I’ve gotten the lovely opportunity to meet and converse with some Charleston musicians recently including some pretty amazing, go-getting soul-searching folk meets 90′s alt meets classic rock locals like Dominic and Sean Kelly of A Fragile Tomorrow and Matt Megrue [...]
Back in the habit, Got some new jams for y’all! I was going to post this Sunday, but I was very turnt in Greenville in a Quality Inn that was not quite quality. I couldn’t let it hold me down [...]
Summer is stifling a yawn. The mid-afternoon murky mirage has swept our lives into a hypnotic daze that has left us trapped. Enticing heatwaves simmer in the distance, steaming off asphalt in a desert-like glory that only late July temperatures [...]
So, it’s been a minute. David and I agreed that I needed something other than summer/winter jamz…besides, Bakari’s got that on lock. Kat’s Corner – coming to you live from Nashville (not the TV show). I just got a new [...]
The beginning of Shakey’s story can be found around a campfire in the wilderness of a backcountry music festival. As his friends sat happily enjoying the innate mystic warmth of the fire, something lurked in the shadows. There appeared a [...]
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For me this was a show of mixed emotions. As Susto kicked off their nationwide summer tour in support they started by playing three South Carolina dates including a kickoff show in Charleston at The Royal American, then onto Columbia, [...]
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View more photos from Sean Rayford and this Frank Turner show. I felt like an impostor at the Frank Turner and The Sleeping Souls show Sunday night at New Brookland Tavern. As the show was well sold out I heard [...]
Photos and words by Alexis Schwaillier For being someone who enjoys talking about music, I have never thought about a show in terms of anything but photography. I can tell you I had fun, and I liked it. Or that [...]
Moment – Yosef & Caroline Glaser by Yosef Even at his relatively young age, Joseph “Hunter” Duncan has been a long time staple of the Columbia music scene. In his mid-teens he shone with potential, with snarling yelps and adolescent [...]
Say Anything/The Front Bottoms/So So Glos/You Blew It! play Amos Southend in Charlotte, NC June 21, 2014. The last time I saw three of the bands on this bill I was in Austin, Texas for SXSW. For Say Anything that [...]
Stream “The Great Unknown” by Jukebox The Ghost Exclusively on Spotify RSVP Here There’s no cure for the post-weekend Monday blues like Blue Moon and Brooklyn’s Jukebox the Ghost all for free at Charleston Pour House as part of the [...]
The Felice Brothers play Drumstrong Music Festival Saturday May 17 in Charlotte and May 18 at Charleston Pourhouse Charleston Ticket Info On the heels of their new album Favorite Waitress due out on Dualtone Records June 17 in the states, [...]
Aaron Graves helped me to love my music scene again. His battle with an inoperable brain tumor has been well documented thus far, both through the media, and updates on Tumor-Schumor.com. I’ve kept in touch with plenty of South Carolina [...]
Cancellieri spends most of his time on the road, playing all types of different venues as he journeys across the states. He’s usually playing through his own PA system, and most of the gigs include a mix of originals and [...]
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The Goonie$ are hard at work with yet another 2014 release. This time it’s from front man $pidey who recently dropped a ten track EP entitled The Beach via Sole Food Music. The release comes on the heals of fellow Goonie$ member Towns well received [...]
35mm by Slow And Steady South Carolina native and current Austin, TX resident Jacob Lawter premiered “35 mm” from his new project Slow and Steady earlier this month at Brooklyn Vegan, along with the announcement of a debut album later [...]
These days I’m trying to live like Balzac. Honoré de Balzac was a French writer famous for his irregular sleeping schedule- going to sleep at 7 pm, “like the chickens” to wake at 1 am, working through the night, give or take [...]
Under the confidently capitalized title ACADEMIA_, Columbia-based producer/EDM artist Tyler Matthews crafts baby-smooth electronic climes with a similarly absolute, and well-justified, confidence. With drum-tight production, the innocuous tones and clean, sure rhythms of his seven-track debut release are wielded with a pleasant [...]
April 1 brought the release of Cloud Nothings’ Here And Nowhere Else and as expected, it is angst-ridden and full of energy. This album, particularly the first few tracks, feels like a crush. The moments of tension, longing, hope, embarrassment, [...]
Just over a year ago, a friend turned me on to Mike Golden & Friends–a rollicking crew from the greater Chicago area. I was blown away by the intensity and passion within each song I listened to, and had the [...]
From the ashes of much loved Peedee post-rock band The Dirty White has risen a new post-punk band fronted by Dirty White guitarist Josh McDowell. Formed in early 2014, thus far the band has focused their energy on live shows [...]
After some home town dates and a couple of dates opening for Band of Horses, Susto is now in the midst of a nationwide tour that currently has Justin Osborne camping lakeside somewhere in California. Out supporting his debut album [...]
What we’ve learned over the past couple of years is that when The Restoration does something, they do it really well. From the bands first performance donning retro garb that matched the early theme of their music, they’ve found ways [...]
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We’re excited to premiere the new video from The Lovely Few for the song “Mariner” off their most recent album The Geminids. Over ten years from the early 1960′s to 70′s NASA launched 10 Mariner spacecrafts to do nonlanding flybys of both [...]
Local comedy hero Rory Scovel is returning to South Carolina for a pair of shows in Greenville. Rory is a native of the upstate who first performed in Spartanburg, before moving on to Washington, DC and New York to develop [...]
Comedian Joe Pettis has created two of the best shows in Atlanta: Beer and Comedy Night, a twice-monthly show held at SweetWater Brewery, and Underwear Comedy Party, held once a month at the The Village Theatre, which is of course [...]
Comedian Doug Stanhope thrives in non-traditional stand up venues, with his skill for combining the grotesque and brilliant, New Brookland Tavern should be a perfect fit. You might remember him from his brief stint co-hosting The Man Show or his [...]
Ben Kronberg is a comic from New York City, currently touring the Southeast. This Friday he will be at the Red Door Tavern in West Columbia and this Saturday at CityRange in Greenville Ben has been on John Oliver’s New [...]
Facebook Event Brave Baby with Susto at The Music Farm in Charleston May 13 $5 Brave Baby has a knack for starting off the year with a bang. In 2012 they dropped a bomb by changing their name from Wylie [...]
Conor Oberst + Dawes May 11 at Charleston Music Hall Tickets Dawes is the most unassuming popular rock band out there these days and it’s refreshing. Frontman Taylor Goldsmith downplays being considered by some as one of the top songwriters [...]
Facebook Event There’s someone behind the scenes at Arts and Draughts that’s done not only an incredible job of bringing in talent, but has also been very kind to us here at SceneSC. Friday will be Shannon Burke’s last Arts [...]
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Doors: 8:00 pm / Show: 9:00 pm Music Farm Charleston, SC This event is all ages More Show Info and Tickets For those of you who have AT&T U-verse and are country music fans you’re probably already familiar with their Country Deep App. [...]