The Purple Buffalo

The Purple Buffalo is the spiritual successor to King Dusko — same owner, same counter-culture DNA, now planted in a gutted warehouse shell off the railroad tracks in North Charleston. It runs a tight 100-person capacity, books all genres from jazz nights to open mic, and gives stage time to acts that wouldn't find it elsewhere downtown. The crowd skews fiercely local and can read that way to newcomers; the sound system has drawn real complaints, which is a legitimate knock for a room that bills itself on live music.