The Raconteurs, Jacuzzi Boys; Township Auditorium, Columbia; Aug. 20, 2019

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…

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…

Thursday 15 

Since Hootie & the Blowfish kicked off its Group Therapy reunion tour in May, there hasn't been a trace of any new tracks, just old favorites.

Cloud Repair, Traumatic Design (self-released)

The Movement, Ways of the World (Ineffable)

Thursday 8

Wednesday 7

Outside of a particularly adventurous college station, you’re probably never going to turn on your car radio and hear a song by Cheer-Accident…

Thursday 1

The second song on 2018’s Distant Light, the most recent album by the Charleston band Tape Waves, is called “Shimmer.” They probably didn’t me…

In the ’80s and ’90s, anything outside traditional popular country got lumped in with college radio music. First it was marked “cowpunk” or “r…

Thursday 25

The Witness Marks' The Witness Marks (self-released)

In an era that has seen guitar-driven rock music lose its role as the dominant genre in the popular consciousness, the Las Vegas hard rock ban…

Thursday 18

When Missouri’s The Get Up Kids broke up in 2005, they stepped away from a clear path ahead. The Kansas City punk-pop group’s first two albums…

For the seventh year running, a group of girls and transgender youth will spend a week together at the Girls Rock Columbia camp learning, in t…

Papa Jazz Record Shoppe is 40 years old. And through those years, “Big Money” Mack Spence has dug through the crates.

Wednesday 10

The popular image of the singer-songwriter is a solitary one. From Bruce Springsteen ditching the E Street Band for lonely Midwestern vibes an…

Thursday 11

It’s a cliche, but in MIDIMarc’s case it’s also the literal truth: He doesn’t make music for you. 

Thursday 4

Thursday 27

Goldenhostage, Learning for the quiet merge (self-released) 

Depending on who you talk to, the phrase “house music” can mean different things. To those who know the old-school definition, it refers to a …

A Spot on the Hill, A Need That Runs Too Deep (self-released)

Back at the beginning of this Famously Hot season in Columbia, Free Times printed a list of out-of-town concerts you could see and then feel r…

Friday 21

When The Sun Sets is meant to be more than a mere concert. The event, which will take place at Tapp’s Arts Center this week was specifically p…

For the past five years on June 21, the summer solstice, Columbia has taken part in Make Music Day, an international celebration that promotes…

Fury’s words frequently get furiously political, expressing pointed consternation with the way the world is going. But it keeps the details vague, mingling these social concerns with the personal issues they can so often exacerbate.

It’s been almost a decade since the South Carolina-bred hardcore band Stretch Arm Strong entered its indefinite (and ongoing) hiatus. But the …

Thursday 13

Megan Jean is the enigmatic frontwoman backed by the Klay Family Band — aka the KFB, aka her husband, Byrne Klay. She has a commanding presenc…

For the second straight year, Stick Tight Fest will try to balance loss with something positive. The three-day affair at New Brookland Tavern …

It’s pouring rain on National Doughnut Day, and it’s hard not to feel overwhelmed.