Every Brick of Downtown - Josh Roberts and the Hinges 04.11.09 - Capital City Stadium, Columbia, SC I swear I will fluff this band until they break. Josh and Co. came on stage around 1 am and just brought it at the Music Crawl in Columbia a couple Saturdays ago. The Music Crawl had its 10th birthday last week. $5 gets you 32 bands on 6 stages all in walking distance of each other, and it's a totally eclectic mix. Money well spent. They played an abbreviated which gained speed immediately upon entry with Nautilus>Eleanor Rigby>Nautilus, [...]
Lunch With Stephen King - Josh Roberts and The Hinges 06.20.08 - Music Farm, Charleston, SC I have just one thing to say about the Josh Roberts show I went to this past Saturday night. Josh absolutely dominates the telecaster. It is a part of his body. The Hinges are blowing up all over the Southeast, and filling music halls and clubs everywhere. Columbians (SC, that is) have known about Josh for years, and his former band Captain Easy. The Hinges are cut from a totally different cloth. They are raw and [...]

I'd never heard of this fella until Darren Woodlief sent me this guest piece. I think I've listened to the Josh Robert & The Hinges material everyday since. I hope y'all like it as much as I have. I met Josh Roberts back around 1999, when his band, Captain Easy, was still in its infancy. They were all excited because a friend of theirs, Ryan Monroe (now with Band of Horses), was moving back to Columbia to join the band. Captain Easy was a [...]

Get Out! is indierocket!'s occasional guide to getting down in the Soda City. FRIDAY :: 02.01.08 Black Swan :: Hunter-Gatherer :: 11 p.m. Black Swan 's dark, progressive indie rock makes excellent use of post-rock and goth-rock touchstones, creating a moody, atmospheric sound all its own. Reid Hardaway's nimble, heavily reverbed arpeggios counter-balance Courtney Vincent's simple piano structures perfectly, and Hardaway's tasteful use of delay recalls early British shoegazers Ride. And let's not forget the rhythm section, the simple-yet-effective combination [...]