For fans of Elliott Smith, Pedro The Lion, John Vanderslice, Sufjan Stevens, Etc.

Andy Crissinger has been a long time influence on everything I have done musically over the last 10 years whether be journalistic or with my guitar.  Andy hasn’t released anything very recently, but the music that he has on Myspace and Purevolume deserves [...]

Help me get a list of all of the SC releases so we can rank them.
Start emailing your suggestions to me at SCscene@yahoo.com or leave them in the comments.
I’ll put up a poll for fan’s top albums and then my top 10 list after we get a good list together to choose from.
So far we [...]

Don’t think I wasn’t going to tell you that Home Town Hero Darius Rucker is going to be performing his hit country single on the Tonight Show with Jay Leno Tonight.

In the last couple of months you have read reviews I have written about Marry a Thief and This Machine is Me so I decided to give someone else a shot at it.  I introduce to you Shelby Sachs.  Shelby writes for The Daily Gamecock and is involved in Carolina Productions along with other activities [...]

This is random, but just yesterday I was talking about how I wished I could access my Itunes library from anywhere and didn’t have to worry about updating my Ipod.  Well…I introduce you to “The Cloud.”
Soon you and I will have access to every song ever recorded, stored somewhere on the internet and accessible anywhere [...]

Michael Livingston Cinematography Reel Early 2008 from Michael Livingston on Vimeo.
What do you consider cheating?  For the longest time AGO had Waffle House as one of their main influences.  While I hesitate to say that our leaders of Southern Grunge are abandoning their WaHo roots, tonight they are having a one night stand with Denny’s.
I [...]

I would like to update this post with a video of “That Dude That Lost American Idol and has those bracelets that say Save a Drum, Bang a BeatBoxer.“  The real question is why was there anyone at this show when Marry a Thief/Ben Walker/Austin Crane were playing a free show in 5 Points?  If [...]

This afternoon tune into 93.5 and 90.5 so you can hear both Marry A Thief and This Machine Is Me.  There will be interviews and acoustic performances.
Listen to 90.5 at 4:00pm for Marry A Thief
or 93.5 at 4:00pm for This Machine Is Me after which they will head over to 90.5 at 5:00pm for more [...]

We haven’t heard a lot from The Devil and The Lion in the past couple of months, but I have a feeling that is about to change.
An online store is in the works along with a self titled EP, both of which are having the finishing touches put on them.
For now you can go to [...]

Congrats to those guys on winning the Acoustic Competition at USC last night.  It must be their week with their CD Release party coming up Friday, radio interviews on 93.5 and WUSC and now this.
It was great getting to meet a handful of new people last night and make some new contacts.  If you played [...]

To Cock N Bull Monday November 3rd.  I’m sure Bentz will have some good advice on who everyone should vote for the following day.
It is not the same as the Red Tub, but I’m very happy that Bentz has brought it back!
Right Bank Rails is a forum for songwriters to perform their original songs before [...]

I caught up with Brandon of Marry a Thief and Jeff of The Decade about some of their favorite moments from the State Fair.  I went on Friday night and saw a couple of local artists out in the rain enjoying the fair.  I bet you didn’t have any idea.
Every year Carnies, unsafe rides and [...]

Ramseur Records and Horizon Records have also teamed up to give away a $200 shopping spree @ Horizon to one lucky winner attending the Greenville show. Anyone with a ticket to the show will also receive a special discount on November 1st.

For over thirty years Gene Berger has been at the helm of his independent [...]

9:30-11:30PM Russell House Bookstore’s Starbucks
So Carolina Productions is hosting an Acoustic Comepetition this Tuesday night at Starbucks in the Russell House and I have heard a lot of buzz about it.  I think I know what it is about and if everything works out that will make my day.  I haven’t worked on the Carolina [...]