Rotary Downs + Caddywhompus: 10.29.2011
Camaraderie between a mature rock band and a younger noise duo may seem unlikely in this fast paced and cliquish era of alternative music, but Rotary Downs – local champions of unkillable working man’s indie rock – and Caddywhompus – constantly breaking new experimental ground – have recently forged such a platonic relationship, one that [...]
Surfer Blood: Tarot Classics
With the unexpected smash success that was last year’s Astro Coast, Floridian indie band Surfer Blood – probably to the sinking apprehension of every single indie rock cainophobe – seemingly has no where to go but larger. After national notoriety and critical acclaim brought the young act to a slew of spacious festival stages and [...]
Voodoo Music Experience, Day 3: 10.30.2011
By now, all music blogs and culture magazines are abuzz about Los Angeles-based rap collective Odd Future Wolf Gang Kill Them All, whose set at the Le Ritual Voodoo main stage on the final day of Voodoo was at once electrifying and unnerving. After the group showered photographers with water and unloaded a slew of [...]
Voodoo Music Experience, Day 2: 10.29.2011
To say that Gordon Gano, lead singer of the hugely influential Violent Femmes, has completely eschewed the lazy exclusivist aspect of being an artistic icon of post punk and an originator alternative rock would be a monumental understatement. Though you could have found him collaborating with icons like John Cale, Lou Reed, PJ Harvey and [...]
Voodoo Music Experience, Day 1: 10.28.2011
Though it would probably be overstepping to grant Morphine the kind of singular distinction usually thrown at the likes of jazz fusion pioneer Miles Davis or Barryfest-endorsed darkly sarcastic American duo Steely Dan, it would be incredibly disingenuous not to acknowledge that this Boston-bred oddball of the 1990s – adept at melting fiery blues and [...]
Prom Date: 09.30.2011
It may indeed be the case that as a bona fide genre, dance-punk has never been anything more than the product of a subculture media hellbent on fabricating its own buzz or simply an example of the post-millennium tail-wagging-the-dog phenomenon at work in the arts. After all, detractions like these have asterisked nearly every claim [...]
Sun Hotel: Gifts
In the two or so years that Sun Hotel has been in existence, they’ve quickly grown from a fledgling two-man instrumental project into a rock n’ roll nerve center – housing as many as six constantly revolving mini-bands and managing to found local DIY label Chinquapin Records with brother group Caddywhompus. With such a manically [...]
The Lollies: Potential
There isn’t a whole lot of mystery to how local punk band the Lollies are finding their niche in the New Orleans musical landscape. Since emerging on the scene earlier this year and playing a string of memorable performances with an unmatched melodic intensity, the young four-piece has been cultivating a loyal following of fans who have [...]
MyNameIsJohnMichael + G-Eazy + Christoph Andersson: 09.15.2011
There was a lot to be excited about before last Thursday’s show at Tipitina’s. While rising hip-hop impresario G-Eazy spent the last month on a series of late summer mini-tours, we spent it listening to his latest full length release – August’s The Endless Summer – on repeat. He’s been a fixture on the local [...]
