[Updated] The Best of the Beat takes place Friday night at Generations Hall, and we now have a final schedule for the night. We’ll have music on two stages, and bands will play 45 minute sets. Front Room 6 p.m. – Aurora Nealand and the Royal Roses 7 p.m. – Glen David Andrews 9:45 [...]
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GIVERS Join the Best of the Beat Lineup
December 19, 2011 – 12:48 pm
Lafayette rock band GIVERS has been one of this year’s buzz bands since their debut album, In Light, was released earlier this year. They were the cover story of our November issue, and they are nominees for Rock Band of the Year, Rock Album of the Year, Artist of the Year and Album of the [...]
GIVERS Remain in Light
November 1, 2011 – 12:14 am
I’m going for the drugged-out look because we’re a pop band.” Tiffany Lamson is leaning against a door frame in Dockside Studio’s control room looking wan and disaffected as she and the rest of GIVERS pose for photos. She’s playing, but not entirely. Rebecca Nicholson of The Guardian wrote of the band’s debut, In Light, [...]
The Lost Bayou Ramblers’ Bastille Day
November 1, 2011 – 12:07 am
The Lost Bayou Ramblers will perform with former Violent Femmes front man Gordon Gano at the Voodoo Experience on Saturday, October 29, and the night before they’ll throw a single release party at d.b.a. The evening’s festivities will celebrate the release of a 12-inch vinyl single “Bastille,” a track from the band’s upcoming Mammoth Waltz. [...]
YouTube du Jour: Sunday at Voodoo
October 27, 2011 – 3:31 pm
Each day of this weekend’s Voodoo Experience offers a host of names, each of which are known by one audience but not by another. Today and , we’ll post a day’s schedule with videos or links to videos by the artists to bring you up to speed. Sunday Le Ritual Voodoo Stage 1:05-2:50 p.m. The One [...]
Voodoo Experience News: GIVERS, Odd Future
October 12, 2011 – 1:19 pm
[NSFW] GIVERS (October 30, 1:30 p.m., WWOZ Stage) recently recorded “In My Eyes,” “Words” and “Atlantic” at a Daytrotter session. They’re available online now to download or stream. Their song “Saw You First” is also featured in a Turner Classic Movies commercial: Odd Future (October 30, 3:45 p.m., Voodoo Stage) members Tyler, the Creator; Taco; and [...]
Voodoo Experience News: Mastodon, A-Trak, Snoop Dogg, GIVERS
September 23, 2011 – 11:35 am
Heavy rock band Mastodon will play The Voodoo Experience on Saturday, October 29. Its new album, The Hunter, is due out Tuesday, but the band has made the whole record available for streaming on YouTube: A-Trak (Sunday, October 30) also spins for SiriusXM. If you don’t get it, you can download his latest episode [...]
YouTube du Jour: GIVERS’ “Meantime”
August 31, 2011 – 10:03 am
Lafayette’s GIVERS have a brand new video out for “Meantime” from this summer’s In Light. Since the album’s release, the band spent much of the summer touring the United Kingdom, recently returning only to start a United States tour on August 19. While in London, the group also recorded an acoustic version of “Meantime” for [...]
GIVERS, In Light (Glassnote Records)
August 1, 2011 – 12:59 am
It’s surprising that a band like Lafayette’s GIVERS (their all-caps) didn’t happen sooner. In a time when major music festivals have the musical breadth of most people’s iTunes file, sooner or later somebody had to hear the variety of music at Festival International (in the band’s case) and try to incorporate as much of it [...]
YouTube du Jour: GIVERS
June 30, 2011 – 10:56 am
In Light, the debut album from Lafayette’s GIVERS (their all-caps), is out now, produced by Ben Allen, who also produced Animal Collective and Deerhunter). Here’s the brand-new music video for their debut single, the joyful “Up Up Up,” a song that those who’ve seen the band live likely already have stuck in their heads. They [...]
