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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 [...]
Rejectioneers/Lauris Vidal/Matt Butcher/Future Wives at Conundrum
Facebook Event First off I have yet to write on this website about how much I love Conundrum Music Hall, Columbia’s newest music venue. I talked about it a little bit last week on The Weekly Monitor, but this place is really great. Great sound system, great atmosphere and good people running the place. I [...]
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 [...]
Album Review: The Front Bottoms
The Front Bottoms new self titled album dropped today and is streaming in full over at AOL Spinner as part of their online listening party series. We’ve been huge fans of the album for a couple of weeks now and are excited to be bringing them to Columbia October 29 for a Halloween show at [...]
Introducing: Chrome Sparks
Now this is the music that you want to be listening to. Show You My Way by chrome sparks Jeremy Malvin (a.k.a. the coolest guy ever) is way too talented for his own good. He has been playing music for a long time and is studying percussion at University of Michigan while also creating a [...]
Elonzo/Sea Wolf Mutiny/Magnetic Flowers at Art Bar
The Magnetic Flowers, The Sea Wolf Mutiny and Elonzo @ Art Bar Saturday Sept 3 $5 Facebook Event The Magnetic Flowers are still a band?? I thought they were on hiatus? One day they’re taking a break, the next they are playing a show. And thank goodness they are still playing shows because they are [...]
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 [...]
Josh Roberts and the Hinges at 5 Points Pub
It seems like just yesterday that Josh Roberts and the Hinges were headlining the SceneSC Sampler release. That was February and a lot has happened since then. Bandmates got married, shows across the Southeast, a line up adjustment and some new songs in the works. The truth is when we heard “As Steady As We [...]
We are Augustines: Blue Collar Rock
There seems to be a new sound trending that isn’t exactly a new sound. The disciples of Springsteen, Dylan and Petty are finding their way back into the mainstream. Gaslight Anthem has been carrying the flag, The War on Drugs is chilling in Philadelphia’s back seat and now We are Augustines is making their statement [...]
Junior Astronomers/TtMTtS/Octopus Jones @ New Brookland
Thursday, August 25, 2011 – 8:00pm Octopus Jones Today The Moon, Tomorrow The Sun Junior Astronomers Sugar Glyder Price: $7 Cover Genre: Rock / Indie / Pop Thursday night New Brookland Tavern Columbia will be invaded by 4 bands, none of which claim Columbia as their home town. While technically that might be true, Columbia [...]
Andy Zipf Acoustic Sessions
It was a dark mild late summer night when we took Andy Zipf back into our shed to film some acoustic songs. He played two songs for us, one sitting on the John Deere and one standing beside the push mower. This is our first actual acoustic session with Zipf, but over the years we’ve [...]
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 [...]
Red Hot Chili Peppers LIVE: I’m With You in Theaters
If you’ve been listening to the radio lately you’ve most likely heard the new Red Hot Chili Peppers single “The Adventures of Rain Dance Maggie.” In the 90′s Red Hot Chili Peppers changed from not only a band with a high energy live performance to a band that churned out radio hit singles. To coincide [...]
Album Review:Hot Lava Monster-The Weed Sessions
Hot Lava Monster-Some Call It Hell Hot Lava Monster is back, and they brought their huge… erm, guitars, with them. That’s right, it’s the first loud and in your face release from Columbia’s classic rock gurus since their Live record, and man is it good. The 4 song EP is the long awaited release of [...]
