Rupert Hudson
Yes, I was named after famous british polar bear Rupert. In fact, I was named after a cat that was named after that cartoon bear. This is exactly the reason why I’d have to say an orange cat is my spirit animal. Though, it’s kind of more like this cat is my spirit goddess. My spirit animal is a bit more like a grizzly duck, which is a grizzly bear with a duck’s beak. Two reasons: 1) When I wake up I am angry and grumble a lot, like a grizzly bear but once I wake up I am (usually) friendly and I quack a lot, and 2) I own a sweater with a grizzly bear on it and one with a duck on it. I am obviously obsessed with music and everything to do with music. I have been to over 80 concerts, I am in a band called One Two Skidoo, and I also co-host a radio show of that same name on WUSC. I was born in a country called London (I would say England, but you Americans seem to be set on the fact that England is only London). I was actually born in Brighton, England, but I don’t wanna confuse you too much so we’ll say I’m from London. I then moved to a super freezing area of Canada. You’re probably thinking “but all of Canada is super freezing!”. That’s not true. Well, kind of not true. I do that school thing at the University of South Carolina, and I write about music on this website, obviously. David Stringer is my hero.
So a couple weeks ago I posted an article about Lollapalooza announcing their lineup and some readers got angry because it was not relevant to South Carolina. Well, here’s something even further away than Chicago. It’s in England. Haters come hate. I am going to England this summer to do some research and I will [...]
Raleigh, NC-based band T0W3RS who we loved so much at Hopscotch last year (you can see the review here) have released two new tracks onto their bandcamp site. They played one of their very first shows at The Hive at Hopscotch last year and they will be performing at the [...]
Starting today things are getting a little crazy in Columbia. The biggest thing is obviously Indie Grits. It’s going to be a massive festival full of film, food, and music. There are a huge number of events as part of this festival but I’m going to focus on the concerts, as they’re looking to be [...]
September 6-8 Downtown Raleigh, NC The Raleigh, NC based Hopscotch Festival has just announced a pretty fantastic looking lineup. SceneSC were there last year, and let me tell you, it was something else. You can check out my article about last year’s right here. When 2011′s lineup got announced I probably knew about 5% of [...]
I don’t even understand this lineup. It’s absolutely incredible. Topping the bill are Red Hot Chili Peppers, The Black Keys, Black Sabbath, and Jack White. Personally I am just excited to see Jack White as I tried extremely hard to get tickets for his show at The Orange Peel but it sold out in seconds. [...]
Oh my god this is beautiful. Here’s the deal: Mostly Midwest – a music website similar to SceneSC but based (mostly) in the midwest – records sessions with artists sometimes. They recently recorded a session with one of my favorite people in the world, Nathan K. Nathan is no stranger to SceneSC. He’s played shows [...]
WUSC Presents Folkcycle Fest Part 2: Burrito Boogaloo Saturday April 14 1-10pm El Burrito, Columbia, SC $5 +21/ $7 under featuring Junior Astronomers, The Get Wets, Sea Wolf Mutiny, and so many others. Alright guys. It’s almost summer, and like I said in my article about Beale St Music Festival last week, the summer music [...]
Beale St. Music Festival Memphis, TN May 4-6 $75 TICKETS Somehow it is April already, and I guess that means summer is coming soon. This means that the summer music festivals have almost all released their massive lineups (with the exception of Lollapalooza’s April 11 announcement). Some would say that the official [...]
On March 23, 2012 The Head and the Heart played at the 40 Watt Club in Athens, GA with Drew Grow & The Pastor’s Wives and Black Girls When I went to see The Head and the Heart last Friday I thought I knew what to expect after seeing them at Bonnaroo. I knew that [...]
Last Wednesday (March 14) Young The Giant played a show at the University of South Carolina. I was very lucky to both attend this show and interview guitarist Jacob Tilley. He was an extremely nice guy and I’ll post his interview below this short show review. I was fortunate enough to catch Young The Giant [...]
A long time ago, at a SceneSC house show, my first band played our first show with a man named Nathan John Klages. Little did I know that meeting this brilliant musician would lead to an ultimate friendship and also opening for one of our favorite bands, Stepdad, a few months later. All I knew [...]
WUSC Presents… Elvis Depressedly, Cameron Gardener Trio, Dear Blanca, Paleface, and Dylan & Dayne. Conundrum Music Hall, Columbia, SC Friday, March 16 8pm $5 for 21+/$7 for under WUSC has put together another great show featuring some amazing artists. It’s definitely something worth seeing this Friday night. Below is some information about [...]
Dr. Dog w/ Givers The Orange Peel, Asheville, NC Thursday, March 15 9pm $18 TICKETS I’m sure you’ve heard this band at some point in your music listening careers. They have been going hard since 1999 and they proved that they’re still going with their February release of Be The Void. [...]
Fanfarlo w/ Young Man Cat’s Cradle, Carrboro, NC Friday, March 9 Doors – 8pm $15 Tickets Alright South Carolina, it’s spring break and I know you want to have a good time. If you’re not off drowning your stress in snake juice on Daytona Beach or flipping cats with the monks [...]
The Explorers Club played with Gringo Starr and SUNBEARS! at The Pour House in Charleston on Friday, March 2 Good music that comes from the South is always a great thing. Since moving here, I’ve started to respect the South’s music scene a whole lot more than I used to. We’ve got some really good [...]
