Band of Horses’ new record “Acoustic at the Ryman” streaming here

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You can stream the first four tracks of Band of Horses’ new album below. Click here for the entire stream on BOH’s website with links to iTunes and other sites for purchase.

Lovely.

This is obviously a taste of what some of us are going to enjoy on March 3rd, when Band of Horses’ acoustic tour stops at Trustees Theater on Broughton Street here in Savannah. Sort of amusingly, BOH’s tour schedule on the page with the above stream has confused Trustees Theater with the much smaller Morris Center at Trustees Garden.

If you’ve been to this blog before, you probably already know that Band of Horses played an extraordinary show back in October at The Wormhole — a venue that’s a fraction of the size of their usual bookings. We posted pics here and here. A couple of the shots from those posts:

Band of Horses at The Wormhole in October 2013

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50 Years Ago Today: A Beatles Celebration – photos

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Thanks to Jon Waits of JWaitsphoto for these wonderful images from Friday night’s show at the American Legion Post #135 produced by Savannah Rocks! in honor of the 50 the anniversary of The Beatles’ appearance on Ed Sullivan. Great stuff.

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The Casket Girls’ “True Love Kills the Fairy Tale” now available — and streaming here

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Earlier this week, Consequence of Sound debuted the stream of The Casket Girls’ new album True Love Kills the Fairy Tale, newly released by Graveface Records. COS also interviewed Ryan Graveface, the head of the label and a member of the band along with sisters Phaedra and Elsa Greene.

From Ryan in that interview:

Well, I think the biggest thing that has changed is that we really set out to make a record this time around. LP1 just kind of happened. On the music side, I sat down one night after drinking copious amounts of homemade absinthe and said to no one, “It’s time to begin writing LP2.” We’ve been super-lucky in this project to where things are just kind of magically happening. The ladies were pretty horrified to play live, as it was supposed to be a recording-only project, but I feel we’ve all embraced everything at this point.

COS calls the album “dream-pop” but I’d like to find another term — maybe twilight-pop? Hypno-pop? You decide:

While the record’s official release date is 2/11, True Love Kills the Fairy Tale is now available on CD, tape, and colored wax at Graveface Records & Curiosities at 5 West 40th here in Savannah.

listen to this beautiful Townes Van Zandt cover by John Baizley

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Baroness singer John Baizley apparently relearned how to play guitar after the band’s horrible bus crash by playing Townes Van Zandt songs. Now he’s featured on three songs on a new album of Van Zandt covers. Read more about it and listen to his flat out beautiful cover of the classic “If I Needed You” with Katie Jones at Stereogum. It’s truly worth a click.

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check out debut EP of Heavy Boots (Rachael Perisho of mumbledust)

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Rachael Perisho’s voice would alone distinguish her from pretty much any other musician out there, but combine her captivating vocals with the subtlety of other instruments — like a saw — and you’re left with something really unusual and really beautiful.

Perisho has for the last couple of years been one-half of Savannah-based mumbledust, but now she has released her first solo record, the EP In All The Ways That I Am Small, on the Savannah label Furious Hooves, which is headed by her mumbledust partner Ryan McCardle.

Limited edition cassettes of the EP can be purchased through Furious Hooves on Bandcamp. You can also preview and purchase In All the Ways That I Am Small on iTunes.

On Saturday, 2/8, at 8 p.m., Graveface Records & Curiosities and Furious Hooves will present a show with Heavy Boots supporting Hazel Ra. Click here for the Facebook event info. That looks like it should be a special night.

Savannah Rocks! releases schedule for Beatles’ tribute on 2/7

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Savannah Rocks! has sold out the big Beatles tribute show on Friday, 2/7, in the ballroom of the American Legion Post #135 on Bull Street here in Savannah. I’ll freely admit that I’m a little surprised that the big room sold out in advance — it’s a testament to the interest in the 50th anniversary of The Beatles’ appearance on Ed Sullivan, a testament to the growing history of rock and roll in Savannah, and a testament to the promotional efforts of the event organizers.

The sellout presents a little bit of a problem too, since the space obviously isn’t meeting the need. Please note that a certain number of $5 tickets will be sold beginning at 9:30 p.m., assuming that some of the ticket holders will be no-shows or will leave early.

Anyway, here’s the lineup, as posted in the Savannah Rocks! Facebook group:

Doors Open @ 6:00:
• The Veraflames 7:00 – 7:30
• Voodoo Soup 7:45 – 8:15
• The Rogues 8:30 – 9:00
• The Bill Avila All-Stars 9:25 – 9:45
• GAM 10:00 – 10:30
• CUSSES 10:45 – 11:15

Larry Jack’s Magical Music Tour 2/6/14 – 2/11/14

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Hey guys,
There are several shows of note this week. Martin Sexton is playing at the Wormhole this Wednesday (5th). I have not seen him before, but he has been recommended to me several times since this show was announced. Both of the people that recommended were really singing his praises, so I am expecting a good show. The second show that I would like to point out would be Friday’s American Legion show, 50 Years Ago Today. There are several good bands playing, some that you rarely see this early (Cusses played at 1am last Saturday, Voodoo Soup) and some that rarely play (Veraflames, GAM) and a few I don’t know (Rogues, Bill Avila All Stars). It’s an early start, beautiful venue, and good admission price, what more can you ask for?

Wednesday 5th
Martin Sexton – Wormhole ($20) – His website states “you can call him a soul shouter, a road poet, a folkie, or a rocker and you won’t be wrong”. This show was very highly recommended by a few friends who I trust their taste in music. Please note that this will be an early start, listed as 8pm.
Slackers, Duppies – Jinx (10p) – Sax, trombone, trumpet from a couple of ska bands. I hope to stop by the Jinx for a little ska music after the Martin Sexton show.

Friday 7th
50 Years Ago Today – American Legion Ballroom (7p, $15) – Cusses, Veraflames, GAM, Rouges, Voodoo Soup (w/ Jack Sherman), Bill Avila All Stars. I highly recommend this show, it has the potential to be something special.
Dead Yet?, Forced Entry – Jinx ($2 – Benefit for Jason Statts) – Hardcore punk at the Jinx.
Stereo Reform – Congress Street Social Club (10pm) – I really like this dance-rock band and am planning on hitting this show after the Legion show.

Megan Jean and the KFB – Abe’s On Lincoln – “Like a metal band if it was 1927”; This is a very good band at one of my favorite venues.

Saturday 8th
Gringo Star – Jinx – Guitar rock from this Savanah Stopover alumni.
Lobo Marino, Timid Biggots, Hyde, Rotten Blush – Hang Fire – Lobo Marino page says their music is tribal, folk, world music. I saw a sitar on their Facebook page, that sold me.
Reckless Abandon – Congress Street Social Club – Electronic rock 3-piece.

Sunday 9th
Super Museum Sunday (1-4p) – Go see some Savannah museums for free today. It’s not going to get any cheaper than this.
Dead Leaves Traveling Band  – Sentient Bean – I haven’t seen this Americana band in a while, I hope to catch them tonight. This is probably an 8pm show, I’ll try to update later. Per the comment below, this is an 8 p.m. show.
Savannah Songwriters – Tybee Legion – Jason Bible, Andrew Gill, Christina Christian, Shawn Gordon – Nice line-up for this fine songwriter series that alternates between Tybee Legion and Johnny Harris Restaurant.
Hunktronik, Blackrune, Moffenzeef – Graveface (7p)

Tuesday 11th
Aaron Paul Zimmer – Foxy Loxy – A rare solo show from the City Hotel guitarist.  This is another show I am looking forward to this week.

Velvet Caravan CD release show at Trinity – photos

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We’ll be writing more soon about Velvet Caravan‘s excellent new record, Acoustic in Nature, but for now just enjoy these photos by Jon Waits of the release concert on Saturday evening at Trinity United Methodist Church. (We’re excited that it looks like Jon will be contributing to hissing lawns regularly.)

The performance was part of the new series “Trinity Sanctuary Concerts” — a great new use of a beautiful room for music.

Photos by Jon Waits:

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Turbo Fruits, Hot Hands, Whitegold, and Wet Socks at Dollhouse Productions

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Last Monday was a great night for music in Savannah by far. If you missed out on catching Lucero at The Jinx, you really did yourself a disservice if you missed the stacked show that rocked Dollhouse Productions, one of the best midsized venues in town for catching shows. Following up on their stellar set at Stopover last year, Nashville’s wild rock and roll outfit Turbo Fruits returned to Savannah to put on another exhibition of ripping, guitar heavy rock.

The night started out with sets from Atlanta’s White Gold and Savannah’s own Wet Socks. Admittedly, I got to the show a little late because of work, so I missed their sets, although, I’ve written about both bands before and I’m sure that they’re sets were just as awesome as last time. By the time I got to the show, the third band, Hot Hands, was just starting up. Coming up from Orlando, the duo of Hot Hands dished out some noisy, scrappy garage rock tunes that were the perfect set up for Turbo Fruits. Rounding out the night, Turbo Fruits rocked the house in style. Raucous, wild, loud, and catchy; they definitely lived up to their last show in Savannah! Here’s hoping they stop through again!

Catch some of the shots from Hot Hands and Turbo Fruits Below and be sure to hit the jump for the full set. Also, since things are warming up a bit, be sure to check out Larry’s post about shows going on this weekend and check one or two out!

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Savannah Stopover releases detailed 3-day schedule, confirms 10 venues

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Savannah Stopover has released the detailed schedule for the 90+ bands in over 100 performances in downtown Savannah from March 6-8.

So you can quit reading this post, and go check it out at the Stopover site or with Sched, a great tool for selecting and sharing your schedule.

Here’s the list of venues:
Knights of Columbus
The Jinx
Hang Fire
City Coffee
Congress Street Social Club
Club One
Moon River Beer Garden
Abe’s On Lincoln
The Artist Lounge (details coming next week)
Ellis Square

And an astute reader who knows Savannah’s venues might realize immediately that a number of those are all-ages. A special under-21 pass is on sale effective today. City Coffee on MLK (just south of Carlito’s) is among those all ages venues and the most surprising entry on the list. Abe’s, a really small space, is another interesting addition to this year’s lineup.

The opening night concert and band poster exhibition will be in the Beer Garden at Moon River. That show will feature St. Paul & The Broken Bones.

Kylesa will play at 1 a.m. at The Jinx on the opening night of the festival, capping a showcase of the band’s new-ish label Retro Futurist.

The spacious Knights of Columbus hall on Liberty Street will be home to a number of headliners, including Wye Oak on March 6, Those Darlins on March 7, and Oberhofer and Small Black on March 8.

The free concert in Ellis Square on March 8 from 5:30 to 9:30 p.m. will be headlined by The Weeks.

I know that I’m already looking at some really tough decisions. Like on opening night, when Wye Oak is at the Knights at 11:30, J Roddy Walston & The Business is on at midnight at Congress Street Social Club, and Future Islands performs at Club One at midnight 12:30 a.m. — and of course other bands are playing across those slots at other locations.

Exciting stuff.

Keep in mind that the schedule is subject to change and that there will be some “surprise” performances that might not be announced till the last minute, literally.

Randy Garcia, Signs of Iris at The Jinx – Friday, 1/31

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The weekend forecast is looking to be a little warmer than these last few days (I tried to go out, I really did, but Netflix, blankets and hot toddies won over the seemingly impossible task of bundling up and trekking downtown). On Friday, I plan to be fully back at it, and there’s no better way to shake off the chill than with Greenville, SC’s Signs of Iris.

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While seeing great indie bands come out of my hometown is invigorating in and of itself, I’ll be ditching my winter coat and heading to the front for Signs of Iris to put some step back into my frozen toes. With tight, driving dance beats, thick guitar licks, hyperactive synths and Cassie Posey’s dark & commanding vocals, Signs of Iris is a toughened-up, young Paramore with an uncompromising Death From Above 1979-esque spine.

Check out their second LP, Cyclops, which dropped in October, below; you’ll be ready to dance and wail along.

And check out Randy Garcia:

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Jason Isbell, Pokey LaFarge, Kristina Train, dancer Rosario Toledo, and a 2nd Avett Brothers show added to Savannah Music Festival schedule

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Some more good news from the Savannah Music Festival, which announced today that the Avett Brothers will be playing a second show during the festival on 3/20, in addition to the previously announced show on 3/21.

Americana/swing musician Pokey LaFarge will also be here for a two-day run sharing a bill with Savannah native Kristina Train, whom we spotlighted recently on hissing lawns after Bruce Springsteen twice told national radio audiences that he’s a fan of hers. Train and LaFarge will play four shows at the Morris Center over the course of two days, 3/29 and 3/30.

And Jason Isbell and his band will be playing at the Ships of the Sea Sunday, March 23. How awesome is that?

Also, flamenco dancer Rosario Toledo has joined “Flamenco Meets Jazz” program with Dani de Moron and the Aaron Diehl Trio at the Morris Center on 3/20 and 3/21.

Tickets for all these shows go on sale at 10 a.m. on Friday, 1/27.