As Friday night concludes another week, the Republic’s “Throwback” night is packed with New Orleans locals and college students dressed in stark white and dabbed with neon paint. It’s April 9, and black lights fill the room and strobe lights hit the ’80’s themed clothing as the newest G-Eazy music video, “SB Dunks” is screened. [...]
Momentum hasn’t faltered for the highly anticipated HBO series, Treme. With the premier only days away, Reuters claims that the show will “put New Orleans back on map”. CBC News credits the show for its unusual spontaneity as it lacks a structured plot line or narrative arc. However, just like the city, Treme is so [...]
Blues artist Tab Benoit was recently awarded the 2009 Governor’s Award for Conservationist of the Year for his work and advocacy for the state’s wetlands. On February 27, the awards banquet and the Louisiana Wildlife Federation’s 71st Convention were held at the Cypress Bend Resort in honor of Benoit. Benoit established the Voice of the [...]
Alternative rock band Mutemath started the tour for its recent album, Armistice, in New Orleans last fall. It started its spring tour here as well when it played “Spotlight on Haiti,” a concert at the Howlin’ Wolf benefiting the American Red Cross and Hope for Haiti Now. They used the occasion to premiere their new [...]
Almost three months have passed since the 2010 Haiti earthquake, but New Orleans rock band Mutemath kept relief efforts alive when it played a Haiti Benefit Concert at The Howlin’ Wolf on Saturday night. The earthquake resulted in over 200,000 deaths in January, but it was not a night for a solemn tribute. Mutemath walked onstage in the [...]
American documentary filmmaker and our March issue Backtalk subject, Les Blank, returns to New Orleans this weekend to showcase some of his films at the Ogden Museum of Southern Art. Blank, a Tulane alumnus, was authored more than 40 films in his career, many of which focus on subjects from the South. The Ogden has [...]
After a successful initial outing in the fall, the WTUL Record Fair returns this Saturday, March 20 from 10 a.m. to 5 p.m. at Tulane University’s “Pocket Park” (on Broadway at Oak St). Over twenty vendors are booked this time, selling LPs, 45s, turntables, tapes and even (gasp) CDs. Confirmed vendors include Euclid Records of St. Louis, [...]
Today, New Orleans celebrates St. Patrick’s Day with the annual Parisol’s St. Patty’s Day Party starting from 11:00am. The Downtown Irish Club Parade will follow at 6:30pm beginning its route in the Bywater and scheduled to make pit stops before reaching Bourbon St. For more info on today’s parties, see here.
Indie rock twins Tegan and Sara entered from the dim, backstage lighting dressed in similar plaid Oxford shirts, and Tegan sang, “When you wake, what is it that you think of most? / When your bed is empty, do you really sleep alone? / If I imagine you, body next to another. / All around me new [...]
“I was absolutely knocked out by the intensity, focus and passion. It completely blew me away,” say Alligator Records’ founder Bruce Iglauer of American Patchwork, the new album by Anders Osborne. Iglauer signed Osborne, and the album produced by Osborne, Stanton Moore and Pepper Keenan will be out April 27. “I could see he was very focused,” [...]
