Issue Articles
The Hobart Brothers and Lil’ Sis: Welcome to the Machine
Jon Dee Graham, Freedy Johnston and Susan Cowsill have acclaimed solo careers, but in their debut as the Hobart Brothers and Lil’ Sis, they were average. “It was our first […]
The Buku Music & Art Project: Never Trust Anyone Over 25?
Amos Barshad of Grantland started a recent piece on Skrillex, “One thing about being 27 is that you’re definitely old enough to be allowed to flippantly dismiss things high school […]
Congo Square New World Rhythms Festival: Congo Rhythms
Rapper Dee-1’s on the cover this month, and he’s performing at SXSW in Austin as well as at the fifth annual Congo Square New World Rhythms Festival, which takes place […]
Hogs for the Cause: Whole Hog
What: Hogs for the Cause, a music festival built around a pork cook-off. When: March 24 in City Park. Why: To raise money to help families dealing with pediatric cancer. […]
Galactic, Carnivale Electricos (Anti- Records)
On Carnivale Electricos, Galactic delivers exactly what the title promises. The funk band turns its attention to Carnival music, and electricity is central to every track. Carnival in New Orleans, […]
Star and Dagger, In My Blood (Last Hurrah Records)
As much fun as Rock City Morgue is, there are times when I’ve wanted to hear former White Zombie bassist Sean Yseult play something with more sonic weight. Her new […]
Various Artists, Live at Three Muses Vol. 1 (Three Muses Records)
In the early 1980s, prog rock guitarist Robert Fripp routinely railed against the evils of bootlegging, not for monetary or proprietary reasons but because in his mind, live recordings rarely […]
The Breton Sound, Eudaemonia (Independent)
You could accuse the Breton Sound of creating awfully high expectations for itself if you assume that the pop/rock music audience knows its Aristotle. Eudaemonia was his term for the […]
Krewe of Muses’ Mardi Gras Throws
Plush? “You can never have enough plush.” Coozies? “You can never have enough coozies.” It’s a month from Mardi Gras and Virginia Saussy’s going over the throws for this […]
Ratty Scurvics and the Black Market Butchers, In Time (Rookery Records)
[Updated] Michael Patrick Welch wrote our December cover story on Ratty Scurvics, and he thought the back half of In Time sounded like classic rock. I’d suggest a slight variation […]
