Month: August 2016

Time to get ready for 7th Annual Statts Fest

On September 17th, Statts Fest Goes Bananas. And now is the time for supporters and live music lovers in general to tune in, buy advance tickets, consider donations to the silent auction, and generally help spread the word about this…

Women Of The Year – The Best of 2016 (So Far!)

“That MSG tastes good to me I disagree with all your warnings It can’t be true that they use glue to Keep the noodles stuck together” So sings Courtney Barnett about her love affair with Mi Goreng instant soup in…

New Music Monday – 8/8/16

It’s that time of the week again. Here are some new songs and records that our contributors are listening to. Click on through to find more by the artists and to follow them on social media. Enjoy! Blind Pilot Portland,…

Valore releases new album “Gritty Marsha Brady”

From “Valore’s Eurotrip; Savannah’s Gritty Marsha Brady takes spoken word/hip-hop skills overseas” by Anna Chandler in this week’s Connect Savannah: With a musical journey propelled forward by constant motion and a new album, the hustling spoken word/hip-hop artist took a…

Bragg Jam 2016 in Macon – a 2nd review + more photos

Came to type up my Bragg Jam review & saw Bill beat me to it, but we did catch different bands, so hopefully a second review isn’t one too many! I had never been to Bragg Jam before, so upon…

Bragg Jam 2016 in Macon – review + photos

If I had to sum up my 2016 Bragg Jam experience with one vignette from the day-long festival, I’d have to pick the moment Justin Osborne of SUSTO realized that most of the crowd at Gallery West knew the chorus…

Larry Jack’s Magical Music Tour – 8/4/16 – 8/9/16

Hey guys, It looks like a pretty good week coming up. There is a nice variety of music, you should be able to find something that interests you. These are most of the shows around the downtown area. Thursday 8/4 The Good…

The Weeks, Chief Scout, and Breakers at The Jinx – photos

The Weeks returned to Savannah last Friday for their second show here — the first was at the 2014 Savannah Stopover — before a packed house at The Jinx. The Weeks, one of the most exciting young bands in the…

The Whigs + SUSTO at Service Brewing’s 2nd anniversary – photos

Service Brewing on Indian Street here in Savannah celebrated its 2nd birthday in grand style a couple weekends ago, as a packed house enjoyed beer samples, the new Big Bon Pizza, and great sets from The Whigs and SUSTO. The…

New Music Monday – 8/1/16

Happy August everyone. Here’s our New Music Monday, an ongoing feature here at hissing lawns. Relax and enjoy. The Bouncing Souls New Brunswick, NJ Simplicity The Bouncing Souls has been playing classic 3-chord, heartfelt, pogo-punk rock for nearly as long…