Author: bill

From Savannah to Austin: 12 bands coming in hot to SXSW

The Savannah Stopover Music Festival began in 2011 after founder Kayne-not-Kanye Lanahan realized that dozens of bands were routing down I-95 each March before hanging a right on I-10 and heading to Austin for SXSW. hissing lawns has been around…

Rainbow Kitten Surprise at Savannah Stopover – photos

I’ve seen a couple hundred Savannah Stopover shows over the last six years, but I haven’t seen anything quite like the scene at Rainbow Kitten Surprise on Friday night at Trinity. I’ll admit that the Boone, NC-based band was barely…

a recap + gallery from the stellar final day of Savannah Stopover 2016

My 2016 Savannah Stopover finished about 1:30 a.m. with Capsula’s stunning set of originals followed by their encore: Bowie’s “Ziggy Stardust” and “Suffragette City”. Wow. As I said in my day 2 roundup yesterday, we’ll have lots more posts over…

Scotty ATL refused to play Club One at Savannah Stopover

Day 3 of Savannah Stopover capped an amazing indie music festival. But there was one down note amidst Saturday’s excellent performances: Atlanta-based rapper Scotty ATL refused to play at Club One. .@scottyatl has cancelled his performance b/c he is unwilling…

a quick recap of day 2 of Savannah Stopover 2016

It was another day of great weather and awesome crowds at Savannah Stopover. I ended up missing headliners Yuck and Blitzen Trapper because the lineup was so full of emerging artists that I wanted to see. The 3rd and final…

Savannah Stopover preview: Honduras

Honduras plays on Friday 3/11 at midnight at the Congress Street Social Club. I’m not always sure that Savannah Stopover attendees realize just how strong the booking is. Again and again, organizers Kayne Lanahan and Peter Robaudo — working months…

Savannah Stopover roars out of the gate – a quick recap of day 1

Great crowds. Great weather. Stellar music. Not a bad day one for Savannah Stopover. It’s impossible to be everywhere at once, and I definitely missed a few bands that I really wanted to see, but I still managed to catch…

Savannah Stopover preview: PWR BTTM

PWR BTTM performs on Thursday, March 10 at midnight on the second floor of Ampersand. You might not know PWR BTTM yet, but the duo is one of the bands playing the 2016 Savannah Stopover that seems on the verge…

Forced Entry, Shermans Boot, The Anxiety Junkies and Feeding Tube at The Jinx – photos

Words by Niema Ross, photos by Tom Cartmel: In the punk scene, which is based on an angry shout back to what society thinks we should be, there are those who take the time to create the anthems we sing…

Broken Glow album release party, w/ BBXF at Southbound Brewing – photos

Broken Glow released their album Filament with a great party last weekend at Southbound Brewing Company in West Savannah. A big crowd, a special brew made just for the night, lots of kick ass rock and roll, even Chazito’s Latin…