BRIGHTFORD | DAKOTA SLINGSHOT | YOUNG TOM FURY
NEW BROOKLAND TAVERN | SEPT 13, 2008
If you’ve hit up open mic night at New Brookland Tavern recently, you might have caught singer-songwriter Brightford. The first thing I noticed about her was her soulful voice, and not in that strung out Winehouse way, but in a more subtlly-crooning style.
Many of the songs remind me of a song you’d see featured at the conclusion of and up-and-coming dramatic sitcom that begs to become popular among the music snobs by using appropriate yet under-the-radar songs and artists. The scene might feature a montage, recapping all the destruction. Perhaps it would be an intimate first kiss between the out-of-luck protagonist and his life long crush. Regardless of the situation, the point is that they are trying to make that end scene make you tune in next week, and if I had a scene like that, I just might exploit Brightford’s talents.
Slingshot Dakota, a 2-piece outfit from Brooklyn will be joining her at NBT. They carry a solid backbeat and a piano that does a great job of going from pretty to dirty. You can hear the passion, the sound is minimal and charmingly darker than most female-fronted bands.
Young Tom Fury from Rock Hill will open the night, carrying catchy punk tunes with some flare. It is by no means pop-punk, they simply utilize dynamics to bring a unique quality to a style that is stereotypically repetitive.
THE HEIST AND THE ACCOMPLICE | PRABIR AND THE SUBSTITUTES | HAMMER NO MORE FINGERS
NEW BROOKLAND TAVERN | SEPT 13, 2008
The Heist and the Accomplice, Columbia’s own indie tour-de-force, have been around for quite sometime. Before I left Greenville in 2004, I knew this producer and engineer named Crismo (current member in Greenville band East North) who received a demo from this band of 15 year olds, and he told me that I just had to hear them.
Unfortunately, most bands don’t stay together. They try it out for a year or two, settle for a manager position at McDonalds, and disband when they are frustrated with trying to form a following. The Heist and the Accomplice have toughed it out, and as a result have arguably the best following in Columbia, based on a personal score graded on loyalty and whether or not I would want to hang out with said fans.
Little did I know that I would end up in Columbia years later, finding out they really were all the rage. The only difference now is they are older, tighter, and with three albums under their belt.
If you haven’t had the chance to see The Heist and the Accomplice, their show at New Brookland Tavern September 13 is their music video premiere. Opening the night are Chapel Hill’s catchy, swinging rock band Hammer No More Fingers and Richmond’s vintage rock n roll outfit Prabir and the Substitutes. I’ve been a big Prabir fan for a while thanks to WUSC, but they don’t come around often.
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