Stopover In Absentia

We're feeling it, are you feeling it? There's some Stopover magic in the air on what would normally be Savannah Stopover Weekend. But we don't want to be sad, so let's be happily nostalgic. We love keeping up with all the bands who've played the festival so we put together a playlist with recent releases from 35 great festival alums.

It seems fitting to kick off with a track from Hurray for the Riff Raff's excellent new album The Past Is Still Alive and end with a re-release of "How It Ends" on the 20th anniversary of DeVotchKa's seminal album.

Have a great weekend and go out and support a live show in your home town tonight, and find the full playlist here:

The Stopover List- May 2022

The May List is out. Check out the 25 tracks we can’t stop listening to from brand new and recent releases.  New music from Sharon Van Etten, Smile and Arcade Fire  seem to be on everyone’s earbuds these days, but we’re also still swooning over Spoon’s latest album with  deeper cut “My Babe”  and great tracks from new  discoveries like  Svvarms, Momma,  MJ Lenderman, Little Brazil and the fantastic Sub Pop debut from Toronto’s Weird Nightmare.

Do we need a “country” album from Wilco or an album of Beach Boys covers from She & Him? If the lead singles are any indication, we do! Had we forgotten about  great bands like Calexico or Delta Spirit? Never! So glad to have new music from them.

Real Estate frontman Martin Courtney dropped the debut single from a new album out in June on Domino Records- it’s dripping with  a layered, nostalgia vibe that seems perfect for  summer road trips. And then there’s Seratones laid back R&B mantra to “Get Your Shit Together, Babe”.  Ok, yeah, who hasn’t wanted to put this feeling into a song?

And as always, some of our favorite festival alums are back with new music including Kate Bollinger, American Aquarium and Los Colognes ( that’s a 2014 way, way throwback artist  for you Stopover followers!). Listen below on Spotify music lovers.

The May List

Sharon Van Etten

Tijuana Panthers

Svvarms

Toro y Moi

Spoon

Wilco

Weird Nightmare

MJ Lenderman

Momma

Little Brazil

Calexico

She & Him

The Dip

Seratones

Flasher

Kate Bollinger

Blossoms

American Aquarium

Cola

The Smile

Martin Courtney

Los Colognes

Delta Spirit

Tomberlin

Arcade Fire

Introducing ‘the Stopover list’; a curated monthly playlist of the best new music releases

We’re all about music discovery 365 days a year and we look forward to bringing you the best in new music releases each month!

The April list kicks off with a disco influenced jammer from London’s 8 piece electronic Afro-Funk band Ibibio Sound Machine + tracks from new favorites like Horsegirl, Darkbird and King Hannah. There’s a blistering country cover of “She’s Acting Single (I’m Drinkin Doubles)” by Asheville’s Wednesday and a newly released hidden gem from San Francisco’s recently defunct Sweet Trip.

There’s strong representation from the UK and Canada- both with red hot music scenes and more shoe-gazey vibes than we’ve heard in years.

p.s. don’t miss the latest tracks from 2022 festival bands Soccer Mommy and Danielle Ponder PLUS the latest from festival alums Big Thief, Elf Power and TOPS.

The April List

Ibibio Sound Machine - London, UK

Nilüfer Yanya - London, UK

Dehd - Chicago, IL

Danielle Ponder - Rochester, NY

Darkbird - Austin, TX

Destroyer - Vancouver, CN

Horsegirl - Chicago, IL

King Hannah - Liverpool, UK

Elf Power - Athens, GA

Big Thief -Brooklyn, NY

Wednesday - Asheville, NC

Sweet Trip - San Francisco, CA

Belle and Sebastian - Glasgow, UK

Father John Misty - Rockville, MD

TOPS - Montreal, CN

Orville Peck - Toronto, CN

Launder - Los Angeles, CA

Aldous Harding - Auckland, NZ

Kevin Morby - Kansas City, MS

Soccer Mommy - Nashville, TN

Ducks Ltd./ illuminati  hotties- Toronto, CN/Los Angeles, CA

Leo Sun - Jacksonville, FL

The Linda Lindas - Los Angeles, CA

Barrie - Brooklyn, NY

Beach House - Baltimore, MD