We’re big fans here of Raleigh-based American Aquarium, who — according to Bandsintown — led the U.S. in 2014 with 206 tour dates. And we’re especially excited for the forthcoming release of American Aquarium’s new album Wolves on Feb. 3.…
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with the new year, lots of festival announcements in the Southeast
We’ve got a couple of big “pre-game” Savannah Stopover gigs coming up fast, plus the announcement of the rest of the 3-day fest’s lineup. We’ve got A-Town Get Down coming soon, and the Savannah Music Festival. But we’re also in…
Wet Socks heads out on tour – interview + photos
It’s the consensus of the team here at hissing lawns that the relatively recent release of Wet Socks‘ album Drips on the Retro Futurist label (founded by core members of Kylesa) was one of the biggest developments for the Savannah…
new galleries on our facebook page: Revival Fest, Everymen
We don’t follow any strict schedule with such things, but some of the photo galleries that we publish here eventually end up being posted to the hissing lawns Facebook page. Since it’s Facebook, we sometimes post some images that we…
30 great live acts of 2014
OK, a few disclaimers: all lists are subjective, there’s something artificial in all the year-end “Best of” rankings, no one can see every show, some genres are inevitably neglected because of personal taste and happenstance, yada yada yada. But when…
Rolling Stone premieres American Aquarium’s new video for “Wolves”
I’ve been following and writing about American Aquarium for years now — it’s so exciting to see such a talented and hard-working group of guys continue to climb the ladder, one rung at a time, on the way to the…
photos of “Life is a Carnival: A Tribute to The Band” at the Lucas Theatre
Larry Jack already posted a review of Life is a Carnival: A Tribute to The Band at the Lucas Theatre on the night before Thanksgiving, so be sure to check that out for the candid reactions of the city’s #1…
Tatsuya Nakatani + Nakatani Gong Orchestra in Savannah – photos
When the sounds of vibrating gongs finally became fainter on Saturday night, I found myself struggling to find the precise moment when silence prevailed. At the end, was I still hearing a sound, or the memory of sound? Tatsuya Nakatani‘s…
Savannah Stopover takes a look at “The Year in Music”
The Savannah market is considerably smaller than other cities in the region that for years seemed more attractive to booking agents — places like Atlanta, Jacksonville, Columbia, S.C. Athens, Ga., is smaller than Savannah, but obviously has a great indie…
haunting new video for Hurray for the Riff Raff’s “The Body Electric”
From NPR’s blog The Record, The Political Folk Song Of The Year: When Alynda Lee Segarra of Hurray for the Riff Raff wrote the song “The Body Electric,” she knew it would make its way into the world, and hoped…