Month: May 2016

Highly Suspect with Slothrust and The Inverted at The Jinx – photos

Club gigs don’t often sell out far in advance in Savannah, which is a notoriously walk-up town, but tickets for Highly Suspect were gone before The Jinx and MusicFile Productions (parent company of Savannah Stopover) even started promoting the show.…

Richard Leo Johnson at Galerie 124 – photos

At the most recent First Friday Art March, Richard Leo Johnson (“a man of aliases”) showed up with his guitar — make that five guitars, actually, plus a theremin and loop pedals — for a sublime recital in the courtyard…

Wreckless Eric at Congress Street Social Club

So, an odd combination, right? Wreckless Eric at Congress Street Social Club on a Sunday afternoon? You probably know Wreckless Eric’s “Whole Wild World” — a big hit single from almost 40 years ago — but Eric Goulden isn’t touring…

a quick trip for day 2 of Shaky Knees Festival in Atlanta – photos

hissing lawns got press credentials for Atlanta’s Shaky Knees Music Fest in both 2014 and 2015 — you can find all of our posts here — but this year our press request was turned down. After that rejection and after…

Dirty Heads, Moon Taxi to play SCAD’s New Alumni graduation concert in Forsyth Park on 6/3

This just in: Moon Taxi and Dirty Heads will play SCAD’s New Alumni graduation concert in Forsyth Park on 6/3. Here’s Dirty Heads: And check out Moon Taxi‘s sound (if you aren’t already familiar): Dirty Heads‘ new album That’s All…

Boston’s 40th anniversary tour comes to Johnny Mercer Theatre – photos

Boston stormed through Savannah’s Johnny Mercer Theatre recently on their 40th anniversary tour. Those of us of a certain age can remember the sudden feeling of exhilaration every times a Boston hit came on the radio back in the 1980s,…

Larry Jack’s Magical Music Tour – 5/12/16 – 5/18/16

Hey guys, I would like to thank all of you who voted for hissing lawns in the Connect Best of Savannah poll, we won best blog again this year. I know it means a lot to all of us who write…

Murder By Death back at The Jinx on 5/12 – preview

Murder By Death has put on some of the best shows that I’ve seen in recent years, including gigs at The Jinx for the bar’s 10th anniversary and on the final night of the first Savannah Stopover. I’ve also been…

Bane at The Dollhouse – photos / Code Orange playing Dollhouse tonight 5/12

Hey, here’s a quick gallery from the Thursday night hardcore show a couple weeks ago, the legendary Bane‘s final final tour, finally. Rhythm of Fear, Vatican, and Down to Nothing all played blistering sets in support, and Bane truly delivered…

The Last Hymn and Hurrah – preview

As the months begin to lead us into a sweltering Savannah summer again, we’ve still a little time left of picture perfect weekends.The end of May brings this town such a chance to be part of something bigger, enjoy live…