Category: Concert Previews
Show Preview: Valley Maker at Immaculate Consumption
Coffee houses tend to get a bad rap when it comes to music. They’re stereotyped as playing host to open-mic nights where droves of terrible to mediocre singer/songwriters showcase their average-ness to the general dismay of anyone who came into the shop looking for a quiet and peaceful coffee drinking experience. If you identify yourself [...]
Show Preview: Matt & Kim at Cat’s Cradle
Matt & Kim w/ The Hood Internet – Cat’s Cradle, Carrboro, NC Thursday, June 2 $25 All Ages Doors: 8pm Show: 9pm First off, if you have not listened to their music, go do that before reading this. Here’s a link to their awesome video for Cameras, so check that out. [...]
New O’Brother Video, at Jillian’s Friday
O’Brother will be in town this Friday at Jillian’s supporting Manchester Orchestra and Cage the Elephant. The song in the video, tentatively titled “Machines Part 1″ will be on their upcoming record Garden Window. O’Brother has quickly been on the rise nationwide touring with bands such as Thrice, Circa Survive and now Cage the Elephant [...]
Show Preview: Here We Go Magic in Carrboro
Here We Go Magic at Local 506 Carrboro, NC 9:30pm $10 What more do I have to say? These guys are amazing. Read my review of their latest EP. Like I said in there, Thom Yorke said they were the best performers at Glastonbury Festival and A LOT of bands were there. They have toured [...]
Show Preview: Sleigh Bells in Asheville, NC
Sleigh Bells are playing Wednesday, May 4th At The Orange Peel in Asheville, NC These guys are going to be huge. Well, actually, they’re already getting there. Sleigh Bells are a dancey noise-pop duo from Brooklyn, NY and they are hitting the big time. Their debut album Treats has already sold 500,000 copies worldwide and [...]
Concert Preview: The Restoration at New Brookland Tavern
Tonight’s show at the New Brookland tavern featuring The Restoration, The Lovely Few, and Efren may as well be a miniature niche-folk festival. You might find yourself wondering, “what the hell is niche-folk?” Technically, it’s nothing – it’s just a term I coined to describe the lineup. It would probably be defined like this: niche-folk [...]
Preview: Rosewood Crawfish Festival
Saturday’s Rosewood Crawfish Festival aims to bring families and friends together using one of the most tried and true social gathering formulas in the book – have an event sponsored 5k run, book some local and national bands, and serve up over 7,000 pounds of Cajun crawfish. So typical, right? (Wrong. Internet sarcasm disclaimer.) Though [...]
Olympia Fest 2k11 Gets Indy
The Crawfish festival is one of our favorite outdoor concert festivals in Columbia every year. They always tug on my teenage heart strings with bands like Better Than Ezra, Cowboy Mouth and Tonic. This year they are doing the same by bringing in Eve 6, although I don’t love their hits the same as those [...]
Junior Astronomers and Sing Sing 76 at Bey’s
Saturday April 23 Junior Astronomers The Lion in Winter Sing Sing 76 Facebook Event I know it’s been a while since we’ve written about a show at Bey’s. The hipster trench has come a long way since we parted ways in late 2010. The good news is that Bakari and Alejandro have led it down [...]
Octopus Jones Treat Yourself Release
Friday April 22 New Brookland Tavern Octopus Jones, Wylie, The Sea Wolf Mutiny, Dead Canaries Facebook Event Octopus Jones Octopus Jones will be releasing their new album Treat Yourself this Thursday at New Brookland Tavern with a fine cast of supporting bands. Treat Yourself are the first recordings from Octopus Jones that do their live [...]
Back to Bluegrass, Return of the Banjo
7PM -10PM Free Modelo Especial – $3.50 Tecate – $3.50 A Japanican (Tecate and a shot of cold sake!) – $5.00 Big Cup of Homemade Sangria – $4.00 Bucket of Schaefer – 6/$7.50 Tallboy of PBR – $2.50 El Burrito is back with their Thursday night backyard bluegrass summer concert series this week featuring Randy [...]
Ye Mighty Indie Grits Kick Off
Facebook Event Ye Mighty! is kicking off this years Indie Grit’s festival by playing their first show ever tonight at Hunter Gatherer. You might be wondering why we’re writing about a band before they have even played a show, but just look at the picture above. Recognize any of those folks? Yep, those are some [...]
Interview:Emily Hearn-The White Mule April 1
6pm Doors. 8pm Show. Regular cover: $5 adv/$8 at door Student cover: $3 adv/$5 at door Facebook Event Never underestimate the power of the internet–especially when you combine a talented singer/songwriter and an A-List celebrity. With over 20,000 hits in roughly a month, “Rooftop,” starring Bill Murray, has helped propel 20 year old Emily Hearn [...]
Tonight: Kitten, The Restoration, Marshall Brown At House Of Softcore
Tonight, LA’s Kitten and Columbia’s The Restoration and Marshall Brown will be playing SceneSC’s House Of Softcore. All of these bands have put out some great material in the last year and you’re sure to have a great time. The Restoration Kitten Marshall Brown House of Softcore 806 Florence St Columbia, SC 29201
Show Preview: Young The Giant in MB and Charlotte
March 27th @ House of Blues in North Myrtle Beach March 29th @ The Visualite in Charlotte It is a small world. On Monday March 28, we’ll be hosting Kitten at the Scene SC house. They are currently out on tour with Young The Giant who are swinging through our fine state on the dates [...]
