And we’re back with another New Music Monday, featuring work from: *Father John Misty *The New Pornographers *White Reaper *Part Chimp *Blood on the Harp *Born of Osiris *Mastodon *Foxing Enjoy! Father John Misty Los Angeles, CA “Pure Comedy”, lead…
Review by Garrett Deming: Set to a sparse musical dystopia, Dope KNife‘s NineteenEightyFour is equally imbued with autobiography, social commentary, Scorsese-esque noir, dark humor, and bombastic hip-hop authority. Dope KNife displays his signature style of savage wordplay over self-produced tracks…
Walter Harris passed away last week. He was a staple of the Savannah scene, but not because of his regular club gigs or recorded efforts. Here a snippet from Larry Jack’s recent reflections about Walter: Many of you knew Walter,…
This week’s New Music Monday features songs from: Spoon Elliott Smith The Orwells Hurray for the Riff Raff Emma Ruth Rundle San Soma If you’d like to share what you’re listening to this week, please join us on Facebook. Spoon…
Earlier today, Savannah Stopover confirmed 80+ bands for the 7th annual fest, which takes place in venues throughout the northwest quadrant of the Historic District from March 9th to 11th. It’s one of the best weekends of the year for…
It’s another week and another New Music Monday. This week, Tom and I are listening to: Pile Pissed Jeans Chavez Dope KNife Rhiannon Giddens Pile Boston, MA “Texas” from A Hairshirt Of Purpose, out March 31 via Exploding In Sound.…
A short New Music Monday post this week, but plenty of provocation. Enjoy! Rhiannon Giddens Greensboro, NC “Freedom Highway” Giddens covers the Staple Singers’ classic and injects it with both musical and political urgency. “Freedom Highway” is the title track…
On my way into the Murder By Death/Laura Stevenson show at The Grey Eagle in Asheville a number of weeks ago, I chatted with a guy from Knoxville who had seen MBD the night before in Nashville. I had of…
I know, I know, it’s 2017, but I’m still catching up on 2016. Back in November, Old Crow Medicine Show put on the best Rock ‘n’ Roll Marathon finale in the event’s short history. The weather was perfect, and spectators…
You’ve probably read enough posts about the deaths of 2016, so I won’t belabor the losses — Prince, David Bowie, Merle Haggard, Ralph Stanley, Leonard Cohen, Sharon Jones, George Michael, to name a few — that hit some of us…