Archive for January, 2009

Show Preview: Bill Mallonnee

Show Preview: Bill Mallonnee

Friday, February 6, 2009 8:30pm – 10:30pm The Watershed 711 E. Main Street Suite S Lexington, SC “Being a son of the South, it’s hard not to be surrounded by the beauty of things fractured and incongruous…it’s the stuff of real songs” One of the goals of Scene SC is not only to introduce readers [...]

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January 31, 2009 | 0 Comments More
Monster Trucks and Music

Monster Trucks and Music

Friday and Saturday night these guys are coming to town. What else is happening Friday night? At The Watershed this Friday night The Dirt and The Flood officially release their new CD entitled  “The Garden” and I am telling you now that is one of the best CD’s that will come out of South Carolina [...]

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January 30, 2009 | 0 Comments More
Interview:Charlie Duncan

Interview:Charlie Duncan

Here is an interview with Charlie Duncan courtesy of DJ Panda AKA Marcy Bozek (who needs to work more with Scene SC).  Charlie is playing tonight at New Brookland Tavern with Wasted Wine and Juicebox. Discover Simple, Private Sharing at Drop.io

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January 28, 2009 | 0 Comments More
WUSC Charts for 1-27-09

WUSC Charts for 1-27-09

Charts 1-27-09 RADIO 200 CHARTS: 01 ANIMAL COLLECTIVE Merriweather Post Pavilion 02 ANDREW BIRD Noble Beast 03 TORO Y MOI My Touch 04 BRASS BED Midnight Matinee 05 RAINBOW ARABIA The Basta [EP] 06 JAGUAR LOVE Take Me To The Sea 07 MIRANDA LEE RICHARDS Light Of X 08 STARFUCKER Starfucker 09 JJ GREY AND [...]

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January 28, 2009 | 7 Comments More
Film City, South Carolina

Film City, South Carolina

My buddy O’Neal Compton wrote this editorial for The State and I thought I would share it here with you.  You can see from the video above he knows his way around the film industry and in the last couple of years he has been busting his ass to get more business in South Carolina. [...]

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January 27, 2009 | 4 Comments More
Toro y Moi 12″/Digital Download

Toro y Moi 12″/Digital Download

Columbia artist Toro y Moi is releasing a new 12″ ep on Savant Guard out of Brooklyn, New York on March 2, 2009 NEW RELEASE TORO Y MOI “LEFT ALONE AT NIGHT” [SVG002] – OUT MARCH 2nd 2009 Brooklyn NY’s tiny heavyweight, The Savant Guard, follows their highly praised release of Pink Skull’s Drugs Will [...]

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January 27, 2009 | 0 Comments More
Duncan Sheik and his Rock Opera

Duncan Sheik and his Rock Opera

Via NPR The music on Duncan Sheik’s new Whisper House forms the core of a new musical of the same name. Songs From ‘Whisper House’ ‘We’re Here To Tell You’ “You’ve Really Gone and Done It Now” CD: Whisper House Artist: Duncan Sheik Label: RCA Victor Released: 2009 Loading… All Things Considered, January 24, 2009 [...]

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January 26, 2009 | 5 Comments More
Photo:Austin Crane/Ghosts of the Great Highway

Photo:Austin Crane/Ghosts of the Great Highway

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January 21, 2009 | 0 Comments More
Album Review: Daniel Machado

Album Review: Daniel Machado

Guest Post By Stephen Russ (The Fire Tonight) “I’m terrified to find out who I am” These words are found in the title track of Daniel Machado’s self labeled “16 song rock opera” Themes In American Friction.  The lyric represents a huge selling point of this hour plus musical opus – the baring of the [...]

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January 20, 2009 | 5 Comments More
USC Acoustic Cafe, January 20th

USC Acoustic Cafe, January 20th

(Videos From Past Acoustic Cafes) Cayla Fralick-Just as Quietly from Scene SC on Vimeo. This Machine Is Me-Starbucks In Russell House from Scene SC on Vimeo. At the Russell House Starbucks 0n January 20th, I will be playing an extended set of music alongside of my fellow acoustic accomplice Ashton Green. I’m previewing acoustic versions [...]

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January 19, 2009 | 3 Comments More
Charlotte Is Movin On Up

Charlotte Is Movin On Up

Somehow I haven’t heard about the NC Music Factory until today. If you haven’t heard of it then you really need to check it out, because the plans for this are impressive to say the least. The North Carolina Music Factory will be a 35 acre campus in downtown Charlotte reminiscent of Beale Street in [...]

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January 19, 2009 | 11 Comments More
Congratulations to Say Vandelay

Congratulations to Say Vandelay

We have had the opportunity to cover Say Vandelay a couple of times now at a show in Sumter and at the CD release party for This Machine is Me and we are extremely happy to relay the news that they have signed to Masquerade Recordings and will be hitting the East Coast Indie Stage [...]

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January 17, 2009 | 0 Comments More
Cats and Cobras Show Review

Cats and Cobras Show Review

Splattered Inc is a new blog in town writing show reviews and helping out the Columbia music scene.  They just happened to have posted a show review of my band Cats and Cobras, so I’m sharing it with you here.  Thanks to the guys at Splattered Inc. and keep up the good work. Cats and [...]

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January 17, 2009 | 1 Comment More
Be Positive

Be Positive

The Scene Is Dead? One of the contributors of AbsolutePunk wrote the blog in the above link about how the music scene is dead.  I want the readers of this website to know my personal opinion on this subject, so here was my reply. Maybe I have gotten too old and I am in denial [...]

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January 17, 2009 | 3 Comments More
Homemade Genius

Homemade Genius

If you happen to be in Greenwood this Saturday be sure to go to The Arts Center at 120 Main Street for a concert/fundraiser for Homemade Genius. Homemade Genius is a not-for-profit organization whose mission is to encourage the artistic skills and/or musical abilities of individuals, particularly those youth from disadvantaged backgrounds, so that they [...]

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January 15, 2009 | 0 Comments More