Photoset // All People: 08.20.2012
All People performing at The Parish at House Of Blues on August 20, 2012
HIDE THE DOG!: Community Records Hits the Road (Summer ’12 Edition)
Touring has become one of the aspects of my life that I look forward to the most. For me, it’s the thing that makes waking up at 6 am, 5 days a week to go serve coffee, lattes and bagels to people on their way to work seem less burdensome. Touring is addictive (more addictive [...]
The Way of The To’: Caddywhompus Achieves Road Nirvana
Originally from Houston, Chris Rehm (guitar/vocals) and Sean Hart (drums) have made New Orleans their home since 2008 and have continued to make a lasting impression. They have won hearts locally and nationally as the one-of-a-kind noise pop duo, Caddywhompus. As they stated in a past interview withANTIGRAVITY (May 2011) “If you’re not touring, you’re not [...]
News Briefs: On Dat To’ Edition
The general lull around town you may have noticed is about to come to an end as local bands gear up for tours, drop new music, and keep gaining national attention. It’s gonna be a hot one. Local post-rock heros Sun Hotel – as they have dependably done during every college break/vacation of the last [...]
Preview // 2012 Community Records Block Party
By the end of April, just as the rest of the country is getting their festival engines started, a triumvirate of consecutive noteworthy weekend events will have already swept through New Orleans, satiating the diverse tastes of locals and flooding the streets with music lovers from all over the world. This past weekend’s record setting [...]
Photoset // Bomb The Music Industry! + Safety + All People: 03.29.2012
All People + Safety + Bomb the Music Industry! performing at the Big Top on March 29, 2012.
Punk Rock Matinees Coming To The Big Top
It’s a concept that has been applied many times throughout the past decade or so. The idea of “Sunday Matinees” – early evening, weekend ending concerts capable of catering to both the underaged-with-protective-parents crowd and the aging, late-night-avoidance crowd – has always been a well-intentioned, if not necessary, community-building exercise for New Orleans’ underground punk [...]
Photoset // See You In Mexico + Dominique LeJeune + The Rooks + High In One Eye: 02.24.2012
See You In Mexico + Dominique LeJeune + The Rooks + High In One Eye performing at the Community Records practice space on February 24, 2012
Block Party 2012 Lineup Announced!
Just as the NFL Draft, with all the pomp and circumstance that surround it, is considered by some to be America’s fourth major professional sport, the first few months of every year, during which time details about the annual Festival Season’s numerous events are unveiled in quick succession, is a noteworthy and exciting music-centric stretch [...]
