Issue Articles
French Quarter Fest 2013 Focus: Creole String Beans
When is a cover band not a cover band? When the covers they play are so cool and so obscure that it takes some kind of brilliance to even dig […]
Pun-Rock Band, Camper Van Beethoven Shares Unreleased Track (Free Download)
CAMPER VAN BEETHOVEN SHARES UNRELEASED TRACK What would indie rock be without bands like the multi-cultural wiseasses Camper Van Beethoven? ‘80s college rock would’ve been less fun without “Eye of […]
Harry Connick Jr., Smokey Mary (Sony)
Harry Connick Jr.’s first stab at a funk album, 1993’s She, coincided with the launch of his Krewe of Orpheus that year. The Krewe proved a popular addition to the […]
The Mo’ Jelly Band, Homemade Jam (Independent)
Radiators fans will recognize one of the standouts on the Mo’ Jelly Band’s debut: “Out in the Woods” is an Ed Volker original that was never released, but made many […]
Professor Porkchop & the Dishes, U R My Everything (Independent)
Lots of people write about falling in love with New Orleans for clichéd reasons like second lines and gumbo. But when a song called “Move to New Orleans” includes the […]
Coot, Coot (Independent)
J.J. Cale backed by Little Feat? It sounds like an odd combination—laid-back frontman meets swampy, eclectic backup group—but that’s exactly what you think of upon a listen to this New […]
Sour Sedans, Taste It (Independent)
Listening to “Runaway,” the first track on this guitar-slinging Lafayette band’s debut, you might think that lead singer Ryan Cazares is really some long-lost Van Zandt brother. The vocal resemblance […]
Larry Ankrum, The Dream of the Ballerina (Independent)
It’s Larry Ankrum’s party and he’ll solo if he wants to. The Minneapolis-bred woodwinds player, who lived in New Orleans for a number of years and now resides in Los […]
Next Collective, Cover Art (Concord)
The idea for this album should prompt a few red flags: A bunch of young-gun jazzmen (and guest trumpeter Christian Scott) cover material by Pearl Jam, Dido, Drake, Bon Iver […]
Miss Sophie Lee, Love Street Lullaby (Threadhead Records)
Vocalist Lee has been a popular local presence since moving to town from Chicago in 2001. But her Threadhead debut isn’t merely a love letter to New Orleans—it’s a love […]
