Hamilton’s music under the Mechanical River moniker has a lo-fi aesthetic, which is incredibly appealing on its own
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‘Creation is life’: Jitwam on his genre-bending music
Born in India and based in Brooklyn, he sounds like a student of the world and true student of art
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Jail Socks @El Rocko Lounge
They’re unique and intelligent and have a sound that’s both modern and faithful to the music they’re inspired by
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The Minks light a fuse with garage and blues
‘Someone said we sound like a Southern Velvet Underground once, which is like the coolest thing ever’
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Daddy’s Beemer puts slacker rock into overdrive
DADDY’S BEEMER planted their roots in Charleston just a few months ago, after meeting at Clemson University and then spending some time in Charlotte. They were students with similar musical […]
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King Of Summer @El Rocko Lounge
Songs like “Houses of the Holy Shit” make this band entertaining on multiple levels
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Give up the funk
Dustin Hill’s been listening to a lot of 70s funk, and that subculture is what informs the sound of Black Magic Flower Power
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Goodbye for now, Nancy Druid
The new Nancy Druid songs, she says, will be a good bit darker than the band’s previous efforts, and the lyrical content is significantly heavier
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TV Pole Shine @El Rocko Lounge
You’ll be interested to know that they refer to their genre as ‘spasm funk’
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Goodfires @El Rocko Lounge
The band’s songs are emotive, ambient, melancholy, and poignant
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The lo-fi punk rock of Hash Redactor
Sure, the record is undeniably influenced by 70s punk like The Stooges and even early 80s post-punk, but it also delves into musical and sonic territory that recalls early garage bands like The Sonics