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Wet Socks, The Nude Party, Grimsel kick off 2016 at The Jinx – photos

You know it’s going to be a good year if Larry Jack ends up in the pit on New Year’s Day. And you know 2016 is going to be an interesting year when you kick it off with a lineup…

Hardy & The Hardknocks, Breakers, and SUSTO’s Justin Osborne at The Jinx – photos

I’ve written before about the versatility of T. Hardy Morris and the southern grunge of the flat-out awesome 2015 album Hardy & The Hardknocks: Drownin On A Mountaintop (buy it here). I’ve seen Morris perform five times, I think, in…

yep, Monday, Jan. 4 is Hang Fire’s final night

Hang Fire’s impending closure on Whitaker Street generated intense interest last fall, but then the bar got a last-minute lease extension. We certainly haven’t heard the last of Wes and Heather, but nothing has been confirmed yet about a new…

bill’s 2015 year in review

We don’t get too personal here at hissing lawns, but no one lives in a vacuum. 2015 has been a stressful year for me personally, including some high highs plus a couple of very low lows: my father died in…

Family and Friends, Curbdogs, Carpet Coats at The Jinx – photos

The delay in getting this post up is not a reflection of the quality, energy, and attendance at the MusicFile Productions early December show at The Jinx with Family and Friends from Athens and local acts Curbdogs and Carpet Coats.…

free downloads from Graveface Records’ bandcamp page thru 12/26

Well, how about this for a little holiday cheer? From Graveface Records: For the next 48 hours we are giving away digital downloads of our entire bandcamp catalogue for FREE! You read that… Posted by GRAVEFACE RECORDS on Thursday, December 24,…

preview: Hardy & The Hardknocks, Breakers, & Justin Osborne on 12/17 at The Jinx

As 2015 winds down, it seems fitting that The Jinx and MusicFile Productions (parent company of Savannah Stopover and Revival Fest) should be teaming up for one more great show before year’s end. Hardy & The Hardknocks, Breakers, and Justin…

Niche, Caustic Casanova, and Wax Ligature at The Jinx – photos

We’ve raved here before about Niche‘s new album Heading East (click here to stream it at Echoes And Dust), and in recent days, the record made a top 10 of 2015 list at Invisible Oranges, got a great review from…

Baroness + Earthling at The Jinx – more photos

Tom has already shared some thoughts and a super photo gallery from the big Baroness show on Saturday night at The Jinx, so I’ll keep this short. Baroness had not played a show in Savannah in five years — the…

the latest from Shaky Knees (and the new Shaky Beats)

Several hissing lawns contributors had an amazing time at Shaky Knees Festival in Atlanta last May (check out a whole bunch of posts), and I expect some of us will head that way again in 2016. Interesting news that Shaky…