When Canadian indie rock sisters Tegan and Sara started talking about where to write their new album in 2008, New Orleans came up. Right after Hurricane Katrina, Sara Quin came to New Orleans during a break from touring. “Sara had this really amazing experience,” Tegan Quin says. “She said, ‘The people there are amazing, and [...]
Tag Archives: indie rock
Podcast: Big Rock Candy Mountain
December 10, 2009 – 9:05 am
OffBeat‘s Colin Jones talks with members of New Orleans indie rock band Big Rock Candy Mountain about the scattered influences that produce their eclectic sound.
The Gravy: In the Kitchen with Eric Rogers, Michael Girardot and Ryan Rogers
August 1, 2009 – 12:01 am
Eric Rogers, Michael Girardot and Ryan Rogers from bands such as Antenna Inn, MyNameIsJohnMichael, Big Rock Candy Mountain and Rotary Downs have their hands in many pots. Eric: I am eating breakfast, which is leftover hibachi. Filet mignon for breakfast, with scallops. Michael: I had Cheerios. Eric: I learned to cook by just watching other [...]
Less Is More
July 1, 2009 – 12:01 am
In an indie rock scene featuring bands with as many as nine members, local psychedelic noise-rock duo Caddywhompus realizes that a little minimalism can go a long way. The duo, consisting of Loyola students Chris Rehm on guitar and vocals and Sean Hart on percussion, have been creating a local buzz with their sound showing [...]
Various Artists, Robots Are Mean (NOIRC)
June 1, 2009 – 12:01 am
On their first compilation, Rock Beats Paper, the New Orleans Indie Rock Collective showed that there was more bounding around the streets of the Crescent City than the sounds of brass and funk. This time around, the organization reaches further into the burgeoning Big Easy indie scene to uncover the bands that are steadily shaking [...]
Live from Lafayette
May 1, 2009 – 12:01 am
Most teenage indie rock fans show their devotion by etching the names of their favorite bands on their notebooks or schoolbags. For Kirby Campbell, the best way to express his love of local underground rock was to start a music festival. In 2008, the then-high school senior founded the Geronimo festival, a single-day, multi-venue event [...]
MyNameIsJohnMichael, The People That Come and Go (Independent)
May 1, 2009 – 12:01 am
MyNameIsJohnMichael is nothing if not ambitious. The band spent 2008 writing, recording, and releasing a new song every week of the year—52 total. The arduous process transformed a singer/songwriter’s pet project into a sextet playing Springsteen-sized indie rock. Completing the 52 songs also gave the band a wealth of confidence and experience, both of which [...]
Various Artists, Rock Beats Paper (NOIRC)
November 1, 2008 – 12:01 am
Often, the downfall of indie rock is that it sounds amateurish. It is frequently the sound of people learning to play their instruments, but what’s obvious on Rock Beats Paper is how accomplished these bands are. The City Life is the most conventional band, making new wave pop with the usual instrumentation. The other songs [...]
The Replacements, All Shook Down (Sire/Rhino)
October 1, 2008 – 12:01 am
Rhino Records completes its reissue of the Replacements catalogue with the four albums recorded for Sire: Tim, Pleased to Meet Me, Don’t Tell a Soul and All Shook Down. The liner notes in the albums make it clear that the band may have had the songs to be big, but they didn’t have the personal [...]
