It’s got to be hard being an indie, mostly local musician–you’re pounding the pavement hanging posters for a show at a club you had to pay to play in, you can’t get SceneSC to review your bedroom recorded synth-pop EP and even your parents won’t donate to your kickstarter. Well friends, the last resort is [...]
It’s Twitter Thursday, y’all! I know you probably wonder from week to week if I will be here if I am dead. Not dead, I promise. I’ve just been busier than a one legged man in an ass kicking contest. Regardless, I am here now to deliver you tweets fresh from the interwebs. First up, [...]
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 [...]
![[2013 Sampler Preview] Stagbriar-Tom](http://www.scenesc.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/02/xscenescsampler.jpg.pagespeed.ic.7H8p6AQKh4.jpg "[2013 Sampler Preview] Stagbriar-Tom")
Stagbriar with Lauris Vidal and Kemp Ridley Feb 20, 2013 SceneSC Underground Acoustic Series at Immaculate Consumption 8 Pm $5 Donation Stagbriar Facebook “Tom” is a talking blues murder ballad. It’s a song type pulled from another time, dusted off and recreated by the brother sister duo of Alex and Emily McCollum that make up [...]
Bonnaroo Music Festival 2013 June 13-16, 2013 Manchester, TN I’m sorry to the other music festivals, but I must say that Bonnaroo is my absolute favorite U.S. festival. The atmosphere of Bonnaroo is something that just cannot be found at any other festival that I have been to in the United States. I [...]
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 [...]
Stagbriar Lauris Vidal/Kemp Ridley 2/20/13 — Immaculate Consumption — $5 donation — 8 PM There’s something magical about basement shows at Immaculate Consumption. Nighttime in the back shadow of the SC State House, the smell of fresh coffee beans, the creaky floors above, and a relaxed community atmosphere. It’s why we’re excited to start a [...]
The air was so hot the paint was peeling off the walls the day I went to see Kevin Devine in Charleston in the summer of 2010. We had an acoustic session set up, outside, and it was sticky to say the least. When Devine asked us what song he should play, I said play [...]
Knocturnal has developed a reputation for being the place for local MC’s to strut their stuff. On Mardi Gras Eve, I made my way to Charlotte, NC in search of some of the southeast’s finest hip hop and Trap music, and I was not disappointed. The evening began, as every Knocturnal event does, with an [...]
![[Photos] Seq Prep School Says Goodbye](http://www.scenesc.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/02/xIMG_8693new.jpg.pagespeed.ic.uQnHoJTRzP.jpg "[Photos] Seq Prep School Says Goodbye")
I went up to New Brookland Tavern the day after the Sequoyah Prep School farewell show, and they only found one bra in the pit after people cleared out. It was pink, and is now hanging in the back of the club. There was a lot of singing, it was hot, a couple of people [...]
![[Show Preview] Dear Blanca Album Release at Conundrum](http://www.scenesc.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/02/xDearBlancaCDReleaseParty.jpg.pagespeed.ic.wVBi74h8RF.jpg "[Show Preview] Dear Blanca Album Release at Conundrum")
$5 entry- First 25 People Get a Free CD with Admission Dear Blanca Bo White Happiness Bomb and The Howling Man Facebook Event Dylan Dickerson’s head must be the size of the Gaffney Peachoid today, after the Free Time’s called his new album Talker “the first truly great Columbia record of 2013.” Tom Law at [...]
Facebook Event Valentine’s Day can be a slightly depressing holiday if you don’t have a sweetheart to call your own. That doesn’t have to be the case if you’re hanging out in the Upstate this year. Taking place at Friar’s Tavern in Clemson, the Black Hearts Ball is a post-apocalyptic shindig where the unattached have [...]
Facebook Event Over the last couple of years Joyce Manor has created a buzz for themselves with a traditional punk show energy that has fans bouncing off the walls. When it comes down to it, their music, which rides the border of indie rock and punk, shows the influences of bands like Weezer and Guided [...]
WHEN: Thursday, Feb. 14, 2013 Doors at 8 WHERE: Music Farm 32 Ann Street Charleston, SC 29403 SOLD OUT (but don’t give up hope) Grace Potter and The Nocturnals are coming to the Holy City! This rock’n’roll five piece is stopping at the Music Farm on their Roar Tour with support from Futurebirds. The band [...]
![[Show Journal] Citizen Cope at the Music Farm](http://www.scenesc.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/02/ximage-11.jpeg.pagespeed.ic.jNpLyQCqPS.jpg "[Show Journal] Citizen Cope at the Music Farm")
Clarence Greenwood, more commonly known by his stage name Citizen Cope, played to a sold out audience at the Music Farm this past Saturday. His enthusiastic and energized band perfectly balanced out his calm, cool, and collected demeanor, making for a great night of reggae-alt-soul-pop tunes. Having heard mixed reviews of his live show, I [...]
