The Restoration Studio Journals – Part 1 – By Daniel Machado [For more information on the photograph above, click here] “The Lynching” is the song that will close The Restoration’s debut album and bring an end to my story of the Vale family. As a writer, it’s a song that has taken me on a [...]
Hot Lava Mike checks in with an update on music and continued worry over Patrick’s mental state! Also check out California videos on the band’s youtube! Day ? I finished principle guitar tracks in two days of recording. On the evening of the 2nd day, Sylvia came in, listened, and announced we’d be redoing everything [...]
The following is an interview with Kyle Petersen. Kyle is the former music director at WUSC and and a current DJ that enjoys writing about music on his own blog, Dark Southern Hearts. Interviewed by Todd Mathis 1. Who are you and what do you do? I’m a grad student at WUSC and have done [...]
Hot Lava Mike back with an update! Also, check out constant updates from the band’s Twitter! Day 4 in Weed Today was the first day we met Sylvia. We’ve been rehearsing in the theater with different tempos and arrangements for the past three days. Sylvia came in, listened to the songs, and picked the ones [...]
The best source for music news in the upstate since Greenville Scene vanished has been the the Metromix section of GreenvilleOnline. This week they have a Q & A with Greenville native and the brain behind The Winter Sounds, Patrick Kennan. Check out the interview here.
American Gun feels your pain. Gas Prices are gradually rising, jobs are hard to come by, and the world is going to end in 2012, and you just found out your girlfriend of 3 years has been cheating on you for 2 of them with your Dad’s lawyer golf buddy…. the only cure for your [...]
The Rocketboys have just kicked off their summer tour in support of their upcoming full length “20,000 Ghosts.” While The Rocketboys are from Austin, Texas and we are a South Carolina music website, we decided sometimes your duties expand to great bands deserving of promotion outside of our area. Plus, they are coming to New [...]
Continuing with the Athen’s theme of the day, I came across this interview with Aquarium Drunkard blogger Justin Gage this morning in Flagpole. If you aren’t familiar with Aquarium Drunkard they are based out of Los Angeles and host a Sirius/XM radio show. The blog tends to focus on southern bands and artist introducing them [...]
If you have anything to do with music in Greenwood, SC you probably know Ian and Sarah Morris. In the last four years they have booked countless shows, organized the O.N.E. festival, created a music and production label and most importantly they provide music lessons, summer camps and workshops for the youth of Greenwood. Their [...]
Before he developed crushes on any brunette that can sing, you may remember David posting something about Zelazowa and Indie on the Move. If not, Zelazowa is a great band with a great name, and Indie on the Move is a website they started that provides a huge national database of venues for bands. It [...]
Saturday May 16th Lexington One Performing Arts Center Admission $10 Doors6:15 All too often you see talented young artists that just don’t have the motivation to take their career and their talent to the next level. We have all known that local act that we knew had the talent if they could just be heard [...]
If you happened to be in Charleston this weekend for the CD release show of The Working Title, you would have witnessed how tight the Charleston music scene runs together. Not only did the bill feature three of Charleston’s best acts, but Joel Hamilton brought some great musicians together to build his band. Saturday night [...]
American Aquarium The Real Gypsy (Greenville, SC) May 8 New Brookland Tavern (Columbia, SC) May 12 So we’ve started a new series here at Scene SC called “Seven Questions with Scene SC.” I think at some point we’ll get a cool logo with a fancy 7 and a question mark or something, but for now [...]
“Constance please don’t let my music die with me” – The Restoration As promised, here is part two of my interview with Daniel Machado about his new project The Restoration! Before getting into this great stuff though, just a word about the show. Come early because Liesl Downey is an amazing artist, The Fossil Record [...]
“We’re making this record for ourselves and for all the cool people who have chipped in to make it happen.” -Angelo Gianni, Treadmill Trackstar You may have heard by now that Treadmill Trackstar is back together and recording an album. If you haven’t, well thank heavens I am here to tell you. If you are [...]
