Issue Articles
Adam Levy, Washing Day (Lost Wax)
The name Adam Levy probably doesn’t ring an immediate bell in your brain, but you could be forgiven. He’s not even a household name among jazz guitar aficionados, but this […]
The Schatzy Band, Nocturnal Wild Life Journal (Hot Spazz Records)
You might expect a band so connected to its live shows to get combative with its audience at some point, and the latest release by Schatzy (now called The Schatzy […]
Southern Sexual, In a Failing Third World Nation (Permanent Lifetime Records)
Well, here’s an angle the Road Homies never thought of—sex. This “Electro Punk” duo serves up a weird lyrical mix of swinger porn, snarky humor, and post-Katrina survivalism on their […]
The Gourds, Noble Creatures (Yep Roc Records)
Austin’s the Gourds have always occupied the vast middle ground between Los Lobos’ broad Americana and the sing-along self-loathing of your typical goodtime frat-rockers. Sort of The (Jam) Band, if […]
The bALLY who?, Keep on Dawn (Yea Sayers)
Yet another alternative requiem for the post-Katrina Yatlantis? Certainly it seems like that’s what these locals have in mind; they follow up their ‘04 debut You Is President by opening […]
Know One, Know One’s Home (Media Darling)
It’s almost de rigeur for post-Katrina local artists to talk about What Happened—to them, to their people, and to the city in general, naturally delivered with a healthy dose of […]
The Greyboy Allstars, What Happened to Television? (Sci Fidelity)
The Greyboy Allstars are the perfect name for a bunch of white kids eternally in love with black music, even if, like a lot of their musical peers, their fascination […]
Les Poissons Rouges, Nashvegas (Independent)
Here’s a band that can really be classified as Americana: a New Orleans quartet that relocated to Alabama after the storm and tried to capture the lost spirit of Music […]
Patient Zero, Come and Maybe Get It (Independent)
You have to admire the balls of a guy who steals AOL’s instant messenger mascot for his own twisted purposes, gives himself the same moniker as the world’s first AIDS […]
