Tonight, Philadelphia-based rock band Dr. Dog plays Tipitina’s with indie folk/country band the Felice Brothers and Quiet Life. Dr. Dog was the signature band on local label Park the Van until it moved to Anti- Records in 2009, where it released Shame, Shame in 2010. Here they are performing “Someday” from the album on the [...]
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New Generationals EP Medium Rarities: Free Download/Stream
July 11, 2011 – 5:47 pm
Indie pop duo Generationals is a summery band. Starting with its 2009 debut album, Con Law, NOLA natives Ted Joyner and Grant Widmer’s songs have usually been bright and warm, but the two dug even deeper into the dog days on their last record, Actor-Caster and the preceding EP Trust. I was especially impressed on [...]
Empress Hotel, Empress Hotel (Park the Van Records)
April 1, 2011 – 12:55 am
Indie-folkish rock band Silent Cinema broke up some time last year, and the resulting splinter bands are all more adventurous and modern sounding. The pallet of guitarist Matt Glynn’s new Big History relies heavily on electronic drums and synths. And now Empress Hotel—Cinema singer Micah McKee’s new band with brothers Eric and Ryan Rogers— has [...]
Generationals: New Video and Free Song Download
March 15, 2011 – 1:53 pm
In this month’s OffBeat, Michael Patrick Welch profiled local indie-pop buzz band Generationals, who are preparing to release their second LP, Actor-Caster, March 29 on local record label Park the Van. The band is offering a free download at RCRDLBL.com of the album’s first single, “Ten Twenty-Ten”. The duo also released a video for “Ten [...]
Lots of Zeroes and Ones: The Modern Local Record Labels
March 1, 2011 – 12:13 am
“I want to be at the forefront, whether it’s art, music, or fashion. I want to be at the round-table when decisions are made,” Lawrence Parker tells me with a serene smile. He’s leaning against the walls of his newly reopened Traffic Boutique, its stark white walls covered by vivid paintings, its open, modern space [...]
Talkin’ About My Generationals
March 1, 2011 – 12:11 am
Ted Joyner and Grant Widmer, writing partners and core members of indie-pop band Generationals, are not related. But having played music together since freshman year of high school, they now seem, in their late twenties, to in some ways be twins. “We do the exact same things within the band,” says co-singer/multi-instrumentalist Widmer. “On tour [...]
Louisiana at SXSW
March 1, 2011 – 12:08 am
A decade ago, a handful of Louisiana bands were included in South by Southwest’s music showcases. This year, the annual music conference/festival/marketplace in Austin, Texas takes place from March 16-20 and includes 16 Louisiana artists, including three acts on Park the Van Records. Generationals, Brass Bed and Giant Cloud will play the Park the Van [...]
Video du Jour: Empress Hotel
February 14, 2011 – 12:19 pm
Indie band Empress Hotel put out this new video last week for “Mach Bach,” the first from their upcoming EP to be released soon on local Park the Van Records. The band is made up of several members very familiar on the New Orleans indie rock scene–singer Micah McKee (Silent Cinema), multi-instrumentalist Leo DeJesus (Vox [...]
Generationals, Trust (Park the Van Records)
February 1, 2011 – 12:53 am
Generationals are a lesson in balance: serious but not glum or self-important, smart but not clever or brainy, spare but not underdeveloped, intimate but not awkward, and light but not twee. On the four-song EP Trust, Ted Joyner and Grant Widmer demonstrate the same gift for pop hooks they showed in the Eames Era, but [...]
Generationals Free Trust EP Download & Free Show Friday
January 11, 2011 – 1:32 pm
Generationals have been the New Orleans indie world’s biggest success story in recent times, garnering critical praise, landing songs in national TV commercials, and even joining heavyweights Ted Leo and Elf Power on an Apples in Stereo covers project (they did the classic song “Ruby”). The duo of New Orleans natives, multi-instrumentalists Ted Joyner and [...]
