Originally posted on April 25th, 2012 by listenupmb.com

Here's a list of the music featured in this episode. Click any artist name to hear more music online:  

1. Mackenzie Eddy feat. Murs "Mannequins Pt. 2" (Hilton Head)
2. The Artichokes "Korea" (Pawleys Island)
3. My Name Is Jon. "Away" (Aynor)
4. Weaving The Fate "Rack City" (Columbia)
5. The Beta Project "Champagne Sunday" (Myrtle Beach)
6. Buddha (prod. by Big Kev) "Flex For Them Racks" (Georgetown)
7. Ashley Hopkins "History Is Over" (Durham, N.C.) - From Hearts + Plugs Sampler Vol. 1
8. Ben Fagan & The Holy City Hooligans "We Will Remain" (Charleston)
9. Mo Briggs feat. Decm "Some Other B.S." (Myrtle Beach)
10. We Love to Funk “I Will Bless The Lord” (Wilmington)

Back from the undead after last week's Zombie Walk, this episode leads off with one of the most interesting S.C.-bred artists we've found in a long time, McKenzie Eddy. This Hilton Head-born songstress made her way to the big city as a personal assistant to former Rocafella Records CEO Dame Dash and now resides in NYC where she not only continues to make great music that blurs the lines between R&B, Soul and Hip Hop, but also plays A&R and label executive for Dash's BluRoc label. Check out her story at HipHopDX.com

In addition, this is one of our strongest episodes yet with awesome new music from Weaving The Fate and Ashley Hopkins as well as local tunes from Bitterseed frontman Jon Clark, singer-songwriter Matt Gleason (aka The Beta Project) and rapper Mo Briggs.

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Originally posted on April 18th, 2012 by listenupmb.com

Here's a list of the music featured in this episode. Click any artist name to hear more music online:  

1. Death of Paris "Models or Bottles" (Columbia)
2. Darling Waste "Inhale/Exhale" (N.Y./Myrtle Beach)
3. Bamboo Forest "Winging It" (Myrtle Beach)
4. Decm "Holy Crap Gimme Some Drugs" (Myrtle Beach)
5. Sista Otis "Charmed" (L.A./Myrtle Beach)
6. The Izm "In The End" (Myrtle Beach)
7. Conception of Being "Unearthed" (Myrtle Beach)
8. Signs of Iris "Crazy" (Greenville)
9. Hawaiian Shirt Day "Second Hand Cool" (Columbia)
10. Treephort "I Learned to Smoke at Starbucks" (Marietta, Ga.)
11. Shed This Burden "Holding Out For a Hero" (Florence) 

In honor of the Myrtle Beach Zombie Walk's 5th Anniversary, we're jam-packing this week's episode with nothing but music from some of the 40+ local, regional and touring bands performing during the two-day event. 

If you're heading out on Saturday it's a great chance to brush up on the entertainment you can see live — or at least undead — and if not, it's a good mix of styles and genres that will give you at least a taste of what you're missing. Also check out our article for more details and a full music schedule.

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Originally posted on April 10th, 2012 by listenupmb.com

Here's a list of the music featured in this episode. Click any artist name to hear more music online:  

1. Ace Henderson “Myrtle Beach” (Raleigh)
2. Charlie The Horse "Up and Down Ladies" (Wilmington)
3. The Reason Your Listening "Circles" (Columbia)
4. Pastor Pastor “You Said you Loved Me” (Georgetown)
5. Flick-It “Back Home” (Myrtle Beach)
6. Meet The Sky “It's Fine” (Charleston)
7. Great Zeus’ Beard “Grizzly” (Wilmington) 
8. Mood Mechanics “The Drive Home” (Wilmington)
9. Sequoyah “Smokin’ Again” (Florence/Charleston) 
10. Rize X “Free Soul” (Myrtle Beach)
11. The Lamping Shade “Ms. Nice”  (Wilmington) 

With spring break in full swing for many local schools as well as students from all over visiting the beach, we kick things off this week with a little laid-back ryhme from Raleigh rapper Ace Henderson called what else? "Myrtle Beach."

From there, our biggest episode yet features a number great tracks from the Port City's best, with Charlie The Horse, Great Zeus' Beard and The Lamping Shade all representing Wilmington. One of S.C.'s best up-and-coming acts Sequoyah also makes an appearance with "Smokin' Again" off of 2011's "Spells."

Local tracks from longtime rockers Flick-It (whose re-released 2007 album "Gangster Cookies" just hit iTunes), south end Blues band Pastor Pastor and recent NYC export Rize X round out this week's episode.

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Originally posted on April 4th, 2012 by listenupmb.com

One of the most interesting things about music to us has always been to think about how music affects mood or, conversely, how mood and other external factors can influence the music you listen to in a given day. Take today for example, waking up to a gray sky and damp, cool day on the Grand Strand, it only seemed appropriate that we had a few tracks to match the weather.

This week's episode starts out with a straight up Blues song "Damn These Blues" from our favorite "American Idol" contestant Elise Testone and her band The Freeloaders, out of Charleston. It goes on to include some nice, downtempo numbers — including two which highlight the talents of local musician Claudia Gregory — before picking up a bit and ending on a sunnier note.

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What's playing?

Here's a tracklist of the music featured in this episode. Click any artist's name to find out more and hear more of their music online:  

1. The Freeloaders “Damn These Blues” (Charleston)
2. The Mint “Time Slows Down” (Georgetown)
3. Feel No Other “My Brother’s Guns and Knives” (Myrtle Beach)
4. Claudia Vs. The Queen of Hearts “Airplanes” (Myrtle Beach)
5. When Mary Met Vinny “Total Departure” (Myrtle Beach)
6. Hounds and Rabbits “Zoe” (Pee Dee Swamps...)
7. Solitary Memories “Music to Drown By? Now I Know I'm In First Class!”  (Myrtle Beach)
8. Wonder Shakedown “Exclamation” (Myrtle Beach)

Originally posted on March 27th, 2012 by listenupmb.com

We're back and beginning to roll now, with this, the last of our three "launch" episodes. 

This week's show really runs the genre gamut from funky acoustic soul to new wave, country, hip-hop, metal and alternative. Not only is "Something About Something" an indication of the hard-to-pin-down nature of the sounds but also an homage past Myrtle Beach favorites Something About Vampires And Sluts, featured on this episode. 

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What's playing?

Here's a tracklist of the music featured in this episode. Click any artist's name to find out more and hear more of their music online:  

1. The Plainfield Project “Keep em all in Check” (Charleston)
2. Octopus Jones “Val Kilmer” (Myrtle Beach)
3. Josh Brannon Band “Put you in the Grave” (Myrtle Beach)
4. Something About Vampires and Sluts “Airplane Fuel” (Myrtle Beach)
5. Carlie Bravo “Carlie’s Addiction” (Myrtle Beach)
6. Never Where “While you Were Sleeping” (Columbia)
7. Prowler “The Stalker” (Myrtle Beach)
8. Alex Ander Bee “Sorry”  (Georgetown)

Originally posted on March 21st, 2012 by listenupmb.com

It may be a big claim for the first official episode of Typically Atypical, but what the hell? We're shooting for the stars!

In additon to the title of the episode, "It's All The Rage" is also the refrain of the first track on this week's show by Myrtle Beach-based group Red Letters. Check these guys out along with some new-school Dubstep/pop from Atlantic Opening to some older stuff from Not Yet Rated.

A special thanks to Allied Arts, Jeremy Britt and Matt Branham for their work on getting this show going. Since we're just getting started, please help us improve by leaving feedback on what you like, what you hate or what you'd like to hear more of in a comment below or by dropping us a line.

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What's playing?

Here's a tracklist of the music featured in this episode. Click any artist's name to find out more and hear more of their music online: 

1. Red Letters “These 4 Walls” - Myrtle Beach
2. Atlantic Opening “Tonight (Dubstep version)” - Myrtle Beach
3. Skitch “Chalispliff”
4. JRPRO “Not Chasing”
5. Not Yet Rated “Between Lies and Broken Dreams”