AltWeeklies Wire
Soul:Sister:Musicnew
Laura Reed & Deep Pocket's inspired voice continues to grow.
Charleston City Paper |
Christine McDermott |
12-19-2007 |
Profiles & Interviews
Gaslight Street Polishes Its Actnew
The Charleston rock quartet's spiritual home seems to be the Deep South by way of London circa 1967.
Charleston City Paper |
T. Ballard Lesemann |
12-12-2007 |
Profiles & Interviews
Tags: Gaslight Street
Dublin's Mike Got Spiked Seize the Statesnew
The band plays frighteningly tight hybrid of emo-metal, old-school punk, and bar-room mischief -- aggressive and solid.
Charleston City Paper |
T. Ballard Lesemann |
12-05-2007 |
Profiles & Interviews
Tags: Mike Got Spiked
Creech Holler Twist the Murky Music of the Delta & the Appalachiansnew
The Tennessee/Carolina trio plays blood-soaked country blues and reverberations.
Charleston City Paper |
T. Ballard Lesemann |
11-28-2007 |
Profiles & Interviews
Steep Canyon Rangers Flex Bluegrass Chopsnew
The Rangers are one of the few young bluegrass bands die-hard traditionalists don't mutter under their breath about.
Charleston City Paper |
Stratton Lawrence |
11-07-2007 |
Profiles & Interviews
The Holy City Cold Heart Revivalnew
Organized by South Carolina songwriters and music enthusiasts Jamie Resch and Lindsay Holler, this year's Cold Heart Revival is an all-night event featuring seven of the region's most original alt-country, folk-pop, and Americana acts.
Charleston City Paper |
T. Ballard Lesseman |
11-07-2007 |
Concerts
Tags: concerts
Jay Clifford Officially Goes Solonew
The Charleston songwriter reveals a finely-tuned solo debut this week.
Charleston City Paper |
T. Ballard Lesemann |
10-31-2007 |
Profiles & Interviews
Tags: Driving Blind, Jay Clifford
They Might Be Giants Switch Gears Yet Againnew
The band recently made a daring move, undertaking a surprising, unexpected collaboration with notorious production team the Dust Brothers.
Charleston City Paper |
Alan Sculley |
10-31-2007 |
Profiles & Interviews
Tags: They Might Be Giants
Radiohead Fires a Broadside at the Recording Industrynew
Already bands like Oasis, Nine Inch Nails, and Jamiroquai have said they'll follow Radiohead's lead and let fans choose the price for their next albums.
Charleston City Paper |
Steven Lacy |
10-31-2007 |
Music
Tags: In Rainbows, Radiohead
Mute Math's Spirited Strugglenew
Mute Math survived a tangle with a major label and played their rock their way.
Charleston City Paper |
Alan Sculley |
10-24-2007 |
Profiles & Interviews
Tags: Mute Math
The Otherworldy Celebrationnew
Hovering from an atmospheric blend of sensual Goth-pop, orchestrated dance-rock, and analog keyboard noise, Baltimore band Celebration manage to blast out some unusual sounds.
Charleston City Paper |
T. Ballard Lesemann |
10-24-2007 |
Profiles & Interviews
Tags: Celebration, The Modern Tribe
Avett Brothers Still Bring Itnew
On Emotionalism, the band's latest release (and tenth since forming in 2000), they hint at their hard-rocking, pre-Avetts history, with Scott pulling out his electric Guild S100 to get crunchy in the closing minutes of "Pretty Girl from Chile."
Charleston City Paper |
Stratton Lawrence |
10-24-2007 |
Profiles & Interviews
Tags: The Avett Brothers, Emotionalism
The Robert Cray Band's Magicnew
On stage, the chemistry among guitarist/singer Cray, keyboardist Jim Pugh, drummer Kevin Hayes, and bassist Karl Sevareid is both blatantly obvious and seemingly spontaneous and effortless.
Charleston City Paper |
Alan Sculley |
10-10-2007 |
Profiles & Interviews
Meet the Monksnew
South Carolina-based Modern Day Monks recorded its debut at the Fusion Five Studio facility by Jordan Herschaft and fellow audio engineer Jeff Leonard -- both of whom have recently established the new label Indie Records.
Charleston City Paper |
T. Ballard Lesemann |
10-10-2007 |
Profiles & Interviews
Tags: Modern Day Monks
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
