The Thing 

w/ The Simplicity & Jalen Reyes

Friday, April 24th 2026 
Charleston Pour House 
Main Stage 
8pm doors /9pm show 
$20 General Admission

The Thing
 

What is The Thing? It’s a New York band, sure, but it’s also an ethos. A return to rock & roll’s roots — to garage bands toiling between the family minivans, to groups like the Beatles and their unique alchemy, to tape machines and live band recordings instead of slick studios and myriad songwriters. “We've kind of adapted the ethos of: with restriction comes creativity — old becomes new. And throughout every part of the process that remains true,” says guitarist/vocalist Jack Bradley.

Never is that more apparent than on their self-titled third record, out August 6th on their own label. A rough and tumble suite of 12 songs that nods to everyone from The Kinks to The White Stripes, The Thing sounds like old New York revivicated and remixed. “It showcases all of us, all of our different personalities,” says bassist/vocalist Zane Acord. “In The Thing, we’re a collective band. We hang our hats on being a true band — where we all have the spotlight. I think that gives us a different edge.” That album follows 2023’s debut, Here’s the Thing, and The Things Is, which dropped the following year.

The four members of Thing came from intersecting backgrounds, lending to their rock-and-roll-as-melting-pot vibe. Acord grew up with a drummer dad who hipped him to bands like Led Zeppelin and Grand Funk Railroad; he met guitarist/vocals Michael Carter — an avid Beatles fan — in middle school. The duo went on to collect Bradley in high school, an aspiring producer with a studio in his basement and a yen for psych rock. Jazz drummer Lucas Ebeling linked up with the band when everyone found their way to New York in 2022. They’ve since played more than 300 shows across the world.

The band’s self-titled work, then, is a culmination of all those influences — and all that hustle. “We threw all of our different various influences throughout — all the decades of rock and roll and adjacent genres — and ended up with something of our own,” Bradley says. “Our contribution to the genre. Our style. Our… thing.”

The Simplicity

The Simplicity may just be the best-kept secret in rock ‘n’ roll, but not for long. The Charleston, SC quartet—John Bias(guitar, vocals), Tommy Merritt (bass guitar), Drew Lewis (drums), and Connor Hollifield (guitar, vocals)—is ready to make their mark with a sound that fuses the rootsy grit of Americana, the attitude of punk, and the swagger of classic rock.

The Simplicity released their 2nd album MONEY on November 15th, 2024 The band’s influences read like a playlist of rock’s most iconic acts—Dylan, The Beatles, The Rolling Stones, Wilco, The White Stripes—but don’t mistake them for just another throwback. The Simplicity channels their heroes while creating something distinctly their own: a blend of tight riffs, infectious melodies, and a raw, unpolished energy that’s been missing in rock’s mainstream.

Their 2022 EP DAHLIN’ was a statement of intent, a rough-and-tumble collection that introduced a band who refuses to be boxed in by genre lines.

With MONEY, The Simplicity is ready to take their place among rock’s elite, capturing the defiance of punk and the soul of country, wrapped up in a blistering rock ‘n’ roll package. This is a band that doesn’t just play music—they embody it, living on the edge of chaos in the best possible way.

If you’re looking for the next great rock act to lead the charge, The Simplicity is ready to take up the mantle.

Jalen Reyes

“Lend a cup to any one Everybody needs a little honey Scoop up a little bit of Jalen’s steamin’ Magic Stew”

Jalen Reyes is Savannah, Georgia’s busiest drummer. If you find yourself going to a rock show in the city at a bar, seeing jazz uptown, or listening to country at the local honky tonk, JR is probably behind the kit.

All the while, Jalen Reyes has been recording. His practice space and home studio - The Lilly Pad - has been a temple of creative refuge. After meeting Dylan Lee (Washed Out guitarist) the two almost immediately began writing and recording what was to come on Magic Stew. A portrait of Savannah and the wholesome beauty that embodies the spirit of the soul began to emerge. The resulting sound is one of devotion, love, God inspired but not God fearing ideals, family, doubts, and the ultimate truth.

A year later, with help from mixer Drew Vandenberg (Faye Webster), the resulting album is one that touches on almost every American musical genre of the past, while expressing thoughts and concerns about the American experience that, for better or worse, seem to be sewn into the flag itself, perhaps behind the shining stars.

“So I take the time in the day, to watch the babies at play”

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