Ahh, yes, the good old school night concert. Whatever, it’s just sleep, there’s plenty of boring nights to catch up on sleep. Lots of people apparently had the same thought as me Wednesday night (or maybe just nothing going on…
I’ve seen Kylesa live more than the average bear, somewhere in the range of…..well, a lot, let’s just leave it at that. I don’t think I’m reaching when I say that Friday night’s stunning performance at The Jinx was my…
I should know better at this point. Every year, probably due to being around so many caring, giving, and unselfish people, coupled with the unprotected hugs, hand shaking, and conversations, I catch a nasty case of the feels at Statts…
I’m not saying you’re dumb if you didn’t come out to The Jinx last Thursday to see Nashville’s four guitar army, the entirely over-the-top-but-somehow-it-works Diarrhea Planet, but you certainly could be making better decisions. After witnessing them stun a packed…
I’m not going to lie, the words “featuring members of Mastodon….” alone will get me to come out for a show, but the buzz in The Jinx Friday night coupled with conversations with some friends who had seen the bands…
The week before I moved to South Carolina twenty odd years ago, I bought Superchunk‘s Tossing Seeds (Singles 89-91) and began what some may call a musical obsession. I have traveled a great deal of the Southeast to catch Superchunk…
There’s a couple things that immediately stand out about Columbia, SC’s excellent Jam Room Festival: Most noteworthy is the fact that it is FREE. Read that again…..FREE. Secondly, the organizers have excellent taste, and have landed a superb roster of…
Meanwhile, around the corner at The Jinx Saturday night, earplugs were being melted by a great lineup of ATL’s Whores. and Dropout, with local support by The Toxic Shock. I believe it was The Toxic Shock‘s first Jinx show, and…
To the uninitiated, Valient Thorr may seem to be a joke band, with its very metal logo, backstory about having crash landed their spaceship from Venus, Ramonesesque names (Storm Thorr, Sadat Thorr, Bjorn Thorr, etc.), wrestling boots and denim vests,…
Well done everyone. An early Monday night show, a venue change, all-ages, all of these things can make for a tough turnout, but an excellent bill and hard work made for a stellar, well attended, Dad Joke production. I unfortunately…