Category: Current Events
Show Preview: Peter Wolf Crier
Peter Wolf Crier w/ Milagres, Dylan Dickerson, and Young Mumbles Sunday, Oct. 2nd El Burrito, 5 Points, Columbia, SC 6pm All Ages $5 If you miss this one, you really don’t know what’s going on. This is definitely the best show to hit Columbia this fall, maybe even this year. All [...]
Wilco-The Whole Love Listening Party
Monday September 26 New Brookland Tavern 8 PM FREE Facebook Event The night before Wilco’s much anticipated album The Whole Love hits the streets we’ll be hosting a listening party at New Brookland Tavern with drink specials and giveaways. Wilco’s Yankee Hotel Foxtrot is a landmark album on the music timeline for an entire generation [...]
The Best Things About Hopscotch Festival 2011
Marie Antoinette once said “I have seen all, I have heard all, I have forgotten all.” I’m pretty sure she said that after attending Raleigh’s Hopscotch Festival. I feel like I saw so much and did so much that I can’t remember any of it, does that make sense? I decided to try to remember [...]
Red Hot Chili Peppers Prize Pack
Above is a picture of the actual poster you are entering to win. Not only are you entering to win this rare autographed poster, but you will also receive their entire music catalog. What’s the catch? There is no catch. You’re hearing “The Adventures of Rain Dance Maggie” on the radio all the time and [...]
Charleston Record Expo Line Up Announced
Earlier this year Monster Music hosted the first record convention in Charleston in the last 15 years. That turned out to be such a hit that they’ve decided to do it again. Next Saturday, September 24 vendors from all over the East Coast will be bringing their vinyl and other memorabilia to Monster Music for [...]
Shallow Palace to Release New Record and Tour
Shallow Palace had a succesful Kickstarter campaign earlier this year to raise money for the recording of their new album. Now the fruits of their labor about to be relieved to the world as their new album is currently being pressed on vinyl and will be supported by an East Coast tour starting in October. [...]
Enter To Win: Horrible Crows Lithograph
It was a hot hot hot summer July day nearly three years ago when we went to New Brookland Tavern to see Gaslight Anthem. What we heard was sweaty working class punk that stopped into Columbia on an off date from Warped Tour. The Gaslight Anthem was on Warped Tour 08′?? Yeah, Warped Tour has [...]
Listen to Late Nights
This song. This band. That’s all. Thursday September 22 The Elbow Room 5 POINTS PUB $5
The Explorers Club Announce Sophomore Release
Charleston retro rock outfit The Explorers Club will be releasing the follow up to their 2008 harmony fueled album Freedom Wind in early 2012. The upcoming LP will be titled Grand Hotel and is also heavily influenced by the music of the 1960′s like their previous release. With so many bands out there these days [...]
Album Review: Hotel Lights-Girl Graffiti
Girl Graffiti by Hotel Lights is a darn fine record. I’m just going to get that out of the way right off the bat because it needs to be said without any pretense or bullshit. That is in fact what makes it such a great record. It doesn’t try to be anything except what it is, [...]
Frontier Sons and The Lion in Winter Tour
Facebook Event Frontier Sons and The Lion in Winter are taking off on an East Coast tour today, playing their first show in Rock Hill, SC at The Money with Polar War. While The Lion in Winter has had a handful of single online releases, Frontier Sons will celebrate the release of their new album [...]
Welcome to Hopscotch: Day 1 Overview
So I just got settled in at Hopscotch. I’m sitting in front of Port City Java on the corner of Fayetville and Martin and things have already gotten interesting. Check in was a breeze. Walked up, gave my name got my pass and walked out. Then I figured out that there is absolutely nothing going [...]
Introducing: Typhoon
Beautiful would be the top word to describe this band. But talented would be a close second. Typhoon are a band from Portland, Oregon with a band ranging from 13-21 members, depending on where they play. When I saw them at Lollapalooza they had 13 members, including 2 drummers, trumpeters, and two violinists. It seems [...]
David Bazan Ticket Giveaway/Simpsonville Sept. 21
David Bazan | Living Room Show – Simpsonville, SC – September 21 Purchase Tickets (11 Remaining) David Bazan-Wolves at the Door For David Bazan fans a living room concert is the ultimate experience. He makes all of his live shows personal with fan questions and interaction, but to be in the comfort of someones living [...]
Show Review:Guster and Jacks Mannequin
If you ever have a chance to see a show at Patriot’s Point in Charleston it’s a good idea to attend. Having the chance to see a show on the harbor overlooking downtown Charleston is really an all around great experience. You can bring your dog, put your beach chair in the sand beside the [...]
