
I’m running out of time to post more of these Savannah Stopover previews, but I’m not running out of acts worth seeing — not even close. Wet Socks (love the name) is the Savannah-based garage rock duo of Hunter Jayne…
I certainly don’t have anything pithy to say about Thurston Moore of the now legendary Sonic Youth or his new band Chelsea Light Moving that hasn’t already been said.
So I’ll just add that booking Moore and company is a major coup for the Savannah Stopover, which is about to celebrate only its third festival.
Check out these three live videos posted just last week by Matador Records and reposted by Pitchfork:
I’ve written pretty regularly about Triathalon since first hearing the band in early 2012, and I’m thrilled that Savannah Stopover has given them a prime slot at this year’s festival, playing after Beach Day and before Dent May at Hang Fire on Saturday, March 9.
The surf-soul-rock band recently completed a 3-song EP at the newish Dollhouse Productions here in Savannah — Triathalon’s Stopover gig will also be a release party for that EP.
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:
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?