Author: bill

hard work + good times = Crazy Bag Lady signing with Retro Futurist

In my Unplugged column in Do for the Savannah Morning News this week, I write about Hang Fire’s 8th birthday party, which is coming up — fittingly — on Friday the 13th. Toward the end, I mention that Hang Fire…

check out the new video from SHAPES & Their Names: “Selfish Type”

Up and coming Savannah-based SHAPES & Their Names has just released the video for “Selfish Type”, a cool tune that seems perfect for these hot summer days.

Murder By Death at Headliners Music Hall in Louisville – photos

So I was visiting family in Kentucky and was lucky enough to be near Louisville for Murder By Death’s show at Headliners Music Hall on Saturday night. It was a homecoming of sorts for the band. Cellist Sarah Balliet is…

here’s KNife with “DieNasty” video

Another great bit of news from Savannah label Dope Sandwich with the release of the video for KNife’s “DieNasty”: The vid has also gotten some good press and visibility (for example, here, here, and here). KNife’s new album ICONOCLAST will…

check out the awesome new Wet Socks video for “New Crush Pt. 2”

We already had many reasons for loving Wet Socks, and now we have another. Here’s the video for “New Crush Pt. 2”: Wet Socks- “New Crush Pt. 2” from Soft Science on Vimeo. Wet Socks is the garage rock duo…

Cedric Burnside Project returns to Savannah, plays The Jinx on 6/5 (!)

The last time Cedric Burnside was on the stage of The Jinx, he was the informal bandleader of the amazing jam session after the first annual Revival Fest. And we just got word that the Cedric Burnside Project will be…

Mutemath, Lucero, Brett Dennen at SCAD’s New Alumni graduation concert in Forsyth Park – photos

Another SCAD New Alumni Concert is in the books — the event always brings some nice surprises (generally good ones) and always brings a diverse collection of Savannahians to enjoy Forsyth Park, one of the finest urban green spaces you’ll…

Music Vault — a huge new venue near Savannah — hosts Corey Smith on 6/7

So there’s a new venue in Hardeeville, South Carolina: Music Vault. Coming from Savannah, it’s about 8 miles from the bridge on US 17 just before the intersection of 170. Click here for a map. Buckcherry was the first big…

Ruthie Foster headlining Blues on Broughton in Savannah on 6/6

Ruthie Foster wowed Savannah Music Festival audiences in both 2010 and 2012, so I’m assuming a fair number of coastal Georgia residents will want to catch her on 6/6 for Blues on Broughton, sponsored by the Downtown Business Association. Whether…

The Accomplices host release party for “A Truck, a Train, an Old Dump Pile” at Southbound Brewery on 5/24; a short review of the album

If you’re a music lover in Savannah, Ga., the place to be this evening is Southbound Brewery for The Accomplices’ release party for their excellent new album A Truck, a Train, an Old Dump Pile. The beer-drinking tickets are $20…