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I was chatting with Philippe Herndon, the man behind Caroline Guitar Company, at a show recently when I told him that his pedals have created a “sound” for South Carolina musicians and bands. He might know it, but he wouldn’t admit it. Local musicians love Caroline guitar pedals, not only because they are made here [...]
Before beginning their month-long residency at Snug Harbor last night, Elonzo released the first single off their upcoming album Salt in the Wound, Flesh on the Bone. “Canon Fire Desire” builds slowly, opening with drums that become of the backbone of the song, before soaring into a chorus of piano, bass, and guitar leads [...]
Over the last couple of years we’ve considered expanding, but we’ve never figured out the right way without spreading ourselves too thin. We tried to expand to the upstate with SceneSCUpstate, but that was mostly a failure. We flirted with the idea of starting a network of “Scene” websites, like SceneNC for North Carolina, but [...]
2012 in Review By Mike Mewborne: 2012 saw the dawn of a new age. I am not sure whether that applies to the whole world, or cosmos, or not, but it certainly applies to The Lovely Few. This year saw a great deal of change in our personal lives as well as how we [...]
Top 10 Albums of 2012 Now, Now - Threads Passion Pit - Gossamer Alabama Shakes - Boys and Girls Lovedrug - Wild Blood Rayland Baxter - Feathers and Fishhooks Shovels and Rope - O’ Be Joyful The Rocketboys - Build Anyway Paper Route – The Peace of Wild Things The xx - Coexist First Aid Kit - The Lion’s Roar Honorable Mentions: David Ramirez [...]
“Jingle Bells” might be Mike Mewborne’s least favorite Christmas song, but it didn’t stop him from taking it on, and putting his on twist on the Christmas classic. Mewborne and his band The Lovely Few are no stranger to reconstructing classic Christmas songs, breaking them down and building them back up with carefully constructed bursts [...]
New Masses last show was July 1, 2011 opening a sold out show at New Brookland Tavern for Washed Out. One show, a project from Calculator frontman Tyler Morris that seemed short-lived. Now he’s back, with a new song that will only be up for two days, so download it now if you want to [...]
Luke Cunningham’s latest album Heart Pressure was born out of the many years of hard work and time spent on the road with his former band Part Time Heroes. The round about trip through the music industry brought him back to square one, songwriting and telling the stories of his life over the past years. [...]
Tis’ the season for Christmas songs, and over the years there have been a few dandy original Christmas songs written by local musicians. The first that comes to mind is Todd Mathis’ song “Credit Card” with the chorus “Credit Card, Credit Card, Momma Put Christmas on the Credit Card.” Obviously an instant classic. In fact, [...]
This week has been full of craziness. We had a seasonally appropriate dressed monkey shopping at Ikea, Paul McCartney is a stand in for Kurt Cobain and everyone went crazy over 12/12/12. Additionally, everyone is most likely inundating you with end of the year lists. Don’t worry, we here at SceneSC will also be doing [...]
Let it be known first and foremost that I play with Marshall Brown in his live band. With that being said, I have nothing to do with the writing and recording process. Brown is kind of amazing with that side of things and I’d only be getting in the way. He records just about everything [...]
Well, I guess the news around the Junior Astronomers camp is touring and more touring. While Dead Nostalgia is recorded, mixed, and mastered, a release date is yet to be set. The good news is we have them coming to Columbia, SC gets to be involved in those tour dates. On Saturday January 12, 2013 [...]
Its that time of the year. The stockings are all hung by the chimney with care, in hopes that sir St. Nick will soon be here. Time for Christmas parties and ugly sweaters. Well, not ugly sweaters here in famously hot Columbia, SC, but that shouldn’t get your spirits down. Egg nog and Christmas-scented candles [...]
SIGUR RóS – VALTARI The Nickelodeon Theatre December 8 Saturday Showtime at 10PM BUY TICKETS NOW In May of this year Icelandic band Sigur Ros released their 6th studio album, Valtari, along with 17 fan created short films commissioned by the band. Since the release of the album, the short films have screened on every [...]
Do you ever randomly get this song stuck in your head on your drive home from work? Me either. I also never cried in elementary school because my dad wouldn’t take me to Freaknik. Or cried when Freaknik was outlawed. I never did any of these things. What I did do was read a lot [...]
