Preview // Voodoo Music Experience, Day 1: 10.28.2011
There’s undoubtedly too much happening on any given day of Voodoo to talk about everything. Nevertheless, we figured it couldn’t hurt to tell you what performances we’re excited about. Here’s a few thoughts on a national and a local act that we are looking forward to on Friday. Major Lazer: Le Plur Red Bulletin, 6:00PM [...]
DYRT90s? // Soundgarden: Black Hole Sun
Almost 13 years after calling it quits following a worldwide tour in support of their fifth studio album, Down On The Upside, Soundgarden announced on New Year’s Day, 2010 they were reuniting and hitting the festival circuit (including a stop at our own Voodoo Music Experience later this month). It was welcome news, not only [...]
Thoughts on Voodoo And The Current And Future State Of Music
That the 2011 Voodoo Music Experience dispatched the second Le Ritual Stage to expand the electro-focused Le Plur area and add an additional DJ venue should come as no surprise to anyone who made it out to City Park last Halloween or attended literally any other weekend music festival in the last 12-18 months. Last [...]
Soundgarden Making Only Festival Stop of 2011 at Voodoo
One of the most beautiful things about the annual Voodoo Experience – which takes over New Orleans’ City Park each Halloween – is that with more than a decade of diverse programming choices, the festival has earned an inimitable reputation without having to carry the burden of the kind of overwrought traditions that turn every [...]
