Month: May 2015

The Strokes at Shaky Knees Festival in Atlanta – photos

The Strokes will play Landmark Music Festival in DC and ACL in Austin later in 2015, so consider yourself lucky if you saw them on Friday night at Shaky Knees Festival in Atlanta or the next night in Tampa at…

a quick take on Shaky Knees day 2 with The Avett Brothers, Social Distortion, Interpol, lots more

Day 2 of Shaky Knees Festival in Atlanta featured more of the same from day 1: great music and sound, big crowds, bright sun. I spent a little less time wandering on the second day than I did on the…

a quick take on day 1 of Shaky Knees Festival in Atlanta – photos

We’ll have more photos and detailed coverage in a few days, but here’s a quick recap of some personal highlights from day 1 of Shaky Knees Festival, which began yesterday in and around Atlanta’s Central Park on the southern edge…

Larry Jack’s Magical Music Tour – 5/7/15 – 5/12/15

Thursday, 5/7 Matt Pless (folk punk), The Hippie and The Punk and The Girl, Maryssa Pickett (Sav’h lo fi folk) – Sentient Bean Positive Control, Seance, Mental Violence, The Anxiety Junkies, Sherman’s Boot – Sweet Melissa’s X Ambassadors, Dreamers, Chief…

Crazy Bag Lady releases debut album – photos

By all accounts, Crazy Bag Lady put on one of their best shows in Savannah Friday at Hang Fire. The fearsome punk foursome released their debut album, Hunks (available now on Retro Futurist) to an absolutely packed house. They also…

in only its 3rd year, Shaky Knees is a festival to be reckoned with

I already posted a preview of day 1 of Shaky Knees Music Festival, which runs from May 8-10 in Atlanta. The Friday lineup might be my favorite of the three days, but there’s no doubt that many music lovers are…

The Train Wrecks at the Doggie Carnival – photos

The Train Wrecks performed at this year’s annual Doggie Carnival, put on by the Humane Society for Greater Savannah, in Forsyth Park. Here are some photos from that event (more after the jump).

Chuck Leavell: “There’s an art to everything”

Fifty years ago this week, The Rolling Stones played at Georgia Southern in Statesboro and spent a night at the Manger Towne and Country Motor Lodge on Highway 17 in Savannah. Sadly, that was Savannah’s closest brush with the Stones…

Old Crow Medicine Show & Sturgill Simpson at Johnny Mercer Theatre – photos

Many thanks to Ann Sosbe of One Horse Photography for contributing these excellent pics from the May 1st show at Johnny Mercer Theatre with Old Crow Medicine Show and Sturgill Simpson. Old Crow Medicine Show has a strong Savannah following,…

Atlanta Mess-Around day 2 – Flamin’ Groovies, OBN III’s, NOTS, more – photos

Atlanta Mess-Around day 2 could have easily been shrouded by a collective hangover from an amazing day 1, but no, it was full on day drinking and high volume scuzzy rock at 529 in the East Atlanta Village again. Unsurprisingly,…