The Stopover List - November 2022
Our November List of the best in new music is a deep one; whether it's featuring new tunes from stalwarts like Yo La Tengo and Scott McMicken (from Dr Dog) or favorite newbies like Royel Otis, Emily Nenni and Odie Leigh. The whole fun of it is checking out music that's hot off the press and 'new to you' and from around the world! Bands from London (Sault), Melbourne (CIVIC), New York (Papi Shiitake), Dublin ( Aoife Nessa Frances), Nashville (Cailtin Rose), Chicago (Horsegirl) and small towns in between.
We're especially drawn to this month's trove of singles from Savannah Stopover alum, including Kate Bollinger teaming up with Drugdealer, Lucy Dacus covering Carole King, the latest EP from Bendigo Fletcher and the new track from The Bones of J.R. Jones (which is burning up TV's all over the world as the track for this year's Amazon Holiday Campaign). Lastly, it's been years since we've had an album from longtime Stopover fave Caitlin Rose; maybe 9 or 10 years? Man, was it worth the wait!
Enjoy y'all and let us know what's catching your ear!
The Stopover List- October 2022
Our October List of the best in new music is out! Let’s get to the fun stuff. Which new under the radar bands are catching our ear? Dazy, Yot Club, Housewife, Lowertown, Arcy Drive, Abby Sage, Miss Grit and Dummy for starters.
Plus new albums just out from artists we love like comedian/actor Whitmer Thomas, Beth Orton, Dry Cleaning, Yeah Yeah Yeahs, Charley Crockett, The Backseat Lovers, rapper Mavi and folk supergroup Bonny Light Horseman.
We had to toss in that killer new single from LCD Soundsytem and new tunes from Young Fathers, King Gizzard & The Lizard Wizard, Bass Drum of Death and the aptly titled new track from Girl in Red, “October Passed Me By”.
Lastly, we’re loving these new tracks from Stopover alums Ron Gallo, French Horn Rebellion (afro-cuban funk!) and Futurebirds, our friends and local superstars who just dropped a cover of the Rolling Stones’ “Sympathy For The Devil” today.
Let us know what’s catching your ear as we round the musical corner from fall into winter…hit us up on Insta or Facebook.
-The Stopover Team
The Stopover List- September 2022
We close out the summer and plunge into fall with our September list featuring the best in new music... plus one stellar reissue. Thank you Big Crown Records for re-releasing 1972's Never Coming Back, the overlooked album by the underrecognized soul artist Shirley Nanette.
Lots of collabs this month; The No Ones ( Peter Buck of R.E.M & Scott McCaughey of The Minus 5) are back with a new single, Katie Crutchfield and Jess Williamson have teamed up for a new project Plains, The National & Bon Iver hit it out of the park again with "Weird Goodbyes", Sleater-Kinney & Courtney Barnett? Yes Please. And don't miss Armani Caesar and Westside Gunn railing on Paula Deen.
A few newer projects that keep catching our ear include London's Jockstrap, Chicago's Dehd (who just keeps getting better), Royel Otis, Emily Nenni ( recently signed to New West Records) and Atlanta based goth rockers CDSM.
Other highlights include Nilufer Yanya covering PJ Harvey, the new album from Death Cab For Cutie, Arctic Monkeys take a new sonic turn, a blistering track from Asheville's Wednesday and fantastic new music from Stopover Festival alum All Them Witches, The Bones of J.R. Jones, Ezra Furman, Kate Bollinger, Peel Dream Magazine, Quinn Christoferson and Danielle Ponder, whose debut album came out September 16th and is blowing up the universe.
See the Spotify playlist below!
A bazillion new albums drop in October so stay tuned for next month's list...
-The Stopover Team
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The Stopover Throwback Playlist:2011-2022
August 31st- 2022
Who doesn’t love a throwback?
For our end of summer monthly playlist, we went into the archives and pulled 50 of our favorite tracks from bands who have played the festival since its inception. That’s over 700 bands to choose from spanning 2011 through 2022. How did we cull it down to 50? Lots of hand wringing. We selected some from personal favorite memories , particularly from bands who were just starting out when they played the fest. The list is in chronological order. Who remembers Mac Demarco body surfing through The Jinx in 2013 or The War On Drugs surrounded by blooming azaleas in a museum garden in 2012? Or Rainbow Kitten Surprise blowing the roof off of a church in 2016? Ah, the memories. In almost every case, we selected tracks that the artist released the year they first played the fest or the song that made us fall in love with them.
A text list of the tracks and the year the band played Stopover follows the playlist.
Happy listening down memory lane!
The Stopover List- July 2022
The July List is hotter than Georgia asphalt with 25 new tracks we've fallen hard for including new singles from some of our favorite artists like Alvvays (how has it been 5 years?), Cass McCombs, Christine and the Queens, Sylvan Esso, Flipturn and Australia's Good Morning.
The Elf Power new album Artificial Countrysides is finally out (their 14th in a 30 year career!) and it's some of their finest work. And Dawes just dropped the most sprawling and unique record of their career, Misadventures of Doomscroller. Give it a thoughtful listen!
What's on repeat? Debut albums from newcomers Grace Ives, Launder and Naima Bock as well as tunes from a slew of new discoveries like San Francisco's The Red, Pinks and Purples, New Orleans' Julie Odell, Alberta, Canada's Ghost Woman, NYC's Pan Arcadia and Nashville's Jive Talk ( who recently played a red hot Dog Days show in SAV).
We're especially excited for the debut album from London's Gently Tender; the project from three former members of Palma Violets. Look for that to drop in late August. It was recorded in Stopover alum Matthew E White's Spacebomb Studios in RVA; an instant badge of cred!
And as always, don't miss the best new work from Stopover alum. This month's list includes new music from Lee Baines +The Glory Fires, Twen, Caleb Caudle, Mckinley Dixon and of course Elf Power!
Stay cool and summer on!
The Bands:
Alvvays
Gently Tender
Christine and the Queens
Kennebec; Hemlock Ernst; Sudan Archives
Ghost Woman
Good Morning
Arlo McKinley; Logan Halstead
Cass McCombs
Sylvan Esso
flipturn
Grace Ives
Caleb Caudle; Jerry Douglas; Sam Bush
Twen
Lee Bains + The Glory Fires
The Reds, Pinks and Purples
Jive Talk
Elf Power
Housewife
JayWood; McKinley Dixon
Pan Arcadia
Sorry
Julie Odell
Naima Bock
Launder
Dawes
The Stopover List-June 2022
The June List is out! What’s on tap? A treasure trove of new music from stalwarts like The Black Angels, Murder By Death, The Mountain Goats and even a previously unlreleased track from Stereolab! We’ve got the latest albums from Angel Olsen, Craig Finn (The Hold Steady), Mt. Joy and Bartees Strange on heavy rotation along with a slew of great singles from new faves like Royel Otis, Kiwi Jr, Enumclaw, Blondshell and Marci ( Marta Cikojevic from TOPS).
We love keeping up with our Stopover alums so don’t miss great new singles from All Them Witches, Alex G, Adia Victoria, The Beths and that aforementioned track from Murder By Death is killer.
We relish in a few curve balls so make sure to check out the 5 minute instrumental dance track from Copenhagen DJ and producer Sexy Lazer and the fascinating collab between avante-garde Jazz composer Sam Gendel and 12 year old singer-songwriter Antonia Cytrynowicz.
Enjoy!
The Stopover List- May 2022
May 27th, 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.
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 List”- April 2022
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
