Music
Mike Dillon’s Go-Go Jungle, Battery Milk (Hyena)
Jam/jazz/funk percussionist/vibraphone player Mike Dillon moved to New Orleans and has immersed himself in the local club scene, playing with James Singleton, Johnny V. and a host of other […]
Lindsey Buckingham, House of Blues, January 29, 2007
When interviewed on television, Lindsey Buckingham always seemed like the sane member of Fleetwood Mac, the one who put up with everybody else’s chemical and personal madness. In performance, it […]
Kenny Bill Stinson, F-Earl (Independent)
A good man recognizes when someone has made his life easier. After Shreveport rocker Kenny Bill Stinson’s son traveled the country, putting stickers with a crude drawing of a […]
Truth Universal, Move the Crowd Mixtape (Truth Universal)
Truth Universal’s Move the Crowd Mixtape starts powerfully, with a turntable scratching before letting a talking head say, “God did in one weekend what we’ve been trying to do […]
Money Mark, Brand New by Tommorrow (Brushfire)
Money Mark is best known for his stint as keyboard player for the Beastie Boys, and he has released three albums of groove-oriented funk. On first listen, Brand New by […]
Just for the Hell of It
Bill Davis concedes that for Dash Rip Rock, “It’s not important to the health of the band to continue making records.” For over 20 years, the cow-punk band has been […]
An Update
In our February “Fresh” section, “Tent Sale” considered who might operate the music retail tent at the New Orleans Jazz and Heritage Festival this year. Since we published that story, […]
Mista Allen, Area 504 (Smacktite)
The indie hip-hop of Mista Alien is a very different animal. He seems to recognize that hip-hop has become yet another a pop genre, and it’s the genre that […]
Otis Taylor, Definition of a Circle (Telarc)
All of Definition of a Circle are evident on “They Wore Blue,” which Taylor describes in the liner notes thusly: “While watching television coverage of the aftermath of Hurricane […]
Dash Rip Rock, Hee Haw Hell (Alternative Tentacles)
How do you review a Dash Rip Rock album? It’s hard to compare it to other Dash albums because the band doesn’t put a lot of stock in those […]
