Community Records Block Party: On the Block

“It’s better than Christmas,” says Community Records’ co-founder Daniel “D-Ray” Ray of the punk/indie label’s annual Block Party, which is set to take place for the fifth straight year on […]

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Community Records Block Party DVD Release and Screening

Back during Springtime, Community Records held a successful Kickstarter campaign to raise money for recording their annual April Block Party festival (photos from this year’s Block Party) for an eventual […]

Community Records Block Party Photos and Free Compilation Download

[clear] All photos copyright Adrienne Battistella, 2011. On Saturday, April 16, local indie/punk/ska label Community Records threw its fourth annual Block Party in front of the Big Top, headlined by […]

Kickstart the Fourth Annual Community Records Block Party

On April 16, Locally-based Community Records will host its fourth annual Block Party, the punky kid brother to the big April festivals. The Block Party brings together local and touring […]

Caddywhompus, Remainder (Community Records)

New Orleans-via-Houston tandem Caddywhompus sticks to a simple objective: assault the eardrums. This much was made clear on the collegiate noise-rock duo’s 2009 debut, EPs, an incendiary and underrated effort […]

Open-minded and Picky: Bubble Bath Records brings together a community of artists

Behind every major talent stands some invisible support system—or so the untrue saying goes. In reality, many New Orleans musical acts count only their band’s members as advocates. And most […]

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Father Ron & Friends: Forever the Seasons (Louisiana Red Hot Records)

Father Ron Clingenpeel is both a genuine clergyman (a retired Episcopal priest) and a genuine scholar of folk music; he hosts a folk show on WWOZ and here presents an album of original and borrowed songs steeped in the classic influences of Pete Seeger and Woody Guthrie.

Festivals Acadiens et Créoles Kickoff Party with Valcour Records

Join Valcour Records for the Festivals Acadiens et Créoles kickoff party. Open to all, but complementary to Valcour Records’s Coop members, this will be a chance for the community to come […]

Community Album: Underground band inspires three generations of local rock

What started as an archival project of a college student grew into the reunion of two Westbank bands: Community, an indie rock band active between 1999 and 2001, and Fatter […]

Life On Earth: Alynda Segarra records a delicate and tender record with Hurray for the Riff Raff

Alynda Segarra, the New Orleans-based singer-songwriter who performs and records as lead vocalist of Hurray for the Riff Raff, is ready for the world. Following the release of the band’s […]

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