MNRVA's Black Sky (self-released)
The Disquiet's Kingdom (self-released)
Ashley Wright and the Vance Gap Ramblers, too good to be true (self-released)
When you hear “Indigo Girls,” what pops into your head? It’s very likely an image of two women, namely Amy Ray and Emily Saliers, standing nex…
On Friday, Columbia’s The Restoration releases its long-awaited sophomore LP. The band’s first full-length arrived in 2010.
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It’s been just over a month since Columbia pop-rock quintet Bellavida released its first full-length album into the world. Recorded at locally…
It's a solid get for the Dec. 31 downtown shindig, one that reinforces its commitment to diversity, and its savvy embrace of ’90s hip-hop nostalgia.
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Managing Editor for Free Times
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Mario McLean has been a fixture of the Columbia music and arts scene since his first high school band in 2007. Through groups such as Full Col…
After taking more than a month-long break from playing shows, Asheville’s kaleidoscopic folk quartet River Whyless is in the early stages of a…
Milah (8:45 p.m.) and H3RO (11:45 p.m.) play The Aristocrat. Vorov (10:30 p.m.) plays Hunter-Gatherer. GRÜZER (11:30 p.m.) plays Art Bar.
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Les Merry Chevaliers (9:15 p.m.) and Say Brother (1 a.m.) play Art Bar. Grace Joyner (10:15 p.m.) plays the Nickelodeon Theatre. Boo Hag (12:3…
The Witness Marks (8:30 p.m.), Prettier Than Matt (9:30 p.m.), The Runout (10:30 p.m.) and Admiral Radio (11:30 p.m.) play The Pastor’s Study …
In the collected Journals of Kurt Cobain, published in 2002, the Nirvana frontman offers a succinct definition of what it means to be “punk”:
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Managing Editor for Free Times
Nerdcore, a genre of music that by definition speaks to niche interests, does not tend to be a place where you look for budding stars. The Tai…
No, friends, it wasn’t a one-off.
For cellist Daniel Levin and performing artist A. Eithne Hamilton, the creative process is about conjuring worlds and confounding possibilitie…
Hopscotch is hurricane-proof — at least when it’s a glancing blow.
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Managing Editor for Free Times
Just before talking to Free Times, Nordista Freeze is stuck at a dentist’s office. He sends a selfie showing his shock of blonde curls pulled …
In January 1994, six months before the release of Cracked Rear View, longstanding Free Times music freelancer Kevin Oliver sat down with Hootie & the Blowfish guitarist Mark Bryan.
Let us pause for a second to appreciate the middle verse on “Let Her Cry.”
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Managing Editor for Free Times
It’s been 25 years since the most famous band to come out of South Carolina released its famous first LP.
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Managing Editor for Free Times
There are 25 songs to celebrate the 25th anniversary of "Cracked Rear View."
The Steeldrivers are, fundamentally, a bluegrass band. In both instrumentation and songwriting style, their songs are recognizable descendants…
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Hootie & the Blowfish are back on the road in 2019, 25 years after the release of their hit debut album "Cracked Rear View", concluding th…
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Booker Stardrum doesn’t know if he chose his musical approach or if some invisible hand guided him to it.
Saxophonist Dave Koz is fine with the term “smooth jazz.”
Full disclosure: Jay-Z is my favorite rapper of all time.
The Raconteurs, Jacuzzi Boys; Township Auditorium, Columbia; Aug. 20, 2019
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Managing Editor for Free Times
It’s hard to criticize an event that’s provided such big-time indie acts as Son Volt, Superchunk, Blonde Redhead, The Mountain Goats, and Guid…
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Managing Editor for Free Times
In the opening to his mildly scathing assessment of Jack White’s 2018 solo album Boarding House Reach, Pitchfork’s Jayson Greene touches on an…
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Managing Editor for Free Times
At first blush, if all you notice is the members standing on stage, thrashing at their instruments, the Athens band Bit Brigade might look lik…
