The Thursday before last, I went to the first night of Savannah Stopover to see some of the up and coming bands. It was fun! I couldn’t go the other nights because I went to visit family last weekend. Other than Ra Ra Riot, I had never heard of the bands I saw. However, they were good. Ra Ra Riot headlined a show with two other bands at Ships of The Sea Museum.
First up was local Savannah band, Breakers, who sound like what would happen if surf rock met up with Joy Division and Depeche Mode. Lead singer Samford Juice has such confidence on stage. He reminds me of the lead singer of The Liars, Angus Andrew. [BTW, I saw The Liars perform at the Siren Music Festival back in either 2002 or 2003.] Anyway, the band’s pretty good.
Next up was Sun Club. Sun Club is a band from Baltimore, and the music is pop meets punk. Listen to them on Sun Club.
Then I went to Club One to see DEGA perform. With only two people, DEGA is like a downsized version of Dirty Projectors. Asyln and Kalen are based in Athens, GA. They just did a showcase at SXSW.
I did see a little bit of T.Hardy Morris at Congress St. Social Club, but not long enough. The music is alt-country rock. After the stopover, he was part of an “Athens in Austin” music showcase.
The last act I saw that night was PWR BTTM at Ampersand. PWR BTTM is a queer punk duo who do witty banter like Kiki and Herb but they play guitar and drums.