Category: Interviews
First Listen: The Tarlatans-Carolina
The Tarlatans-Carolina We’ve been excited about introducing SceneSC readers to The Tarlatans for a little while now. We saw one of their videos online and shortly after donated to their Kickstarter to help fund their new album. After hearing their song “Carolina” I knew that it had to be on the 2012 SceneSC Sampler and [...]
Kopecky Family Band Surges into 2012
This time last year, nothing felt out of the ordinary for frontman/guitarist Gabe Simon and the rest of the Nashville based Kopecky Family Band. They had released a spectacular tandem of EPs to end 2010, The Disaster and Of Epic Proportions, and were ready to take their act on the road in a big way. [...]
Interview: The Fire Tonight Come Home
The Fire Tonight’s show in Anderson, SC Saturday brings them back to their roots in a lot of ways. None of the current members live in the same town anymore so the live performance aspect of being in a band for them has become few and far between. But after line up changes, a full [...]
kemp ridley 2011: Year two
Hello all, Cam Powell here, bass player for kemp ridley (and Scene SC intern/writer/booking contact/I don’t know what my title is anymore). 2011 was our second full year of existence, and a monumental one at that. Over the course of the past 12 months, we’ve laid a foundation for what we hope will be continued [...]
The Lovely Few Interview
Prior to their album release show last week, we chatted with Mike Mewborne of The Lovely Few about the new album and his relationship with the music scene here in Columbia. Interview and video by Blake Garris.
Interview: We Roll Like Madmen-Bey’s Nov 19
Freelance Whales – Hannah (We Roll Like Madmen remix) by We Roll Like Madmen Saturday November 19 Bey’s 9 PM Describe your music for those who aren’t familiar. We Roll Like Madmen is a vocal-centric, cross-genre electronic dance project. We perform original material as well as remixes, combining both live band and DJ techniques. In [...]
Music Crawl Preview: The Mobros
Saturday November 5 Where: Kelly’s When: 11:10-11:40 The Mobros-My Baby Walked Out How would you describe your sound to someone that has never heard your band? Motown Soul Who are some of your biggest musical influences? Sam Cooke, Ray Charles, and Wilson Pickett What other bands are you excited about seeing at Music Crawl? Marshall [...]
Interview: Bass Drum of Death-NBT 10/15/11
Band: Bass Drum of Death Hometown: Oxford, Mississippi RIYL: Black Lips, Blood Circus, Mudhoney, Nirvana, Hole On October 15, 2011 Bass Drum of Death brought their bonged out Southern Grunge to New Brookland Tavern opening for Toro Y Moi. Like Toro Y Moi, Bass Drum of Death started as a bedroom project, is from a [...]
Interview: Parachute Musical at NBT – 10/13
Perusing the Web Thursday, I found myself scrolling through the concert calendar on newbrooklandtavern.com. It had been a while since I’d gone to a local show and I knew I had a scheduling conflict for Toro Y Moi Saturday night and couldn’t find a ride/companion for Trey Anastasio in Charlotte Friday night; I was fiending [...]
Interview: Kenny McWilliams – Archer Avenue Studio
When analyzing someone’s presence and credibility in a local music scene, people tend to look for what that someone has given to the scene during his or her time. By that theory, Kenny McWilliams’ time playing in the wildly popular group Baumer makes him one of the Columbia music scene’s favorite sons. Add to [...]
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 [...]
Interview: Foley (The House June 30)
Scene SC Summer Showcase The House in 5 Points Thursday June 30 8 PM with Nick Bays (Full Band) and Kemp Ridley Facebook Event Foley will be playing at The House in 5 Points this Thursday as part of the Scene SC Summer Showcase series. Their new album is set to come out in August [...]
7 Q’s with Ghosts of the Kodiak
Littlest Sounds Tour Ghosts of the Kodiak Commerce, Big White Clouds, Amory Siverston Thursday June 9, 2011 One Unit Art Space 1139 B Avenue West Columbia, SC Facebook Event Ghosts of the Kodiak-Honesty 1) Describe your music for those who aren’t familiar. Our music would probably fall under indie rock, with a strong post-rock influence. [...]
Interview: Manchester Orchestra and Their Tie to Columbia
Columbia, SC has watched the rise of Manchester Orchestra first hand over the last seven years. As they rolled into town to play Jillian’s Friday May 20th, they were less than a mile away from three of the venues that they grew out of. Playing for over 2,500 people in the Jillian’s parking lot, they [...]
Interview: Brooke Fraser plays Charleston
Hailing from the island nation of New Zealand, Brooke Fraser is a singer-songwriter unlike any other – from her accent, to her pleasantly dry sense of humor (much like her Kiwi compatriots Flight of the Concords), to the fact that she’s almost as tall as I am. At age 27, she’s already had a prolific [...]
