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for better or for worse, here are some of our favorite holiday songs

So, Sarah suggested that we should do a joint post of holiday songs, and this strange collection was the result. Enjoy, if you dare. Opal Foxx Quartet Atlanta, Georgia “Somebody’s House Always Burns at Christmas” from the album The Love…

Mount Moriah, Jake Xerxes Fussell, & Isaac Smith at The Jinx – photos

As some of you may remember, I’m working through an inexcusable backlog of photos I’ve shot in the last couple of months. 2016 has been a long year, but that’s no excuse for being so slow editing all these photos.…

New Music Monday – 12/19/16

.For this penultimate For this penultimate New Music Monday of 2016, the hissing lawns team recommends the new work from: The Tarantula Waltz Saw Black Iron Reagan At The Drive In Foxygen Car Seat Headrest Enjoy! The Tarantula Waltz Stockholm,…

New Music Monday – 12/12/16

And we’re back with more new music for the week. Today’s post includes work from: various artists performing songs related to the hit musical Hamilton Dope KNife Son Volt Georgia Mountain Stringband Crystal Fairy Please join us on Facebook if…

A.U.R.A. Fest returns to Savannah on Feb. 18

On February 18, 2017, Coastal Rock Productions will bring A.U.R.A. Fest (All Underground Rock Allday) back to Savannah. The daylong event will be in the North Garden of The Gardens of Ships Of The Sea Maritime Museum and include 15…

New Breed Brass Band + Ambrose at the Lucas Theatre

A few weeks back, the Savannah Children’s Choir held a big fund- and friend-raiser at the gorgeous Lucas Theatre. The SCC reached out to MusicFile Productions (parent company of Savannah Stopover, which is headed by Kayne Lanahan who contributes occasionally…

New Music Monday – 12/5/16

This week’s New Music Monday features work from: SUSTO Drinking Bleach Grandaddy The Melvins The Obsessed Strand of Oaks Roadkill Ghost Choir Enjoy! SUSTO Charleston, S.C. “Hard Drugs” off the forthcoming & I’m Fine Today I suspect SUSTO is going…

New Music Monday – 11/28/16

This week’s New Music Monday — a collaborative post by hissing lawns contributors — features work from: Mega Bog Christopher Paul Stelling Father John Misty Cloud Nothings Creepoid Ocean’s Acoustic As is true of most weeks, you’ll hear wildly diverse…

New Music Monday – 11/22/16

And we’re back with another New Music Monday. We started this feature back in the summer, and we’ve published a new list with embedded music every week except in the immediate aftermath of Hurricane Matthew. As we head into Thanksgiving,…

remembering Sharon Jones

You’ve probably all heard about the passing of Sharon Jones already. If not, the sad news was announced yesterday on the Sharon Jones & the Dap-Kings Facebook page: I was lucky to see Sharon Jones twice at the Savannah Music…