Just to be honest, I always get a little nervous about reviewing my friends’ work. I’ve known the guys in Grand Prize Winners From Last Year for a hot minute now, even back to when they were a 4-piece. I always try to give an unbiased opinion on a musician’s art. With [...]
East from West is an emerging band out of Aiken and Charleston. They just dropped their EP which I heard for the first time this week. East from West describes themselves as “alternative Christian rock” but I think they should add hardcore, or as some people like to call it “post-hardcore” to their description, [...]
Oh, pop-punk. How do I love thee? Let me count the ways. No matter what genre my ears take a leaning to at the moment, you raised me. You will always be in my heart. And as long as there’s bands like Laurens, SC’s Forgetting Fera, that’s where you’ll [...]
Swank Sinatra in their own words are like “Andy Kaufman fighting every 70′s rock band in The Thunderdome” and they couldn’t have a more accurate self description! These guys are pretty gnarly and I dig it. I recently had a chat with Swank Sinatra‘s very own Brandon T. Pittman. Come along [...]
I’m always a little wary about live albums in general. Almost every artist worth their salt (and not worth it) has at least one grandiose live offering, which generally follows a breakout hit album, but that doesn’t mean they should. EPs are more understandable because they serve as fun treats in between recordings [...]
Today’s show continues on the Monday Handlebar tradition by Bad Blood Productions in the bar area. This week’s line-up is a little varied, with both acts bringing different styles to the table but any music fans that remain truly left of the dial will find lots to love here.
For those not [...]
Root Spirits will be playing at Radio Room tonight opening for Italo and the Passions and The Long Canes, so come early and check them out!
It’s hard to be in a band, anyone who has ever been in one can tell you that, but somehow Everlasting Earle has been together since 1998 and no one has died because of it yet (that we know of). The band recently finished their long-awaited LP this year and are celebrating [...]
Before I write anything else I’m going to go ahead and preface this with the fact that I am well aware most battle of the band scenarios are completely lame and/or a ripoff. Most of them make you buy tickets from them, sell them to your friends for ridiculous amounts and sandwich you [...]
Coming this Friday, a band that takes their name seriously and mixes soul and R&B with Rock n Roll, Italo and the Passions will be at The Radio Room in Greenville. They can really rock out, and our own Wes described them once as “heroine-less Foxy Shazam;” intrigued?
Playing alongside of [...]
