Jane’s power pop-rock aims to save your weekend

Saving Jane and its top-40 hit, “Girl Next Door,” will pay a visit to Pittsburgh this weekend… Saving Jane and its top-40 hit, “Girl Next Door,” will pay a visit to Pittsburgh this weekend to perform live at Diesel.

Influenced by artists like Stevie Nicks, Aerosmith and Indigo Girls, Saving Jane will bring its own brand of pop, girl-rock to the stage Saturday night.

After a short break in December when the band headed off for some rest, relaxation and songwriting in Sweden, Saving Jane will play a show in its hometown of Columbus before coming to Pittsburgh to perform on Diesel’s stage.

The band will be promoting its latest CD, One Girl Revolution, which dropped in August of last year.

In a recent phone interview, lead singer Marti Dodson described the band’s new album as “a little more rock” than its 2005 breakthrough album, Girl Next Door, which Dodson described as having a more acoustic sound.

Saving Jane’s first album, Girl Next Door, produced its radio hits, “Happy” and the title track “Girl Next Door,” which appealed to the average high school girl for its sentiments against “popular girls” and prom queens. ?

“Its’s so much fun,” says Dodson of performing live. She describes Saving Jane as “a rocking live band that’s really able to feed off the energy of the crowd.”

Catch Dodson and her band mates, Pat Buzzard, Dak Goodman, Jeremy Martian and Brandon Hagan, this Saturday at Diesel Club Lounge in the South Side. Tickets are $14 at the door and $12 in advance. The show is all ages and doors open at 6 p.m.