Music
Impulss, Marie Laveaux’s Hustle (Quarter Rat Music)
Daniel “Impulss” Perez knows a thing or two about the hustle. He knows what it’s like to be on the brink of a big deal one minute only to be […]
Smiley with a Knife, Long Now (Independent)
In 2008, New Orleans-based instrumental outfit Smiley with a Knife debuted with How a Reign Comes to an End, a brazenly presumptive, morose mélange of metal and math rock dripping […]
Skipp Coon and Mister Nick, Sophomore Slump Vol. 1 (TibbiT Music)
“[This] just might be my favorite ish in a LONG arse TIME,” The Roots’ Ahmir “Questlove” Thompson tweeted after hearing Sophomore Slump, Vol. 1, the latest project from Skipp Coon […]
Lyrikill, A Time to Kill (Independent mixtape)
With the resurgence of bounce music, the release of Mystikal and the rise of Curren$y, there’s no denying that the Crescent City has once again reclaimed its place as a […]
Lyrikill, Shut Up and Rap (Independent mixtape)
With the resurgence of bounce music, the release of Mystikal and the rise of Curren$y, there’s no denying that the Crescent City has once again reclaimed its place as a […]
Rex Gregory, An End to Oblivion (Independent)
In the liner notes to multi-instrumentalist composer Rex Gregory’s debut album, An End to Oblivion, he asks, “Can we take the steps to declaring an End to Oblivion? Is it […]
Metronome the City, Object to be Destroyed (Independent)
On Object to be Destroyed, underground, experimental rock provocateurs Metronome the City have culled together a set of hazy, dystopic sound collages steeped in shoe-gaze, math rock and sludge medal. […]
TheSekondElement, The Kommencement (Independent)
On her debut, The Kommencement, Bay Area-bred/New Orleans resident TheSekondElement serves up a lesson in lyricism—an intelligent, introspective collection of message tracks and spoken-word pieces that at its best calls […]
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 […]
Dark Dark Dark, Bright Bright Bright (Supply and Demand Records)
“Don’t send me away upon this wild goose chase for freedom, for money, for love,” pleads Dark Dark Dark’s Nona Marie Invie over a lulling piano refrain as she struggles […]
