Savannah Stopover 2013 March 7-9

[fastmusicfan]

http://www.pastemagazine.com/article...13-lineup.html

Savannah Stopover 2013 Lineup
of Montréal
The Whigs
Merchandise
Mac DeMarco
Ducktails
Jonathan Toubin’s Soul Clap & Dance Off
Dent May
Delicate Steve
Ambassadors
Turbo Fruits
Snowmine
The Last Bison
Ben Sollee
Ponderosa,
Country Mice
Cheyenne Marie Mize
Filligar
Bronze Radio Return
Royal Canoe
Sean Bones
Yip Deceiver
Levek
Calvin Love
Henry Wagons
You Won’t
Field Report,
The People’s
Temple
this mountain
Christopher Paul Stelling
Lee Bains III & The Glory Fires
William Tyler
Jacco Gardner
Mercies
Pree
Mobley
Chris Cohen
Shark?
Sun Club
The Wild Feathers
We Can’t Enjoy Ourselves

[fastmusicfan]

I fully expect this thread to die a slow death, but this festival is a ton of fun. Savannah is a beautiful little Southern city with the largest historic district in the country and no open container law. As in, you can buy a beer at a bar/venue, pour it into a "to go" cup and drink it on the way to the next venue. The last couple years have had Grimes, The War on Drugs, The Men, Turbo Fruits, Oberhofer, DIIV, etc.. The artists seem to love the hospitality and the city and it shows in the performances, in my opinion. Venues have ranged from fairly typical, to pretty amazing and/or weird (museums, tiny, hidden ampitheaters, used clothes stores, they closed down one of the historic squares for the opening night last year). Anyway, I think early bird tickets are $50 for the weekend, so it's cheap, too. If anyone from this board comes, I will personally buy them a beer or two.

[betao]

I'm actually planning on to be in Savannah the week after this possibly.

Savannah is one of my favorite cities to visit, the structure of the city is relative to its history (its not like your average city's "design"), and there's alot to do see and do at any given time. They also do an awesome St. Patrick's Day festival. And yes, the lack of open container law means that bars actually have a "to go" section. Pretty cool.

[fastmusicfan]

Added Thurston Moore's new band Chelsea Light Moving. And a dozen other bands that I now need to research. Hunters, out of Brooklyn, seem to be my speed. http://savannahnow.com/do/2012-12-13...s#.UMpddX4o6Ul

[fastmusicfan]

This thing is in my stomping grounds for cheap, so no way am I not going, but holy shit the Chelsea Light Moving stream on NPR has instantly got me twice as stoked for this festival. Also, Sweetwater is sponsoring this year instead of PBR, and there's a Moonshine sponsor, soooo......... there's that. Mac DeMarco is looking like fun, too, after Thurston and a lot of legal, walking around, drinking in an insanely historic small city that breeds sludge metal. Yep, stoked.