The first day of Forecastle Festival in Louisville offered on and off drizzle and some of the coolest temps one could ever expect to have in July in Kentucky — and it offered some tremendous performances in a glorious setting.…
Sometimes midsummer weeknights release a little punk and garage rock fury in downtown Savannah. At Hang Fire tonight: Downtown Boys, the punk band with sax and a political edge from Providence that got a big writeup in Do this week:…
Anna has already previewed Lazer/Wulf‘s palindromic album The Beast of Left and Right, but now it’s available for streaming, purchase, and download via Reto Futurist’s Bandcamp page. (Retro Futurist is the label started by core members of Kylesa.) The Beast…
For a taste of the dizzying breadth of Forecastle Festival in Louisville this year, check out these three Spotify playlists, one for each day. There were a few bands that I couldn’t find on Spotify, and the playlists run more…
Field Report‘s self-titled full-length debut is one of the most satisfying albums I’ve heard in a long time — a stunning and cohesive work of art. Savannah’s first chance to hear Field Report in person was at Savannah Stopover 2013,…
From a really interesting Esquire interview with Lucero’s Ben Nichols: BEN NICHOLS: I wrote “Texas & Tennessee” about a girl I fell in love with. Obviously, like the song says, she was from Texas. I live in Tennessee. She moved…
If you’re a regular reader of hissing lawns, you might already have noticed that we’re branching out. The long-term plan is that at least half of the posts on this blog will have direct relevance to the Savannah music scene,…
Building on an excellent first year, MusicFile Productions (parent company of Savannah Stopover) today released the lineup for the second annual Revival Fest, a daylong event on 9/20 at the historic paint shops at the Georgia State Railroad Museum. Futurebirds,…
If you’re interested in joining some music enthusiasts for a day- and night-long ride on a tricked out motor coach from Savannah to Macon for Bragg Jam on 7/26, click here. The folks at Savannah Stopover/Revival Fest/MusicFile Productions have organized…
It was a regrettably small crowd that turned out last Monday night at Ampersand for a beautiful show by David Dondero and Coy Campbell’s new project Nightingale News, featuring Stuart Harmening and Markus Kuhlmann. Dondero is a tremendous songwriter, guitarist,…