Stereo Embers Magazine has released This Time Is Divine: A Tribute to Jonathan Athon. The e-book, available via smashwords.com, is a tribute to the Black Tusk bassist who was tragically […]
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Year in Review: The music scene
“SAVANNAH has no music scene.” In the near-decade I’ve lived here, attending shows and playing music of my own, I’ve heard it a million times—I’m sure many of you have. […]
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Burnt Books, Crazy Bag Lady @The Jinx
Parker attests that the Retro Futurist collaboration has been a positive and familial experience. ‘They are looking out for us, and we look out for them.’
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Lazer/Wulf: Unleash the Beast
LAZER/WULF may have been born in Athens, GA six years ago, but 2014 has been their banner year. The experimental metal trio caught the ears of Retro Futurist Records (Kylesa’s […]
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Opening night of Savannah Rocks!
Loosely chronicled and gleefully chaotic, the collective result evokes a giant party that started in 1957 and is still screaming along full throttle.
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Kylesa’s back in shades of Ultraviolet
“We just kind of write what comes out,” says Phillip Cope. “At this point, we don’t worry about exactly where it’s supposed to fit in.”
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Kylesa plays Friday night all ages show
Local faves Kylesa “bring their larger-than-life sound to The Dollhouse stage for a super-rare and way overdue Savannah appearance,” according to concert organizers. Kylesa last performed their darkly robust brand […]
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Heavy duty
Constantly on the move, both physically and creatively, Kylesa is home for the holidays for what’s become the band’s one consistent annual break in a grueling – but fun – […]
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Punked out
What happens when punks grow up? Ask Justin Dick, who wrote 10 years’ worth of brutally aggressive songs, with angsty lyrics about blackness, alienation and despair, reflecting pretty much the […]
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Metallurgy
Voting ends Jan. 31 in Spin magazine’s online Readers Poll. There are seven nominees listed under Best Metal Band – mostly well–known international veterans of the headbanging wars. And then […]
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Passafire looks ahead
OVER THE PAST FEW YEARS, Passafire has steadily become merely the latest example of an original, rock-oriented band that has made significant waves outside of our immediate area. Like Kylesa, […]
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Spotlighted gigs and recommended shows
Jonathan Richman & Tommy Larkins *** It’s been exactly 18 years since this legendary indie-rock singer/songwriter graced Savannah with his inimitable presence, and in that time an awful lot has […]