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New Music Monday – 6/19/17

Check out new work this week from: KEWL & Sauna Heat Lee Bains III & The Glory Fires The Killers Worriers Ben Ottewell Queens of the Stone Age The Drury Brothers . Various Artists Athens, GA Athens VS Trump Compilation…

SUSTO, Becca Mancari, & Isaac Smith at The Jinx – photos

SUSTO came through Savannah last month for yet another awesome show. I’ve run out of superlatives for Justin Osborne’s songwriting and for the Charleston band’s on-stage intensity energy. SUSTO will continue touring relentlessly through the summer, so if you’re out…

Car Seat Headrest with Nap Eyes at The Orange Peel – review + photos

There was some great music last Wednesday night in Asheville. My co-editor Tom Cartmel and I ran into some other Savannahians who had made the 300-mile drive for Nick Cave & The Bad Seeds, but we were there for Car…

New Music Monday – 6/12/17

This week’s roundup of new songs and records includes work from: Superchunk Torres Death From Above HOTPLATE Greta O. and The Toxic Shock Superchunk Chapel Hill, NC “I Got Cut” b/w “Up Against the Wall”, 7″ single on Merge Records…

New Music Monday – 6/5/17

For this week’s roundup of new music, we have work from: Wavves Daddy Issues Warbringer Radiohead Jason Isbell and the 400 Unit Daniel Brady Lynch Hot Water Music Sheer Mag Foo Fighters Enjoy! Wavves L.A. You’re Welcome out now on…

Eef Barzelay of Clem Snide playing Savannah on Friday, June 2nd

“Eef Barzelay may be the most underrated songwriter in the business today,” wrote NPR Music in 2010 with the release of Barzely’s Tiny Desk Concert, “with a sneakily firm grasp on poignancy and humor, and his live performances convey a…

10 memories of Gregg Allman

This is a guest post from Annette Haywood-Carter, a filmmaker, Macon native, and former Savannah resident who now lives in California. I’m from Macon, GA. Gregg Allman personal memories: Memory 1: Band playing in the Mercer University cafeteria. My dad…

New Music Monday – 5/29/17

For this week’s edition of New Music Monday, we feature work from: Natalie Lovejoy Blake Rainey & His Demons Street Clothes Lydia Loveless Enjoy. Natalie Lovejoy St. Paul, MN “Demolition Derby Queen” Natalie Lovejoy’s album ‘Hiding in the light’ actually…

Remembering Gregg Allman, storyteller

This a guest post from Kevin Rose, owner of Elevated Basement Studio here in Savannah. When Bill asked me to write about my work relationship with Gregg Allman for hissing lawns, I was honored, but this is probably the 50th…

SCAD end-of-year concert changes venue, name, scope

It became obvious a few weeks ago that SCAD wasn’t going to be having a huge New Alumni Concert in Forsyth Park on June 2nd. For years, the Friday night before SCAD’s spring commencement has featured a citywide bash in…