Koger Center Presents Live Outside: J Roddy Walston & The Automatic Band
Schedule
Fri, 03 Oct, 2025 at 05:00 pm
UTC-04:00Location
1051 Greene St, Columbia, SC, United States, South Carolina 29201 | Columbia, SC
There will be an opening number featuring the Music Industry Studies Commercial Music Ensemble.
J.Roddy Walston is a force of nature. If his hits like "Heavy Bells" are a war cry, then the deep cuts like "Boys Can Never Tell" are a tactical cosmic retreat. For some, his music is a form of religion, psychedelic in its intensity, transformative in its grip on the body, shaking loose something primal that's been buried too long. It's not about thinking; it's about moving, feeling, surrendering. His influences are a riot of contradictions: Kurt Cobain's fury, Nilsson's fractured sweetness, Zeppelin's power, and somewhere in there a nod to William Obyeabor's lonely calculator funk. Critics try to box him in, but Walston can't be contained–he does chaos, and his live shows do damage, but fortunately his songs can pay the tab. Catch him and his band before he burns it all down again.
Where is it happening?
1051 Greene St, Columbia, SC, United States, South Carolina 29201Event Location & Nearby Stays: