At least I can on this exultant track from Purp's excellent Quarterthing.Ĥ0. Joey Purp, Hallelujah: Throw a stack of bright horns on a great, fun rap song and you can feel the smile radiate through your earbuds. Pretty fitting soundtrack to the state of human relations these days.Ĥ7. Beach House, Lemon Glow: A cryptic, slightly ominous shoegaze number about that dreamlike love we can't quit chasing. Lucid Dreams wasn't just the emo-rap jam of 2018 it was the emo jam of 2018, period.Ĥ8. Juice WRLD, Lucid Dreams: Basically, XXXTentacion without the ethical baggage. In the meantime, the poignant piano ballad Changes is the sort of unique song and memory that those who admired XXX's music, if not the man himself, should cling to.Ĥ9. The ethical baggage that comes along with that, well, we'll just have to sort out later. 1 albums in 2018, the influence of his bracing voice still seems poised to grow. His death brought a fresh spotlight to his short but influential discography, and left rappers like Lil Wayne and Kanye West tugging at the scraps left behind so they could feature him on posthumous releases. But no one deserves to be murdered, as XXX was in June. South Florida rising star XXXTentacion was in the eyes of many a bad person, with a violent history of charges including domestic battery. XXXTentacion, Changes: All right, let's just rip off this Band-Aid. 26.If you're on Spotify, you can listen along here. 15 before once again gracing the stage Surf Bar on Wednesday, Sep. They will also be playing a gig at Planet Follywood on Saturday, Sept. They play every Friday this month at Rita’s Seaside Grille. There will be plenty of chances to catch the B. Together, they raised enough money to pay her medical bills for three years. 21, opening up for New Orlean’s band The Crooked Vines.īender Funk recently played a fundraiser at dive and biker bar, The Celtic Knot, in Summerville which was held for a local woman with a brain tumor. The band played at The Purple Buffalo in North Charleston for the first time on Aug. Throw in Zdanek’s soulful voice and you have a Bender Funk.īender Funk’s bold energy has the ability to please crowds ranging from diners at family friendly restaurants to event goers at Charleston Pride Group events like Pride Festival at Brittlebank Park last year and Toast to Equality. Their sound is comprised of the shredding guitar solos of Mason (aka The Toddfather), Fleck’s deeply heart-warming, booming bass lines, and Chris Bonneau’s rock solid fills and steady pocket flows from the drums. “We’re just put here to do what we’re meant to do,” says guitaris Mason. Funk has a way of making these disperate styles their own. “Everyone (in the band) has their own sound and we’ll melt into one sound.” This is evident when you hear live versions of songs written by varying artists such as Susan Tedeschi, Stevie Wonder, John Mayer, Joe Walsh, Bonnie Raitt, Bob Dyan, and Bob Marley. “I’ve seen myself personally grow and the band grow together,” she says. Now finally having a band of her own she’s stoked to be playing music full time and coming back to a restaurant where she formerly waited tables. Singer and songwriter for the band, Zdanek’s drive and powerful soul fuels the band’s passion.īack when she was waiting tables at Rita’s on Folly, Zdanek would get up and sing with other bands. “She knew I loved soul music and would have fun,” she says. In college, Zdanek’s roommate convinced her to sing with her gospel club. With the sultry yet soulful sound of Jaymee Zdanek’s lead vocals, Todd Mason on lead guitar, Keene Fleck on Bass, and Chris Bonneau on drums, Bender Funk is one of Charleston’s busiest up and coming bands. When watching local band Bender Funk in action, it’s extremely hard to believe that they have only been performing together for a little more than a year. Local band Bender Funk puts the soul and funk in rock ‘n’ rollīy Miranda Steadman | Contributing Writer
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