News Briefs: Untitled (How Does It Feel) Edition
We can safely say it is both the heat and the humidity. Mad Conductor’s raising funds for an album, D’Angelo’s warming up for Essence and The Revivalists are stepping dat to’ up to the next level. Enigmatic 90s/00s neo-soul superstar D’Angelo made a surprise cameo at this years Bonnaroo Music Festival, lending his fabeled vocal [...]
Voodoo Announces More 2012 Acts
Over the weekend, the organizers of the Voodoo Music Experience followed-up last month’s top-headliner announcement with more lineup news, unveiling additional acts scheduled to appear at the annual Halloween weekend event. Joining Green Day, Neil Young and Crazy Horse, Skrillex and bad MF’er Gary Clark, Jr. is a roster of usual suspects, both among local [...]
Preview // 2012 French Quarter Festival
It’s common to hear this weekend’s annual French Quarter Fest referred to as the younger sibling/cousin/progeny of the much grander New Orleans Jazz and Heritage Festival, but these days that classification is really only applicable based on the literal age of the event. Sure, FQF didn’t land Bruce Springsteen and His E Street Band this [...]
Preview // Cafe Carnival: 02.16.2012 – 02.20.2012
In the last six months, no local venue has made a larger effort to break into a higher echelon of rock club status than hidden-in-plain-sight Garden District standby Cafe Prytania. More frequent, consistent and eclectic booking in the back half of 2011 slowly but surely elevated the humble establishment from occasional Loyola-band hotspot to a [...]
Photoset // The Revivalists + Habitat + Sun Hotel + Bantam Foxes + Coyotes + Gold And The Rush: 01.21.2012
The Revivalists + Habitat + Sun Hotel + Bantam Foxes + Coyotes + Gold And The Rush performing at Howlin’ Wolf and Howlin’ Wolf Den on January 21, 2012 for Revivapalooza
Preview // 2011 Oak Street Po-Boy Festival: 11.20.2011
Back for it’s fifth edition, this time under a slightly abbreviated name, The Oak Street Po-Boy Festival takes over the most bustling street in the Riverbend neighborhood this weekend. What started in 2007 as the New Orleans Po-Boy Preservation Festival with a small stretch of vendors and a handful of local music acts has grown [...]
Photoset // Voodoo Music Experience, Day 2: 10.29.2011
The Revivalists + Happy Talk Band + Soul Rebels + Boots Electric + Ozomatli + Rotary Downs + Mastadon + Gordan Gano and Lost Bayou Ramblers, Mastadon + Vockah Redu + Social Distortion + Katey Red + Bobby Rush + X + Snoop Dogg + Girl Talk + Ivan Neville’s Dumpstaphunk + Blink 182 performing [...]
