The Savannah Stopover’s focus is on touring indie rockers headed to SXSW in Austin the following weekend, but there’s a good dose of local music too, from a variety of genres.
Among this year’s local acts is Eric Britt, whose thoughtful, passionate album Greener was released last fall.
In Greener pastures for Eric Britt, Connect Savannah’s Bill DeYoung wrote in part:
Savannah Stopover today released the final details about the Forsyth Park concert on Friday, March 8 with of Montreal and Royal Canoe.
“The Glory Fires learned to construct music in the churches of their childhoods, and learned to destroy it in the punk clubs of their youths.”
Despite the facts that Stop Light Observations is based just up the road in Charleston and has over 17,600 fans on Facebook, I first listened to the band just a few weeks ago after they were announced for the Stopover.
How did I miss such a great sound for so long?
I don’t know if anything special will happen at 1 a.m. — or more likely a little later — on the night of Thursday, March 7 when Mac DeMarco takes the stage at The Jinx, but even a mundane DeMarco appearance is likely to be memorable.
The band might have all sorts of sordid desires on the side, but the years traveling the world seem to have brought a deeper and deeper appreciation of the world’s wonders. That’s at least the impression I have after seeing the beautiful, delicately wrought video of the title track from the upcoming album For Distant Viewing.
The Georgia-based music site The Blue Indian has posted a newsy and entertaining “Guide to Savannah Stopover 2013“.
Heyrocco’s high-energy live shows are rich and unpredictable — you have no idea what they’re going to try next, but the choices always seem just right, like they know what you want before you do.
I’ve been looking at the schedule off and on since this morning, so I’m just going to collect a few general reactions here in a random bulletted list.
This is the first in a series of Savannah Stopover previews that I’m planning to post between now and the festival, which runs from March 7 to 9.
Contrary to what many people assume, I just freelance as a columnist for the SMN — a relationship that’s been in place for better than 12 years now. I had no idea that this partnership was brewing, but I’m sure glad to be passing along the news.
The folks at Savannah Stopover have confirmed local bands that will be performing during the March festival, as well as venues that will be used.
As I’ve noted in previous posts, the headliners include of Montreal (in a free show in Forsyth Park), The Whigs, Chelsea Light Moving with Thurston Moore of Sonic Youth, Mac DeMarco, and The Last Bison, among many, many more.
Word of the Stopover reached a nationwide audience last night as Jay Leno introduced Athens-based band The Whigs, one of this year’s festival headliners.
