When the members of B.I.G.I. took the stage at the Purple Hatters Ball at the Spirit of the Suwannee Music Park in Live Oak, Florida on Saturday, they had little idea of what they would be playing beforehand. Without even one prior rehearsal, the collaboration of these four musicians brought New Orleans to the middle [...]
Saturday night, Beats Antique took the stage at the House of Blues bringing together an entertaining mixture of belly dancing paired with tribal beats. The Oakland-based trio lured in the jam-packed dance floor with their fusion of world music, jazz, hip-hip, and dubstep that has a a Middle Eastern sound. David Satori (guitar, saz, viola, [...]
While only being on the electronic music scene for one year, nineteen-year-old Porter Robinson has already played next to DJs like Tiesto, Deadmau5, Benny Benassi, and Dada Life, and has performed at festivals like Electronic Daisy Carnival in Las Vegas to crowds of 30,000+. “My goal was to make cool songs—that was it. I never [...]
Das Racist, performing at the Howlin’ Wolf tonight, is breaking molds in the rap world with their unconventional marketing and musical sound. The group’s racially satirized lyricism in their free online mixtapes Shut Up, Dude and Sit Down, Man landed them considerable attention. But group members Himanshu “Heems” Suri, Victor “Kool A.D.” Vazquez and Ashok [...]
“I wanted to be honest about my anxieties, and a lot of my anxieties have to do with turning 30 – losing touch, losing sight of your youth. I wanted to write about that on this album,” says Junior Boys’ Jeremy Greenspan about the electropop duo’s latest release Last to Say. Greenspan says the inspiration [...]
“My songs have always been about my conflicts and whatever shit I was pursuing,” Atmosphere (real name: Sean Daley) says. “I feel like this record is in line with that.” Tonight, the indie rapper from Minneapolis brings his Family Vacation Tour to House of Blues with Evidence and Blueprint. They’re supporting their collaboration, The Family [...]
Cirque du Soleil explores 3,000 years of Chinese acrobatic traditions in Dralion, the show premiering Wednesday at the New Orleans Arena. ”In essence, the story of Dralion is about harmony,” says Cirque du Soleil’s Artistic Director Sean McKeown. “The dragon, the lion, the East and the West…come together to form this wonderful beast, Dralion.” The show [...]
It took a while for the crowd to realize they were there for a concert. When Frightened Rabbit took the stage at the UNO Lakefront Arena Friday night, the room was half-full. When headliner Death Cab for Cutie followed, the audience was still slow to engage. The band opened with “I Will Possess Your Heart,” and [...]
The 10th anniversary of The Ponderosa Stomp takes place September 16-17, and it just got cheaper for New Orleanians. While supplies last, the festival is offering discounted tickets to New Orleans residents at Euclid Records and Louisiana Music Factory starting Wednesday. Single day tickets are priced at $45, two-day tickets are $85. The festival is [...]
Tradition and change mix constantly in New Orleans. The uneasy relationship between these seemingly contradictory impulses interests the San Francisco-based jazz/folk musician Mark Growden, and he is coming here to explore them. Growden said he chose New Orleans as the location to record this album after having a great experience recording with his mentor Loren [...]
