Author Archive: David Stringer
Hometown-Blue Ridge, SC
Currently Resides in-Columbia, SC
Went to High School in-Rock Hill, SC
Graduated from USC in 2006 with a degree in Public Relations
Favorite band- R.E.M.
Spirit Animal- Moose
Sounds of Spring Volume One
Dawes-My Girl To Me Dawes has always been on my radar, but I didn’t give them a proper chance until recently. They’ll be in Asheville May 15, and I have all intentions of going. “My Girl to Me” is my favorite song on the North Hills album. Completely confident and so true in a lot [...]
Indie Grits Festival Passes On Sale
Indie Grits Festival passes and film passes for Indie Grits are now available through the Nickelodeon website. The passes are well worth the cost if you plan on being involved with the festival. It’s hard to beat the Fork and Spoon showcase, Valley Maker, Mermaids and the man the myth the legend Toro Y Moi. [...]
Show Preview: Larkin Poe
Larkin Poe A Fragile Tomorrow Jade Blocker Price: $10 Advance / $12 Day Of Show Genre: Folk / Folk Rock / Acoustic Listen to Larkin Poe Larkin Poe will be playing at New Brookland Tavern this Friday March 18, two days before Spring is officially here. Why does this mean anything? In 2010 the Lovell [...]
A Conversation with John Mark McMillan
Charlotte native John Mark McMillan is heading off on his first legitimate headlining tour this Spring accompanied by friends and band mates All The Bright Lights. We caught up and talked to him about balancing family and touring, his latest release The Medicine and what he would like to change about the music industry. DS: [...]
It’s Still Winter? Jams
I know it has seemed like Spring for about a month now, but it won’t be here until March 20 so we have to sulk in the last week or so of Winter. Rocky Votolato-What Waited For Me Rocky Votolato will bring his rainy day Northwestern folk to New Brookland Tavern this Friday March 11 [...]
Monster Charleston Record Expo
On Saturday March 26th Monter Music and Movies in Charleston will be hosting the first record convention to be held in Charleston in many years. Vendors from all over the Southeast will be setting up tables selling everything from vinyl to music memorabilia to comic books. Prices will range from the inexpensive dollar records to [...]
Free Download:Harps-Trouble Is a Friend
Photo by Pat Wright Photograph (Right Click, Save Link As) Harps-Trouble is a Friend (Lenka Cover) Harps is the new solo/collaboration project from former Marry a Thief drummer Colin Brown featuring former Marry a Thief keyboardist and remix master Aaron Robertson. Brown has been playing drums mostly as a “hired gun” lately in search of [...]
Free Download: Emily Lynch-Amy’s Song
(Right Click, Save Link As) Emily Lynch-Amy’s Song A couple of weeks ago we were lucky to catch Emily Lynch’s set opening for Jill Andrews at The White Mule. The next night we made it up to the show in Charlotte while she was playing to a sold out crowd. We didn’t make it into [...]
Kopecky Family Videos
Kopecky Family Band Team Stringer was at The Channel in Greenville Friday night to check out The Kopecky Family Band on their Neato Burrito Qdoba tour. Lucky for us Ghosts of the Great Highway was added to the show late. Unlucky for us, there is no Qdoba in Greenville, so we didn’t get any free [...]
Album Review: Sequoyah-Spells
Download Today Sequoyah-Do What I Do It seems as if Sequoyah has finally come into their own as a band. Spells is the album that they have been waiting to make for the better part of the last decade. After all the hype and the touring from the “make or break” album which was Ghost [...]
Show Preview: Kopecky Family Band/Dylan Gilbert/Ghosts of the Great Highway
Last year we caught up with The Kopecky Family band out of Nashville and chatted them up about their new record and their favorite things about South Carolina. Saturday the 7 member band will be at New Brookland Tavern with Dylan Gilbert and Ghosts of the Great Highway (Phil Windsor). Check out our interview with [...]
Greenville’s Downtown Alive Line-Up
Greenville’s Downtown Alive event starts up this month on Thursday, March 17th and continues every Thursday through August. It’s a free event and includes a variety of music to please everybody. The city of Greenville has always done a great job at bringing in bands from around the state and across the Southeast through their [...]
The Dirty White Announce Dismemberment #StayInFlorence
H/T Scene SC Upstate Author: Myles There’s an old cliché people tend to spit out along the lines of “music changed my life” or the hyperbolic “(insert band name here) changed my life!” as a declaration of a particular artist’s importance. With that said, I can say without any doubt or hesitation: The Dirty White [...]
Littlest Sounds Compilation
FREE DOWNLOAD Littlest Sounds have released their first compilation featuring 31 bands, including four from South Carolina. This release will be part of a monthly compilation series spreading good music to fans everywhere. Check it out, find new music, get in touch with the bands, buy their albums, go see them live. Circle of music [...]
Winter Feels Like Spring Jams
Middle Brother-Blue Eyes Middle Brother-Blue Eyes So we got the best shot from the super hip indie buzz folksters Monsters of Folk, now we have a new folk super group on our hands in Middle Brother. Middle Brother is made up of the frontmen of Deer Tick, Dawes and Delta Spirit. Their new album spanks [...]
