Well we knew something good was in the works, and today it was officially announced that the Savannah-based rock band Niche will release their upcoming album via Retro Futurist Records. Retro Futurist, founded by core members of Kylesa, has subtly…
I love it when a national touring act fills up The Jinx, but there’s something pretty special about a packed room for three local acts. Sure, CUSSES, Crazy Bag Lady, and Wet Socks all log their miles touring, but Savannah…
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…
Retro Futurist‘s most recent signing, Caustic Casanova, rolled through town a couple weeks ago and delivered a scorching set of proggy, heavy, post punk at Hang Fire. Sex Jams, from Austria, was a welcome and surprising last minute add to…
I scrambled to make it to Hang Fire just in time to catch Wet Socks‘ set at their album release “party”. Let’s be honest though, every time Wet Socks plays (especially Hang Fire) it’s a party. High-spirited, surf-infused, insanely catchy…
We love Wet Socks here at hissing lawns, and it’s not just because the band’s name evokes the grunginess of the everyday, the creepiness of the ordinary. We love Wet Socks for the tight, high-energy garage rock that Hunter Jayne…
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…
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,…
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…
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…