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Live Picks: 05.17.2012 - 05.23.2012
05.18: Buxton + The Donkeys - Howlin' Wolf Den
Houston's Buxton are no stranger to the city of New Orleans, as Friday night's show at The Howlin' Wolf Den will be their fourth trip to town in the last 18 months. But these frequent visits - making them a fixture of the local scene in a way even some local bands are not - have all been justified as the last year and a half has been an explosive time…
NEWS AND NOTES View all
Preview // 2012 Hangout Music Festival
After last year assembling the platonic ideal of an outdoor festival in only their second go ’round – dropping a knockout lineup and perfectly sized crowd…
Random Notes: Leftover Jazz Fest Booze Edition
Jazz Fest and finals are over. Summer is right around the corner. Local artists are kicking out the jams. G-Eazy's got a new…
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Hurray For The Riff Raff: Look Out Mama
In the five plus years since songwriter Alynda Lee Segarra began the project, Hurray For The Riff Raff have always been a standout in the particular genre of waltzy folk-pop…
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“Yankee Hotel Foxtrot” and Questions of Avant-Garde
Though it may be surprising to find ourselves realizing that Yankee Hotel Foxtrot, the 2002 offering from Chicago-based Americana heroes Wilco, has already turned ten years old, it…
For Lack of a Better Phrase, NOLA Bands “Killed It” at SXSW 2012
Hours before my fourth trip to South by Southwest Festival would take a decided turn for the Kerouackian, when I’d find myself sleeping among a sea of strangers…
An Open Letter To The New Orleans City Council
Dear members of the New Orleans City Council, When I moved to New Orleans in the beginning of 2008, after leaving a job in Minneapolis and a life…
Barryfest Endorses: Basement Shows
Without any knowledge of history or topography, one would think that a city with as much filth and poverty as New Orleans would have a stronger hollowed-out basement…
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DYRT90s // Foo Fighters: Big Me
Even those, such as myself, who wouldn’t necessarily consider themselves Foo Fighter fanatics would have a hard time arguing that Dave Grohl is one of the…