Wrapping up April

There are some pretty sweet shows going down around town this last week of April - enjoy the spring while you can, because the summer sweats are right around the corner! 


MONDAY- April 22nd
- "After School Special" w Rachel Kate + Antoine Dukes
Charleston Pour House, on the deck
6p - FREE
- South Carolina Broadcasters
Yo Burrito
6:30p - FREE
- ELIM BOLT, Scott Dense and Water Liars (Oxford, MS)
The Royal American
9p - $5
- Sarah Cole + the Hawkes
The Drop-In
9:30p - FREE

TUESDAY - April 23rd
- "Eclectic Evenings" feat. Happy Story Hour, Port City Prophets + Hibachi Heroes
The Royal American
7p - FREE
- Happy Story Hour
Home Team BBQ (West Ashley)
8:30p - FREE
- Matadero backs J. Roddy Walston + the Business (Baltimore)
The Rec Room
9p - FREE
- The Nobody Brothers (a Ryan Bonner project), Tuesday residency
Loggerhead's Beach Grill
10p - FREE

WEDNESDAY - April 24th
- Barn Jam feat. Heartfelt Hinges, 72nd Central, Ryan Boss, Georgia Slim, Josh Haskins and Dean Johanesen
Awendaw Green
6p - donations
- Charleston Blues Review
Mad River Bar & Grille
6p - $50 adv/$65 dos
- Guilt Ridden Troubadour
Home Team BBQ (Sullivan's Island)
8:30p - FREE

THURSDAY - April 25th
- Graham Whorley
Juanita Greenberg's (Mt. Pleasant)
6:3op - FREE
- Folly Beach Bluegrass Society
Folly Crab Shack
7p - FREE
- Guilt Ridden Troubadour
The Southern Bar & Grill
9p - FREE

FRIDAY - April 26th
- Aaron Firetag + Friends
Charleston Pour House, on the deck
6p - FREE
- The Dead 27s and TJ Jazer (Greenville)
The Windjammer
9p - $7
- Jordan Igoe
Cutty's Elliotborough Establishment
9p - FREE
- Versus Angels, Fusebox Poet (Charlotte)
Tin Roof
9p - $5
- Ryan Bonner Band
Home Team BBQ (West Ashley)
9p - FREE

SATURDAY - April 27th
- Fifth Annual Strap-On Face Funk, feat. The Dead 27s, OldYou, Yellowknife, Shonuff, Gaslight Street + more
Charleston Pour House
3-10:30p - $5 adv/$10 dos
- "Rhythm is My Business" local female talent showcase, feat. Jordan Igoe, Lily Slay, Stefanie Bannister + Dorothea Hudson
Main Library Auditorium
3-4p - FREE
- JAIL BREAK music, arts + funhouse street fest, feat. Brave Baby (5-6p); The Dubious Battle (Ryan Bonner, Luke Cunningham + Tyler Mechem, 6:30-7:30p); The Royal Tinfoil (8-9:30p); Steven Fiore (10-11p)
Old City Jail
4p - $15 adv/$20 dos

SUNDAY - April 28th
- "Girls Rock!" Charleston Volunteer Interest Party
Andolini's, downtown
3p - FREE

MONDAY - April 29th
- "After School Special" w Rachel Kate + Antoine Dukes
Charleston Pour House, on the deck
6p - FREE
- South Carolina Broadcasters
Yo Burrito
6:30p - FREE
- "Willie Nelson's Birthday Tribute", feat. Lyndsay Holler, Lesley Carroll, Fairy God Muthas, Jimmy Snyder + more
Tin ROof
7-11p - donations

TUESDAY - April 30th
- "Eclectic Evenings", feat. Skwirl Grinda and Godwin Falcon (Savannah)
The Royal American
7p - FREE
- Co. plays w Modern Man and Besnard Lakes (Montreal)
Charleston Pour House
8:30p - $10
- Whiskey Diablo
Home Team BBQ (West Ashley)
9p - FREE
- Scott Dence
The Rec Room
9p - FREE
- The Nobody Brothers (a Ryan Bonner project), Tuesday residency
Loggerhead's Beach Grill
10p - FREE


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St. Paddy's Day ~ Charleston Style

Charleston may not exactly be known for its Irish heritage, but it damn sure knows how to celebrate St. Paddy's! There's plenty to do around town over the next few days, so pull on your drinkin' boots and program those cab companies into your phone - it's gonna be a long weekend!

 

FRIDAY ~ 3.15
* "Goodbye, Goodnight, So Long" - Crowfield, the 2012 CPMA Rock Band of the Year, plays its final show tonight at the Charleston Music Hall. Joined by friends Ryan Bonner, Luke Cunningham and John Satterfield, this beloved band's grand finale is sure to be one filled with good tunes, tears and tales for the ages.
@ Charleston Music Hall
Doors 7p
$20

* Happy Story Hour, the thoughtful and at times haunting duo comprised of Mackie Boles and Jordan Igoe, join forces tonight with Sinners & Saints (Charlotte) to finger pick and strum their way into your soul.
@ The Mill
Doors 9p
FREE - 21 and up

* West Ashley's Tin Roof is playing host to a metal blues brawl with local badasses Bully Pulpit and Wilmington import Thunderlip. The parking lot will be tight, the music will be loud, and the PBR will be nice n cold!
@ Tin Roof
Doors 9p
$5


SATURDAY ~ 3.16
* The Next Charleston Record Expo is going down from 10a - 5p at Monster Music & Movies in West Ashley! Admission is free and parking is plenty (remember, the Citadel Mall is just across the street). There will be food trucks, vinyl vendors and sweet deals on everything from dive bins and rarities to imports and collectibles! Bring in your old vinyl if you're looking to trade!
Monster Music & Movies
10a
FREE

* Repeated winner of The City Paper's "Best Of" awards for Most Authentic Pub and Best North Charleston Bar, Madra Rua Irish Pub recently celebrated its 10th anniversary in Park Circle, and on Saturday proudly celebrates the Tenth Annual St. Paddy's Day Block Party and Parade! East Montague will be shut down for the parade at noon, followed by food trucks, artists, family fun and three stages of live music (full schedule, below)! With entertainment ranging from Irish classics and swing tunes to blues and funk, the show will be capped off by local line-up, Wadata at 6p.
Madra Rua Irish Pub / East Montague Ave. / Park Circle
12p
FREE

* A mash up of regional bands are lining up your Saturday night at Tin Roof, with Modern Man (Greenville), Cement Stars (Charlotte) and Knives & Daggers (Asheville). Not sure about the cover for this one, but bring a couple bucks for the door, just to be safe.
Tin Roof
Doors 9p
? - 21 and up

SUNDAY - 3.17
* "St. Patrick's Brunch and All Day Erin Go Bragh Party" - Drink off the hangover with the good folks at Tin Roof! They'll be cooking up a tasty brunch menu starting around noon, and celebrating with Irish festivities throughout the day. Stick around for gypsy sex rockers The Royal Tinfoil that night, hitting the stage around 9p!
Tin Roof
12p Party / 9p Tinfoil
FREE / $5 - 21 and up

 

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Show Calendar ~ February

This blog seeks to promote the musicians and bands throughout Charleston and our sister cities who are working hard on crafting their own original music, so this post may not appear as full as some of the other sites that list every live set (including cover and party bands) going on around town. If I'm missing anyone, please post in the comments section below or send an e-mail so that new shows can get added.

FEBRUARY 4 - Monday
Cattle in the Cane @ EVO Pizzeria
9p - Free
Dangermuffin, February Weekly Residency @ The Pour House
8p - $5
Sarah Cole + the Hawkes @ The Drop In Bar & Deli
11p - Free
Songwriter's Association Open Mic @ Home Team BBQ (West Ashley)
8p - Free

FEBRUARY 5 - Tuesday
Happy Story Hour; Looka Looka Looka (FL) @ Tin Roof
9p - $5
ALBUM RELEASE: Sol Driven Train, Underdog
Marshall Hudson + Brad Edwardson EP "Anecdote" @ Kudu
8:30p - Free
Unit 4 @ The Tattooed Moose
9:30p - Free

FEBRUARY 6 - Wednesday
Jordan Igoe + Friends @ Juanita Greenberg's Nacho Royale
10:30p - Free
Lowcountry Blues Club @ Home Team BBQ (West Ashley)
8p - Free
Guilt Ridden Troubadour @ Home Team BBQ (Sullivan's Island)
8p - Free
Barn Jam @ Awendaw Green
6p - $5 donation
Sarah Cole + the Hawkes @ Arts Bar & Grill
10p - Free

FEBRUARY 7 - Thursday
Pierce Edens + the Dirty Work (Asheville) @ The Royal American
9p - $5
Meet the Sky; Pan (Columbia) @ Tin Roof
9p - $5
Local Music Showcase, feat. Hobo Ground Suckers; Harlem Downtrotters (Atl); Antagonizers (Cola) @ The Mill
9p - Free

FEBRUARY 8 - Friday
Pierce Edens + the Dirty Work (Asheville) @ Morgan Creek Grill
7p - Free

FEBRUARY 9 - Saturday
Elonzo (Rock Hill) Album Release Show, feat. ELIM BOLT @ The Royal American
9p - $5
"Folly Gras After Party" feat. Gaslight Street; Ryan Bonner @ Loggerheads Beach Grill
4p - Free

FEBRUARY 10 - Sunday
Allstar Blues Jam + Oyster Roast @ Home Team BBQ (West Ashley)
12p - $10

FEBRUARY 11 - Monday
Dangermuffin, February Weekly Residency @ The Pour House
8p - $5
Sarah Cole + the Hawkes @ The Drop In Bar & Deli
11p - Free
The South Carolina Broadcasters @ Yo Burrito
6:30p - Free
Songwriter's Association Open Mic @ Home Team BBQ (West Ashley)
8p - Free

FEBRUARY 12 - Tuesday
Cattle in the Cane @ The Tattooed Moose
9:30p - Free
Eclectic Evenings @ The Royal American
7:30p - Free
ALBUM RELEASE: Unifier, Colorado (Atlanta)

FEBRUARY 13 - Wednesday
Jordan Igoe + Friends @ Juanita Greenberg's Nacho Royale
10:30p - Free
Lowcountry Blues Club @ Home Team BBQ (West Ashley)
8p - Free
Guilt Ridden Troubadour @ Home Team BBQ (Sullivan's Island)
8p - Free
Barn Jam, feat. Savage Tongues, Firewater, The Ray Sisters + more @ Awendaw Green
6p - $5 donation
Sarah Cole + the Hawkes @ Arts Bar & Grill
10p - Free

FEBRUARY 14 - Thursday
"A Whole Lotta Love", feat. Elise Testone @ The Charleston Music Hall
6:30p - $18 balcony, $20 floor, $35 VIP
Guilt Ridden Troubadour @ Southern Bar & Grill
9p - Free
Local Music Showcase @ The Mill
9p - Free
Graham Whorley @ Juanita Greenberg's Nacho Royale

FEBRUARY 15 - Friday
Jordan Igoe's One Woman Band @ Cutty's Elliotborough Establishment
9p - Free

FEBRUARY 16 - Saturday
Rachel Kate Gillon, Lily Slay + Jordan Igoe @ The Royal American
9p - $5

FEBRUARY 17 - Sunday
Alex Vans + the Hide Aways (DC); The Tarlatans @ The Royal American
9p - $5

FEBRUARY 18 - Monday
Dangermuffin, February Weekly Residency @ The Pour House
8p - $5
Sarah Cole + the Hawkes @ The Drop In Bar & Deli
11p - Free
Songwriter's Association Open Mic @ Home Team BBQ (West Ashley)
8p - Free

FEBRUARY 19 - Tuesday
Rachel Kate Gillon + Antoine Carmine Dukes, Tour Kick-off @ The Tattooed Moose
9p - $5
Eclectic Evenings @ The Royal American
7:30p - Free
Luke Cunningham @ Home Team BBQ (West Ashley)
9p - Free

FEBRUARY 20 - Wednesday
Wadata @ The Pour House
9p - $5
Jordan Igoe + Friends @ Juanita Greenberg's Nacho Royale
10:30p - Free
Lowcountry Blues Club @ Home Team BBQ (West Ashley)
8p - Free
Guilt Ridden Troubadour @ Home Team BBQ (Sullivan's Island)
8p - Free
Barn Jam @ Awendaw Green
6p - $5 donation
Sarah Cole + the Hawkes @ Arts Bar & Grill
10p - Free

FEBRUARY 21 - Thursday
The Royal Tinfoil; Holy Ghost Tent Revival; Carrie Nation + the Speakeasy @ The Pour House
9p - $10 adv/$12 dos
ELIM BOLT; Wilder Maker (Brooklyn) @ Tin Roof
9p - $5
Local Music Showcase @ The Mill
9p - Free

FEBRUARY 22 - Friday
Sol Driven Train, Album Release Celebration @ The Charleston Music Hall
7p - $22

FEBRUARY 24 - Sunday
Elephant Man + the Dubplates, w Zumjay @ The Pour House
7p - $17 adv/$20 dos

FEBRUARY 25 - Monday
Dangermuffin, February Weekly Residency @ The Pour House
8p - $5
Sarah Cole + the Hawkes @ The Drop In Bar & Deli
11p - Free
Songwriter's Association Open Mic @ Home Team BBQ (West Ashley)
8p - Free

FEBRUARY 26 - Tuesday
Rachel Kate Gillon + Antoine Carmine Dukes @ The Recovery Room
9p - $?

Eclectic Evenings @ The Royal American
7:30p - Free


FEBRUARY 27 - Wednesday
Jordan Igoe + Friends @ Juanita Greenberg's Nacho Royale
10:30p - Free
Lowcountry Blues Club @ Home Team BBQ (West Ashley)
8p - Free
Guilt Ridden Troubadour @ Home Team BBQ (Sullivan's Island)
8p - Free
Barn Jam, feat. Megan Jean + the Klay Family Band @ Awendaw Green
6p - $5 donation
Sarah Cole + the Hawkes @ Arts Bar & Grill
10p - Free

FEBRUARY 28 - Thursday
Old You; The Tumbleweed Wanderers @ The Pour House
9p - $8
Alswell; Linear Downfall @ Tin Roof
9p - $5
Local Music Showcase @ The Mill
9p - Free


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Show Calendar ~ January

Here it is - the first monthly schedule of 2013! 

This blog seeks to promote the musicians and bands throughout Charleston and our sister cities who are working hard on crafting their own original music, so this post may not appear as full as some of the other sites that list every live set (including cover and party bands) going on around town. If I'm missing anyone, please post in the comments section below or send in an e-mail so that new shows can get added.


THURSDAY - Jan. 3
- Tin Roof: The Outervention
Doors 8p
$5
- The Brick: Tyler Spooner
Doors ?
$?
- Wild Wing Cafe (North Charleston): Southwood
Doors 9p
FREE

FRIDAY - Jan. 4
- Tin Roof: The Wet Machine, w Scott Dence + Antoine Dukes
Doors 8p
$5
- The Mill: Lily Slay; Dead Leaves (Nashville)
Doors 9p
FREE
- The Pour House: The Everyone Orchestra, feat. Jason "Lefty" Williams
Doors 9p
$15 adv / $18 dos

SATURDAY - Jan. 5
- Tin Roof: Hybrid Mutants; Funny Looking Kids (FLK)
Doors 8p
$5
- The Pour House: The Everyone Orchestra, feat. Wallace Mullinax
Doors 9p
$15 adv / $18 dos
- The Mill: Antoine Dukes w Rachel Kate; Yes Ma'am; Outdoor Protestant Blues Band
Doors 9p
FREE

SUNDAY - Jan. 6
- The Sparrow: Bully Pulpit; Stone Mountain Freeway (Atlanta)
Doors 9p
$5

TUESDAY - Jan. 8
- Home Team BBQ (Sullivan's Island): The Outervention
Doors ?p
$?
- The Pour House: "Firetag's Birthday Bash", feat. Quasiphonics, Jordan Igoe, Skwirl Grinda + more
Doors 7p
FREE

WEDNESDAY - Jan. 9
- The Royal American: Leogun (London); Bully Pulpit; Costumes (Austin)
Doors 9p
$5
- Juanita Greenbergs: Jordan Igoe
Doors 10p
FREE 
- The Pour House: Concrete Jumpsuit (Columbia); The Tarlatans
Doors 9p
$5 adv / $7 dos

THURSDAY - Jan. 10
- The Royal American: The Head (Atlanta); The Dunder Chiefs (Rock Hill); Wrenwood
Doors 9p
$5
- The Mill: Local Music Showcase
Doors 9p
FREE
- Tin Roof: Bully Pulpit; El Camino
Doors 9p
$5

FRIDAY - Jan. 11
- The Pour House: "A Nick Collins Benefit", feat. Fowler's Mustache
Doors 9p
$5 min. donation
- Tin Roof: Introducing Fish Taco; The Collection (Greensboro); Paleface (Everywhere)
Doors 8:30p
$5

SATURDAY - Jan. 12
- Music Farm: "CofC Battle of the Bands", feat. Tyler Boone, Stop Light Observations, South Street + more
Doors 8p
$5

SUNDAY - Jan. 13
- Tin Roof: Sinners & Saints (Charlotte); Jordan Igoe
Doors 8p
$?

TUESDAY - Jan. 15
- Recovery Room: Matadero
Doors 9p
FREE
- Loggerhead's Beach Grill: The Vagabond Choir, feat. members of Dead 27s (Wallace Mullinax, Oliver Goldstein) + members of Old You (John Pope, Young-MiFeldsott)
Doors 9p
FREE

WEDNESDAY - Jan. 16
- Tin Roof: Clint Fore; La Calle
Doors 8p
$5
- Awendaw Green: Barn Jam, feat. Caroline Aiken (Atlanta), Phyllis Tannerfrye (Georgetown), Danielle Howle (Columbia) + Josh Harty (Fargo)
Doors 6p
$5 donation
- Juanita Greenbergs: Jordan Igoe
Doors 10p
FREE
- The Pour House: PoHo Family Jam
Doors 9p
FREE

THURSDAY - Jan. 17
- The Pour House: Brave Baby Album Release Show; ELIM BOLT; Octopus Jones (Raleigh)
Doors 8:30p
$8 adv / $10 dos - includes CD
- Tin Roof: The Moon and You (Asheville); Lindsay Holler; Harrison Ray
Doors 8p
$5
- The Mill: Local Music Showcase
Doors 9p
FREE

FRIDAY - Jan. 18
- Morgan Creek Grill: "Winter Tide Cocnert Series" / Caroline Aiken & Danielle Howell Songwriter's Series, feat. Rachel Kate Gillon
- The Windjammer: Loners Society opens for Cowboy Mouth (New Orleans)
Doors 9p
$15
- The Brick: Four 14 (Greenville)
Doors ?p
$?

SATURDAY - Jan. 19
- Boones Bar: Tyler Boone
Doors 9p
$?

TUESDAY - Jan. 22
- Recovery Room: Happy Story Hour
Doors 9p
FREE

WEDNESDAY - Jan. 23
- Juanita Greenbergs: Jordan Igoe
Doors 10p
FREE
- Awendaw Green: Barn Jam, feat. TBA
Doors 6p
$?

THURSDAY - Jan. 24
- The Pour House: Josh Roberts + The Hinges (Columbia); Guilt Ridden Troubadour; The Outervention
Doors 9p
$8 adv / $10 dos
- Tin Roof: Tyler Boone; Carey Murdock (North Augusta)
Doors 8p
$5
- The Mill: Local Music Showcase
Doors 9p
FREE

SATURDAY - Jan. 26
- The Sparrow: Bully Pulpit; All Get Out
Doors 9p
$?
- The Royal American: The Fairy God Muthas
Doors 9p
$5

SUNDAY - Jan. 27
- The Pour House: "Virgil Kaine Bourbon's 1st Birthday", feat. The Royal Tinfoil, Mazloom Empire (Columbia) + Rachel Kate Gillon
Doors 8p
$8

TUESDAY - Jan. 29
- Tattooed Moose: "Craft Beer Tuesdays" w Bully Pulpit
Doors 9p
$?

WEDNESDAY - Jan. 30
- Juanita Greenbergs: Jordan Igoe
Doors 10p
FREE
- Awendaw Green: Barn Jam, feat. TBA
Doors 6p
$?

The Royal Tinfoil + The Whiskey Gentry - A vagabond baptism for your ears

Whiskey swillin’, hell raisin’, rabble rousers!

This is Charleston’s The Royal Tinfoil, a vaudeville troupe of musical mavericks boasting some of the finest talent that this town has to offer. Their debut record, Well Water Communion, easily stands as one of the iconic pieces of Charleston’s modern music history, but if you haven’t seen this band play live, then you’re missing out on half of the experience. Their recent show at the Pour House was their last performance of the year*, ending 2012 with a blood boiling bang.

Opening for the Tinfoil was The Whiskey Gentry (Atlanta), a finger pickin’ Dixie roadhouse act, fronted by the married duo Lauren Staley (vox + guitar) and Jason Morrow (lead guitar + backing vox). The Gentry kicked off their inaugural Charleston appearance with a rafter-rattling original, making the Charlie Daniels Band seem like amateur hour at an open mic night. Staley’s voice is stunning in its purity and pretty innocence, crisp as the country night sky, channeling the likes of Connie Francis and Loretta Lynn. Fiddle player Rurik Nunan and mandolinist Michael Smith played with a captivating fury, while Sam Griffin’s electric bass nailed down the pace, running clean lines up and down the long fret board.

The band coalesced with a tightness and technical precision usually reserved for the gears of clockwork. When Smith broke into an electrifying mandolin solo, the other members of the band turned on the stage to watch his fingers fly; when Nunan took to the mic to lead a cover of Steeldrivers’ “Guitars, Whiskey, Guns and Knives”, his smooth, rich voice was met with not only applause from the crowd, but also whoops and cheers from his band mates.

Absent from the Pour House line up was the Gentry’s banjo and accordion player, but the band more than made do with its jangly guitars and jaunty fiddle work on original tunes like “Hard to Find” and “Queen of My Heart”.

“We need some help on this next song,” Staley said, inviting the crowd to sing along before the Gentry broke into a raucous rendition of their tune “Comrade”. Opening with several bars reminiscent of a Russian wedding song (think “Deer Hunter”), “Comrade” quickly escalated into a foot stomping, drum kit thrashing wash of sound, barreling along like a runaway train. “Preacher’s Daughter” is a powerful tune that not only showcased Staley’s strength and control, but her lyrical prowess, as well. “Eula Mae” plays out like a Dust Bowl revival song, combining the best of the Gentry’s swift string plucking with Staley’s vocal range, as she effortlessly scaled the song to reach the higher notes. The band wrapped their sweet honky tonk performance with an unlikely (but well done) cover of Radiohead’s “Creep”, leaving the crowd revved up and ready for the return of The Royal Tinfoil.

Opening their set with the finger snapping “Rat on a Wheel”, it was immediately clear why this show from The Royal Tinfoil had been in such high demand - and why the Pour House was a packed house. Captivating lead singer, Lily Slay, has a smoky vocal style that is as commanding as it is authentic, lending itself well to the gypsy jazz, speakeasy vibe that The Tinfoil has so craftily cultivated. Complementing Slay is the wild-haired Mackie Boles (vox + guitar), whose impassioned stare is matched only by his startling, gripping voice. Brad Edwardson’s upright bass is a powder keg of sound, thumping as steadily as a metronome but ready to explode, while Tim Edgar’s harmonica crackles like a raging campfire.

The Tinfoil swung through tunes from their album, including the uptempo “Bitter Pill” and “Die Already”, as well as a fistful of rocking new songs. Friend of the band and fellow Charleston musician Rachel Kate Gillon, who had performed earlier in the evening at a festival downtown, even joined the stage for a selection of songs. The steadfast and energetic performance was dotted with introductions, anecdotes, whiskey and dedications, with Slay at one point calling up the house lights to peruse the crowd.

“Whiskey goggles aside,” she smirked, “y’all are real good lookin’.”

The band confidently pounded through their set, descending with the darkness of the night into the meatier, circus psychology of their cache. They played with a stylized heaviness, the burning, carnal guitar and Slay’s husky tone like something organic and wild, but far from uncontrolled – rock n roll with a tortured, vagabond soul. Singing of liquor and hand grenades, sweet siren songs, ghost towns and a lost lover’s impending death, The Royal Tinfoil evoke an eerie excitement, a feeling that something is lurking in the shadows just beyond the light. The boogieman is real, and on this damp night he took center stage as Boles crept into “Stalker vs. Stalker”, a perfectly sleazy doom tune with clever lyrics and a lurking bass line.

Dripping with sweat and rife with fervor, Boles then began to recant the Tinfoil’s tale of gypsy sex and she-wolves with the introduction to “Theme from Muscadine”. The crowd erupted as he spoke, his throaty voice a mash up of Tom Waits and Dr. Teeth, leading the Tinfoil like a side show ringmaster. After the song’s final cry of “Mother fuckin’ Tinfoil!” had been bellowed out, the band was joined again by Rachel Kate and members of The Whiskey Gentry, along with local singer Jordan Igoe, for a sweat flinging, hand clapping encore of “The Wretched Curse of Fools”. It was cut off time, but neither the band nor the crowd was ready for the night to end.

“Do you guys want one more song?” Slay beckoned. “Well I threw my pick in the air as some grand gesture, and now it’s gone. That’s my flair for drama,” she laughed, and then drove the band into a fiery version of Ween’s “It’s Gonna Be a Long Night”.

Captivating and complicated, ballsy, passionate and raw, The Royal Tinfoil is everything that rock n roll was ever meant to be. It triggers something deep within, exorcising the demons of inhibition and providing the listener with a freedom that people all too often do not afford themselves.

And if that doesn’t get your bones a’ rattling, then you simply do not have a soul.


* Correction: The Royal Tinfoil will play at Home Team BBQ (Sullivan's Island) on Dec. 30th ($5) and Dec. 31st ($12 adv/$15 dos).

The Royal Tinfoil on Facebook: www.facebook.com/TheRoyalTinfoil
The Royal Tinfoil on ReverbNation: www.reverbnation.com/theroyaltinfoil
Twitter: @TheRoyalTinfoil

The Whiskey Gentry on Facebook: www.facebook.com/TheWhiskeyGentry
The Whiskey Gentry on ReverbNation: www.reverbnation.com/thewhiskeygentry
Twitter: @WhiskeyGentry

 

 

 

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Locked and Loaded - The Royal Tinfoil are returning to the Pour House

Charleston's one and only, The Royal Tinfoil, bring their moonshine-soaked gypsy blues back to the Pour House this Saturday, Nov. 17th, for their first big show since wrapping a successful tour over the summer. The months between the end of that tour and now have been anything but low-key for the band, as most of the members play in other acts around town or have their own side projects, but the Tinfoil is revved up and ready to shake some souls. Armed with a stockpile of new tunes and a bloodied-knuckle fistful of demon-exorcising energy, this is guaranteed to be one hell of a show.

Sharing the bill is Atlanta's own The Whiskey Gentry, love child of Lauren Staley (lead vox + guitar) and Jason Morrow (lead guitar + vox). Sounding like bluegrass that's overdosed on Adderall, this band plays with all the excitement and fury of a good punk show, married with the daring melody and all the finger pickin' goodness of a classic country act. But this isn't your average hipster alt-country outfit - The Whiskey Gentry is good ol' foot stompin', sweat flinging Appalachian rock at its finest, and I'm psyched to welcome them to our town!

The Royal Tinfoil, "Stalker vs. Stalker" @ Charleston's Pour House

 

 

The Whiskey Gentry, "Eula Mae" @ Atlanta's Five Spot

Charleston Pour House - 1977 Maybank Hwy., phone: 571.4343
Doors - 9p
Cover - $8 adv, $10 dos

The Royal Tinfoil @ Bandcamp: www.RoyalTinfoil.bandcamp.com
Facebook: www.facebook.com/TheRoyalTinfoil
Twitter: @TheRoyalTinfoil

The Whiskey Gentry Website: www.TheWhiskeyGentry.com
Facebook: www.facebook.com/TheWhiskeyGentry
Twitter: @WhiskeyGentry


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