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:…
2014 has already been a weird and wild year for Lazer/Wulf. From touring Europe with Kylesa to finding a dreadlocked Lady Gaga dancing front-row at their SXSW performance (?!?!) to signing with Kylesa’s own Retro Futurist label to, oh, you know,…
I don’t actually remember my 8th birthday, but I’m sure it was pretty fantastic. I imagine it involved a fair amount of pizza, Power Rangers, and video games (which oddly enough sounds like a great night even in my 20’s).…
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…
I love the idea of Throwback Thursday mostly because I end up sitting on a lot of shots that don’t get used in some of my posts, so any way of getting them out is welcome! I thought I’d put…
Saturday night at Hang Fire was a who’s who of local punk/metal/heavy rock featuring the classic hardcore of Forced Entry, the jams of Blackrune, the instrumental rock of Hot Plate and the unhinged punk that is Crazy Bag Lady. I…
The second Graveface Fest is coming up on Saturday, 3/22, at Dollhouse Productions in Savannah. The converted industrial space should be perfect for the diverse sounds and styles that will be on display from 4 p.m. to 2 a.m. Here’s…
I’m just going to say it: in terms of live, touring music, 2014 is finally Savannah’s year. It’s been a long time coming through a lot of hard work by a lot of good people, but the show calendars can’t…
Last Friday, Hang Fire offered up a stacked lineup of local acts to kick the weekend off with a bang. First up were The Wave Slaves, who, much as their name would imply, rocked out with some classic surf rock.…
Last week’s great slew of shows culminated on Sunday with an in-store performance held at Graveface Records. Admittedly, I had a lot of concerns at first, not so much due to whether the shop could hold the crowd that bound…