Music
Mike Torian, To New Orleans (Independent)
The City that Care Forgot arguably holds a more powerful allure for artistic types, post-K, than it ever has. Feeling sad and doomed but looking for beauty and freedom? NOLA’s […]
Stover with the Voormen, Self-Titled (Independent)
Every Lennon has a McCartney, and vice versa. In the case of the defunct local roots-rock group Bad Mayo, there was Dave Stover, ironically the bassist and the less cynical […]
Various Artists, Buffa’s Live from the Back Room, Volume 1 (Independent)
Buffa’s Lounge lives on Esplanade Avenue, situated between boho Marigny and tourist Quarter(s), a location that perfectly mirrors its aesthetic. The sounds that emanate from the cozy/tiny back room of […]
Tyler Kinchen and the Right Pieces, Firmamento de Amor (Independent)
There are two immediate surprises in store for those discovering Tyler Kinchen and the Right Pieces, a septet that practices sort of the jazzy big-band R&B that’s fast becoming a […]
Max Bernardi, Humble Beginnings (Independent)
Max Bernardi is a rootsy chanteuse who paints Blaine Kern floats in her day job, a backstory which might explain her art-school approach to seduction: like Blondie’s Debbie Harry, the […]
Georgi Petrov Quartet, Lost Originals (Independent)
Like so many musicians before him, guitarist Georgi Petrov, 26, headed to this city to study at the University of New Orleans. A native of Bulgaria who focused primarily on […]
Mike Zito & the Wheel, Gone to Texas (Ruf Records)
The area between Breaux Bridge, Louisiana and Hunstville, Texas—a space roughly described by guitar slinger Mike Zito, musically and lyrically, on his fourth album—is stuffed to bursting with unknown roots […]
Soul Avenger, The Cash Route (Independent)
“Introducing the most critically acclaimed musical masterpiece of the century!” an anonymous and appropriately portentous voice announces at the beginning of this, the debut sampler of sorts from local hip-hop […]
Myles Weeks, Sense of Self (Independent)
Only a jazzman would promise “a collection of compositions that tell the story of my life” on the inside jacket of his debut album—then hit you with seven instrumentals. Fair […]
Dirty Bourbon River Show, Volume Four (Independent)
God save the Dirty Bourbon River Show. You expect them to title their seventh release proper with Volume Four in the same way you expect their wacky, shabby vaudeville carnival […]
