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Heavy Weighs the King returns on their own terms

August 24, 2026
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Well-Loved Places — The Final “I Love My Friends” Session

June 24, 2026
I Love My Friends

Can’t Kids — The Calm

June 17, 2026
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Ben Walker — Where Do We Go?

June 10, 2026
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holy pine — Pain and Joy

June 3, 2026
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Era Pope — Fight Song

May 27, 2026

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A few snaps from @bluetilesc’s Go Skate Day Festiv A few snaps from @bluetilesc’s Go Skate Day Festival last weekend. Top notch event and perfect setting at @thesenatecola. Run it back next year @redbull
6-21-26 in Columbia, SC #skyjournal #closingshot 6-21-26 in Columbia, SC #skyjournal #closingshot David here — Each week in this series, I asked performers to reflect on Aaron Graves, Those Lavender Whales, and the spaces that shaped this community. For the final installment, I answered those questions myself. Check it out at the link in bio. 🍩❤️
Skateboarding 🤝 live music Bluetile and Red Bull Skateboarding 🤝 live music Bluetile and Red Bull are throwing Go Skateboarding Day Festival this Saturday at The Senate. Stuck Hardware, Test Skateboarding, and Sideline General Merchandise are bringing skate gear, Pharmacy Records and Scratch N Spin have records, Ageless, Head Trauma, and Sid & Nancy have vintage clothing, and Granby Burger and Vaquero Tacos will bring the bites. $10 // June 20 // 4 to 10 p.m. We caught up with Tourneforte ahead of their set to catch up on what’s been going on in their world. #scmusic
As the I Love My Friends sessions near their close As the I Love My Friends sessions near their close, this week brings together members of Can’t Kids, the Columbia band Fork & Spoon once described as filling “the world’s lack of Dadaist swamp pop,” for a performance of “The Calm.” Formed by Adam Cullum and Jessica Oliver, Can’t Kids later grew into a four-piece lineup with Amy Cuthbertson on cello and Henry Thomas on bass. For Thomas, Aaron Graves was part of the sound of Columbia before they ever met. “I first heard Aaron singing ‘Killer Tofu’ on WUSC,” Thomas says. “I was immediately a fan. He is one of many incredible people I met in those walls.” Cuthbertson first met Aaron far from Columbia, while visiting New York City during her sophomore year of college. The Heist and the Accomplice were on tour, and Aaron was skateboarding, talking about how he had only brought two sets of clothes. “I was decidedly uncool and a tag along,” Cuthbertson says. “I’ll echo what everyone always said about Aaron, he never not once made me feel othered or uncool.” That feeling followed Aaron back home, where his and Jessica’s house became one of the centers of the Fork & Spoon community. “He made you feel heard and valued and cared for, along with his wife Jessica,” Cuthbertson says. “He was absolutely the glue of our musical community. Some of my favorite memories are at potlucks at the Fork and Spoon house, Aaron and Jessica’s home.” Cuthbertson remembers Aaron as “cool, and kind, and lovely to be around,” someone who made people want to be better versions of themselves. When Aaron got sick, Cuthbertson and Cullum brought him vegetables from the small organic farm they were helping care for. “It was a small gesture but he was so gracious about it all,” she says. “I wish I had been a better friend, then. But I know he’d reassure me that it was all good, like he did for everyone.”
As the I Love My Friends sessions near their close As the I Love My Friends sessions near their close, this week’s installment turns to Ben Walker, who performs “Where Do We Go?” in honor of Aaron Graves. “Aaron had such a great way of pulling people in and making them feel like family,” Walker says. “I remember catching wind of the Fork & Spoon guys. They were a few years younger than me and they were doing really cool stuff for music and the community.” Walker first connected with Graves in September 2013, when Aaron reached out to record a Casual Friday session. Walker wanted to play “Where Do We Go?,” a song he says has always been hard for him to perform. “I sat on my amp in Aaron’s living room and fumbled through it a dozen times,” Walker says. “He just kept telling me that he loved it and that every take was good, but we could do another if I wanted.” For Walker, returning to the song for this project felt fitting. “I guess Aaron just had a gentle way of loving things the way they were,” he says. “It only seemed fitting to fumble through this song again in front of a painting of him on the brick wall of a restaurant that I also love. And it was an honor to be a part of this too.”
Thanks for a wonderful Finlay Fridays Cola! @mid Thanks for a wonderful Finlay Fridays Cola! @midimarcum and @dadsbeem got the weekend started off right! Head out to the Plugged In: Music Industry Job Fair from 11-3 tomorrow at @richlandlibrary. It’s free and registration is encouraged. Link in bio!
Caught up with @midimarcum ahead of his set tonigh Caught up with @midimarcum ahead of his set tonight at Finlay Fridays, free at @finlayparkcola from 6 to 8:30 with @dadsbeem. Producer and recording engineer since 1997, we asked about the path into audio and production, his new EP, and 20 years of Beats For Lovers. Tomorrow, Plugged In is a free music industry job fair at Richland Library, 11 to 3. Link in bio to register for that!
We caught up with Daddy’s Beemer ahead of their Fi We caught up with Daddy’s Beemer ahead of their Finlay Fridays set at @finlayparkcola. The show with @midimarcum ties into Plugged In, a free music industry job fair at @richlandlibrary from 11 a.m. to 3 p.m. the following day. It’s a chance to meet people working behind the scenes at shows, festivals, and venues, and learn more about the paths into that work. Members of Daddy’s Beemer have spent time behind the scenes too, working sound, loading gear, and helping shows happen. So we talked about those early steps, booking themselves these days, and the new album they tracked in Charleston. Swipe through for the interview, come hang Friday, then get plugged in Saturday. Registration is encouraged. Link in bio.
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