Author Archive: David Stringer
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Tapp’s Arts Center Hosts Say Brother and More
Say Brother Capital City Playboys/Reid Stevens Tapp’s Arts Center Saturday August 6 9 PM $3 Over $5 Under The Tapp’s Arts Center continues it’s heavy downtown presence in the arts community by hosting Say Brother, Capital City Playboy’s and Reid Stevens this Saturday night. This event is in addition to the first Thursday at Tapp’s [...]
Weaving the Fate and Casual Kings @ Township Auditorium
August 20, 2011 – Doors: 6:00pm Show: 7:00pm Ticket Info: All tickets are $12.50 Orchestra (General Admission NO SEATS) First & Second Balconies & Gallery – Reserved Seating On Saturday August 20 The Township Auditorium will be hosting a back to school show featuring three Columbia bands including Weaving the Fate (fka Villanova), Casual Kings [...]
5 Points Pub is Back
Facebook Oh 5 Points Pub, it’s like you never really left us. The venue currently known as The House in 5 Points, formerly known as Sudworks, formerly known as The Elbow Room, will once again be 5 Points Pub. In celebration of the new name, 5 Points Pub is having a blowout week featuring shows [...]
The Mill Closes Its Doors
After two years operating as Columbia’s top rehearsal facility The Mill will be closing it’s doors on August 24, 2011. The Mill opened up right after the Sumter Street sheds were shut down to bands and bands were left looking for a place to practice. We did a little feature and inside tour of The [...]
Free Download-Matrimony-Obey Your Guns
Obey Your Guns (FREE New Single!) by Matrimony Matrimony is offering their new single “Obey Your Guns” up as a free download on Bandcamp and has also debuted a video for the song to go along with the release. Matrimony is from just up the road in Charlotte and has a grassroots sound stemming from [...]
Album Debut-Toucans “Black”
photo credit – Caitlin Bradley – http://www.ckbimages.com/ Will Flourance has put on many hats in his day, including playing guitar fronting retro rock band The Fluorescents, to being one half of comedy rap duo Sweet Vans, the man can do it all. With Toucans, Flourance shows his musical side through his computer. Self labeled [...]
Parachute Musical at New Brookland Tavern
Parachute Musical will be making their way back to New Brookland Tavern Thursday night with Ocean is Theory, Wylie and The Lion in Winter. Parachute Musical is gearing up to release their new album Kill It Cut It Down and will be playing songs from the upcoming album. They’ve offered up two of the [...]
Week Off, Back to Business
I took last week off from posting because all this music stuff was burning me out. Plus, Hipster Runoff was taking a two week break so I thought I’d go with them and give the internet a rest. So now we’re back to shake up the internet. So much stuff happened during the last couple [...]
CherryCase Farewell Columbia Show
Saturday July 16 New Brookland Tavern There has been sort of a mass exodus from Columbia to Nashville in recent years and the trend continues with CherryCase and Frontier Sons who will be playing together this Saturday as a farewell to Columbia of sorts. CherryCase has been a Columbia staple for as long as Scene [...]
Free Download-Toro Y Moi (NBT Thursday Night)
Toro Y Moi New Brookland Tavern Thursday July 14 With the recent heatwave in Columbia, it now makes perfect sense why Ernest Greene and Chaz Bundick started playing “chillwave” here. If the air conditioner can’t cool you off, then maybe the music can. And you’ll need some of that “chillwave” Thursday night at New Brookland [...]
Washed Out Interview
We interviewed Ernest Greene of Washed Out after their show in Columbia July 1 outside of New Brookland Tavern. Don’t forget that the new Washed Out album comes out today and to celebrate we’ll be giving away 30 autographed posters along with vinyl, stickers, shirts and more at Bey’s tonight at the Washed Out listening [...]
Free Music: Littlest Sounds July Download
Click to download Our friends at Littlest Sounds have released their July edition of the Littlest Sounds Compilation. Many South Carolina bands have been featured on this download in the past and this months features our own Coma Cinema. We had Matt Little and his band Commerce in town a couple of weeks ago and [...]
All Get Out Blue Indian Acoustic Alley
If Blogs had best friends ours would be The Blue Indian. We’re excited to say that SceneSC and The Blue Indian are finally teaming up for some shows featuring two bands from SC and two bands from Georgia this October. We’re still nailing down the dates, but it looks like it will be a Friday/Saturday [...]
Washed Out Listening Party July 12
Tuesday July 12 Bey’s in 5 Points 10 PM FREE Facebook Event If you missed the Washed Out show last week, you not only missed an amazing show, but also one of the hottest dance parties in Columbia. I know some people didn’t get in because it sold out, but don’t fret, the listening party [...]
David’s Summer Cuts Volume 2
It’s been a while since I’ve updated everyone on what I’ve been listening to this summer. It’s mostly been Bon Iver, Washed Out, Manchester Orchestra, Dawes and Madi Diaz. I’ve been wearing all of that out and I still find time to cram in everything else. I’m going on opposite ends of the spectrum for [...]
