“Talker”, from Columbia’s Dear Blanca, brings crashing new dishes to the indie rock table and succeeds in delivering a satisfying meal to those expecting more than the leftovers piled on our plates by modern radio. Dylan Dickerson powers the melee, ...
Columbia musician Justin Tweito may be tender in his years, but this young man clearly knows his way around writing, arranging and playing rock music. Recording inspirational music at home under the name Tweito, there is a DIY ethos underpinning ...
Pobrecito is Spanish for “poor little thing”, sometimes used sympathetically, other times sarcastically. It’s also the title of the second long-player from Columbia’s Dear Blanca and maybe, in a way, it references expectations of a sophomore release. The moody indie ...
Hearing the band name Volcanoes in the Kitchen might make you think of a high school science experiment and in some ways the Charleston group lives up to its moniker; the three young siblings (all late teens and early twenties) ...
Columbia’s Alarm Drum are young but poised shoegazers with a catchy, danceable indie rock sound. On their debut release, the Colorsick EP, the high schoolers meld their electronics and guitars into a formidable affiliation, one that could cross lines of ...
Listening to the new record Terrestrials from indie rock band Ghosts of the Kodiak got this reviewer to thinking about what separates rock groups into the disparate camps of “pop” and its considered antithesis, “underground”. On the one hand, the ...
We are all indebted to someone. Sometimes it’s an annoying text message telling you that your phone bill is overdue and other times it’s you remembering your late grandfather who taught you how to fish. Both sides add up and ...
South Carolina has been consistently producing great musicians and music forever, but it always seem like I am wishing for more great rock bands with strong female lead singers to explode out of the Palmetto state. Helping to get us ...
Have you ever experienced that fantastic feeling of driving in a convertible? You know…the top is down, there is a warm smell of summer, and that late afternoon sun is slowly setting in the rear-view mirror. Got the picture? Good. ...
Photo credit: Alan Rigoletto Lambertville, New Jersey’s Sourland is headed south for a nine-date tour, stopping for just one South Carolina show. The band hits North Charleston to play The Sparrow at 9PM, on Wednesday, 6/14/17. The tour comes in ...
