Savannah Stopover has announced the initial lineup of bands that will be performing at the 5th annual festival in March. This is only about a third of the total number of acts that will eventually be confirmed.
If you don’t know a lot of these bands, join the club. As my fellow blogger Tom has said often, Savannah Stopover is all about discovery — the festival staff spends all year listening to bands, including many up-and-coming ones, and they curate a strong, diverse lineup. For attendees, the festival turns into a 3-day adventure/bar-crawl filled with surprises.
You can start getting to know the bands in this initial lineup via this Soundcloud playlist and via some of the embedded media we’ve chosen below:
A few of the standout acts in this first wave of announcements:
- Generationals – New Orleans-based duo who just released an album on Polyvinyl Records
- San Fermin Brooklyn 8 piece baroque pop band
- Matthew E. White Richmond, Va. – highly anticipated sophomore album due in 2015 after critically acclaimed 2012 debut Big Inner
- ASTR NYC electronic dance duo signed to Neon Gold Records
- MOTHXR NYC new band featuring Penn Badgley, star of TV show Gossip Girl
More great acts::
- Bombadil Asheville
- French Horn Rebellion NYC
- Ryley Walker Chicago
- Reputante NYC
- Guthrie Brown & The Family Tree Nashville
- Axxa/Abraxxas Athens
- Mainland NYC
- Fire Mountain Troy, Ala.
- What Moon Things NYC
- Capsula Argentina
- Fat Tony Houston
- All Them Witches Nashville
- ELEL Nashville
- Rose Quartz Denver
- Dreamers Brooklyn
- Adia Victoria Nashville
- Margo and the Pricetags Nashville
Capsula at Dollhouse in 2013
Label Party: Burger Records/Lollipop Records:
- Gap Dream Fullerton, Calif.
- Wax Witches Brooklyn
- Corners LA
- Cobalt Cranes LA
Returning bands from previous Stopovers and Revival Fests:
- Pitchblak Brass Band NYC – 2014 Stopover
- Diarrhea Planet Nashville – 2013 Stopover
- Lee Bains III & The Glory Fires Birmingham – 2013 Stopover
- X Ambassadors Ithaca – 2013 Stopover (formerly called Ambassadors)
- Family and Friends Athens – 2014 Revival Fest (also playing Schedule announcement party on 1/16/15)
- Blank Range Nashville – 2014 Revival Fest
- Heavenly Beat NYC – 2014 Stopover
- Beach Day Hollywood, Fl. – 2013 Stopover
- Christopher Paul Stelling NYC – 2012, 2013, 2014 Stopovers
Family and Friends at Revival Fest 2014
Family and Friend at Revival Fest 2014
Christopher Paul Stelling at Abe’s, Savannah Stopover 2013
Lee Bains III and the Glory Fires at Bragg Jam
Blank Range at The Jinx for the 2014 Revival Fest after-party
We’ll obviously have a whole lot more to say about Savannah Stopover V as additional bands, the venues, and the schedule are announced. The next big event is the kick off to the Stopover season on 11/21 with Futurebirds, this mountain, and Amythyst Kiah performing at Southbound Brewing.
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