Photoset // Community Records Block Party: 04.21.2012
A Billion Ernies, All People, B L A C K I E, Brunt Of It, Caddywhompus, Choi Wolf, Controller, Dominique LeJeune, Good Luck, Habitat, Joystick, Left Alone, Mad Conductor, Maddie Ruthless, Matt Wixon’s Flying Circus, Murphy’s Kids, Mustard Plug, Safety, and The Lollies performing at The Big Top on April 21, 2012 for the 2012 [...]
Live Picks: 03.29.2012 – 04.04.2012
03.29: Bomb the Music Industry! + The Lollies + Safety + All People – The Big Top > Boyfrndz + Caddywhompus + Sun Hotel + Chicken Gyro – Circle Bar
To be clear, Block Party is going to be the event of the year for the New Orleans punk rock underground, and it will be difficult for any single concert this year to top the twelve hours of non-stop music, records, food and fun that it’s going to offer. But damned if tonight’s double venue whatever-you-call-it doesn’t come close. Teaming up for what amounts to a mini-festival in its own right, the Community and Chinquapin camps plan to give the public a teaser of what’s in store next month on Clio Street.
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 [...]
Photoset // Community Records Block Party DVD Premiere: 12.13.2011, 12.14.2011
Sun Hotel + Chris Rehm + The Lollies performing at The Big Top on December 13, 2011 and December 14, 2011 for the premiere of Walk On Some Heads, the Community Records Block Party DVD
Preview // Community Records Block Party DVD Premiere
The 4th annual Community Records Block Party, held earlier this year in April, was a distinct – if humble – success for the young, ambitious, hard-boiled New Orleans DIY label. Expanding on previous years’ hallmarks of conscientious bohemian family fun anchored by their own stable of punk, ska and hardcore bands, 2011 saw larger crowd [...]
Photoset // The Lollies + Stuck Lucky + The Rooks: 10.01.2011
The Lollies + Stuck Lucky + The Rooks performing at Bank Street Bar on October 1, 2011
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 [...]
Live Picks: 09.29.2011 – 10.05.2011
10.04: DāM-FunK + Master Blazter – One Eyed Jacks
DāM-FunK’s first New Orleans gig was an arresting experience with half the crowd propulsively writhing to his massively infectious re-imaging of the seminal boogie that gave birth to hip-hop’s G-Funk era, and the other half was almost frozen in place, at one consumed, enveloped and – to be perfectly honest – a bit overwhelmed by the sheer intensity of DāM-FunK’s futuristic take on the low-down synth grooves of the mid-1980s. As a one man show, DāM-FunK is a beat-mapping, keytar-wielding, drum programming force of nature, and in his return to One Eyed Jacks he’ll also be joined by his friends Computer Jay and J-1 for a set as Master Blazter, a three-piece supergroup that delves even deeper into the transcendent funk he knows so well.
The Lollies: 06.24.2011
When I was younger, playing in a band and going to all ages punk and ska shows every other night, the most common – if not annoying – time-filler was the myriad of high school and college-aged bands that would immaturely show up thoroughly unprepared to play. Decked out in traditional Johnny Rotten garb, they’d [...]
