perfect description of the band’s eight song EP: “not hollow or containing gaps” and “strongly built or made of strong [...]
Album Review: Fleet Foxes-Helplessness Blues
By: Kurt Rambis Not too many years ago, a show pulled into the New Brookland Tavern to little fanfare. I think that All Good Citizens had more promotion whenever they played. Headlining the bill was moderately buzzing Blitzen Trapper who had just signed to Sub Pop. Opening up for them was a young band that [...]
Hillary’s Hot Summer Jams
By: Hillary Lancaster The Rocket Summer- I need a Break, but I\’d Rather Have a Breakthrough Bryce Avary of the Rocket Summer is my Taylor Hanson. Girls, you know that’s a big deal– Which is why, of course, Bryce’s most recent release ‘Of Men and Angels’ is in heavy rotation this summer. Coming from a [...]
Essential Listening: Today the Moon, Tomorrow the Sun
By Matt Smith “Bones” by Today the Moon, Tomorrow the Sun This band out of Atlanta leaves quite the impression. Their live act is spectacularly grungy, plenty dance-infused, and features as many guitar pedal / mixing board acrobatics as Radiohead and U2. If you ever get the chance (they play regionally all the time, making [...]
A Rocket To The Moon/Sing it Loud/Seq. Prep School/All Get Out
A Rocket to the Moon, Sing It Loud, Sequoyah Prep School & All Get Out May 1st, 2010 Clemson Road Extension Center Columbia, SC MAP TO VENUE By Kathrine Brock Nick Santino started putting together A Rocket to the Moon in Massachusetts back in 2006 as a solo experiment. He eventually added a few band [...]
Show Preview:The Carrier, Advent, Torch Runner, Blacklines, In Regret
THE CARRIER, ADVENT, Torch Runner, Blacklines, In Regret – Round Hill Community Club 2707 Two Notch Road, Lexington SC The Carrier is on their Spring Break 10` tour with Advent. This tour will be appearing Sunday, March 14th with locals Torch Runner, Blacklines, and In Regret. Torch Runner For fans of Cursed, Colony, and Just [...]
Show Preview-Former Thieves/Into It. Over It/Dire Wolf
On March 6th the House of Hardcore brings Former Thieves with Into It. Over It. and Dire Wolf. Dire Wolf is a hardcore band from Michigan. They sound a little like Converge, but more so like Integrity. They have that heavy doom sound with faster parts intertwined. They are coming off the release of their [...]
Show Preview: Songwriters in the Round
(Photo Credit David Stringer) By Kyle Petersen On Friday, February 12th at The White Mule a special singer/songwriter in the round performance will feature 4 absolutely amazing alt. country(-ish) singer/songwriters that call South Carolina home. Organized by Todd Mathis of American Gun, the show will also feature Charleston’s Mac Leaphart as well as Columbia’s Zach [...]
Album Review: Mac Leaphart- Line, Rope, Etc.
By Kyle Petersen Mac Leaphart’s solo record, Line. Rope. Etc., is a songwriting tour-de-force, with tunes that draw from the best of the country-folk tradition (think Kristofferson, John Prine, Gram Parsons), and a few times allows himself to slip into the comfortable sweet spot between Southern rock n’ roll and pure honky-tonk bliss. As a [...]
Show Preview: Chris Knight
Chris Knight at the White Mule Sunday January 24th By Todd Mathis I stumbled across Chris Knight’s debut album in 1998 while browsing the new releases at Manifest ages ago. That’s how I used to find out about new music. Well, that and listening to Uncle Gram, DJing at WUSC, reading MOJO and [...]
Album Review: American Gun-Devil Showed Me His Hand
By: Kyle Petersen American Gun – Devil Showed Me His Hand Review I owe American Gun quite a bit. If it wasn’t for the group, I might not be writing about local music today. As a young college student already fairly arrogant and smug in my musical tastes, I was skeptical to the idea that [...]
