Coma Cinema played an amazing set Saturday night
Locals neighboring from Spartenburg, Coma Cinema played an amazing set Saturday night at the Greenville Presents gallery.
You can check out photos from the show here. We also finished shooting for Coma Cinema’s music video for Flower Pills, from their debut album Baby Prayers. We’ll be sure to keep you posted when the editing is complete!
Baby Prayers is available for free on their website. We highly recommend downloading!
Greenville Presents: Group Art Show, November 21
Saturday, November 21 at 8pm
Greenville Presents Gallery, group art show with original artwork by ROCOM (Los Angeles), TFAIL (Los Angeles), David Childers (Greenville), Felix Klee (Germany), Julianna Swaney (Portland), Thomas Moffett (Greenville), Bobby Miller (New York), Gabrielle Rose (San Francisco).
also joining us, special music by Jill Andrews (of the everybodyfields) and Matt Butcher!
Greenville Presents: Jill Andrews – special acoustic set, with Matt Butcher
Jill Andrews
Performing at Greenville Presents
with special guest Matt Butcher
Saturday, November 21, 2009 at 8:00pm
$7 at door
2309 Old Buncombe Road
Greenville, SC 29609
Jill Andrews has been a musician all her life: from her first original tune in kindergarten – a ditty about the letter P – to the stage at Fillmore East. Jill picked up a guitar for the first time when she was 19; armed with only three chords, she had all she needed to create deep and soulful songs with lonesome melodies and haunting lyrics. In 2003, Jill teamed up with Sam Quinn to create the everybodyfields—it was an undeniable musical union. And the face of Tennessee’s roots music would never be the same. The everybodyfields played Bonnaroo and Floydfest, honkytonks, bars, and theaters from coast to coast. Paste Magazine listed them in their “Best of What’s Next” issue in September 2008, saying that they “straddle old and new, bitter and sweet, desperation and transcendence with an arresting command.” Jill’s taking that arresting command into her new solo project, but the themes will be familiar, and fans who’ve fallen head over heels for her material can expect that signature alt-country, roots-rock sound to deliver and grow. Her songs will warm you like a winter quilt – or chill you to the bone. Either way, when you hear Jill Andrews sing, you will remember it.
Greenville Presents pre-opening Show with Matt Butcher
last night’s Matt Butcher show kicked off the unofficial opening of the Greenville Presents gallery. We had a killer turn out! Thanks to everyone who showed up and supported! We’re uploading photos throughout the week – you can check them all out here.
Be sure to check out our upcoming events at the gallery here!
Greenville Presents: Look Mexico – Special Acoustic Set
Look Mexico
Performing a special acoustic set at Greenville Presents
Sunday, October 25, 2009 at 5:00pm
$5 donation
2309 Old Buncombe Road
Greenville, SC 29609
Recently signed to Suburban Homes, Tallahassee, Florida based rock band Look Mexico,
“honorably pays homage to bands like American Football and Minus the Bear.” – Punk News
“midwest-emo and math-rock sounds…covered in the catchiness of pop songwriting,” – Absolute Punk
Having released one full length album (”This is Animal Music”) and three EPs, Look Mexico has been touring extensively in their support since their inception in 2004. Look Mexico is currently recording what will become their Suburban Home Records’ debut. The album is hoped to released in the Fall of 2009 with a 7″ single prior to the album’s release.
Look Mexico “You’re Not Afraid of the Dark Are You?” HD from Look Mexico HD on Vimeo.
Greenville Presents: Coma Cinema – video shoot for Flower Pills!
Coma Cinema
Performing at Greenville Presents and shooting video for ‘Flower Pills‘
Saturday, October 24, 2009 at 9:00pm
$5 donation
2309 Old Buncombe Road
Greenville, SC 29609
Greenville locals, Coma Cinema, released their debut album entitled “Baby Prayers”, at the start of 2009. The band has been writing and performing music since 2005 and derives their name from the English translation of Komakino (“Kino” means “Cinema” in Polish), a 1980 single by Joy Division.
Coma Cinema’s music is considered an abstract form of Pop Music and calls respectable comparison to bands such as Sonic Youth & Guided by Voices.
Their debut album “Baby Prayers” is available for free on their website, comacinema.org
Check out Coma Cinema:
http://www.myspace.com/comacinema
Greenville Presents: Aaron Berg & the Heavy Love
Aaron Berg & the Heavy Love
Performing at Greenville Presents
with special guests The Jaded Rakes
Saturday, December 5, 2009 at 9:00pm
$5 donation
2309 Old Buncombe Road
Greenville, SC 29609
Born in South Carolina in 1984 to mom and pop owners of one of the oldest independent record stores in the Southeast, Horizon Records, Aaron grew up largely under a record bin and was playing in nightclubs and bars by fourteen. Originally an upright bass player, Aaron left South Carolina for New York City at age seventeen. He toured and recorded with a variety of folk and blues bands before eventually moving to a basement studio in the Hispanic section of Brooklyn where he picked up guitar and began to write songs and sing in 2005. During his time in Brooklyn he fronted a four piece psychedelic folk band formed as a backing group called The Heavy Love.
His affinity for traveling and singing deepened when he met and befriended the legendary bluegrass troubadour Peter Rowan, who was lead singer for five years in the 1960’s for American music icon Bill Monroe as well as contemporary musical counterpart for artists such as Tony Rice, Jerry Garcia, and Sam Bush. Before departing for the road himself he joined Rowan on bass at The Windgap Folk Festival in Pennsylvania as the headlining act and performed in front of thousands. During this time he also met Chris Hillman of The Byrds, a temporary member of the of band’s dynamic lineup.
In the last half of 2007, Berg traveled over 15,000 on the road from the coast of North Carolina to California’s Pacific and back to the very same beach four months later. In 2008, Aaron returned to his native South Carolina where he began to record in a two-room garage apartment in his hometown of Greenville located just across the border from Asheville, NC. The resulting tracks combined with live road tapes, rap remixes, and the occasional thread-bare hotel demo make up the monthly podcast ‘Love & Coffee’ which is distributed as mp3s by email.
Critics from New York to Nashville have described the live show as “riveting and uplifting from one hypnotic twist to the next…” and “…another Dylan on the cusp of something else very big.”
Berg’s second full length studio album titled ‘River Taxi Man’ will be released in the Winter of 2010. Aaron will also be recording a brand new CD/LP in Chicago for Tight Ship Records this November 2009 due to be released soon after!
Check out Aaron Berg & the Heavy Love:
http://www.myspace.com/theheavylove
aaron berg music
Greenville Presents: The Honeycutters
The Honeycutters
Performing at Greenville Presents
Friday, October 16, 2009 at 9:00pm
$7 cover
2309 Old Buncombe Road
Greenville, SC 29609
Hailing from Asheville, North Carolina with the release of their first studio album,Irene, The Honeycutters (formerly the Bee’s Knees) came together in the Spring of 2007. Their original Americana, ranging from country ballads to honky-a-billy and blues, is a memorable blend of catchy melody, skillful composition, and honest songwriting.
Since their first live performance at the Westville Pub in May of 07, when the band included only singer/songwriter Amanda Anne Platt and lead guitarist Peter James, they have steadily gained momentum, audience, and band members. Spencer Taylor (Mandolin), Ian Harrod (bass), and Mike Lott (drums) have been added to the mix, fleshing out the live sound and turning Amanda’s soulful tunes into great dance numbers.
Check out The Honeycutters:
myspace.com/thehoneycutters
Greenville Presents: Matt Butcher
Matt Butcher
Performing at Greenville Presents
Wednesday, September 23, 2009 at 9:00pm
$5 donation
2309 Old Buncombe Road
Greenville, SC 29609
Me and My Friends, is the debut record from the 25 year old singer-songwriter, Matt Butcher. Released in early fall of 2008 after a successful Spring tour opening for friends the Avett Brothers, Orlando Weekly dubs Butcher as, “the area’s prince of Americana.”
The music brings to mind artists of the late sixties and early seventies. “I wear my influences on my sleeve. Proudly. I’m not trying to re-invent the wheel. Just keep it spinning,” says Butcher. The influences are there, but the voice is entirely his own. Butcher writes with a wisdom and maturity that belie his twenty-five years.
Check out Matt Butcher:
mattbutchermusic.com
greenville presents starts construction!
today we went in and started working on the space, taking in good jams and getting stoked on the being able to open up the gallery space to all of you here in Greenville. here are a few sneak peaks:
