In addition to being a solo performer, Donovan Melero also is the drummer and vocalist for post-hardcore band Hail the Sun.
The weeks between Thanksgiving and Christmas are typically slow when it comes to live music. Not so this week. Hail the Sun frontman Donovan Melero is returning to SA as a solo artist, and rapper Rod Wave is bringing his melancholy rhymes to the AT&T Center. Influential Mexican band Zoé also will bring its intriguing mix of sounds to the Aztec Theatre, while SA hometown heroes Upon a Burning Body will rock Vibes Event Center.Turnover, Video Age, Temple of Angels
Critics have described Turnover with a laundry list of adjectives, including pop-punk, dream-pop and emo. Given that the Virginia Beach-based band once toured with New Found Glory, pop-punk seems like a decent enough fit. Even so, these guys have been doing it for more than a decade and their sound is much more refined than that descriptor might suggest. While arguably indie rock at its core, a lush veneer hangs over the music of Turnover, giving it a more ethereal quality than one might expect.