Shut off the TV. Go to shows, listen to music, do stuff. Unlike this post, life is short. That’s how I finished my wrap up at the end of last year, and, well, I tried. I don’t really watch much…
So much music, so little time…Tom’s Best of 2015
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bill’s 2015 year in review
We don’t get too personal here at hissing lawns, but no one lives in a vacuum. 2015 has been a stressful year for me personally, including some high highs plus a couple of very low lows: my father died in…
Baroness + Earthling at The Jinx – more photos
Tom has already shared some thoughts and a super photo gallery from the big Baroness show on Saturday night at The Jinx, so I’ll keep this short. Baroness had not played a show in Savannah in five years — the…
Baroness and Earthling at The Jinx – photos
I was wrong. I’d been annoyed and sometimes even correcting people who referred to Baroness as a Savannah band. None of the members have lived in Savannah for several years. Was the band associated with the city? Absolutely. But to…
Baroness announces fall tour, will play Savannah on 12/12
Baroness announced a fall tour today, which begins on November 27 in Columbus, Ohio, and ends on December 20 in New York. Baroness will play The Jinx on Decemeber 12 — it will be the band’s first hometown show in…
new Baroness album “Purple” dropping on Dec. 18
Having grown out of the deep roots of heavy music in Savannah, Baroness remains very much identified with the city’s scene even though they haven’t played a gig here for several years. (I’m not really sure about the last date,…
Baroness returns to recording
Some fantastic news came out of the Baroness camp this week. The band posted an in studio picture on their official Facebook page, captioned “Recording with Dave Fridmann at Tarbox Road Studios in Cassadaga, New York.” Presumably they are working…
Baroness guitarist to tour with Samhain, Valkyrie signed to Relapse Records
It’s been a busy few weeks for Baroness guitarist Pete Adams. First, he was revealed to be the “special guest” guitarist that has been teased to tour with Samhain, Glenn Danzig’s post Misfits – pre solo artist metal/horror punk outfit.…
listen to this beautiful Townes Van Zandt cover by John Baizley
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…
Tom Cartmel’s Year in Review
I’ve been a pretty hopeless music fanatic for over 30 years: my first live show was the Beach Boys when I was twelve, went through the typical classic rock high school, dove into the Pittsburgh punk scene in college, had…