After a five-week run that included appearances by national touring rockers, blues artists and an international odd-pop duo, Riverfront Nights will close out its season Saturday, Sept. 5, with the synth-pop stylings of Atlanta quintet Stokeswood.
Named for Stokeswood Avenue, the East Atlanta thoroughfare along which they once lived in a haunted house, lead vocalist and acoustic guitarist Adam Patterson and lead electric guitarist Mark Godwin formed Stokeswood in 2004. Since then, the band has established itself as a musical mixing pot, producing an eclectic sound that is a pop amalgamation of electric hip-hop beats, orchestral synth and radio-friendly, danceable melodies.
“We walk the fine line of so many genres,” Patterson says, in a statement on the band’s bio. “We’re taking all the parts of what we know and making it a cohesive sound.”
He and Godwin are bolstered by keyboardist Michael Roman, drummer Jon Joiner and bassist/live producer Justin Mullinix, but the band’s trump card is an instrumental flexibility that allows the musicians to switch gear between sets.
In its decade-long tenure on the touring circuit, Stokeswood has made appearances on stages alongside and in support of heavy hitters such as MGMT, Girl Talk, Edward Sharpe & The Magnetic Zeroes, Skrillex and Bassnectar.