Interviews
Facebook Event Harps, the new project from ex Marry a Thief drummer Colin Brown is an interesting all around project. A mix of the songwriting ability of Brown, mixed with the production aspects of Aaron Robertson and the input of a handful of other musicians in the studio, their sound can most easily be described [...]
Tuesday. March 5. 7 pm. New Brookland Tavern. $8 The Rocketboys Mike Mains and the Branches Dinner and a Suit Ned Durrett & The Kindly Gents On Tuesday, March 5th, indie-rockers The Rocketboys return to Columbia, where their energetic live shows have developed a promising following. Joining them will be fellow-texas rockers Mike Mains and the [...]
Eschewing the norm has been part of We Roll Like Madmen’s creative spirit since their inception in 2011. In that spirit, they thought it would be interesting to interview me ahead of their show at New Brookland Tavern this Thursday, Feb. 21st. What followed were questions about “The Trap”, Diplo and Skrillex’s respective twerking abilities [...]
Life is very unpredictable. Mel Washington can attest to this, and the ups and downs that led to the writing, recording, and release of his first true full length album Houses. When Washington started writing Houses with close friend and music confidant Chris Perot, they weren’t sure exactly what they were going for, but they [...]
BAND OF THE MONTH SERIES: JULY - CHERRYCASE AUGUST - RIVER CITY EXTENSION SEPTEMBER - GRAYSON VENTERS OCTOBER – PAPER ROUTE South Carolina is home to some of America’s greatest historic stories. Every city has a story, from Charleston to Greenville, and even Lexington. It’s something we as South Carolinians tend to pride ourselves on. The Restoration, [...]
BAND OF THE MONTH SERIES: JULY – CHERRYCASE AUGUST – RIVER CITY EXTENSION SEPTEMBER – GRAYSON VENTERS When you think of Nashville, TN, whats the first thing that comes to mind? For most, there are two answers: country music or Jack White. Throughout the years, Nashville has become the country music capital of the [...]
Facebook Event New Brookland Tavern Friday August 24 I Am Carpenter(CD Release) Ghost Of The Kodiak Where’s Wolf Frontier Sons Price: $5 Over 21 / $8 Under 21 Where’s Wolf’s info on Facebook reads “We’re just getting started.” What started out as the acoustic folk duo of then freshman Josh Sorrells and Lucy Nordlinger [...]
Facebook Event Archer vs. Gunman with Our Western Sky Saturday August 11 8:30 PM at The Handlebar Fall of 2011 was a tough time for Archer vs. Gunman. The band that had been an anchor of the Upstate music community for so long was starting to come apart. Front-man Shaun Williams was in a wheel [...]
Have you ever had that moment where you wonder what you’re doing with your life? It could be when you wake up and it dawns on you that you’re going into the same job you’ve been going to for five years straight. It could be when you’ve had one too many drinks and you’re sitting [...]
(Right Click, Save Link As) River City Extension-If You Need Me Back in Brooklyn This is the second installment of the new monthly series, Band of the Month, from SceneSC. For the month of August, we have selected River City Extension. River City Extension has a brand new album out entitled, Don’t Let the Sun Go Down on Your [...]
July 7th-The Sparrow (Charleston, SC) July 14th-The Radio Room (Greenville, SC) There have been a lot of questions surrounding All Get Out since their return from the successful nationwide tour with La Dispute, Balance and Composure, and Sainthood Reps. Long time AGO members Mel Washington and Mike Rogers left the band to pursue other opportunities [...]
In an attempt to further recognize the achievements and ability of bands from the southeast, SceneSC will be starting a new monthly series called SceneSC’s Band of the Month. When David and I started talking about the idea and decided that July would be the first month, we couldn’t think of a more deserving band than CherryCase. [...]
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 [...]
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 [...]



