Stagbriar – Suppose You Grow
“It feels nice to grab a hammer to the brick wall in my mind. So darling, I suppose that’s why I’m back again this time.”...
Author : Sean Knight
Dear Blanca – Perched
Dylan Dickerson is known for his songwriting that grasps the commonality of everyday experience, and his own observations of the same, like all the best...
Dead Swells -Dead Swells
Paul Nederostek usually has a solid band line-up backing him in Charleston band Dead Swells, but 2020 hasn’t been the most solid of years for...
Grace Joyner – Settle In
Each song on Grace Joyner’s new album, Settle In, is like a different page in a diary thrown open upon the table, each a story...
Boo Hag – Burial Ground
“Fuck the critics. We do what we want,” so says Saul Seibert of...
Hold Fire – Bruised Fruit
“Take my hand and burn with me,” Thom Kehr intones on “Maelstrom“, the opening track on Columbia, SC band Hold Fire‘s first full length album,...
The Disquiet – Kingdom EP
After listening to the new Kingdom EP by Columbia band The Disquiet, I was not surprised to learn that some band members were previously in...
Kenny George Band – The Silent Saint EP
In a little over half an hour, the Kenny George Band’s latest EP Silent Saint, gives listeners a full tour of many styles- blues, country,...
Hale Bopp Astronauts / Soda City Riot Split 7″
South Carolina-based independent punk label Rivermonster Records (ran by Larry Parker and Toni Dellaposta) has put out a hell of a first release, the...
E.Z. Shakes – The Wolf
Back when I reviewed Columbia alt-country artist E.Z. Shakes (AKA Zach Seibert) earlier this year, I knew his next release was going to be...