Month: October 2013

one last gallery from The Jinx 10th anniversary: Murder By Death

Murder By Death opened their stellar set last week at The Jinx with “As Long As There Is Whiskey in the World” and then just rolled through the rest of the night. I don’t know when I’ve heard or seen…

The Protomen, Bit Brigade, Omingnome at The Wormhole — a review and photos

From hissing lawns contributor Petee Worrell: As one of Savannah’s most established venues for touring bands, The Wormhole hosted yet another slew of awesome bands Wednesday night much to the delight of Savannah locals. First up was Omingnome, a crew…

look out for Rivals

I’m gonna go ahead and call it – Rivals will be a common name among the West Congress Street music scene. I saw them play for the first time last night at Hang Fireire and I wasn’t at all disappointed. Their…

Band of Horses playing The Wormhole in Savannah on Saturday

The last time Band of Horses played Savannah, they took the stage of the Johnny Mercer Theatre during the 2011 Savannah Music Festival. (Click here for Bill DeYoung’s review of that show in Connect Savannah.) On Saturday night, they’ll play…

Kylesa’s Laura featured on A.V. Club’s Hatesong

A.V. Club’s consistently funny feature, Hatesong, invites artists of all sorts to talk about the song that they hate most in the world.  Laura Pleasants, guitarist/vocalist of Kylesa is not a fan of Nickelback’s “Rockstar” or Bro-rock in general.  This…

notes from CMJ: Woodkid at Webster Hall

A couple of weeks ago, Savannah Stopover‘s Kayne Lanahan profiled Woodkid in a post here at hissing lawns. Kayne and colleague Peter Robaudo are checking out bands at CMJ Music Marathon in NYC this week. She sent along the following…

more photos from The Jinx 10th anniversary: Murder By Death and American Aquarium

Another set of photos from Thursday’s 10th anniversary show at The Jinx with Murder By Death and American Aquarium. These are all by Petee Worrell, a regular contributor to The Blue Indian who is also going to be contributing regularly…

Futurebirds playing announcement party for 2014 Savannah Stopover on 11/21

In a special show at The Jinx on 11/21, Futurebirds from Athens will play the announcement party for the lineup of the 2014 Savannah Stopover, which is scheduled for March 6th-8th. Futurebirds’ last Savannah gig was at the 2012 Savannah…

a singer-songwriter haven: The Sentient Bean

I can’t even begin to guess how many touring singer-songwriters and other out-of-town acts have performed at The Sentient Bean since its founding in 2001. When we talk about Savannah’s “venue problem”, we’re usually talking about the lack of larger…

Larry Jack’s Magical Music Tour (10/15-10/22)

Hey guys, I’m back for another week.  What a fun, LONG weekend, starting with Thursday’s J.J. Grey show, on to the Jinx’s 20th 10th Anniversary with American Aquarium and Murder By Death, and culminating in the Stattsfest at the Muse…