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Radiohead's King of Limbs, First Impressionsnew

There are three types of rock 'n' roll: Driving music, dancing music, and fucking music. That said, the release of Radiohead's The King of Limbs make one thing abundantly clear. There's now a fourth category: Facebooking music.

Charleston City Paper | Chris Haire | 02-18-2011 | Reviews

Tags: Radiohead

The Hold Steady Goes Beyond the 'Matsnew

The extra-strength aesthetic of Heaven is Whenever suits the hearty themes of Craig Finn's latest songs.

Charleston City Paper | T. Ballard Lesemann | 09-22-2010 | Reviews

Tags: The Hold Steady

A Review of the Country-rock Mason Dixon Band's Debutnew

Every classic country album needs a sappy romance song, and "Unspoken Promises" delivers it with a slow tempo and whining steel guitar in the background. "Ain't Dead Yet" is the best track because it sounds more like a snippet from life on the road than just another folk diddy.

Charleston City Paper | Patrick McGinn | 12-16-2009 | Reviews

Tags: Mason Dixon Band, The Mason Dixon Band, The Mason Dixon Band of South Carolina: Volume 1, folk, country music, South Carolina

Ghostface Killah Goes R&B on 'Ghostdini'new

Like his excellent 2006 LP, Fishscale, Ghostdini demonstrates Ghostface's uncanny ability to take a single thematic unifier and present it from different angles over the course of an album. What Fishscale was to drug narratives, Ghostdini is to sex jams.

Charleston City Paper | Bryan Reed | 09-30-2009 | Reviews

Tags: Ghostdini: The Wizard of Poetry in Emerald City, hip-hop, Ghostface Killah

Doug Walters' Solo Debut Digs Deepnew

Unexpectedly polished and carefully produced, Doug Walters' ambitious new solo album Into the Light reveals a different side of his usual rock 'n' roll spirit.

Charleston City Paper | T. Ballard Lesemann | 05-27-2009 | Reviews

Tags: Doug Walters, Into the Light, rock

R.E.M.'s 'Accelerate' Shows Signs of Lifenew

A return to form? A departure from a mellow style to something heavy and hard? Old-school fans are quite glad to hear that it's a bit of both.

Charleston City Paper | T. Ballard Lesemann | 04-23-2008 | Reviews

Tags: Accelerate, r.e.m.

Cowby Jack Clement's Pre-YouTube Clipsnew

Like your crazy uncle with the Super-8 camera, Cowboy Jack Clement's "home movies" capture decades of himself and his crew in all their goofy glory that the undocumented life is just not worth living.

Charleston City Paper | Jon Santiago | 09-27-2007 | Reviews

Tags: Cowboy Jack Clement, Shakespeare Was a Big George Jones Fan