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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Shut up and go play
In the upcoming documentary film Slow Southern Steel, Black Tusk bassist Jonathan Athon talks about metal players who grew up in the Deep South, and gamely tries to explain — […]
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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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Swamp metal, with all the trimmings
The three musicians who make up Black Tusk have a lot to be thankful for this year. Their first Relapse Records album, Taste the Sin, got great reviews (Spin called […]
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Black Tusk
People are still talking about the Spin magazine story from last November, Metal in the Garden of Good and Evil, which introduced the world to “a creative hotbed, producing thunderingly […]
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Metallurgy 101
From the other Athens — the one in Ohio — comes the brutalizing, ball–busting Skeletonwitch, one of the most popular indie metal bands now crossing the country with regularity, spreading […]
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A ‘Lynch-pin’ of hard rock stops in Savannah
YOU KNOW THE OLD SAYING: If the van’s a rockin’… they must be listenin’ to Dokken. Or, you know, something like that. There will likely be plenty of Dokken fans […]
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Spotlighted gigs and recommended shows
Xela Zaid For some time now this Miami-based singer/songwriter has operated on the fringe of the DIY rock movement — touring and recording with the duo Ho Chi Minh. His […]
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The DFL Project: bringing punk into focus
FOR AS LONG AS THERE HAVE BEEN live music scenes, there have been photographers who have attempted to document them for posterity. However, up till now, most of the published […]