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Country music and cold cans went hand-in-hand at the Tin Roof Tuesday night as everything “got a little sideways” with country singer Dierks Bentley stopping by Columbia’s Tin Roof to give USC students an end-of-the-summer party to remember.
They're going for rock 'n' roll. Leather jackets and dark wash jeans offset lace-up boots and oversized belt buckles.
It rings through the background of up-tempo pop hits and laces through smooth jazz rhythms as nothing more than an instrument in the line of percussion.
Navigating Columbia's music scene can be a bit daunting, especially if you are new to the area. From punk and hardcore to jazz and country, the capital city has lots to offer for fans of all types of tunes. If you have a hard time deciding which venue to attend, take this quiz to find out which music venue you are.
Although the finished product won't debut on MTV, Fuse or VH1, the members of Death of Paris need you to be in their first music video.
Many bands might be leery of playing a gig on Friday the 13th, but for local rock/blues trio Albatross, the date fits right with the band's vibe and the symbolism behind its name.
About halfway through "Synthetica," on the track "Dreams So Real," Metric frontwoman Emily Haines mechanically recites the lines "The scream becomes a yawn / I'll shut up and carry on" as slow motion synthesizers accompany intentionally artificial drumbeats. Haines, in her usual (and wonderful) lyrical quirkiness, is trying to articulate a sort of artistic impotence in the face of a society full of status updates, instant notifications and ever-shortening attention spans. This idea forms the thesis of the album.
It doesn't take a surgeon to see that the members of Columbia rock and soul group Dr. Roundhouse have a sense of humor. The band's name is derived from an original sketch comedy show character. "The Muppet Show's" fictional band Dr. Teeth and the Electric Mayhem is one of several influences and each member of the four-piece group has a silly nickname. But Dr. Roundhouse does take one thing seriously: making music.
Hollywood's fascination with bringing Broadway musicals to the big screen is something I will never understand. One of the last ones to hit theaters, "Mamma Mia" (2008), proved that the whole jukebox musical thing is more enjoyable on the big stage than the big screen.
The local grocery scene was far from average Saturday and Sunday after several stores around Columbia were hit by a flash mob.
It’s not every year that USC piano professor Marina Lomazov’s students a get a one-on-one master class session with international music titans like former Leningrad Conservatory pianist Natalya Anatonova.
The man who sat at the bar at 5 Points Pub last Wednesday afternoon seemed different from the long-haired, shimmying frontman who rose to fame as a member of The Academy Is... in the late 2000s. Looking suave and hip with his shorter 'do, round tortoiseshell glasses and a yellow T-shirt paying homage to anime series Weekly Shonen Sunday, the musician seemed reserved and almost shy when speaking with The Daily Gamecock. But William Beckett is still pounding the pavement for the same reason: his love of the stage.
The "All In Music Tour," sponsored by All In Music Entertainment, is searching for up-and-coming talent across all genres, from rap to rock to country to gospel. The audition judges are Mel Smith and Malcom Miles, who both currently work for Cash Money Records. After the nationwide search, the judges will choose six finalists who will compete for one grand prize of $25,000 single deal, a full-length music video and the opportunity to work with Smith and Miles.
Fourth-year music education student Bobby Arcovio has been passionate about a cappella music for several years. When he couldn't find an outlet for the art form at USC, he created his own.
They've officially been in the game for 18 years — three middle-aged men grappling with real, rooted, feel-good talent in an industry pushing even the most established musical groups into a new, ill-fitting sound.
Joshua Day, a third-year music education student, has been singing since he was a baby, and thanks to the School of Music's new men's ensemble, he can share his talents with fellow students and the community while earning class credit.
Summer came early in Columbia this year, and the king of laid-back, feel-good acoustic pop’s newest album is the perfect soundtrack for warm weather and mellow afternoons.
With British powerhouse vocalists like Adele and Florence Welch taking over the airwaves in recent years it’s about time that America gave the world a soul diva of its own.
Bright and bold colored trees swoop and swirl on twisted trunks and lush, rolling green hills span the whimsical windings of the Jungle of Nool.
He may not solve crimes or save children from burning buildings, but Justin Daniels considers himself a hero in his own right.