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March | 2015 | Music That Matters
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The random musical musings of Kevin Oliver. Monthly Archives: March 2015. I’m With Her: Three Talented Ladies and One Great Song. March 23, 2015. St Pats In Five Points: Bands, Bands, Bands (and some green beer, too). Walking in to the festival to the solid tunesmanship of longtime Columbia musician Dave Britt was a precursor to a good day; his current band lineup featuring Jay Crosby on drums and James Beresford on bass guitar is as strong a one as he’s ever had. Volcanoes in the Kitchen:. The lone blue...
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June | 2014 | Music That Matters
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The random musical musings of Kevin Oliver. Monthly Archives: June 2014. Devereaux Shares “Rendezvous”. Heyward Sims a/k/a Devereaux. Has new music coming out in September,. The first real listen comes this week courtesy of the song. A slight track built on a burping bass line, repetitive synths and syncopated percussion, like Toro Y Moi. Without the funk element. The new album is a full length follow-up to his 2012. June 30, 2014. Filed under New Music Alerts. Year-End Top Ten Lists. Old Fart At Play.
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November | 2014 | Music That Matters
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The random musical musings of Kevin Oliver. Monthly Archives: November 2014. Patrick Davis, Live in Glasgow. November 25, 2014. Filed under south carolina. Tagged as Darius Rucker. Year-End Top Ten Lists. Where We’ve Been. Who Do We think We Are? Year-End Top Ten Lists. Follow Kevin on Twitter. If there is one thing the Internet has taught us it is that even the dumbest people on Earth have somehow learned how to 1 day ago. And another.how do you not know what color your doorknob is? Old Fart At Play.
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July | 2014 | Music That Matters
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The random musical musings of Kevin Oliver. Monthly Archives: July 2014. Cracked Rear View Turns 20, What Does That Mean? Not much, really, would be the short answer, though at the time it was a pretty big deal around these parts. Columbia, South Carolina was not exactly a hotbed of popular music, or even a ‘hip scene’ like Athens, Georgia or the Triangle area in North Carolina. The anomaly that was Hootie and the Blowfish. Lots and lots of R.E.M.), to Hank Williams, Jr. In hindsight, came along at just ...
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July | 2015 | Music That Matters
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The random musical musings of Kevin Oliver. Monthly Archives: July 2015. ColorBlind Debuts Short Film Introduction. And Fat Rat Da Czar. Really don’t need an introduction on their home turf of South Carolina, but their brand new collaboration may benefit from a just-posted short film that includes two songs from the upcoming self-titled album for what they’re calling ColorBlind. 8220;Follow The Spin,”. Which is heard here along with another track from the album,. 8220;Live Like the Devil.”. July 8, 2015.
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October | 2014 | Music That Matters
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The random musical musings of Kevin Oliver. Monthly Archives: October 2014. Roadkill Ghost Choir’s Horror Movie Inspired New Video “A Blow to the Head”. What better day for a band called Roadkill Ghost Choir. To post a new video, this one for their song. 8220;A Blow to the Head”. Is having a scary good year, with an appearance on the. Late Show with David Letterman. Kicking it off in January and their full length debut. October 31, 2014. Filed under Short Takes. Video of the Week. Year-End Top Ten Lists.
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Year-End Top Ten Lists | Music That Matters
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The random musical musings of Kevin Oliver. Year-End Top Ten Lists. Here you’ll eventually find my Top Ten Albums lists from as many previous years as I can locate, in descending chronological order:. Best Albums of 2012. Shovels and Rope, O Be Joyful (Dualtone). Mumford and Sons, Babel (Glass Note). Bruce Springsteen, Wrecking Ball (Columbia). Foxy Shazam, The Church of Rock and Roll (EMI). Band of Horses, Mirage Rock (Columbia). Few bands out there have settled into the 1970s California sound of Buffal...
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August | 2014 | Music That Matters
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The random musical musings of Kevin Oliver. Monthly Archives: August 2014. Beach Day Wraps Up Summer In “Don’t Call Me On The Phone”. Some bands just ooze summertime, and with a name like Beach Day. How could you not be a breezy indie pop outfit? 8216;s second album. Is out on the 19th, but check out the video for single. 8220;Don’t Call Me On the Phone”. Below Lead singer Kimmy Drake channels Ronnie Spector in hairstyle and vocal sound, like a one-woman Ronettes. August 11, 2014. Tagged as beach day.
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The Beat Archive | Music That Matters
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The random musical musings of Kevin Oliver. 8220;The Beat” is a column name that has had a few different lives for me. The Beat 2/22/95—————————————————–kevin oliver. Good news to report on the local live music scene–the Art Bar has begun having live music again, on Thursday nights. This Thursday, local aggro-techno-industrial band TONGUE is scheduled to appear, and as far as I know, there is still no cover charge.( It is, however, 21 and over to get in.). DELORIS TELESCOPE, Annies, Thursday Feb. 23rd.
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December | 2014 | Music That Matters
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The random musical musings of Kevin Oliver. Monthly Archives: December 2014. My Favorite SC Albums of 2014. I contributed my votes to the annual SC roundup in the Columbia Free Times and several of the following made it into that final list; here then are my original thoughts on a pretty strong batch of local albums from 2014:. Top `15 South Carolina Albums of 2014. 1 Various Artists, Mostly I Just Want to Watch My Friends Grow. 2 Ali Arant, June July. 3 Can’t Kids, Ennui Go. The most consistently intere...
