Carrie Ann Hearst is 7 1/2 months pregnant, but she seemed to relish the sun and heat on Saturday afternoon in front of a huge crowd at Forecastle Festival along the banks of the Ohio River in Louisville. Hearst and…
On the final afternoon of Forecastle Festival 2015, I finally stopped by the Forecastle Foundation booth near the Mast Stage in Louisville’s gorgeous, sprawling Waterfront Park. The Forecastle Foundation seems both idealistic and pragmatic in its approach to environmental preservation…
Day 2 of Forecastle Festival in Louisville got started an hour late because of the vicious storm the night before, and the day was blazing hot at times, but the music was even hotter. I’ll write some more commentary in…
What a thrill to be covering Forecastle Festival in Louisville again this year. The 3-day festival is held in downtown’s Waterfront Park, a beautifully designed space nestled along the Ohio River. Forecastle has tons of great amenities too, which I’ll…
All right, here’s a speedy review of the CUSSES e.p. release party for “Here Comes the Rat” at Hang Fire last weekend. Nice crowd, free cd with paid cover, cold beer and a consistently strong, interesting, and varied lineup. What’s…
Creepoid‘s Savannah release show for Cemetery Highrise Slum was on Monday night at Hang Fire. The “briefly Savannahian heavy/psych/noise/slowcore/stoner/hazy rock outfit (and all around nice people)” — to borrow Tom’s words — cranked the smoke machine and played an inspiring…
BJ Barham — the frontman for American Aquarium — played at The Jinx here in Savannah last week as part of his ongoing solo tour across the South. B.J. has written so many good songs over the years that I…
I saw the Florida-based Everymen for the first time last year, and pretty much anyone who has seen Everymen once will plan to see them again. They play a kind of gypsy hillbilly punk, they tell bad jokes (What do…
About a year ago, we posted photos of Thomas Wynn & The Believers playing at The Jinx. Today, they performed the second installment of Stopover In The Yard — the new series of shows produced by Savannah Stopover in the…
There’s not much more to say about last week’s show featuring Fucked Up, DOOMSQUAD, and Crazy Bag Lady that hasn’t been said between Tom’s post and bill’s post so I won’t go too much into it. I will say that…