Music
My Graveyard Jaw, Coming Winds (Independent)
When we speak of New Orleans bands owing a debt to Tom Waits, more often it’s really to Kurt Weill. With My Graveyard Jaw, we mean Tom Waits. On much […]
Shannon McNally, Western Ballad (Sacred Sumac Records)
One of the hallmarks of Shannon McNally’s music is a plasticity. It’s not the only one, but that trait has meant that her collaborators leave an obvious mark on her […]
Generationals, Trust (Park the Van Records)
Generationals are a lesson in balance: serious but not glum or self-important, smart but not clever or brainy, spare but not underdeveloped, intimate but not awkward, and light but not […]
Krewe du Vieux
“The story starts a million years ago when some caveman in order to impress his woman put on the skull of a dead animal and started dancing around pretending […]
Nine Lives: A Chorus Second Line
“I’m going to Bing it up,” Harry Shearer says. He’s in a vocal booth at Piety Street Recording as his voice drops into a fruity, Crosby-esque baritone: Here comes old […]
French Quarter Fest Lagniappe
This year’s French Quarter Festival will start on Thursday, April 7, a day earlier than in previous years. The free festival that takes over Bourbon Street, Decatur Street, Jackson Square […]
Rebirth Brass Band & Slow Drag Productions, SDP Presents ReBirth ReVisited (Slow Drag Productions)
You’ve never heard a Rebirth album like this one—although, to be fair, this isn’t really a Rebirth album. SDP Presents Rebirth Revisited is a collection of remixes from Rebirth tenor […]
Best of the Beat Heartbeat Award: HBO’s Treme
In our Letters to the Editor page this month, a reader writes, “I recently returned to New Orleans and spent three glorious weeks. Your city is a national treasure…I believe […]
Los Po-Boy-Citos, Brand New Dance (Independent)
In a city that has synthesized musical styles throughout its history, a boogaloo band makes perfect sense. Los Po-Boy-Citos embraced that mingling ethic from the start, merging New Orleans R&B […]
Mutemath, Armistice Live CD/DVD (Warner Bros Records)
My first instinct when watching Mutemath’s Armistice Live DVD was that it made the show look more exciting than it really was. Quick cuts, dramatic camera angles and a host […]
