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Beale St. Music Festival Memphis, TN May 4-6 $75 TICKETS Somehow it is April already, and I guess that means summer is coming soon. This means that the summer music festivals have almost all released their massive lineups (with the exception of Lollapalooza’s April 11 announcement). Some would say that the official [...]
Last Minute Show Preview: Folk Singer/Songwriter Derik Hultquist at The Midnight Rooster, Hartsville
Earlier today, Nashville singer/songwriter Derik Hultquist dropped by the WSBF FM Clemson studio for an afternoon Live Session. His voice was soft and subtle, barely drifting through my car speakers. I was so impressed that I drove straight to the station (of which I’m a staff member) and bought a copy of his album, anthologies, on [...]
In South Carolina you have to earn your stripes in the music scene. Either that or you’re exceptionally talented and everyone wants a piece of you. The Morris brothers seem to have risen to the top a bit faster than other bands. I’m not implying that they haven’t earned their stripes, just that their stripes [...]
Friday, March 30 with Veara/Versus The Robot/Brigades/Sightline Doors 7pm $7 Cover New Brookland Tavern Columbia, SC A Brighter Life will be releasing their new EP. This pop-punk band will hopefully pack the house at this hometown show. Be sure to visit abrighterlife.bandcamp.com to download Move on & Move Up. The live show is very energetic [...]
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Dear Blanca It’s funny how the local music scene works. You can go years without hearing from someone and then one day their name pops up everywhere. It could be called The Baader Meinhof Phenomenon, but in this case I think Dylan Dickerson was his own reason for the coincidence. After playing in the much [...]
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 [...]
WSBF FM Clemson Fourth Annual Spring Music and Arts Festival Friday, April 13th at Tiger Park in Clemson, South Carolina 1 pm. Tiger Park is located on 157 Old Greenville Highway For a group of guys that grew up in Wisconsin, Clemson’s WSBF Spring Fest will be a welcome atmosphere in April. Of course, the [...]
A long time ago, at a SceneSC house show, my first band played our first show with a man named Nathan John Klages. Little did I know that meeting this brilliant musician would lead to an ultimate friendship and also opening for one of our favorite bands, Stepdad, a few months later. All I knew [...]
Album Release Show Saturday March 24th New Brookland Tavern 8 PM “This World” is the first single from Marshall Brown’s upcoming album High Noons that will come out Thursday March 22, 2012. High Noons is the follow-up to Brown’s last full length album, New Moons. “This World” is the perfect example of Brown’s clever lyrics [...]
John Mark McMillan, Jude Moses & royson Friday. March 23 New Brookland Tavern. West Cola, SC Doors @ 8:00pm $12 advance/ $14 day of show This Friday, March 23rd, New Brookland Tavern will play host to John Mark McMillan & Jude Moses, two up-and-coming names in the alternative-folk world. Starting off the night [...]
This Wednesday, March 14, Moe Joe Coffee in Clemson will play host to two Carolina bands, Mandolin Orange and The Restoration, that play music reaped from the region’s rich musical soil. Mandolin Orange, an americana/folk duo from Chapel Hill, recently released a double LP titled Haste Make / Hard Hearted Stranger, whose deep lyrical cuts [...]
WUSC Presents… Elvis Depressedly, Cameron Gardener Trio, Dear Blanca, Paleface, and Dylan & Dayne. Conundrum Music Hall, Columbia, SC Friday, March 16 8pm $5 for 21+/$7 for under WUSC has put together another great show featuring some amazing artists. It’s definitely something worth seeing this Friday night. Below is some information about [...]



